Comparison

Chef vs chefX

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

chefX

Features
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Welcome to the new field of intelligent kitchens, which will be your perfect cooking companion, integrating all functions in one! Our application aims to enhance your cooking experience, whether you are a kitchen novice or a top chef, chefX can make cooking easier, smarter, and more enjoyable. Main features: Massive Recipes: Enjoy thousands of cuisines from around the world at home. Dietary management: Plan weekly meals in advance and quickly generate shopping lists. Intelligent control: remotely control your cooking robot and kitchen appliances. Make cooking as simple as playing mobile games. Recipe Updates: New recipes added every week to keep you inspired and always excited about what's next.

Screenshots

Chef4 screens
chefX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: chefX at none against Chef's 1. chefX also leads on update cadence (every 9 months vs every 21 months). Chef's advantage is iOS requirement (13 vs 15.6). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chef sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. chefX asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chef ships an update every 21 months, chefX every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chef versus chefX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChefchefX
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB72 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGuillaume Cendre浙江田螺云厨科技有限公司

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chef

Subscriptions1
  • Chef Premium - One Month$1.991 Month
None

chefX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chef free?
Chef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is chefX free?
chefX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chef or chefX have ads?
Neither Chef nor chefX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chef or chefX?
Chef ships an update every 21 months, and chefX every 9 months. Most recently, Chef was updated on September 19, 2026 and chefX on October 1, 2026.

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