Comparison

Mindful Chef vs Khan's Balti

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

Head to head
About

Mindful Chef

Easily manage your healthy meal deliveries and subscription preferences. Choose recipes, adjust delivery dates, and update your details to receive fresh ingredients and delicious meals at your doorstep.

Highlights
  • Manage deliveries
  • Choose recipes
  • Skip deliveries
  • Manage subscription
  • Edit delivery details
  • Update personal info
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Eating healthy gets even easier with the Mindful Chef app. Manage your upcoming deliveries and subscription preferences in a few taps and we'll take care of getting healthy ingredients for delicious recipes to your doorstep. What’s possible on the app? - Choose recipes for your upcoming deliveries - Change the date or skip an upcoming delivery up to 4 weeks in advance - Manage all your delivery and food preferences and pause your subscription if needed - Edit your personal details, delivery address and contact preferences. Don't have a Mindful Chef account yet? Visit www.mindfulchef.com and sign up first before you can use this app. What makes Mindful Chef different? - UK’s highest rated recipe recipe box (compared to Hello Fresh, Green Chef and Gousto) - All recipes are 100% free from gluten and refined carbs, with many dairy-free options - We only use 100% British free-range chicken and sustainably caught fish - The UK's first recipe box to cater for vegans- Recipes for 1 person, 2 people and Families - Proud B Corp, working on sustainable packaging, reducing your food waste and donating meals to children living in poverty - and that's just the start!

About

Khan's Balti

Easily order your favorite meals for delivery or pickup. Browse menus, check allergy information, and pay securely online. Book tables in advance with instant confirmation.

Highlights
  • Online food ordering
  • Delivery and collection options
  • Menu browsing with prices
  • Allergy information
  • Online payment
  • Table booking
Features
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With this app, you can order your favourite food online easily, for delivery or collection orders and you can check menu prices, allergy information and pay online as well. Book a table anytime in advance and you will get a confirmation straight away. Super easy to use: download, select your favourite food, register with your contact details, place your order and preferred payment method, then enjoy!

Screenshots

Mindful Chef4 screens
Khan's Balti3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mindful Chef at every 2 weeks against Khan's Balti's every 32 months. Khan's Balti's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindful Chef ships an update every 2 weeks, Khan's Balti every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mindful Chef versus Khan's Balti: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindful ChefKhan's Balti
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 32 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMindful Chef LtdXERASOFT LTD

Customer experience

Mindful Chef

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive85.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative7.8%

Khan's Balti

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Mindful Chef

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App constantly crashes
  • App crashes on startup
  • App won't open
  • App expires sessions too quickly
  • Password reset functionality through app doesn't work
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  • App fails to load Plenish Milks
  • App asks for login details frequently
  • Online chat doesn't understand/can't help
  • Error in recipe instructions

Requested features

10 requests
  • Ability to favorite recipes
  • Option to favorite recipes
  • Improve recipe readability (item by item)
  • Show selected meals at top when choosing date
  • Display recipe time with description
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  • Add option to double protein portion for single servings
  • Offer a delivery service for returning boxes
  • All ingredients to be organic
  • Improve packaging for fresh produce
  • More transparency on ingredients/recipes

Khan's Balti

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mindful Chef

No in-app purchases

None

Khan's Balti

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mindful Chef free?
Mindful Chef is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Khan's Balti free?
Khan's Balti is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mindful Chef or Khan's Balti have ads?
Neither Mindful Chef nor Khan's Balti shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindful Chef or Khan's Balti?
Mindful Chef ships an update every 2 weeks, and Khan's Balti every 32 months. Most recently, Mindful Chef was updated on October 24, 2026 and Khan's Balti on September 26, 2026.

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