Chef vs You.Chef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
You.Chef
Discover recipes based on ingredients you already have. This app offers personalized culinary experiences with step-by-step guides and a variety of cuisines. Unlock your cooking potential and create delicious meals with ease.
- Smart ingredient matching
- Personalized recipe suggestions
- Step-by-step cooking guides
- Multiple cuisine options
- Regular content updates
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Discover the Joy of Cooking with YouChef! Welcome to YouChef, the innovative cooking app designed to transform your kitchen into a gourmet haven! Whether you're a beginner or an experienced chef, YouChef guides you through the art of culinary creation with ease and excitement, all recipes are FULLY based on what you have available! Personalized Culinary Experience Smart Ingredient Matching: Input what you've got in your pantry and let YouChef generate mouth-watering recipes using only those ingredients. Tailored to Your Taste: Choose from various cuisines like Michelin Star, Southern Style, Italian Style, and many others. YouChef customizes recipes to suit your culinary preferences. Step-by-Step Guides: Follow detailed, easy-to-understand cooking instructions that ensure perfect results every time. Enjoy new recipes, features, and content updates regularly — there’s always something new to discover! Start Your Culinary Adventure Today Unlock your cooking potential with YouChef and bring joy and delicious meals to your dining table every day. Download now and start cooking the smarter way! By subscribing to this app, you agree to the [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) and our [Privacy Policy](https://puravidasoftware.tech/privacy-policy).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: You.Chef at every 3 days against Chef's every 21 months. You.Chef also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Chef's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Chef sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and You.Chef sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
You.Chef holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chef has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Chef ships an update every 21 months, You.Chef every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chef | You.Chef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 239 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guillaume Cendre | Pura Vida Software, LLC |
Customer experience
Chef
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In-app purchases
Chef
- Chef Premium - One Month$1.991 Month
You.Chef
- Monthly Minimum$0.491 Month
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly Minimum$4.901 Year
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- Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year









