Quick Cooks vs Ingredients2Meals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Cooks
Discover simple recipes requiring minimal equipment, perfect for those with limited time or space. Ideal for students, busy professionals, and beginners learning to cook.
- Quick recipes
- Simple instructions
- Minimal kitchen equipment
- Beginner-friendly
- Time-saving meals
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Quick Cooks provides quick and simple recipes using minimal kitchen equipment. It is designed for anyone who wants to have the control of preparing their own meals, but has limited time and/or minimal space. Target audience includes students, young professionals, retirees, busy parents, and those just learning to cook for the first time.
Ingredients2Meals
Snap a photo of your ingredients and get instant recipe suggestions powered by AI. Access a full library of recipes offline, with all data stored locally for enhanced privacy. This free application helps you discover meals based on what you already have.
- AI ingredient recognition
- Photo-based recipe suggestions
- Offline recipe library
- Local data storage
- Free to use
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Powered by AI ingredient recognition. Just snap a quick photo of what you have, and we instantly match your ingredients to world-class recipes. This app is free to use, keeps all of your data stored locally, and includes a full library of recipes that can be accessed offline. Privacy Policy: https://ingredients2meals.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quick Cooks at none against Ingredients2Meals's 1. Quick Cooks also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.1). Ingredients2Meals's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 13 months). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Ingredients2Meals sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Quick Cooks asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Quick Cooks against 5.0 for Ingredients2Meals. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Cooks has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Quick Cooks ships an update every 13 months, Ingredients2Meals every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Cooks | Ingredients2Meals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 203 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plants Over Animals, LLC | David De La Rosa |
Customer experience
Quick Cooks
Ingredients2Meals
In-app purchases
Quick Cooks
No in-app purchases
Ingredients2Meals
- Ingredients2Meals Unlimited3 Days trial$3.991 Month
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