Comparison

Picky vs Plated

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

Head to head
About

Picky

End the "what's for dinner?" dilemma. Swipe through recipes with partners or friends, and get matched with delicious meals. Discover new dishes from top foodies and bloggers.

Highlights
  • Recipe swiping
  • Partner/friend matching
  • Recipe discovery
  • Foodie and blogger recipes
  • Meal planning
Features
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What's for dinner? I don't know... Sounds familiar? With Picky you can say goodbye to the endless deciding on what to eat! Swipe with your partner, friends or just by yourself through hundreds of tasty recipes brought to you by your favorite foodies and bloggers. You swipe, we match! Getting hungry? Your next meal is just a swipe away...

About

Plated

Features
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Plated is built for professional chefs who refine dishes over time. Keep every recipe, revision, and service decision in one place. Create variants without overwriting the original, compare versions as a dish evolves, and keep each one tied to its own notes, ingredients, and yield logic. Whether you are developing a tasting menu course, adjusting for a different service format, or simplifying a pickup version, Plated helps you preserve the full history of the dish. Scale recipes with confidence using yield controls and metric or imperial conversion. Search by dish or ingredient, organize with tags and categories, and find what you need fast in the middle of service or prep. Save dish ideas before they disappear, document techniques worth repeating, add photos for plating and reference, and export polished recipe PDFs when it is time to share or print. Plated is not a recipe app for home cooks. It is a working library for chefs who test, revise, organize, and return to great dishes. Every dish. Every version. Refined over time.

Screenshots

Picky4 screens
Plated4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Plated at none against Picky's shown. Plated also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Picky's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Picky ships an update every 2 weeks, Plated every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Picky versus Plated: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPickyPlated
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB6 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPickyPolina Chernenko

In-app purchases

None

Picky

No in-app purchases

None

Plated

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Picky free?
Picky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plated free?
Plated is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Picky or Plated have ads?
Picky shows ads; Plated does not.
Which is updated more often, Picky or Plated?
Picky ships an update every 2 weeks, and Plated every 3 days. Most recently, Picky was updated on October 24, 2026 and Plated on October 24, 2026.

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