Comparison

iVide vs Mindful Chef

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Precise temperature control from anywhere
  • Over 800 recipes
  • Sous vide calculator
  • Cook history
  • Multi-device cooking
  • Push notifications
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

Screenshots

iVide4 screens
Mindful Chef4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iVide ships an update monthly, Mindful Chef every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iVide versus Mindful Chef: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriVideMindful Chef
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews20.8% of reviews85.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGastronomy Plus Ltd.Mindful Chef Ltd

Customer experience

iVide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive20.8%
Neutral8.3%
Negative70.8%

Mindful Chef

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive85.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative7.8%

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
Show 4 more
  • 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
Show 5 more
  • 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

None

iVide

No in-app purchases

None

Mindful Chef

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iVide free?
iVide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mindful Chef free?
Mindful Chef is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iVide or Mindful Chef?
iVide is rated higher. iVide averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Mindful Chef averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do iVide or Mindful Chef have ads?
Neither iVide nor Mindful Chef shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iVide or Mindful Chef?
iVide ships an update monthly, and Mindful Chef every 3 weeks. Most recently, iVide was updated on June 1, 2026 and Mindful Chef on September 19, 2026.

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