iVide vs Mindful Chef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iVide
Control your sous vide cooker remotely with precise temperature settings and access a vast recipe library. The app simplifies cooking with a built-in calculator and notifications, allowing you to manage meals from anywhere.
- Precise temperature control from anywhere
- Over 800 recipes
- Sous vide calculator
- Cook history
- Multi-device cooking
- Push notifications
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We have been working hard on improving our app to deliver an unparalleled experience. New features include Cook History, Multicooker (allows control of multiple cookers at once) and greater manual control. SousVideTools.com brings you the most innovative sous vide app to date, available for FREE download on Apple devices. The iVide Cooker and its App were built and designed from the start to work together, and we’re just as dedicated to the quality of our products as we are to the food you make with them. The iVide App also makes it incredibly easy to cook thanks to our calculator feature. Simply select the product you want to cook within the APP, choose the weight and your iVide will do the rest for you. With push notifications from the iVide App, you can spend less time tied to the kitchen and more time doing what you love. Head to the gym, run trails, or enjoy time with your family. Dinner will be ready when you are. Key App Features: • Precise temperature control from anywhere. Choose what you want to cook. Head to the gym or kick back and relax, push notifications will tell you when dinner is ready • A collection of over 800 recipes • Our Sous Vide Calculator: We’ve done all the testing and research for you, which means no more scouring the internet for information. • Recipe Memory: Store your own times and temperatures • Cook history: For greater HACCP control store your last cook 10 times and temperatures • Multi device cooking: Control Several cookers form one app • Notifications to confirm when the water is at temperature, and the food is cooked. Cook time complete, don’t worry the app will keep the food at the optimum temperature for holding. • Manual Control • Favourites: Save your favourite recipes, so you can find them easily. • Receive push notifications when the device is preheating, reached temperature, and when the timer has finished
Mindful Chef
Easily manage your healthy meal deliveries and subscription preferences. Choose recipes, adjust delivery dates, and update your details to receive fresh ingredients and delicious meals at your doorstep.
- Manage deliveries
- Choose recipes
- Skip deliveries
- Manage subscription
- Edit delivery details
- Update personal info
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Eating healthy gets even easier with the Mindful Chef app. Manage your upcoming deliveries and subscription preferences in a few taps and we'll take care of getting healthy ingredients for delicious recipes to your doorstep. What’s possible on the app? - Choose recipes for your upcoming deliveries - Change the date or skip an upcoming delivery up to 4 weeks in advance - Manage all your delivery and food preferences and pause your subscription if needed - Edit your personal details, delivery address and contact preferences. Don't have a Mindful Chef account yet? Visit www.mindfulchef.com and sign up first before you can use this app. What makes Mindful Chef different? - UK’s highest rated recipe recipe box (compared to Hello Fresh, Green Chef and Gousto) - All recipes are 100% free from gluten and refined carbs, with many dairy-free options - We only use 100% British free-range chicken and sustainably caught fish - The UK's first recipe box to cater for vegans- Recipes for 1 person, 2 people and Families - Proud B Corp, working on sustainable packaging, reducing your food waste and donating meals to children living in poverty - and that's just the start!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mindful Chef at 85% against iVide's 21%. Mindful Chef also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). iVide's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
iVide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mindful Chef has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of iVide's written reviews are positive against 85% of Mindful Chef's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iVide ships an update monthly, Mindful Chef every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iVide | Mindful Chef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gastronomy Plus Ltd. | Mindful Chef Ltd |
Customer experience
iVide
Mindful Chef
Bugs and requests
iVide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Mindful Chef
Reported bugs
9 issues- App constantly crashes
- App crashes on startup
- App won't open
- App expires sessions too quickly
- Password reset functionality through app doesn't work
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- App fails to load Plenish Milks
- App asks for login details frequently
- Online chat doesn't understand/can't help
- Error in recipe instructions
Requested features
10 requests- Ability to favorite recipes
- Option to favorite recipes
- Improve recipe readability (item by item)
- Show selected meals at top when choosing date
- Display recipe time with description
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- Add option to double protein portion for single servings
- Offer a delivery service for returning boxes
- All ingredients to be organic
- Improve packaging for fresh produce
- More transparency on ingredients/recipes
In-app purchases
iVide
No in-app purchases
Mindful Chef
No in-app purchases








