Comparison

FELFEL vs FridgeCatalyst

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

Head to head
About

FELFEL

Access fresh meals and barista-quality coffee at your workplace. Use your digital badge to purchase items from smart fridges and coffee machines. Discover new menu items, set preferences, and even gift treats to colleagues.

Highlights
  • Purchase from smart fridges and coffee machines
  • View changing menus and discounts
  • Set food preferences and favorites
  • Register payment methods (credit card, TWINT)
  • Gift food and snacks to colleagues
Features
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FELFEL brings fresh food and barista-style coffee to every workplace. Download the app, set up your Badge and enjoy a healthy meal from the FELFEL fridge – or a really good coffee at the Gavetti coffee machine. - Purchase products from the FELFEL fridge or Gavetti coffee machine using your Badge - See the regularly changing menu, recipe insights and discounts - Set food preferences and favourites to highlight the products that you love most - Register your payment method easily (credit card, TWINT and more) - Invite a colleague to lunch or a snack with the gifting feature In case your company doesn't have a FELFEL or Gavetti yet, no problem, just write to us at tasting@felfel.com and we'll invite you for a free tasting.

About

FridgeCatalyst

This app helps you manage your kitchen inventory and plan meals. It tracks ingredients, suggests recipes based on what you have, and generates shopping lists to reduce food waste and simplify cooking.

Highlights
  • Smart ingredient tracking with photos and expiration dates
  • Recipe saving and import
  • Recipe suggestions based on available ingredients
  • Automated meal planning
  • Auto-generated shopping lists
  • Cooking timers
Features
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FridgeCatalyst turns your fridge into your meal-planning brain. Track what you have, save recipes, and we'll match the two - so you always know exactly what you can cook right now, what's about to expire, and what to grab next time you shop. EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN ONE APP - Smart Fridge: track ingredients with photos, expiration dates, and multiple locations - Recipe Library: save your favorite recipes, scale servings, and find them instantly - What Can I Make: get recipe matches based on what's already in your fridge - Recipe Suggestions: search recipes by name or paste any recipe URL to import it - Autofill: turn a screenshot or a video's caption into a recipe, read on your device - Meal Planner: plan your week with daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly views - Shopping List: auto-generated from missing ingredients with smart price estimates - Cooking Timers: multiple timers running at once with an alarm that wakes the device - iCloud Sync: all your data, in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT - Stop wasting food: get reminders before things expire - Stop guessing what to cook: your fridge tells you - Stop forgetting groceries: shopping lists build themselves - Stop juggling apps: recipes, fridge, planner, and shopping in one place FREE, WITH EVERYTHING UNLOCKED Every feature above is included for everyone. No subscription, no ads, no locked features, and no limit on how many recipes or fridge items you keep. MAKE IT YOURS WITH INVADER COINS Earn coins just by using the app, 5 a day and 500 for sharing it, and spend them on extra colors and app icons in the Coin Shop. Coins change only how the app looks, never what it can do. They never expire, they work in every Invader Studio app through your iCloud account, and on invaderstudio.net if you connect with Apple. Packs are there if you'd rather not wait. Privacy: Your recipes and fridge data live in your private iCloud account. We never see them. No third-party analytics, no tracking, no ads. Cook smarter. Waste less. Eat better. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://invaderstudio.net/privacy

Screenshots

FELFEL4 screens
FridgeCatalyst4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FridgeCatalyst at 5.0 against FELFEL's 4.2. FridgeCatalyst also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). FELFEL's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FridgeCatalyst sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. FELFEL asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FridgeCatalyst holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FELFEL has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FELFEL ships an update every 3 months, FridgeCatalyst every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
FELFEL versus FridgeCatalyst: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFELFELFridgeCatalyst
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFELFEL AGLOUIS GREGORY CARO VARGAS

Customer experience

FELFEL

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

FridgeCatalyst

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

In-app purchases

None

FELFEL

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

FridgeCatalyst

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly1 Month trial$49.991 Year
One-time6
  • 500 coins$1.00
  • Coffee$1.99
  • Lunch$4.99
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  • 10,000 coins$5.00
  • Groceries$9.99
  • 100,000 coins$10.00

Questions

Is FELFEL free?
FELFEL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FridgeCatalyst free?
FridgeCatalyst is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FELFEL or FridgeCatalyst?
FridgeCatalyst is rated higher. FELFEL averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while FridgeCatalyst averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do FELFEL or FridgeCatalyst have ads?
Neither FELFEL nor FridgeCatalyst shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FELFEL or FridgeCatalyst?
FELFEL ships an update every 3 months, and FridgeCatalyst every 9 days. Most recently, FELFEL was updated on November 3, 2026 and FridgeCatalyst on October 31, 2026.

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