Comparison

Tasty Food vs America's Test Kitchen

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

Head to head
About

Tasty Food

Learn to cook with easy-to-follow video recipes created by culinary professionals. Discover a wide range of dishes, from snacks to desserts, and add ingredients to your shopping list. Perfect for home cooks and aspiring chefs alike.

Highlights
  • Video recipes
  • Professional HD videos
  • Recipe categories
  • Easy searching
  • Save favorites
  • Shopping list
Features
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Tasty Food - Best Quick & Easy Cooking Cooking with videos Access easy to follow video recipes on your phone. Created by current industry professionals with years of experience training chefs in licensed culinary schools around the globe. Now you can learn the same exciting recipes. Perfect for chefs, home cooks, foodies and students on the go. Add your recipes to your shopping list, pick up your supplies and start cooking! What's included : • Snack-sized videos and recipes you'll want to try. • Recipes complete with professional HD videos • Selection via categories such as breakfast, drinks, ice cream, chicken, cake, snacks, dessert, beverages, pizza, bread. • Easy searching • Save your favourites

About

America's Test Kitchen

Access thousands of rigorously tested recipes, cooking videos, and expert product reviews. Enhance your culinary skills with on-demand classes taught by test kitchen professionals. Save favorites, create shopping lists, and discover new dishes for any occasion.

Highlights
  • 14,000+ tested recipes
  • Expert-led cooking classes
  • App-exclusive content
  • Product reviews and ratings
  • Save favorite recipes
  • Create shopping lists
  • Ad-free cooking episodes
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The America's Test Kitchen app delivers the best-tasting recipes, cooking videos, product reviews, and more than 30 years of test kitchen discoveries! Get every rigorously tested recipe from America’s Test Kitchen, Cook’s Illustrated, and Cook’s Country. Recipe collections for every occasion: Weeknight recipes, healthy recipes, desserts, slow cooker recipes, and more all include “Why This Recipe Works” so you’ll know every test kitchen discovery. Save favorite recipes, cook great food, and get the recipe app that has it all. New app-exclusive feature! ATK Classes add on with expert-led cooking classes for all skill levels and personal connections with ATK instructors. Download America’s Test Kitchen today and become a culinary master! America’s Test Kitchen Features: Save Favorite Recipes - Cooking app with 14,000+ best-ever recipes - Recipes tested by test cooks and 70,000 volunteer home cooks - Recipe Collections: slow cooker recipes, seasonal picks, quick meals & more - Recipes added every month and cooking articles added every day! - Save favorite recipes, customize recipes with personal notes & get quick access on any device Kitchen Reviews - Kitchen appliance reviews and ingredient ratings at your fingertips - Save money and time with 8,000+ rigorously researched product reviews & trusted kitchen reviews Full Episodes, Ad-Free - Cooking episodes from 42 seasons of our top-rated TV shows America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country And More! - Get Fresh Pick recommendations based on your favorites with Recipe Recommendations - Find, compare, save favorite recipes & share with others - Shopping lists are created with ease and you’ll never forget anything again New Feature: Add On ATK Classes! - Focused, fun on-demand classes taught by test kitchen experts - Build your skills and refine your cooking intuition - Use “Cook Along” mode to see every step - Enjoy a personal connection with instructors - Access classes for all skill levels Try out the entire app with a free trial. - Current ATK Essential members can access this app at no additional charge after logging in - Access to the ATK app requires a monthly or annual ATK Essential membership, which also includes all the content across the America’s Test Kitchen, Cook’s Illustrated, and Cook’s Country sites. - Bundle ATK Essential + ATK Classes and save! Privacy Policy: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/guides/corporate-pages/privacy-policy CA Privacy Notice: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/guides/corporate-pages/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/guides/corporate-pages/terms-of-use Contact Us: support@Americastestkitchen.com All subscriptions start at the end of the applicable free trial period. Free trials are only available upon an initial subscription. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account after your free trial period or at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew each month or year 24 hours before the end of the current period and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to that publication, where applicable. All products reviewed by America’s Test Kitchen are independently chosen, researched, and reviewed by our editors. We buy products for testing at retail locations and do not accept unsolicited samples for testing. We list suggested sources for recommended products as a convenience to our readers but do not endorse specific retailers. When you choose to purchase our editorial recommendations from the links we provide, we may earn an affiliate commission. Prices are subject to change.

Screenshots

Tasty Food4 screens
America's Test Kitchen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: America's Test Kitchen at 64% against Tasty Food's 3%. America's Test Kitchen also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (18K vs 82). Tasty Food's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). 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. America's Test Kitchen sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Tasty Food asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

America's Test Kitchen holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: America's Test Kitchen has 18K ratings behind it against 82, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 3% of Tasty Food's written reviews are positive against 64% of America's Test Kitchen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasty Food ships an update monthly, America's Test Kitchen every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Tasty Food versus America's Test Kitchen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasty FoodAmerica's Test Kitchen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (82 ratings)4.9 (18K ratings) — better
Positive reviews3.4% of reviews64.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8218K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#10 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.5 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB128 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKien NguyenAmerica's Test Kitchen LP

Customer experience

Tasty Food

All ratings74 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive3.4%
Neutral3.4%
Negative93.1%

America's Test Kitchen

All ratings17,618 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral0.4%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews491 reviews
Positive64.4%
Neutral7.7%
Negative27.9%

Bugs and requests

Tasty Food

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

America's Test Kitchen

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Recipes and content not loading properly
  • Inability to access account after updates
  • Syncing issues between app and website
  • Frequent log-outs and need to re-login

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to categorize and organize saved recipes
  • Improve search functionality and filtering options
  • Implement sharing capabilities to easily share recipes
  • Add support for metric measurements alongside imperial

In-app purchases

None

Tasty Food

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

America's Test Kitchen

Subscriptions6
  • ATK Essential - Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Classes Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Essential + Classes - Monthly$19.991 Month
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  • Classes Annual$39.991 Year
  • ATK Essential - Annual$49.991 Year
  • Essential + Classes - Annual14 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Tasty Food free?
Tasty Food is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is America's Test Kitchen free?
America's Test Kitchen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tasty Food or America's Test Kitchen?
America's Test Kitchen is rated higher. Tasty Food averages 4.5 out of 5 from 82 ratings, while America's Test Kitchen averages 4.9 from 18K ratings.
Do Tasty Food or America's Test Kitchen have ads?
Both Tasty Food and America's Test Kitchen show ads.
Which is updated more often, Tasty Food or America's Test Kitchen?
Tasty Food ships an update monthly, and America's Test Kitchen every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tasty Food was updated on August 5, 2026 and America's Test Kitchen on September 24, 2026.

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