Comparison

McMenamins vs ChefsClips

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

Head to head
About

McMenamins

Discover Northwest destinations, music, and events. Locate nearby venues, browse menus, and track your progress in the popular Passport program. Explore art, find movie showtimes, and manage your favorites.

Highlights
  • Locate nearby venues
  • Browse drink and food menus
  • Track Passport stamps and progress
  • Discover art and movie showtimes
  • Create user profiles and favorites
  • Find venue amenities (pet-friendly, bike racks, spa)
Features
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The official McMenamins for iPhone and iPod Touch app provides a quick reference to our Northwest destinations, music & events, movies, and our popular McMenamins Passport—for every Cosmic Tripster. Locate the nearest McMenamins, discover our drink and food menus, and find out what’s happening on any night of the week. Our app lets you Locate a McMenamins using your current geo-location Browse through our full drink menus Track your Passport stamps and progress Explore select Art unique to McMenamins Find showtimes for our movie theaters Create your profile to keep track of your Favorites Easily find what's available at each location, which are Pet Friendly, include Bike Racks, have a Spa, and so much more McMenamins Passport Start your quest to fill the McMenamins Passport and become a Cosmic Tripster. On your journey you'll visit your favorite pubs, all while discovering new ones. We'll keep you nourished along the way as you earn free tots, burgers and fries. Collect pint glasses, T-shirts and other exclusive passport merchandise; each stamp gets you closer to the prizes. So start planning your journey across the McMenamins land. About McMenamins While you can always grab a pint (or a cup of joe) and a burger with friends and family at your neighborhood McMenamins, you may also find an onsite brewery, a movie, a spa, gardens, a winery, soaking pools, live music and so much more. McMenamins has been a neighborhood gathering spot throughout Oregon and Washington since 1983. We handcraft our own beer, wine, cider, spirits and coffee. We offer an eclectic mix of pubs, historic hotels, movie theaters, concert venues, spas, events and just pure fun—join in!

About

ChefsClips

Transform any YouTube cooking video into a structured recipe with step-by-step guidance. This app analyzes video content, even silent ones, to extract ingredients and techniques. It also helps build grocery lists and order ingredients for delivery.

Highlights
  • Extract recipes from YouTube videos
  • Step-by-step guided cooking mode
  • Multi-recipe detection
  • Grocery list builder
  • Instacart ingredient ordering
  • Search YouTube by category
Features
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ChefsClips turns your saved cooking videos into real meals — even the ones nobody else can handle. Paste any YouTube link or search 30+ categories of cooking videos right inside the app. ChefsClips watches and listens to the entire video — ingredients being added, techniques being shown, on-screen text — and pulls out a complete, structured recipe. Then guides you through cooking it, step by step. WORKS WHERE OTHER APPS CAN'T: Most recipe apps rely on closed captions and transcripts — which means they fail on silent videos, break when auto-captions are wrong, and can't read what's happening on screen. ChefsClips actually watches the video frame by frame, so it works even when nobody's talking. WHAT YOU CAN DO: - Search YouTube by category right inside the app — 30+ cuisines and moods - Extract recipes from any YouTube cooking video in seconds - Multi-recipe detection — compilations with 5 recipes? Pick the one you want - Follow along with step-by-step guided cooking mode with built-in timers - Build a grocery list from one or multiple recipes - Order ingredients through Instacart for same-day delivery - Text your list to whoever's at the store, or check items off live - Every recipe keeps the creator's original video — their views count FOR VIDEO-NATIVE COOKS: You learn to cook from YouTube, not cookbooks. ChefsClips is built for you — bridging the gap between watching a recipe and actually making it. SUBSCRIPTION: ChefsClips Express gives you unlimited recipe extractions, guided cooking sessions, and Instacart grocery ordering. - Monthly plan: $7.99/month (7-day free trial) - Annual plan: $71.99/year — save 25% (14-day free trial) Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews 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 and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.chefsclips.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.chefsclips.com/tos

Screenshots

McMenamins4 screens
ChefsClips4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ChefsClips at 100% against McMenamins's 26%. ChefsClips also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1). McMenamins's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (52 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ChefsClips sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. McMenamins asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ChefsClips holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: McMenamins has 52 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of McMenamins's written reviews are positive against 100% of ChefsClips's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
McMenamins versus ChefsClips: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMcMenaminsChefsClips
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (52 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings52 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 12 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB47 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperProject A, Inc.NOVA EDGE INNOVATIONS LLC

Customer experience

McMenamins

All ratings52 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral5.8%
Negative48.1%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive26.5%
Neutral8.8%
Negative64.7%

ChefsClips

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

McMenamins

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ChefsClips

Subscriptions2
  • ChefsClips Express7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • ChefsClips Express14 Days trial$71.991 Year

Questions

Is McMenamins free?
McMenamins is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChefsClips free?
ChefsClips is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, McMenamins or ChefsClips?
ChefsClips is rated higher. McMenamins averages 3.1 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while ChefsClips averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do McMenamins or ChefsClips have ads?
Neither McMenamins nor ChefsClips shows ads.

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