Comparison

MealMemo vs 僕のラーメン手帳

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

Head to head
About

MealMemo

Record and manage your restaurant dining experiences with custom ratings and multiple photos. Easily find past meals by date, rating, or tags, and locate restaurants on a map. Enhance your gourmet journey with advanced management features.

Highlights
  • Record and manage restaurant meals
  • Custom rating scale (0-5)
  • Manage multiple photos per report
  • Map feature for restaurant location
  • Search by restaurant name, notes, or tags
  • Monthly calendar view of meals
  • Tagging for report organization
Features
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◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇ Ranked No. 4 in Japanese Food category Top Grossing! Added a map feature requested by users. ◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇ This is an app to record and manage restaurant meals, and you can rate them by you, for you. Try record by your own rating scale unaffected by others. [You can easily find it among many reports] - "Maybe I will go to high-rated restaurant today." -> Sort by rating! - "How is the restaurant where I haven't been to recently." -> Sort by date! - You can search reports by restaurant name or notes. - Rating of the restaurant is possible on a scale of 0 to 5 in 0.1 point increments. [Manage multiple photos taken at the restaurant] - You can register multiple photos like the full-course meal in a single report. - You can register photos selected from the camera roll as well as photos taken on the spot. - Smoothly enlarged display for photos. You can quickly check the details. [Manage place of the restaurant by a map] - The place where you had the meal can be set by the map. - You can find restaurants around by keyword or search by address, place-name. - You can set the location and name of restaurant to the report by using the search result. - By adding add-on, you can see reports around your current location by using the map. [Find from calendar] - You can list photos using a monthly calendar. - This also help you when you say "Where was it that I ate last Saturday". [Smartly search by tags] - Create your favorite tags, and you can manage reports with tagging. - Reports can be narrowed using the tag. - You can attach multiple tags to a single report. [For gourmet users] - By purchasing add-on, you can increase the maximum number of reports, photos, and tags. - Then Ad banner disappears, so you can see a lot of reports by using screen widely. [Please Note] - For a question or problem written in the App Store Review, we can not answer because there is no means of contacting. Sorry to trouble you, but please contact from support page.

About

僕のラーメン手帳

Features
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「僕のラーメン日記」は、食べたラーメンを手軽に記録し、あなた自身の好みを振り返るためのアプリです。 店名と満足度だけで記録を残せるので、食後の短い時間でも続けられます。写真、メニュー名、価格、メモ、スープの系統、濃さ、塩気、脂、麺の太さなどは、残したい項目だけ追加できます。 【主な機能】 ・ラーメンの店名、満足度、写真、味の特徴を記録 ・食べた回数や「また来たい」をもとにランキング表示 ・過去の記録を検索・絞り込み ・記録したお店を地図で振り返り ・高評価とその他の記録を比べて、好みの傾向を可視化 ・記録から次の一杯のヒントを提案 ・記録データの書き出し 【プライバシー】 ラーメンの記録、写真、位置情報は端末内に保存されます。アカウント登録は不要です。位置情報の利用は任意で、許可しなくても記録できます。 広告表示のため第三者広告サービスを利用します。広告は買い切りのアプリ内課金で非表示にできます。 あなたが食べた一杯を、次の一杯をもっと楽しむための記録に変えてみませんか。

Screenshots

MealMemo4 screens
僕のラーメン手帳4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 僕のラーメン手帳 at none against MealMemo's 6. MealMemo's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MealMemo sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. 僕のラーメン手帳 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
MealMemo versus 僕のラーメン手帳: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMealMemo僕のラーメン手帳
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTomonori YanagihoriYasuhiro Hamada

In-app purchases

6 purchases

MealMemo

One-time6
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Add Report Based on Existing$1.99
  • Map View of Report List$1.99
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  • Expansions$1.99
  • Ad Removal & Extensions$3.99
  • Premium Expansions$5.99
None

僕のラーメン手帳

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MealMemo free?
MealMemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 僕のラーメン手帳 free?
僕のラーメン手帳 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MealMemo or 僕のラーメン手帳 have ads?
Both MealMemo and 僕のラーメン手帳 show ads.
Which is updated more often, MealMemo or 僕のラーメン手帳?
MealMemo ships an update every 2 months, and 僕のラーメン手帳 every 2 months. Most recently, MealMemo was updated on October 29, 2026 and 僕のラーメン手帳 on October 5, 2026.

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