Comparison

Chef vs Vegiano

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

Vegiano

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Eat better. Feel better. One recipe at a time. Vegiano is your go-to plant-based recipe app, designed to make healthy eating simple, delicious, and inspiring. What You’ll Find Inside: • Delicious Plant-Based Recipes Explore wholesome, easy-to-follow meals for any occasion—breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everything in between. • Quick Cooking Reels Watch short videos that guide you through recipes, step by step. Perfect for beginners or busy weeknights. • Inspiring Food Creators Follow chefs, home cooks, and plant-based foodies. Save your favorite recipes and discover new ones daily. • Trending Meals See what’s hot and get inspired by popular, crave-worthy dishes from the community.

Screenshots

Chef4 screens
Vegiano4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vegiano at none against Chef's 1. Vegiano also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 21 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Vegiano asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chef ships an update every 21 months, Vegiano weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Chef versus Vegiano: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChefVegiano
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13 — better14.1
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB98 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGuillaume CendreSmart Lifestyle AS

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chef

Subscriptions1
  • Chef Premium - One Month$1.991 Month
None

Vegiano

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chef free?
Chef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vegiano free?
Vegiano is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chef or Vegiano have ads?
Neither Chef nor Vegiano shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chef or Vegiano?
Chef ships an update every 21 months, and Vegiano weekly. Most recently, Chef was updated on October 24, 2026 and Vegiano on October 27, 2026.

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