CookIN vs HeadChef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CookIN
Discover local culinary creations and connect with passionate chefs. Explore dishes and find food enthusiasts in your area. A platform for foodies to explore and chefs to showcase their skills.
- Browse local dishes
- Connect with chefs
- Explore culinary creations
- Showcase cooking passion
- Local food discovery
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COOKIN is a contact exchange platform. Browse dishes or chefs and connect locally. Foodies can explore whats cooking around them, Chefs can showcase their passion for cooking.
HeadChef
This app connects you with personal chefs who prepare weekly meals in your home kitchen. Browse recipes, select a chef, and enjoy pre-portioned, ready-to-eat meals.
- Choose from hundreds of recipes
- Add your own recipes
- Chef brings groceries
- Chef cooks and cleans
- Meals packaged for fridge/freezer
- Select chefs with specialties
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Delegate Your Weekly Meal Prep For $40/hour! Enjoy the delights of a personal chef in your own home kitchen every week, all managed through our beautiful app. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose Your Chef and Recipes: Use our iPhone or iPad app to choose from hundreds of recipes or add your own 2. Chef Arrives with Groceries: Your chef arrives with fresh groceries the day of your cook date 3. Chef Cooks and Cleans: Your chef cooks in your kitchen and cleans everything after 4. Enjoy a Week of Meals! All meals are packaged in our fridge & freezer-ready boxes. OUR CHEFS Make Our Professionals Part of Your Family: Choose from our many chefs with different specialties, years of experience, training at the best culinary schools
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HeadChef at 100% against CookIN's 50%. HeadChef also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). CookIN's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. CookIN sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HeadChef asks for nothing beyond the download.
HeadChef holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of CookIN's written reviews are positive against 100% of HeadChef's.
| Parameter | CookIN | HeadChef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | COOKIN TECHNOLOGIES INC. | HeadChef, Inc. |
Customer experience
CookIN
HeadChef
In-app purchases
CookIN
- Chef Documentation$15.99
HeadChef
No in-app purchases
