Tovala vs Ckcat
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.
Ckcat
Instantly discover recipes from food images. Save and organize your culinary creations with details like title, photos, and dates. Perfect for home cooks of all skill levels.
- Image-based recipe discovery
- Save recipes with details
- Organize culinary creations
- Track recipes with images and dates
- Suitable for all ages
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The ultimate recipe app for people of all ages. Upload or take an image and get the recipe of the food in a matter of seconds, track your recipe with title, images, date, and so on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ckcat at 100% against Tovala's 44%. Ckcat also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Tovala's advantage is ratings volume (12K vs 3). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.
Ckcat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tovala has 12K ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Ckcat's.
Tovala ships an update every 11 days, Ckcat fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tovala | Ckcat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 240 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maestro Food Co | Coding Minds, Inc. |
Customer experience
Tovala
Ckcat
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
Ckcat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tovala
No in-app purchases
Ckcat
No in-app purchases
