Comparison

Chef vs That Recipe

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

Head to head
About

Chef

Discover and cook thousands of recipes with a modern interface. Create your own recipes, generate shopping lists, and analyze nutritional values. Offers premium features for unlimited recipe creation and private recipes.

Highlights
  • Recipe discovery
  • Custom recipe creation
  • Automated shopping lists
  • Nutritional value analysis
  • Recipe scheduling
  • Modern design
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Chef® helps you discover thousands of recipes and to schedule and cook them, from shopping to serving. • Discover a new way to explore flavors with Chef®'s modern design. • Create your own recipes to schedule them. They will also be analyzed by our unique algorithm to estimate their nutritional values. • Simplify groceries by automatically generating shopping lists, and add your own items. The Chef® Plus subscription allows you to create as many recipes and shopping lists as you want, and to create private recipes. With the Chef® Max subscription, enjoy all the benefits of Chef® Plus, but also get the nutritional values of your recipes and enhance your recipe images. Renewed monthly, these subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes account. At the end of the one-month period, unless you have disabled this feature, your subscription will automatically renew for your iTunes account. You will be charged the subscription price within 24 hours after the end of the validity of the initial purchase. You can cancel the automatic renewal at any time before these 24 hours. No refund can be made for the unused period of a subscription. For more information on the terms of use and privacy policy of Chef®, visit https://the-chef.app/policy. By using the app, you accept its terms of use, available at https://the-chef.app/terms.

About

That Recipe

Discover a practical, easy, and delicious way to cook with a wide variety of recipes. This app guides you through culinary creations with clear instructions, supported by engaging videos and photographic content.

Highlights
  • Practical recipe guides
  • Illustrated with videos
  • Photographic production
  • Easy cooking methods
  • Delicious meal ideas
Features
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That Recipe is an app that combines gastronomy with simplicity, with the aim of bringing the public through our recipes a more practical, easy and delicious way of cooking, illustrated by videos and photographic production. Policy of privacy: https://thatrecipe.us/privacy-policy Terms of use EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Chef4 screens
That Recipe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chef at 4.7 against That Recipe's 3.1. Chef also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (50% vs 25%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Chef sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and That Recipe sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chef holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Chef's written reviews are positive against 25% of That Recipe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chef ships an update every 21 months, That Recipe every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chef versus That Recipe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChefThat Recipe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (20 ratings) — better3.1 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 21 months — betterEvery 26 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1313.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB54 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperGuillaume CendreMurilo Araujo

Customer experience

Chef

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

That Recipe

All ratings15 ratings
Positive53.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative46.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chef

Subscriptions1
  • Chef Premium - One Month$1.991 Month
1 purchases

That Recipe

Subscriptions1
  • Premium subscription7 Days trial$0.491 Month

Questions

Is Chef free?
Chef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is That Recipe free?
That Recipe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chef or That Recipe?
Chef is rated higher. Chef averages 4.7 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while That Recipe averages 3.1 from 15 ratings.
Do Chef or That Recipe have ads?
That Recipe shows ads; Chef does not.
Which is updated more often, Chef or That Recipe?
Chef ships an update every 21 months, and That Recipe every 26 months. Most recently, Chef was updated on September 19, 2026 and That Recipe on October 9, 2026.

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