MenuLens: AI Menu Translator
Joshua Suess Food & Drink iPhoneiPadiPod touch
MenuLens: AI Menu Translator is a free Food & Drink app for iPhone and iPad by Joshua Suess. Requires iOS 16.4. Updated September 17, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 68 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Sep 17
- 2026 · v1.0
Screenshots
About MenuLens: AI Menu Translator
Point your camera at any menu — foreign abroad or just unfamiliar at home — and get more than a translation. MenuLens explains every dish in plain English: what it is, how it's cooked, what it tastes like. Then it tells you what to order. Generic translators give you word salad. MenuLens reads the whole menu and builds a card for every dish, so you order on purpose instead of pointing at random. WHAT YOU GET - Scan a menu and get dish-by-dish cards: the original name, a plain-English explanation, a flavor and texture read, and an anchored heat scale. - "Order this" picks 2-3 dishes for your taste — spice tolerance, dietary patterns, and how adventurous you are — each with the reason it fits. - Advisory allergen flags mark dishes that likely contain what you've flagged, with the ingredient-level reason. Flagged dishes are shown, never hidden — always confirm with your server. - See a photo of an unfamiliar dish before you commit to ordering it. - Price context in your home currency, plus whether a dish is a snack, an individual plate, or meant for the table. - Every scan is saved to your history and readable offline, so the menus you've decoded travel with you. HOW IT WORKS 1. Photograph the menu — multi-page menus welcome. 2. MenuLens reads it and turns it into a card for every dish. 3. Set your taste profile once, and every menu after gets picks matched to you. WHO IT'S FOR Built for the traveler ordering in Tokyo or Lisbon, and for anyone facing a Sichuan, Ethiopian, or omakase menu at home who wants to order confidently instead of guessing. Sign in with Apple or email to keep your taste profile and history across trips. --- Subscription details --- MenuLens is a subscription. It unlocks menu scanning, plain-English dish explanations, "order this" picks matched to your taste, advisory allergen flags, and dish photos. Weekly and monthly plans are available. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://menulens.monarchlabs.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://menulens.monarchlabs.app/privacy
App privacy
The developer, Joshua Suess, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Health & Fitness: Health
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Photos or Videos
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: Product Personalization, App Functionality
Alternatives to MenuLens: AI Menu Translator
Looking for apps like MenuLens: AI Menu Translator? Here are 6 similar apps on the App Store. The highest rated is Forq: AI Menu Scanner & Photos (5.0/5), and all 6 are free to download.
-
TasteLens: Menu Scanner
-
Less Please
-
MenuLens: AI Calorie Scanner
-
Forq: AI Menu Scanner & Photos
5.0
-
Palate: Your Taste Map
5.0
-
DishLens – Menu Scanner
| App | Rating | Price | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MenuLens: AI Menu Translator | – | Free | September 17, 2026 | |
| TasteLens: Menu Scanner | – | Free | Sep 28, 2026 | Compare |
| Less Please | – | Free | Feb 5, 2026 | Compare |
| MenuLens: AI Calorie Scanner | – | Free | May 12, 2026 | Compare |
| Forq: AI Menu Scanner & Photos | 5.0 / 5 (1) | Free | Aug 1, 2026 | Compare |
| Palate: Your Taste Map | 5.0 / 5 (2) | Free | Oct 3, 2026 | Compare |
| DishLens – Menu Scanner | – | Free | Nov 14, 2025 | Compare |