Baby Led Kitchen vs Onmenu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Baby Led Kitchen
Discover a vast collection of safe, nutritionally balanced, and budget-friendly recipes designed for babies starting solids. These meals are easy for little ones to eat independently and can be enjoyed by the whole family, with no hidden costs after purchase.
- Over 225 road-tested recipes
- Nutritionally balanced and easy to eat
- Search by type and dietary needs
- Tips & Advice section
- Shopping list feature
- Metric and imperial measurements
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WE'RE BACK — and Baby Led Kitchen has been completely rebuilt for today’s families. Created by Jo Weston, the mum behind @babyledkitchen, Baby Led Kitchen is your friendly shortcut to delicious, accessible food for babies, toddlers and the whole family. Discover a beautifully curated collection of high-quality recipes that are genuinely practical to make: clear ingredients, straightforward steps and plenty of ideas for real-life family mealtimes. From first finger foods to hungry-toddler dinners, it’s designed to help you cook once and share more. WHY FAMILIES LOVE BABY LED KITCHEN • Carefully curated, baby-led recipes with gorgeous photography and clear, easy-to-follow methods • Ideas for breakfast, bakes, snacks, family meals, sides and puddings • Cooking times and freezer-friendly ideas at a glance • Search by recipe, category or dietary need — including dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free and more • Discover community favourites with Most Popular • Save favourites and send ingredients straight to your shopping list • Helpful tips and inspiration from Baby Led Kitchen MADE FOR MODERN FAMILY LIFE The app is fast, simple and beautiful to use on phones and tablets. New recipes and updates keep your collection fresh, while the thoughtful organisation makes finding tonight’s food quicker and calmer. No endless scrolling. No complicated techniques. No need to cook separate meals. Just quality, curated recipes that help little hands explore food — and help the whole family enjoy eating together. No subscription. One purchase gives you the complete Baby Led Kitchen collection, with new recipes and future updates included. Welcome to Baby Led Kitchen: thoughtful inspiration for your table, every day.
Onmenu
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Every good cook has a recipe somewhere. Scrawled on a scrap of paper, bookmarked in twelve different tabs, half-remembered from a Sunday at your nan's. Onmenu brings all of it together - and makes sure it actually stays there. Whether you're building your own collection from scratch or rescuing recipes that have been sitting in a drawer for years, Onmenu does the heavy lifting. Scan a photo of a handwritten recipe card, and the app pulls out the ingredients and steps for you. No typing required. Your mum's lasagne, your gran's shortbread, your own sourdough that took three months to get right - all of it, saved properly, for good. And when it's time to actually cook? Onmenu has a focused, step-by-step cooking mode that walks you through each stage without clutter or distraction. Just the next step, right in front of you. No accidentally losing your place, no wiping flour off your screen to scroll back up. What Onmenu does for you: - Recipes that build themselves - paste in a URL, type a few notes, or snap a photo, and Onmenu organises your ingredients and steps automatically. No fiddling with formatting. - Rescue your old recipe cards - photograph any handwritten or printed recipe and Onmenu extracts everything. The handwritten recipe book your family has always had? Now it's - safe, searchable, and shareable. - Focused cooking mode - a clean, step-by-step view that keeps you on track while you cook. Each step front and centre, nothing else in the way. - A family cookbook that grows - share your collection with the people who matter. Build a family cookbook together, pass recipes between generations, and finally have one place where everyone's favourites actually live. - Smart ingredient lists - scale recipes up or down and pull ingredients straight into a shopping list. Cooking for two or feeding a crowd, the maths is done for you. - Find anything, fast - search by ingredient, cuisine, occasion, or whatever's in the fridge. Your whole collection, always at your fingertips. Onmenu is for people who love food and want to spend their time cooking it - not hunting for it, reformatting it, or worrying they'll lose it. Start your collection today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Onmenu at Free against Baby Led Kitchen's $3.99. Onmenu also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Baby Led Kitchen's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#94 vs unranked). On 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
Onmenu is free to download; Baby Led Kitchen costs $3.99 up front. Onmenu sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Baby Led Kitchen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Baby Led Kitchen ships an update every 2 months, Onmenu every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Baby Led Kitchen | Onmenu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (103 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #94 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fluffyegg | Alex Durrant |
Bugs and requests
Baby Led Kitchen
Reported bugs
7 issues- App loading times are slow for simple recipe pages
- Back button navigation returns to home screen instead of previous search
- App occasionally hangs or becomes unresponsive
- Search function doesn't work with ingredient names
- Inconsistent allergen labeling on recipes
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- Some recipes produce incorrect texture or consistency
- App hasn't received updates in over 2 years
Requested features
12 requests- US measurement conversions (cups, tablespoons, teaspoons)
- Search by ingredient rather than recipe title only
- Improved back button navigation to maintain search context
- Detailed freezing and storage instructions
- Consistent portion size information across all recipes
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- User feedback mechanism for recipe questions
- Notifications for new recipe updates
- Clarification on oven temperature (fan vs. conventional)
- Comments section for user tips and variations
- American food equivalent conversions
- Grams to weight conversions for different foods
- Indication of recipes suitable for babies without teeth
Onmenu
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Baby Led Kitchen
No in-app purchases
Onmenu
- Onmenu - Pro account$3.99
Questions
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