Comparison

HomeChef vs Meal Selection

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HomeChef

Easily plan your weekly meals and build a personal recipe collection. Generate smart shopping lists from your curated ingredients and centralize all your culinary notes in one place. Rediscover favorite dishes and share your menu with others.

Highlights
  • Personal recipe collection
  • Weekly menu planning
  • Smart shopping list generation
  • Centralized culinary notes
  • Rediscover favorite dishes
  • Shareable private menu
Features
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Your Personal Kitchen Assistant Tired of asking yourself, "What should I cook today?" HomeChef makes meal planning effortless. Build your own private recipe collection and arrange your weekly menu with ease. Curate Your Own Recipe Library With HomeChef, you can easily record your favorite dishes. Simply enter the name of the dish to make daily meal planning as simple as ordering from a menu. Smart Shopping, Stress-Free Prep Record ingredients with each recipe, and HomeChef will create a daily or weekly shopping list for you. This way, you can buy everything you need in one trip, ensuring you never miss a key ingredient and making meal prep a breeze. Centralize Your Culinary Notes Stop jotting down recipes on scattered pieces of paper or in different memo apps. With HomeChef, you can store all your recipes and notes in one place. Fill in your personal recipe notes and add reference links to make cooking steps crystal clear. When it's time to cook, just open your plan for the day—all your notes are right there, so you won't lose your rhythm searching for information. Rediscover Your Delicious Dishes HomeChef helps you remember your favorite dishes by showing you which ones you haven't made in a while. You'll never forget a delicious recipe again. Share Your Private Menu Show off your beautiful and user-friendly private menu. Whether you want to entertain family and friends by letting them "order" from your list or simply take notes while asking for someone else's recipe, HomeChef has you covered. Add new dishes every day, and watch your menu grow richer over time. Be your own HomeChef. In-App Purchase Upgrade to Ad-Free Service: $0.49/two months Support us for the cost of a green onion each month. Subscribe to our ad-free membership to enjoy an uninterrupted browsing experience. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews 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 and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. For further questions, please contact: homechef.app.service@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://homechef10.webnode.tw/%e9%9a%b1%e7%a7%81%e6%ac%8a%e6%94%bf%e7%ad%96/ Terms of Service: https://homechef10.webnode.tw/%e6%9c%8d%e5%8b%99%e6%a2%9d%e6%ac%be/

About

Meal Selection

Struggling to decide what to eat? This app helps you make quick meal choices by organizing options into breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack categories. You can also add favorite restaurants for when you want to dine out.

Highlights
  • Categorized meal options
  • Restaurant suggestions
  • Personalized meal lists
  • Quick decision making
  • Customizable meal entries
Features
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Them: "What do you want to eat?" You: "I don't know!" Sound familiar? Then this app is for you! Meal Selection helps you decide what meal to eat when you're suddenly hungry. Meals are organized based on breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack categories. If you feel like going out to eat, select "Let's Go Out". Start by entering each meal you want to keep on routine along with a picture of the meal. For the "Let's Go Out" category add your favorite nearby restaurants. The next time you need to choose what you are going to eat, pull up the app and with 1 click you have a decision.

Screenshots

HomeChef4 screens
Meal Selection4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Meal Selection at 5.0 against HomeChef's 3.2. Meal Selection also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). HomeChef's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, update cadence 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. HomeChef sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per 2 months. Meal Selection asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Meal Selection holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HomeChef has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeChef ships an update every 6 weeks, Meal Selection every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
HomeChef versus Meal Selection: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeChefMeal Selection
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYI SUStep Pay

Customer experience

HomeChef

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive89.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative3.6%

Meal Selection

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HomeChef

Subscriptions1
  • Upgrade VIP member$0.492 Months
None

Meal Selection

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HomeChef free?
HomeChef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meal Selection free?
Meal Selection is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HomeChef or Meal Selection?
Meal Selection is rated higher. HomeChef averages 3.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Meal Selection averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HomeChef or Meal Selection have ads?
HomeChef shows ads; Meal Selection does not.
Which is updated more often, HomeChef or Meal Selection?
HomeChef ships an update every 6 weeks, and Meal Selection every 3 weeks. Most recently, HomeChef was updated on October 29, 2026 and Meal Selection on October 27, 2026.

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