Mindful Chef vs DrinKing Venues
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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!
DrinKing Venues
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DrinKing Venues lets you manage your venue. Includes order statuses, stock and inventory, staffing, events, discounts, integrations and more.
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Verdict
Mindful Chef and DrinKing Venues are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Mindful Chef ships an update every 2 weeks, DrinKing Venues monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mindful Chef | DrinKing Venues |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mindful Chef Ltd | Drinking LTD |
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
DrinKing Venues
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mindful Chef
No in-app purchases
DrinKing Venues
No in-app purchases
