Tovala vs KitchenIdea
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tovala
Control your smart oven and order weekly meal kits with this app. It guides you through connecting your oven, browsing menus, and tracking deliveries. Enjoy chef-perfected meals with simple scanning and oven control.
- Connect smart oven to WiFi
- Order weekly meal deliveries
- Track deliveries
- Control oven remotely
- Use cooking presets
- Scan pantry staples for cooking
- Create custom cooking modes
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Tovala is the only system that makes cooking as simple as scanning a QR code. This is the official app for controlling your Tovala Smart Oven and ordering weekly meal deliveries. App Features: - Follow quick prompts to connect your Tovala Smart Oven to WiFi. - Browse our weekly menu and order meals designed to cook perfectly in your Tovala Smart Oven. - Track weekly deliveries. - Control your Tovala Smart Oven from your phone and receive notifications when your food is done. - Explore our library of presets for light-touch cooking–just follow a few prep steps, then press "cook” to make a chef-perfected side dish, brunch, or dessert. - Scan the barcode on your favorite pantry staples and frozen foods for quick, delicious results. - Create your own combination of versatile cooking modes. - Use the app’s HealthKit integration to log nutrition information from each meal in the Health App. - Rate Tovala Meals. - Chat with our support team.
KitchenIdea
Control a smart stir-fry robot remotely. Browse recipes and send cooking instructions to your connected device for automated meal preparation.
- Recipe browsing
- Remote robot control
- Cooking instruction execution
- Connect to KODY robot
- Automated meal preparation
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Kitchenidea is the exclusive application for KODY, a Chinese-style stir-fry robot. Once downloaded and connected to your KODY, you can browse its recipes on your phone and remotely control KODY to execute cooking instructions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tovala at 44% against KitchenIdea's 0%. Tovala also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (12K vs 2). KitchenIdea's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tovala holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tovala has 12K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Tovala's written reviews are positive against 0% of KitchenIdea's.
Tovala ships an update fortnightly, KitchenIdea every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tovala | KitchenIdea |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 238 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maestro Food Co | 浙江田螺云厨科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
Tovala
KitchenIdea
Bugs and requests
Tovala
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Oven issues like leaking water and cooking inconsistencies
- Delivery problems with late or damaged packages
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to customize or exclude ingredients
- More meal options and variety
- Improved app functionality and stability
- Family-sized meal options
- Integration with other smart home devices
KitchenIdea
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tovala
No in-app purchases
KitchenIdea
No in-app purchases
