Comparison

Au vs Dinner Light

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

Head to head
About

Au

Features
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auMenu is the weekly meal planner built for real family life. Whether you're feeding two people or a full household, auMenu helps you plan every breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack for the week — on budget, on time, and without the daily "what's for dinner?" panic. — PLAN THE WHOLE WEEK — The weekly calendar gives you a bird's-eye view of every meal slot. Tap any cell to assign a recipe, or let Claude AI generate a personalised week of meals in one tap. Swipe to today's view in Menu du Jour to see exactly what's on the table — and share the day's plan with your family in seconds. — POWERED BY CLAUDE AI — auMenu is built on Claude, Anthropic's state-of-the-art AI. Claude generates: • Full recipes with ingredients, steps, and cooking tips • Nutrition estimates per serving — calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber, and sodium — cached so you never wait twice • Real grocery pricing tailored to your city and country • Seasonal produce insights so you always buy what's fresh and affordable • Drink pairings for every dinner, including specific wine recommendations — YOUR RECIPE COLLECTION — Save any Claude-generated recipe to your personal library, or add your own. Filter by meal type, mark favourites, view preparation steps, and share recipes as plain text, PDF, or CSV. Every recipe remembers its nutritional profile once generated. — BUDGET & BILLS — Set a weekly food budget and watch the gauge fill as meals are planned. Log grocery bills with store name, amount, currency, and payment method (credit card, cash, or cheque). Select multiple bills to calculate totals by date period — perfect for monthly expense reviews. — SMART SHOPPING LISTS — Your weekly menu automatically builds a categorised grocery list grouped by produce, dairy, meat, bakery, pantry, and frozen. Check items off as you shop and share the full list as text, PDF, or CSV. — BUILT FOR YOUR FAMILY — Tell auMenu how many people are at the table and set dietary preferences (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal, kosher, and more). Claude uses your household profile for every suggestion, so every meal is the right size and meets your family's needs. — BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED — Inspired by the Bauhaus design tradition — bold colours, clean geometry, and nothing that doesn't need to be there. Switch between light and dark mode, scale the font to your preference, and navigate with fluid swipe gestures. auMenu. Dinner sorted. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy; https://treillint.com/privacy-policy

About

Dinner Light

Easily read menus in dim lighting with a customizable flashlight and magnifier. Calculate tips and split bills accurately among any number of people. This private, ad-free tool supports multiple languages and currencies.

Highlights
  • Dimmable flashlight
  • Live menu magnifier with zoom
  • Tip calculator with presets
  • Bill splitting for any number of people
  • Supports 6 languages
  • Supports 7 currencies
  • Private and ad-free
Features
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Free to download and try for 7 days. Read menus, magnify small print, control the flashlight, calculate the tip, and split the check—without fumbling at the table. NO ADS. Dinner Light is built around the moment you need it: a large live menu reader opens as soon as access is confirmed, with the essential controls kept within reach. READ ANY MENU • Large, nearly full-screen rear-camera menu reader • Continuous autofocus, plus tap any menu text to focus exactly where you need • Smooth zoom control for small print • Dimmable flashlight that starts at its lowest setting • Automatic flashlight shutoff when the app leaves the reader or moves to the background • Live camera content is never recorded or saved TIP AND SPLIT THE CHECK • Tip is always one tap away in the top-right corner • Tip presets from 12% to 22%, plus any custom percentage • Calculate tip before tax or on the full total • Split among any number of people • See each person’s total and share of the tip • Optional round-up so the difference goes to your server MADE FOR DINING ANYWHERE • 6 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese • 7 currencies: USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, MXN, and JPY • Bill-splitting preferences stay saved between dinners ACCESSIBLE BY DESIGN • Large touch controls and high-contrast text • VoiceOver-friendly labels and clear slider values • Large-text and reduced-motion support • A dark-first interface designed for restaurants PRIVATE, PLAIN AND SIMPLE No account. No sign-up. No tracking. No analytics. No data collection. The camera feed stays on your device, and Dinner Light never records or uploads it. NO ADS. FREE 7-DAY TRIAL Download free and try every feature for 7 days. Then continue for $2.99 per year. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled in App Store settings. Customers who purchased an earlier version keep permanent access. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Au4 screens
Dinner Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dinner Light at every 9 days against Au's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Au ships an update every 3 months, Dinner Light every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Au versus Dinner Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuDinner Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJean Claude ZabaloffSCOTT RICHARD MORVAY

In-app purchases

None

Au

No in-app purchases

None

Dinner Light

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Au free?
Au is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dinner Light free?
Dinner Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Au or Dinner Light have ads?
Neither Au nor Dinner Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Au or Dinner Light?
Au ships an update every 3 months, and Dinner Light every 9 days. Most recently, Au was updated on October 21, 2026 and Dinner Light on October 5, 2026.

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