zChefs vs Swadley's
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.
Swadley's
Easily order Oklahoma's best BBQ from a family-owned business. Enjoy fast, contactless ordering of delicious meals and merchandise, while earning loyalty points for your purchases. Experience 80 years of perfected smoked meats.
- Mobile ordering
- Loyalty points
- Contactless payment
- Merchandise purchase
- Variety of BBQ meals
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Ordering Oklahoma’s Best BBQ just got easier! Guests will now get more out of their BBQ experience by placing a mobile order and choosing from a variety of meals at our family business, Swadley's BBQ, all while earning loyalty points. It is fast, contactless, and hassle-free, so if you are looking for a delicious meal or even merchandise, order on the app. At Swadley’s our guests are #1. Our family-owned and operated business is committed to serving meats that are fresh, never frozen, and perfected over 80 delicious years because we are in the business of PEOPLE, not food service. Now that you can order online, enjoy some of our favorites from the beginning, sliced or chopped brisket, hand-rubbed pork spareribs, and chicken!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: zChefs at 100% against Swadley's's 0%. zChefs also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
zChefs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of zChefs's written reviews are positive against 0% of Swadley's's.
zChefs ships an update every 3 weeks, Swadley's every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | zChefs | Swadley's |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 4.0 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zfood LLC | SWADLEYS SMOKED MEATS INC. |
Customer experience
zChefs
Swadley's
In-app purchases
zChefs
No in-app purchases
Swadley's
No in-app purchases
