Sharp Kitchen vs Breville+ Cooking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sharp Kitchen
Control your Sharp Microwave Drawer remotely via WiFi. Send cook commands, access smart cooking settings, and receive notifications. Save favorite recipes for quick access and discover helpful content.
- Remote control operation
- Send cook commands
- Smart cook settings
- Manual cooking control
- Save favorite recipes
- Push notifications
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The Sharp Kitchen app makes operating your Sharp Microwave Drawer or Sharp Convection Microwave Drawer easier than ever. Unlock the WiFi enabled features of your Microwave Drawer by connecting to your home network to enable remote control operation of common features, send cook commands to the oven and receive push notifications to your mobile device. Use the Sharp Kitchen app to access all Smart Cook settings for microwave and convection cooking, as well as manual cooking control. Save your favorite and most used menu items to the Favorites section to save you time. The Sharp Kitchen app also keeps you connected with our Spotlight section – your source for Helpful Hints, Inspired Innovations, and new content from our vibrant, online community at Simply Better Living (sbl.sharpusa.com). Main features: - Remote Control: Easily send a cook command to your microwave drawer with Sharp Kitchen. - Easy Open: Press the Open Drawer button to access the inside of your microwave without touching the oven control panel. - Favorites: Access your most used menu items by saving them as a “favorite”, saving you time and effort. - Push Notifications: The app lets you know your cook cycle has been completed by sending a notification to you phone, so you can spend more time with your family, not in the kitchen.
Breville+ Cooking
Unlock the full potential of your Breville appliances with guided recipes, cooking classes, and expert cook guides. This app offers step-by-step instructions and shortcuts for various dishes, enhancing your culinary skills. Enjoy connected cooking with features like Autopilot for seamless meal preparation.
- Guided Recipes
- Cooking Classes
- Cook Guides
- Autopilot Connected Cooking
- Appliance Pairing
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The Breville+ Cooking app unlocks the full potential of Breville appliances. Access guided recipes, cook guides, and classes, all tested and tuned for Breville countertop ovens, food processors, and the Joule Turbo Sous Vide or Joule Sous Vide. Breville+ Cooking features: Guided Recipes—Step-by-step instructions for recipes from the Breville Test Kitchen, ChefSteps, New York Times Cooking, Williams Sonoma, America’s Test Kitchen, Serious Eats, and our inspiring Joule Chef Partners. Classes—Tutorials to get you started, Instant Mastery classes to fast-track your kitchen skills, and opportunities to have all your burning cooking questions answered by our culinary team. Cook Guides—Shortcut instructions offer the best times and temperatures to cook your favorite ingredients. Autopilot—It’s connected cooking at its finest. The Joule Oven can take you through multiple phases of cooking without any extra work from you, while the Joule Turbo Sous Vide cooks your favorite proteins up to twice as fast as traditional sous vide. All free when you add or pair a compatible Breville appliance: Joule Oven Air Fryer Pro Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro Smart Oven Air Fryer Smart Oven Pro Smart Oven Pizzaiolo Joule Turbo Sous Vide Joule Sous Vide the Paradice 9 the Paradice 16 the Breville Sous Chef 16 the Breville Sous Chef 9 Shop now at https://www.breville.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Breville+ Cooking at 4.6 against Sharp Kitchen's 1.7. Breville+ Cooking also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 3%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Breville+ Cooking holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Breville+ Cooking has 3.6K ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 3% of Sharp Kitchen's written reviews are positive against 44% of Breville+ Cooking's.
Sharp Kitchen ships an update every 7 months, Breville+ Cooking fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sharp Kitchen | Breville+ Cooking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (46 ratings) | 4.6 (3.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 2.8% of reviews | 43.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 | 3.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sharp Electronics Corporation | Breville |
Customer experience
Sharp Kitchen
Breville+ Cooking
In-app purchases
Sharp Kitchen
No in-app purchases
Breville+ Cooking
No in-app purchases
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