Comparison

DrinkDex vs UMD Dining

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

DrinkDex

Discover and rate energy drink flavors, track your personal history, and see how your taste compares to others. Explore global rankings and connect with fellow enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Rate energy drink flavors
  • Track personal tasting history
  • View global drink rankings
  • Follow friends and compare tastes
  • Live community feed of ratings
Features
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DrinkDex is the energy drink companion for true fans. Browse hundreds of flavors, rate the ones you've tried, and see how your taste compares with the community. RATE & TRACK Give every can a score from 1 to 10. Build your personal flavor history. Never forget what you've tried — or what to avoid. GLOBAL RANKINGS See the top-rated energy drinks according to thousands of ratings. Filter by brand, discover hidden gems, find your next favorite. YOUR CREW Follow friends, see their ratings in real time, and compare your taste. Who's tried the most? Who has the best palate? CAFFEINE CREW A live feed of what the community is drinking and rating. Stay connected with fellow energy drink enthusiasts around the world. Join the Caffeine Club. Rate everything.

About

UMD Dining

Discover personalized food recommendations across campus dining halls using AI. Track your nutrition, filter by dietary needs and allergens, and save your favorite items for easy access. This app helps you find the best meals based on your taste and preferences.

Highlights
  • AI-powered personalized food recommendations
  • Nutrition tracking (calories, protein, carbs, fat)
  • Dietary preference and allergen filtering
  • Searchable menus across all dining halls
  • Save favorite foods and stations
  • Real-time menu item nutrition facts
Features
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UMD Dining uses AI to learn your taste and surface the best items across Yahentamitsi, 251 North, and South Campus Diner. No more walking around dining halls to find something that looks good. Your feed is ranked based on your favorites, dietary preferences, and past interactions. The more you use it, the smarter it gets. Log what you eat and track calories, protein, carbs, and fat against daily goals. Every menu item includes full nutrition facts pulled directly from UMD Dining Services. Set your allergens once and they're filtered out everywhere. Filter by vegetarian, vegan, high-protein, or specific allergens like gluten, dairy, nuts, and more. Search any food across all dining halls and meal periods. Results are ranked by relevance and personalized to your preferences. Save foods and stations you love. Your favorites travel across dining halls — if a favorite item shows up anywhere, you'll know. Built by Terps, for Terps.

Screenshots

DrinkDex4 screens
UMD Dining4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: UMD Dining at 5.0 against DrinkDex's 3.8. UMD Dining also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). DrinkDex's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UMD Dining holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of DrinkDex's written reviews are positive against 100% of UMD Dining's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DrinkDex versus UMD Dining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrinkDexUMD Dining
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings511 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB7 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGUILLAUME JEAN TANGUYADVAY MONGA

Customer experience

DrinkDex

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

UMD Dining

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DrinkDex

No in-app purchases

None

UMD Dining

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DrinkDex free?
DrinkDex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UMD Dining free?
UMD Dining is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DrinkDex or UMD Dining?
UMD Dining is rated higher. DrinkDex averages 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while UMD Dining averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do DrinkDex or UMD Dining have ads?
Neither DrinkDex nor UMD Dining shows ads.

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