Italian Food Decoder

Name: Italian Food Decoder
Price: 5.99 USD
Rating: 4.9 (57 reviews)
Author: Agorite

by Agorite

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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At a glance: $5.99

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Food & Drink
Travel

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Key functions

Function	Availability	Access	Scope	Evidence
Family Sharing	Yes	Unknown	App Store	Store published

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Price: $5.99

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

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4.9 57 ratings · App Store

5/5Confused at the Coop grocery store, try Mangia to help
I am living in Florence for two months. I am not fluent in Italian and this app has been a great help, I bring it with me on my iPad when I go grocery shopping at the local Coop grocery store which is huge with an endless variety of food some of which I have never seen. Now if only they would make an app to decipher menus!

Bob Paolino · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Italian Food Decoder is a must
If one is going to visit Italy, and plans to eat ANYTHING during that time, be sure to get this app. My visit is for three months, and this guide has been invaluable. If you like to cook, as I do, this is an absolute necessity. Whether you are buying food or going to restaurants, this is essential beyond helpful. Do yourself a big favor and download it.

Riknielsen · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Decipher those Italian Menus with Aplumb
Love the update. If only I had the benefit of this app when I was in Siena back in 1986. Then, my future wife ordered us mortadella sandwiches for a picnic lunch, perhaps the worst dining experience of my life, at least in Italy. With Italian Menu Decoder I would have avoided that catastrophic meal and the courtship may have run its course more smoothly. Truth be told, I have dined with the authors of this app on several occasions, both in the states some 30 years ago, and abroad. I knew them when they could barely cook a kielbasa and did not have great sense of finer cuisine. But now that they have lived in Italy and France since 1985, and traveled extensively writing over 40 Cadogan tour guides and numerous newspaper and magazine articles on Italy, France, Greece and Spain, things have changed dramatically. To be invited to dine at chez Pauls and Facaros is a culinary delight. The starters themselves are worth the trip. Michael makes a mean aranchini and Dana’s exotic pizzas are beyond compare. Italian Menu Decoder has strong merits. The recent update makes it even better. It deciphers not only the language and dialects that you’ll find on any Italian restaurant menu, but will also explain the cutlery, meats, pastas, ingredients and sauces that bring life to Italian cuisine. If you dine Italiano frequently, or if you jut wish to learn more about Italian cuisine, this app is for you.

Chris Malumphy · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Excellent Italian Food Resource
The App is extremely well-organized. The “search” function is great for both food shopping and in restaurants.

Northwest Player · 31 Jul 2026
5/5The Best Italian Food
Absolutely the best Italian food app I have found it covers everything , history, culture , regions , anything else you need to know about Italian food. Great app!

eclisi · 31 Jul 2026

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Versions

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2.0.1
Lots of new content and software improvements!
3.0.0
App rewrite.
3.1.0
Improved search functionality. Fixed iOS 8 issue.
3.10
Use system rating prompt on newer iOS versions.
3.11
Improve content layout on iPads and iPhoneX. Improve search functionality to better handle words with accents. Preserve viewed map locations in navigation history. Minor bug fixes.
3.12
Minor content updates.
3.14
Reorganised. New Cured Meats and Sausages section! Lots of new entries: boreto alla graisana, Jamar, sope, bujadnik, pistum, titole, salamelle, stak, brusaula, ofelle, biseto, calandraca, zlikrofi, biseto... Improved layout and font size options on large screens.
3.15
Numerous clarifications and corrections. Fix for half of status bar sometimes disappearing.
3.2.0
Content updates.
3.4
Improved favourites functionality. Highlighting of search terms in text.
3.5
Content updates. New "share" button. Layout improvements for larger devices and other minor improvements.
3.6
Improved design, content updates, and minor fixes.
3.8
Major content update. Many new entries: Duchessa di Parma, cappello di prete, vecchia alla parmigiana, scarpette di Sant'Ilario, Tortel Dols di Colorno, zia ferrarese...
3.9
Tailor default font size set and initial map view to the device's screen size. Faster start time. Make buttons in header and footer easier to tap. Content fixes and updates. Gentle prompt for a review.
4.0
Dozens of new entries: gambero rosso, Cinisara and Modicana, fregnaccia, cunzato, frascarelli, cuneesi al rhum, crescionda, mandilli di saea, crescia sfogliata, tegamaccio... New calendar of food festivals. Updates and additions to many entries. Improved look of links to entries and favourites page.
4.1
Dozens of new entries: occhi di Santa Lucia, sportella, elisir, nocciolini, garum, pane sciocco, Piave, Salignon, Plaisentif... Improved organisation of the entries, and new top level lists: Biscotti & Mushrooms and Truffles. Wine vocabulary and Italian recipe words, more excruciating details on how to buy the right flour.
4.2
Improved design. Minor content updates. Functionality to zoom and pan images when full-screen. Allow portions of text content to be selectable.
4.4
New terms: boleto granulato, Paltufa... + corrections
5.0
Map now works offlines. Corrections, and new entries: tartufo di Pizzo, pastiglie Leone...
5.1
Use a different pin colour for mapped favourites so they are easier to distinguish. Add entry for corbo, minor other content updates and fixes.
5.2
Updated content, added new food festivals, new entries: La Tur, sfincia, cuoppo, cabbucio
5.3
Minor content update and new entries: sise de mòneche, polta Show map on entries that have a location
5.4
Updates and new entries: girella russa alle ciliegie, Algunder Ziegenkäse, Bleu d’Aoste, Sottocenere al tartufo, Stanga di Dobbiaco, Fallone di Gravina, Pecoricco.
5.5
Add entries for Acquasale, crapiata, friselline, nepeta, Padraccio, pasta mollicata. Update broken links.
5.6 · 22 Jun 2026
New entries: annona, Carduus, frollatura, laccata, morone, morzello, pittule, polacca aversana, stroncatura. Broken links fixed

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