Comparison

Dining Hall Macros vs ECHO

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

Head to head
About

Dining Hall Macros

This app provides detailed macronutrient information for food items available in university dining halls. It helps users build meals to meet their protein and calorie goals, log their intake, and track progress over time. Dietary filters and allergen information are also available.

Highlights
  • Daily menu macronutrient data
  • Meal building to hit targets
  • One-tap food logging
  • Daily and historical tracking
  • Dietary and allergen filters
  • Cross-device account sync
Features
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Dining Hall Macros shows what is actually in your dining hall food. Every item on today's menu, with the real protein, carbs, fat, fiber and calories, pulled straight from your university's own dining data and refreshed every morning. BUILD A PLATE THAT HITS YOUR TARGET Tell it your protein and calorie target for the meal. It picks items from across the stations and puts a plate together that hits it. Do not like it? Reroll. LOG WHAT YOU ATE One tap per item, in half, single, one-and-a-half, double or triple servings. Your daily totals update as you go. TRACK IT OVER TIME Log your weight. See daily totals against your targets. See whether the last two weeks actually moved. YOUR ACCOUNT FOLLOWS YOU Sign in with your email on any phone and your diary, targets, diet settings and weight history come with it. EATING AROUND A DIET Vegetarian, vegan, halal, gluten-free and allergen filters. Set what you avoid and it stops suggesting it. SCHOOLS UT Austin, Texas A&M, UNC Charlotte, UCLA, UC Berkeley, MIT, Yale, Princeton, Duke, Johns Hopkins, UPenn, Northwestern, Notre Dame, UChicago and Vanderbilt. Not your school? Email ammo.biz08@gmail.com and it gets built if the dining data is public. Free. Built by Ammo Performance Group.

About

ECHO

Features
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ECHO-X is a gentle companion for the first 1,000 days of life, from pregnancy to your child’s second birthday, created by HERA with environmental-health researchers and clinicians. • Week-by-week guidance during pregnancy, then month-by-month guidance for your baby • Today outside: live air quality and heat guidance for your area • Healthy Home evaluations with practical, judgment-free suggestions • Learn: short lessons on indoor air, cleaning products, baby products, nutrition and climate • Expert Corner: articles and videos from obstetricians, pediatricians, midwives and environmental-health specialists • Optional research participation: join studies that shape future guidance, with your consent • Private notes for every week and month Educational content only; not a substitute for professional medical advice.

Screenshots

Dining Hall Macros4 screens
ECHO4 screens

Verdict

The call

Dining Hall Macros and ECHO are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Dining Hall Macros versus ECHO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDining Hall MacrosECHO
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAiden MuhammadBerytrade S.A.R.L.

In-app purchases

None

Dining Hall Macros

No in-app purchases

None

ECHO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dining Hall Macros free?
Dining Hall Macros is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ECHO free?
ECHO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dining Hall Macros or ECHO have ads?
Neither Dining Hall Macros nor ECHO shows ads.

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