Comparison

zChefs vs Assistant Chef

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Order home-cooked dishes
  • Find local chefs
  • Request custom meals
  • Chef-to-user chat
  • No location limitations
  • Discover neighborhood delicacies
Features
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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.

About

Assistant Chef

Features
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Your recipes. Your pantry. One smart place to cook from. Stop juggling recipe screenshots, notes, emails, and half-forgotten apps. This is your all-in-one cooking companion, designed to help you save recipes effortlessly, keep track of what you have on hand, and decide what to cook next with confidence. Save every recipe, from anywhere Build your personal recipe collection with no limits, automatically synced across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Add recipes however they find you: • Import directly from any website • Snap a photo of a recipe card, magazine, or cookbook • Import from PDFs • Bulk import from your current recipe app • Paste in a recipe from an email or text message No photo for a hand-entered recipe? No problem. Generate either a fun illustration or a realistic image for any recipe. Know what is in your Pantry, instantly Managing ingredients is effortless: • Take a photo of your pantry, fridge, or grocery receipt to build your Pantry automatically • Keep a clear, up-to-date list of what you already have When viewing a recipe, instantly see: • Which ingredients you are missing • Which ones you already have Add missing ingredients to your grocery list with one tap. Smart substitutions, fewer store runs Trying to avoid another trip to the store? For any missing ingredient, suggested alternatives are available and intelligently prioritized to use items already in your Pantry. Never wonder what to make again Get inspired with recipes based on: • The ingredients you already have • The recipes you have saved and love Or search for exactly what you are craving and get cooking. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

zChefs4 screens
Assistant Chef4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: zChefs at none against Assistant Chef's 2. zChefs also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Assistant Chef sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. zChefs asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

zChefs ships an update every 3 weeks, Assistant Chef every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
zChefs versus Assistant Chef: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterzChefsAssistant Chef
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB15 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperZfood LLCSteven Clyde

In-app purchases

None

zChefs

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Assistant Chef

Subscriptions2
  • Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Pro (Annual)$29.991 Year

Questions

Is zChefs free?
zChefs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Assistant Chef free?
Assistant Chef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do zChefs or Assistant Chef have ads?
Neither zChefs nor Assistant Chef shows ads.
Which is updated more often, zChefs or Assistant Chef?
zChefs ships an update every 3 weeks, and Assistant Chef every 2 weeks. Most recently, zChefs was updated on September 15, 2026 and Assistant Chef on September 28, 2026.

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