Slatemenu vs DineCard
Both turn a photo of your menu into a QR code menu with a 14-day free trial. DineCard costs ₹99 a month and Slatemenu ₹299. Here’s what each one does that the other doesn’t, checked on 7 October 2026.
Slatemenu and DineCard do the same core job: you photograph your paper menu, the app reads the dishes and prices, and you get a QR code menu you can change from your phone. Both are made in India and both give you 14 days free.
We make Slatemenu. Everything about DineCard below comes from dinecard.in, checked on 7 October 2026. Where DineCard’s site doesn’t mention something, we’ve written "not listed", which doesn’t mean it can’t do it. Ask them if it matters to you.
Side by side
| Slatemenu | DineCard | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹299 a month or ₹2,499 a year | ₹99 a month or ₹999 a year |
| Free trial | 14 days, every feature, no card | 14 days, up to 100 dishes and 10 categories |
| Builds the menu from a photo or PDF | Yes | Yes |
| Half and full plate prices | Up to four sizes per dish | Yes |
| Veg, non-veg and egg marks | Yes | Not listed |
| Diner filters | Veg, veg and egg, Jain, vegan, gluten-free, no nuts, not spicy | Not listed |
| Languages diners can switch to | 9 Indian languages, up to 3 at a time, plus English | "15+ Indian languages" |
| Dish photos | No | In paid plans |
| Offers and discounts | No | Yes |
| Today’s specials, and sections shown at set hours | Yes | Not listed |
| Printable designs | Table tent, counter poster, sticker, door sign and an A4 paper menu | Printable QR code |
| "Review us on Google" button | Yes | Not listed |
| Insights | People who opened the menu, QR scans, most-opened dishes | In paid plans |
| WhatsApp and Instagram | Menu link, a ready-made WhatsApp Business auto-reply, Instagram bio steps | WhatsApp and Instagram menu button |
| Your menu’s link | slatemenu.com/menu/your-code | yourname.dinecard.in |
| When you stop paying | Menu goes offline; everything is kept until you pay | Menu goes offline and the QR code stops working until you subscribe |
| Renews by itself | Never | Not stated |
Price
DineCard is a third of the price. Over a year that’s ₹999 against ₹2,499, a difference of ₹1,500. If price is what decides it for you, DineCard is the cheaper way to get a QR menu that reads your paper menu for you.
Where DineCard does more
DineCard lets you add photos of your dishes on its paid plans, which helps for dishes diners don’t know by name. It has offers and discounts you can run on the menu. Its site lists more than 15 Indian languages, against Slatemenu’s nine. And your link carries your restaurant’s name, like yourname.dinecard.in.
Where Slatemenu does more
Slatemenu is built around how Indian diners read a menu. Every dish carries the veg, non-veg or egg mark, and diners can filter for veg, Jain, vegan, gluten-free, no nuts or not spicy. When a diner uses the allergy filters, the menu reminds them to check with your staff.
It also handles the parts of running a menu that change during the week. You can put a dish at the top as today’s special until midnight, show breakfast or happy hour only at set times, and switch off a sold-out dish with one tap.
For the tables, Slatemenu gives you print-ready designs with your restaurant’s name: an A5 table tent, an A4 counter poster, a sticker, a door sign for the street, and your whole menu as an A4 PDF for anyone who wants paper. At the end of the menu, a "Review us on Google" button asks happy diners for a review.
Slatemenu never charges you automatically. You pay for a month or a year by UPI, card or net banking, and when it runs out your menu goes offline until you pay again.
Which one to pick
Choose DineCard if price matters most, if you want dish photos or discounts on the menu, or if your diners read a language Slatemenu doesn’t have yet.
Choose Slatemenu if veg marks and diet filters matter to your diners, if you want table tents and posters ready for the print shop, or if your menu changes through the day with specials and timed sections.
Both have a 14-day free trial, so you can put the same menu into each and look at them side by side on your phone before you print anything.
Questions
Can I move from DineCard to Slatemenu?
Yes. Take photos of your menu, or upload the PDF, and Slatemenu reads it again. Your QR code will be a new one, so you’ll need to print new table cards.
Does either one take orders?
Slatemenu doesn’t; diners read the menu and order with your staff. DineCard’s site doesn’t list ordering.
Which is cheaper over a year?
DineCard: ₹999 a year against Slatemenu’s ₹2,499, at the prices listed on 7 October 2026.