Lofty Coffee vs Just the Dish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lofty Coffee
Streamline your coffee runs with easy mobile ordering. Reorder past favorites or discover new drinks, all while skipping the queue. Enjoy a convenient way to get your caffeine fix.
- Mobile ordering ahead
- Skip the line
- View previous orders
- Save favorite orders
- Easy reordering
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Mobile ordering just got easier. With the Lofty Coffee app, you can now mobile order ahead and skip the line. Use the app to mobile order, view previous orders and favorites, and much more.
Just the Dish
Extracts recipes from any website, saving them to a digital cookbook. Organizes recipes into collections, plans meals, and generates smart shopping lists. Offers AI nutrition analysis and community sharing features.
- Smart recipe extraction from URLs
- Digital cookbook with search
- Recipe collections
- Meal planner
- Smart shopping list generator
- AI nutrition analysis
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Just the recipe. Just the ingredients. Just the Dish. Tired of scrolling through endless ads and life stories just to find a recipe? Just the Dish extracts any recipe from the web, saves it to your personal cookbook, and takes you from meal plan to shopping list in seconds — unlimited recipes, for a fraction of what meal kits charge. FEATURES: SMART RECIPE EXTRACTION Paste a URL from any recipe website and get a clean, ad-free version in seconds. Just the ingredients and steps. DIGITAL COOKBOOK Save all your favorite recipes in one beautiful place. Search by ingredient, tag, or title. COLLECTIONS Organize recipes into themed collections — weeknight dinners, holiday baking, meal prep, and more. MEAL PLANNER Plan your meals for the whole week at a glance. Drag and drop recipes into your weekly schedule. SMART SHOPPING LIST Generate a merged, categorized grocery list from any recipe or meal plan. Automatically combines duplicate ingredients. AI NUTRITION ANALYSIS Get estimated macros and nutrition info for any recipe automatically. FAVORITES & RATINGS Star your favorites and rate recipes you've tried. COMMUNITY Share recipes and discover what others are cooking. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS: Just the Dish Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription: - Monthly: $3.99/month - Annual: $24.99/year (includes a 7-day free trial) Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.just-the-dish.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Just the Dish at 100% against Lofty Coffee's 25%. Just the Dish also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months). Lofty Coffee's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (16 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Just the Dish sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Lofty Coffee asks for nothing beyond the download.
Just the Dish holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lofty Coffee has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Lofty Coffee's written reviews are positive against 100% of Just the Dish's.
Lofty Coffee ships an update every 8 months, Just the Dish weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lofty Coffee | Just the Dish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LOFTY COFFEE INC. | Simpler Life Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Lofty Coffee
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In-app purchases
Lofty Coffee
No in-app purchases
Just the Dish
- Just the Dish Pro$3.991 Month
- Just the Dish Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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