zChefs vs HeadChef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
zChefs
Discover and order fresh, home-cooked meals from local chefs. Find unique dishes, connect with cooks, and even request custom meals. Enjoy a wide variety of culinary delights delivered right to your door.
- Order home-cooked dishes
- Find local chefs
- Request custom meals
- Chef-to-user chat
- No location limitations
- Discover neighborhood delicacies
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Zchefs is an electronic platform to connect people through food share. zChefs brings the best chefs near your neighbourhood to your door step. With no location limitations, you can enjoy the food you desire. Be it mother’s special or a delicacy you enjoyed growing up, if there is a cook who can make it, you can find them in the app. Know the best chefs in the town and on a busy schedule let the app help you pick a meal you want from the chef of your choice. Send notifications to the chefs around if you don’t find a dish you are looking for. There will be a chef out there who can cook the dish for you. The app even lets you interact with the Chef through chat.
HeadChef
This app connects you with personal chefs who prepare weekly meals in your home kitchen. Browse recipes, select a chef, and enjoy pre-portioned, ready-to-eat meals.
- Choose from hundreds of recipes
- Add your own recipes
- Chef brings groceries
- Chef cooks and cleans
- Meals packaged for fridge/freezer
- Select chefs with specialties
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Delegate Your Weekly Meal Prep For $40/hour! Enjoy the delights of a personal chef in your own home kitchen every week, all managed through our beautiful app. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose Your Chef and Recipes: Use our iPhone or iPad app to choose from hundreds of recipes or add your own 2. Chef Arrives with Groceries: Your chef arrives with fresh groceries the day of your cook date 3. Chef Cooks and Cleans: Your chef cooks in your kitchen and cleans everything after 4. Enjoy a Week of Meals! All meals are packaged in our fridge & freezer-ready boxes. OUR CHEFS Make Our Professionals Part of Your Family: Choose from our many chefs with different specialties, years of experience, training at the best culinary schools
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: zChefs at none against HeadChef's shown. zChefs also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for zChefs against 5.0 for HeadChef. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | zChefs | HeadChef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Zfood LLC | HeadChef, Inc. |
Customer experience
zChefs
HeadChef
In-app purchases
zChefs
No in-app purchases
HeadChef
No in-app purchases









