Crave First vs Dining
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crave First
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What sounds good today? Start with one regional Chinese dish. Crave First is a playful food-discovery and simulated-ordering app. Browse regional dishes, add a craving, complete a fictional order, and collect the places you have explored in your food passport. You can: - Set an optional on-device meal reminder - Explore 26 dishes across 22 cities and 8 regions - Search by dish, city, region, or food style - Customize portions, spice, sweetness, and add-ons - Follow a simulated order from preparation to arrival - Unlock food stamps, revisit history, and share a food report Important notes: - This app is for entertainment and food discovery only. - It does not contact restaurants, create real orders, charge money, or deliver food. - You never need to enter a real delivery address or payment details. - The app does not collect phone numbers, payment information, precise location, contacts, camera, or microphone data. - Notification permission is optional and used only for reminders you schedule. - Photo add-only access is requested only when you save a generated report; existing photos are not read or uploaded. - Dish images are sourced from Wikimedia Commons. In-app credits identify each author, license, and original page.
Dining
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Dining is a calm, beautifully simple meal journal for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. Save the food you love with photos, notes and a little everyday ritual. 【Log a meal in 30 seconds】 Choose a meal type, add photos, and record what you ate, when, where and how it felt. Pick from your photo library, search nearby restaurants, use precise location, create custom tags and add notes. 【A clear daily timeline】 Browse meals by date, swipe through days, and jump anywhere with the compact calendar. Search your history by food, restaurant, meal type or tag. 【See your eating rhythm】 Review the last 3 days, this week, this month, the last year or any custom date range. Track meals, recorded days, regularity score, meal distribution, favorite tags and places. 【Create something worth sharing】 Choose a day, a single meal or your stats. Build a daily card, collage or menu poster with flexible photo selection, deletion and balanced layouts that keep every image natural. 【Your data stays yours】 Records are stored locally by default and can be exported as JSON or Excel. Members can sync their records with iCloud and restore them across devices. Meal reminders can be set around your own schedule. Whether you are building healthier habits, training for a goal, or simply learning to enjoy everyday meals, Dining makes consistency feel lighter and more personal. 【Auto-Subscription Terms】 Payment: iTunes account charged at end of free trial after purchase confirmation Auto-Renewal: Charged within 24 hours before subscription ends, period extends automatically Cancel: Manage/cancel auto-renewal in iPhone Settings → iTunes Store & App Store → Apple ID → Subscriptions 【Related Agreements】 Terms of Service: http://app.fuchun.vip/dining/UserAgreement.html Privacy Policy: http://app.fuchun.vip/dining/PrivacyPolicy.html By using this app, you agree to the above terms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crave First at none against Dining's 3. Crave First also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Dining's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Dining sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Crave First asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Crave First | Dining |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Jintailai Pet Technology Co., Ltd. | 冬 杨 |
In-app purchases
Crave First
No in-app purchases
Dining
- 吃饭打卡神器包月VIP$2.991 Month
- 吃饭打卡神器包年VIP$9.991 Year
- 吃饭打卡终身会员$14.99









