iVide vs The MICHELIN Guide
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
The MICHELIN Guide
Discover and book top-rated restaurants and hotels worldwide. Plan your next trip with curated selections, create personalized lists, and access exclusive perks. Expert travel assistance is also available.
- Global restaurant and hotel listings
- Instant booking for hotels
- Create and share favorite place lists
- Exclusive hotel upgrades and amenities (Plus membership)
- Expert travel specialist assistance
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Stay in amazing places. Eat unforgettable meals. Take the MICHELIN Guide app wherever you go. The MICHELIN Guide app puts the world’s best restaurants and hotels right in your pocket — and lets you book them. It marks the first time in history that the entire global guide — every restaurant in every location — is all together, all in one place. The app also includes the new and improved MICHELIN Guide hotel selection. Now you can instantly book the world’s most unique and exciting hotels, each one chosen for their extraordinary style, service, and personality. The MICHELIN Guide app makes it easier than ever to plan your next adventure or enhance your current one. Use it to quickly find and reserve restaurants and hotels near you or in a future destination; create and share lists of all your favorite places; or trial our “Plus” membership and receive free VIP upgrades and amenities at participating hotels. Need concierge-level care? Our expert travel specialists are waiting just a click away, available to assist with any aspect of your trip. They’re real people, ready to help you go places. So get going. Find great restaurants & hotels in each MICHELIN Guide city. Book amazing hotels wherever you find yourself. Download the app today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: iVide at free against The MICHELIN Guide's free with in-app purchases. iVide also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). The MICHELIN Guide's advantage is ratings volume (7.6K vs 1) and review sentiment (41% vs 21%). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for iVide against 4.9 for The MICHELIN Guide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The MICHELIN Guide has 7.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 21% of iVide's written reviews are positive against 41% of The MICHELIN Guide's.
iVide ships an update monthly, The MICHELIN Guide every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iVide | The MICHELIN Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (7.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews | 40.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #173 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gastronomy Plus Ltd. | Tablet Inc |
Customer experience
iVide
The MICHELIN Guide
Bugs and requests
iVide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The MICHELIN Guide
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Location services not working as expected
- Search functionality not returning relevant results
- Inability to save or access user-created lists
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to search by cuisine, price range, and other filters
- Map view with location-based recommendations
- User-generated reviews and photos
- Offline mode for accessing content without internet
- Landscape mode support for tablets
In-app purchases
iVide
No in-app purchases
The MICHELIN Guide
No in-app purchases









