Comparison

Lucky Panda vs Chef Mag

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

Head to head
About

Lucky Panda

Features
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Welcome to Lucky Panda Takeaway You can now relax at home and order your favourite, freshly prepared Soup, Duck Dishes, Chow Mein Dishes, Beef Dishes,Chicken Dishes and King Prawn Dishes at Lucky Panda.You can even pay online! Lucky Panda Portsmouth will always be offering great food at affordable prices.

About

Chef Mag

This digital publication offers insights and knowledge for culinary professionals. It connects chefs, business owners, and industry suppliers, fostering networking and skill-sharing within the hospitality sector. Access current and back issues, or subscribe for continuous content.

Highlights
  • Industry insights for chefs
  • Networking opportunities
  • Skill-sharing content
  • Access to current and back issues
  • Digital and print publication
  • User registration and account protection
Features
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What does it mean to be a Chef? Aside from creating fantastic food you must be many other things. A businessperson, a mentor, an influencer with great PR skills, a relationship builder and above all else, an employer working with your brigade to bring the best out of them so they can progress with confidence. Chef magazine is published for you. With support and contributions from Chef’s across all areas and at the top of their game, our core values are to provide you, our reader, with relevant, informative and exciting content. To network, through print and digital publication with your counterparts and to understand and appreciate how others in your trade are influencing the hospitality scene today. We share knowledge and skills. Our contributors are keen to “pay it forward”. This is a large industry, yet an all-inclusive one. Whether chef, business owner, front of house, or supplier/manufacturer, please join us on our journey, get in touch with news, keep us informed of your own activity and become part of the Chef Magazine family. We look forward to welcoming you on board. ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest issue. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. Bundles of single issues can be also be bought within the application. To use purchased credits, simply click on the issue price and select ‘use credit’. This allows you to purchase back issues at reduced prices. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

Screenshots

Lucky Panda4 screens
Chef Mag1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lucky Panda at none against Chef Mag's 10. Chef Mag's advantage is iOS requirement (11.2 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chef Mag sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $30.99 per year. Lucky Panda asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lucky Panda ships an update every 43 months, Chef Mag every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Lucky Panda versus Chef Mag: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLucky PandaChef Mag
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 43 monthsEvery 29 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.011.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFusion Innovative LimitedJellyfish Connect Limited

In-app purchases

None

Lucky Panda

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Chef Mag

Subscriptions1
  • Chef1 Month trial$30.991 Year
One-time9
  • July 2027 (pp:1157202)$4.99
  • June 2027 (pp:1157204)$4.99
  • August 2027 (pp:1157200)$4.99
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  • May 2027 (pp:1157206)$4.99
  • November 2027 (pp:1157194)$4.99
  • September 2027 (pp:1157198)$4.99
  • April 2027 (pp:1157208)$4.99
  • February 2027 (pp:1157212)$4.99
  • January 2027 (pp:1157214)$4.99

Questions

Is Lucky Panda free?
Lucky Panda is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chef Mag free?
Chef Mag is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lucky Panda or Chef Mag have ads?
Neither Lucky Panda nor Chef Mag shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lucky Panda or Chef Mag?
Lucky Panda ships an update every 43 months, and Chef Mag every 29 months. Most recently, Lucky Panda was updated on October 26, 2026 and Chef Mag on November 8, 2026.

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