Mindful Chef vs DeliverYou
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!
DeliverYou
Order food from a wide variety of cuisines for delivery to any location. Track your order's preparation and your driver's progress in real-time. Schedule deliveries for now or later, and reorder favorites with ease.
- Order from diverse cuisines
- Real-time order tracking
- Schedule deliveries
- Search by cuisine/dishes
- Order history and reordering
- Multiple address management
- Self-collection option
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So, you fancy some food? What would you like and where? DeliverYou are your VIP delivery service, we collect and deliver ONLY your order direct to you, be it at Home, Work, Family, Park, Beach… anywhere, direct to YOU! A large range of Cuisines on offer… Hot Rolls, Breakfasts, Panini, Indian, Chinese, Pizza, Sushi, Italia, Portuguese, Pub Food, Seafood, Thai, Japanese, American, Gourmet, Vegetarian, Vegan and so much more! Be it for breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack or Evening… You Order, We Deliver The DeliverYou User APP puts you in complete control, some of the amazing features: Complete visibility of your Order from the moment you Order You can have your food delivered now or schedule it for a later date You can Search by Cuisine and/or Dishes Offer notifications direct into you App Complete History of your orders Reorder from your History at the touch of a button Manage multiple Addresses for ease and convenience Add your Favourite Kitchens for ease Interact with DeliverYou HQ via Chat Rate your service Update your Profile at any time Self-service checkout Beat the queue – self-collection option In addition to the above, you’ll also benefit from our tracker features: Track the progress of your food being prepared in real time Be notified when your Driver has Reached, Collected, Left and Delivered your food Track you Driver on the Map at every stage
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mindful Chef at 85% against DeliverYou's 33%. DeliverYou's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mindful Chef ships an update every 2 weeks, DeliverYou every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mindful Chef | DeliverYou |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mindful Chef Ltd | DeliverYou Ltd |
Customer experience
Mindful Chef
DeliverYou
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
DeliverYou
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mindful Chef
No in-app purchases
DeliverYou
No in-app purchases









