Comparison

Malone's vs SecretSpice

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

Head to head
About

Malone's

This app allows users to join a rewards program for dining, retail, and travel. Manage your account, view menus, order food for pickup or delivery, make reservations, and purchase gift cards. Receive notifications about new items and events.

Highlights
  • Join BHG Rewards
  • Manage rewards balance
  • View menus
  • Order carry-out and delivery
  • Make reservations
  • Purchase gift cards
  • Receive notifications
Features
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Those who love Malone's will enjoy the app and added benefits from being a rewards member! Download the app for free and immediately enjoy the benefits: • Join BHG Rewards and begin earning points to redeem for dining, retail and travel. • Manage member account and rewards balance. • View menus. • Order carry-out and delivery with contactless payment. • Make a reservation for your next dining experience. • Purchase gift cards. • Receive notifications announcing new menu items, special events and more!

About

SecretSpice

Organize your favorite recipes, plan meals, and generate grocery lists. Track pantry items, monitor costs, and use hands-free cooking mode. Perfect for busy families who love to cook.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from any website
  • Organize into custom collections
  • Automatic grocery list generation
  • Pantry ingredient tracking
  • Hands-free cook mode with voice control
  • Recipe cost monitoring
  • Create recipe variations
Features
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Import recipes from any website, organize your secret family recipes, and manage your culinary collection with intelligent parsing and nutrition tracking. Perfect for busy families who love to cook. BUILD YOUR RECIPE VAULT: Build your personal recipe vault with easy import from any cooking website. Save family recipes, create variations, and organize everything in one place. Import from your favorite sites like AllRecipes, Food Network, Bon Appétit, Pioneer Woman, Betty Crocker, King Arthur Baking, Simply Recipes, Food.com, BBC Good Food, Jamie Oliver, TikTok recipe videos, personal food blogs, and more. SMART COLLECTIONS: Organize recipes into custom collections like "Quick Weeknight Dinners," "Holiday Favorites," or "Kid-Friendly Meals" for easy browsing. Find recipes instantly with automatic tags for dietary needs (gluten-free, vegan, keto), meal types, cooking time, and difficulty level. MEAL PLANNING MADE EASY: Plan your week with drag-and-drop meal planning. Automatically generate grocery lists from your planned meals to streamline shopping. No more forgotten ingredients or multiple trips to the store. PANTRY TRACKING: Track what's in your pantry and get recipe suggestions based on ingredients you already have. Reduce food waste and save money by using what you have on hand. COST TRACKING: Monitor recipe costs and ingredient prices to stay within budget. Perfect for meal planning on a budget or feeding a large family. Know exactly how much each meal costs before you cook. HANDS-FREE COOK MODE: Hands-free cooking with voice control and large, easy-to-read instructions. Keep your phone clean while following recipes step-by-step. Voice commands let you navigate without touching your device. RECIPE VARIATIONS: Copy any recipe to create your own variations. Try different ingredients, adjust for dietary needs, or scale for different family sizes. Keep the original and experiment freely. EVERYDAY BENEFITS: - Import recipes from your favorite cooking websites with one tap - Plan weekly meals and generate automatic grocery lists - Track pantry ingredients to reduce food waste - Use cook mode for hands-free cooking with voice control - Find recipes by dietary restrictions or ingredients on hand - Create recipe variations for family preferences - Sync across all your devices with iCloud PERFECT FOR BUSY FAMILIES: SecretSpice is designed for home cooks who want to streamline their kitchen workflow. Whether you're a busy mom planning weekly meals or a cooking enthusiast building your recipe collection, SecretSpice helps you cook more efficiently and enjoyably. SIMPLE PRICING: Just $0.99 for everything. Unlimited recipe collection, import from any cooking website, weekly meal planning, automatic grocery lists, pantry ingredient tracking, recipe cost monitoring, hands-free cook mode, recipe variations, smart dietary tags and search, and sync across all your devices. No subscriptions, no ads, no hidden fees. Start building your recipe vault today and make cooking easier, more organized, and more enjoyable for your whole family.

Screenshots

Malone's4 screens
SecretSpice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Malone's at Free against SecretSpice's $0.99. Malone's also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). SecretSpice's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 7 months). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Malone's is free to download; SecretSpice costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Malone's against 5.0 for SecretSpice. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Malone's has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Malone's ships an update every 7 months, SecretSpice every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Malone's versus SecretSpice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMalone'sSecretSpice
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaytronix Systems IncJames Perry

Customer experience

Malone's

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SecretSpice

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Malone's

No in-app purchases

None

SecretSpice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Malone's free?
Malone's is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SecretSpice free?
SecretSpice costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Malone's or SecretSpice?
Malone's and SecretSpice are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Malone's or SecretSpice have ads?
Malone's shows ads; SecretSpice does not.
Which is updated more often, Malone's or SecretSpice?
Malone's ships an update every 7 months, and SecretSpice every 2 days. Most recently, Malone's was updated on October 2, 2026 and SecretSpice on September 30, 2026.

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