Comparison

Mindful Chef vs Cherrypick

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

Cherrypick

Easily plan your weekly meals and generate grocery lists from personalized recipes. Save money and reduce food waste by tracking pantry items and adding essentials to smart lists. Shop in-store or online at your preferred supermarket.

Highlights
  • Personalized recipe suggestions
  • Automated meal plan generation
  • Pantry item tracking
  • Smart grocery list creation
  • In-store and online supermarket shopping
  • Add custom recipes
Features
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Cherrypick: Plan, Shop, Cook. Your weekly meals and groceries, sorted in minutes from your favourite supermarket. It can feel like an impossible task to eat well these days, we need it to be easy, fast, healthy, affordable oh and you need variety through the week - does this sound familiar? If so, join over 250K fellow foodies who are already eating better effortlessly with Cherrypick. How we can help you: - Shop over 700 personalised recipes landing every week, or add your own favourites Generate a meal-plan in seconds based on your goals - Cherrypick learns what's in your cupboards so you save money and you can untick what you have already - Add your essentials like toilet roll or tooth paste with our smart lists - Shop your ingredients in-store or online at your preferred supermarket - We do the hard work so you can cook up a storm every night. What our Community says: - “Saved £500 on my food shop this year, thanks to Cherrypick" - Geraldine, Manchester - “It’s like mashing Gousto or Hello Fresh with your weekly shop. I couldn't live without this app now” Georgie, Hertfordshire - “Superb app that keeps getting better and better. I can plan meals to have less meat and eat healthy, but also add other shopping like toilet roll and cereal. Genius! Has made my life so much easier” - Alex, London What are you waiting for? Terms & Conditions : https://www.cherrypick.co/terms

Screenshots

Mindful Chef4 screens
Cherrypick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mindful Chef at 4.6 against Cherrypick's 1.0. Mindful Chef also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (85% vs 61%). Cherrypick's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mindful Chef holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mindful Chef has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Mindful Chef's written reviews are positive against 61% of Cherrypick's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindful Chef ships an update every 2 weeks, Cherrypick every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mindful Chef versus Cherrypick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindful ChefCherrypick
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews85.4% of reviews — better60.8% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB108 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMindful Chef Ltdlollipopai

Customer experience

Mindful Chef

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

Cherrypick

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive60.8%
Neutral8.2%
Negative30.9%

User reviews

Mindful Chef

From 5 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 High quality ingredients
  • 😋 Delicious and tasty meals
  • 💡 Creative and interesting recipes
  • ✅ Easy to follow instructions
  • 👨‍🍳 Encourages cooking skills

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes
  • 🐛 App won't open
  • 🐛 Frequent logouts
  • 🐛 Password reset issues
  • 🐛 Login session expiry

Cherrypick

From 1 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Saves money on groceries
  • 💡 Reduces food waste
  • 💡 Convenient meal planning
  • 💡 Easy to follow recipes
  • 💡 Time-saving feature

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription fees
  • 🔒 Many features behind paywall
  • 🐛 Glitchy and buggy
  • 🛒 Inaccurate shopping lists
  • 🛒 Product availability issues

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
Show 4 more
  • 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
Show 5 more
  • 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

Cherrypick

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Cannot paste password during signup
  • Cannot autofill password during signup
  • Account deleted after subscription purchase
  • Recipes marked 'Exclusive to plus' despite being user-added
  • Dairy/gluten-free recipes still contain allergens
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  • Shopping list inaccuracies (e.g., too much paprika)
  • Incorrect portion calculations (e.g., 5 servings * 6 = 30)
  • Logged out/items lost when navigating back in Sainsbury's cart
  • Lost saved recipes and deleted shopping after update
  • App crashes or freezes

Requested features

20 requests
  • Ability to change store at any point
  • Search recipes based on leftover ingredients
  • Add Aldi to available stores
  • Show ingredient amounts in recipe method
  • Cooking mode to prevent screen locking
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  • Add 'quick meals' with shop-bought components
  • Ability to list disliked recipes/ingredients
  • Note short shelf-life of ingredients
  • Consider existing pantry items for recipe suggestions
  • Send calorie/health data to other health apps
  • Export shopping list to Notes app
  • Set and lock portion numbers for recipes
  • Meal planner/calendar events integration
  • Two-way communication with Sainsbury's basket
  • Organize grocery lists within the app
  • Search term for 'vegan' in filters
  • More frequent recipe updates
  • Vary plant protein sources in vegan recipes
  • Ability to assign meals to specific days
  • View shopping list offline

In-app purchases

None

Mindful Chef

No in-app purchases

None

Cherrypick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mindful Chef free?
Mindful Chef is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cherrypick free?
Cherrypick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mindful Chef or Cherrypick?
Mindful Chef is rated higher. Mindful Chef averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Cherrypick averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mindful Chef or Cherrypick have ads?
Cherrypick shows ads; Mindful Chef does not.
Which is updated more often, Mindful Chef or Cherrypick?
Mindful Chef ships an update every 2 weeks, and Cherrypick every 3 weeks. Most recently, Mindful Chef was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cherrypick on October 30, 2026.

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