MenuSnapp vs Plateback
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MenuSnapp
Translate foreign language menus into your own language with detailed explanations of dishes, including tasting notes, history, and dietary information. Convert prices to your local currency and hear pronunciations of dish names. Save scanned menus for future reference.
- Translate foreign menus
- Dish explanations and tasting notes
- Price conversion to local currency
- Pronunciation guides for dish names
- Dietary tags
- Photo galleries and diner reviews
- Offline access to scanned menus
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Ever stared at a menu in Rome, Tokyo or Lisbon and ordered by pointing at random? MenuSnapp turns any foreign-language menu into one you actually understand, and helps you order with confidence. HOW IT WORKS 1. Point your camera at the menu, one page or the whole thing. 2. MenuSnapp reads every dish and translates it by meaning, not word for word. Cacio e Pepe stays Cacio e Pepe, with a proper explanation, not "cheese and pepper". 3. Prices appear in the menu's currency and yours, converted at current rates. 4. Tap any dish to see what it really is. YOUR FIRST 5 MENUS ARE FREE • No account, no sign-up: point and scan straight away. • Every scan is the full experience: the complete translated menu, and for every dish its tasting notes, dietary tags, photo gallery and diner reviews. • A scanned menu stays unlocked: reopen it from History without spending anything. WHAT YOU GET WITH EVERY MENU • Tasting notes: what to expect, how it tastes, how it's eaten. • The story behind the dish: what it is, its history, fun facts. • Say it out loud: hear the dish's real name spoken, with a written pronunciation guide. • Dietary tags at a glance: vegetarian, vegan, spicy, meat, seafood and more. • A full photo gallery: photos from this restaurant when available, plus beautifully consistent AI images. • Real diner reviews matched to the dish. KEEP GOING YOUR WAY After your free menus, one credit = one whole menu, yours to keep. Grab a small pack, or go unlimited with a monthly subscription. You can buy without creating an account; sign in later and your purchases follow you to any device. MADE FOR TRAVEL • Works on printed menus, boards and multi-page carte. • Detects the restaurant and remembers where you ate, with "Popular here" picks drawn from real diner reviews. • History keeps every menu you've scanned, so you can browse them long after the trip. • Change your currency any time; prices re-convert instantly, even for menus you scanned weeks ago. • Choose your translation language. Scanned menus can re-translate on demand. • The app speaks your language: the interface comes in 28 languages, set automatically from your device. WHY MENUSNAPP INSTEAD OF A CAMERA TRANSLATOR? General translators replace words in place: you get "jumped noodles" and "grandmother style". MenuSnapp understands the dish, keeps its real name, and tells you what it actually is, what it costs in your money, and whether you'll like it. Scan your first menu tonight. It's free. Privacy Policy: https://menusnapp.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ MenuSnapp Terms: https://menusnapp.com/terms
Plateback
This app helps you privately track restaurants and food experiences. Save places you've visited or want to try, add notes and photos, and organize them with custom tags. Share recommendations privately with friends.
- Save restaurants from maps and social media
- Track visited and desired places
- Add photos and personal dish notes
- Organize with built-in and custom tags
- Discover nearby saved restaurants
- Share recommendations privately with friends
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Plateback is your private restaurant tracker and food journal. Remember the restaurants you loved, the dishes worth ordering again, and the places you still want to try. Save restaurants directly from Apple Maps, Google Maps, Instagram, and Photos. Add pictures and personal notes about what you ordered, then mark what you would have again, what you want to try next, and what you would skip. When hunger strikes, discover restaurants you have already visited nearby and quickly find that great place whose name you forgot. Organize your collection with tags for pizza, pasta, coffee, burgers, bakeries, and more. You can also create your own tags and filter your restaurants whenever you are deciding where to go. Recommendations are more meaningful when they come from people you trust. Share restaurant and dish recommendations with the friends you choose, without publishing reviews for everyone to see. Your food history stays private unless you decide to share it. With Plateback, you can: • Save restaurants from Apple Maps, Google Maps, Instagram, and Photos • Keep track of places you have visited and want to try • Find previously visited restaurants near you • Add photos and personal notes about individual dishes • Remember what you loved, want to try, or would skip • Organize restaurants with built-in and custom food tags • Browse all your food photos in one gallery • Share recommendations privately with friends • Keep your personal collection private by default Whether you are remembering the perfect plate of pasta, deciding which pastry to order again, or building a restaurant list for your next trip, Plateback gives your food memories a place to live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plateback at none against MenuSnapp's 4. MenuSnapp's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. MenuSnapp sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Plateback asks for nothing beyond the download.
MenuSnapp ships an update weekly, Plateback every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | MenuSnapp | Plateback |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | +12 | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Kracik | Daniel Lozano |
Customer experience
MenuSnapp
Plateback
In-app purchases
MenuSnapp
- MenuSnapp Unlimited$7.991 Month
- 5 Credits$1.99
- 15 Credits$4.99
- 30 Credits$8.99
Plateback
No in-app purchases









