Petit Chef vs mAIChef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Petit Chef
Discover a new, easy, and affordable recipe daily. These recipes are designed to be quick to prepare and accessible to everyone. An internet connection is required to access the daily culinary inspiration.
- New recipe daily
- Recipes disappear after 10 days
- Easy to make
- Quick to cook
- Inexpensive
- Accessible to all
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Une nouvelle recette chaque jour! Pour ceux qui aiment cuisiner mais qui ne savent pas quoi faire, Petit Chef vous propose une nouvelle recette chaque jour qui disparaît au bout de 10 jours. Toutes les recettes sont : • Facile à effectuer • Rapides à cuisiner • Bon marché • Accessible à tous Une connexion internet est nécessaire pour le bon fonctionnement de Petit Chef.
mAIChef
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You know the feeling at six o'clock: the fridge is not empty, and there is still nothing to eat. mAIChef takes it from there. Say what you feel like — or photograph the fridge — and you get a recipe built around your diet, your equipment and the time you actually have. Not a recipe someone else wrote for someone else. ASK IN YOUR OWN WORDS Type it, dictate it, or take a photo. "Something with the chicken and the courgettes, thirty minutes, no dairy." The recipe arrives in about twenty seconds, with a photo of the dish. IT READS YOUR FRIDGE Up to five photos at once. It names what it sees — down to the butter next to the bread — and you cook from what is already there. NUTRITION THAT IS COUNTED, NOT GUESSED Calories and macros are computed from the ingredient list against a food database, with a breakdown per ingredient. Set calorie or macro targets and the plan is built to them. A WEEK OF MEALS, PLANNED Breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner, up to seven days, each with its time and its calories. One shopping list for the whole week, grouped by aisle, that knows what is already in your cupboard. BATCH PREP — COOK ONCE, EAT ALL WEEK Pick four dishes and mAIChef works out the order: which oven, which pan, which step goes while something else roasts. Then it runs the session with you — one step at a time, timers going, nothing forgotten. Four recipes in about an hour, instead of four evenings. COOK MODE Big type, hands-free voice, screen stays awake, timers per step. IT LEARNS WHAT YOU LIKE Rate what you cook. mAITaste picks up the cuisines, the ingredients and the effort level you keep coming back to, and the suggestions follow. NINE LANGUAGES English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese and Chinese — the recipes too, not only the buttons. FREE • 10 AI recipes a month • Save up to 100 recipes • One 3-day meal plan a month • One photo analysis a month • Nutrition on every recipe • Voice input, dark mode PREMIUM • 150 AI recipes a month • Save up to 10,000 • 7-day plans, up to six meals a day • 30 photo analyses a month, five photos each • Batch prep sessions • Shopping lists and pantry • Recipe tuning and cook mode • High-quality photos on every recipe Cancel any time. Your recipes stay yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Petit Chef at none against mAIChef's 8. Petit Chef also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). mAIChef's advantage is device support. On price 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
Both are free to download. mAIChef sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Petit Chef asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Petit Chef | mAIChef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nicolas Sayer | CS CONTROLCOM |
In-app purchases
Petit Chef
No in-app purchases
mAIChef
- Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium Annual$44.991 Year
- 33 Photo Credits$0.99
- 50 Photo Credits$0.99
- 20 Recipe Credits$1.00
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- 50 Recipe Credits$1.99
- 100 Photo Credits$3.00
- 100 Recipe Credits$4.00









