Comparison

Better Without vs The Doctor’s Kitchen

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

Head to head
About

Better Without

Discover a wide range of alcohol-free and non-alcoholic drinks with community reviews and personalized recommendations. Find new favorites and curated lists of beverages and places that serve them.

Highlights
  • Extensive alcohol-free drink catalog
  • Community reviews and ratings
  • Personalized drink recommendations
  • Search and filter by taste, ABV, diet
  • Curated wish lists
  • Food pairing suggestions
Features
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If you're cutting back on booze, cutting it out, or you never really started, you’ve probably encountered one of two problems: Poor alternatives - you’re a prisoner to soft drinks and cranberry juice. Or... Too much choice - every trip to the local alcohol free and non-alcoholic aisle leaves you paralysed with indecision. Better Without exists to solve both problems. Here's how: THE POWER OF CHOICE Say "move over, soft drinks", with an app designed to put the power of choice in the palm of your hands. Hundreds of alcohol free and non-alcoholic drinks at your fingertips, from big brewers and bathtub outfits alike. It's discovery on tap. THE POWER OF COMMUNITY Get real insight from real people, with an app that's harnessing the growing 'drink different' community. Discover the drinks you love, with reviews you can trust. It's that simple. FEATURES: Simple search Find your drinks, your way. Filter by taste, ABV, dietary requirements and more. You can even find tried-and-tested food pairings. Wish lists Curate your own lists of delicious drinks and perfect places. Use them however you like – save your favorites, or plan your next pour. The choice, as always, is yours. Recommendations Tell us what you like, and we’ll tell you when something new arrives that fits the bill. Make sure you’re never caught out of the loop again. Reviews and badges Don’t just tap into the community’s wisdom – contribute some of your own! Review drinks and places, and unlock your badges. Your activity See all your reviews, wish lists and badges, all in one place. For a quick snapshot of your app activity. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Download the Better Without app to find your new favorite alcohol free and non-alcoholic drinks, and the places that serve them. Discovery on tap, free of charge.

About

The Doctor’s Kitchen

Discover thousands of doctor-approved recipes for healthy, balanced meals. Plan your week with personalized recommendations, automatic meal planning, and shopping lists. Support your health goals with evidence-based nutrition.

Highlights
  • Doctor-approved recipes
  • Personalized meal recommendations
  • Automatic meal planner
  • Shopping lists
  • Evidence-based health goals
  • Step-by-step images
  • Learn section on nutrition
Features
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Take the hassle out of cooking healthy, balanced meals and discover 1000s of doctor-approved, simple delicious, recipes to cook at home. Plan meals with tailored recipe recommendations, personalised to your dietary and health needs. Search high protein meals, freezable recipes and many more categories. No weird ingredients that you don’t recognise. Cook recipes that give you variety and balance and are simple to make for healthy mid-week meals, batch cooking and lots more. Try the automatic meal planner with shopping lists that makes healthy eating easy as well as saving you time and money. Use our recipes to support your health goals such as reducing inflammation, supporting your gut health and improving energy levels. Our delicious recipes help you eat more varied and balanced meals that everyone in your household will love. The Doctor’s Kitchen has got you covered. No more searching “what to eat for …”. Whether it’s eating to support your skin health, protecting your brain health or longevity, our research team have done all the hard work for you. We review 1000s of nutrition papers to determine which ingredients and dietary patterns you should be eating that align with your health goals. Eat well everyday with Doctor’s Kitchen, the app created by Dr Rupy Aujla, a medical doctor and a nutritionist, who creates delicious recipes using the latest evidence. We are on a mission to make everyone healthier and happier with delicious tasting food. Join the 10,000s of people that have committed to Doctor’s Kitchen recipes and improved their energy levels, sleep, weight and wellbeing one plate at a time. We take a different approach to nutrition and health. Instead of just counting calories or macronutrients like a lot of other apps, we focus on the overall quality of the recipe we create by paying attention to the unique combination of ingredients, the portions of vegetables in each meal as well as inflammation balance as determined by the science. You’ll learn about prebiotic rich foods, high protein foods, the importance of plant points and lots more in our “Learn” section. DOWNLOAD and get started today. Explore our delicious food for better health. Cancel anytime. WHY US? • Evidence based health goals Eating for your health has never been easier or more delicious. Simply choose your health goals and explore the library of incredible recipes to cook that have been formulated using the latest nutritional medicine evidence base. We review thousands of studies to distil the ingredients and patterns of eating that align with your health goals and are seamlessly integrated into the recipes you see • Step by step images With over 1000 recipes, each with step-by-step images, you can effortlessly cook our research backed meals. It’s as easy as healthy eating gets • New recipes We are adding 15 new recipes every month to keep it fresh and vibrant, plus creating seasonal collections of meals to keep it aligned to our principles of eating high nutrient quality ingredients that are accessible and affordable • Build favourites Our library of recipes is extensive. With collections you can build libraries of your favourite meals such as breakfasts, smoothies or even your go to snacks! • Adjustable serving sizes Cooking for more people? Simply change the serving sizes in-app for the correct ingredient amounts. • Share ingredients Share to your notes, friends or text message app the ingredients you need for your recipes in a few clicks • Search using ingredients Have an ingredient you want to use up? Simply use our search function to find recipes that use the ingredient for you to use • Filter recipes effortlessly Whatever your allergens, dislikes or dietaries you can browse our library of recipes tailored for you, as well as still out the full library at the click of a button on the screen Terms and Conditions: https://www.thedoctorskitchen.com/legal/terms.php

Screenshots

Better Without4 screens
The Doctor’s Kitchen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Doctor’s Kitchen at 4.8 against Better Without's 3.5. The Doctor’s Kitchen also leads on ratings volume (291 vs 11) and chart position (#32 vs unranked). Better Without's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. The Doctor’s Kitchen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Better Without asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Doctor’s Kitchen holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Doctor’s Kitchen has 291 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Better Without's written reviews are positive against 81% of The Doctor’s Kitchen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Better Without ships an update every 6 weeks, The Doctor’s Kitchen every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Better Without versus The Doctor’s Kitchen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetter WithoutThe Doctor’s Kitchen
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (11 ratings)4.8 (291 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews81.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11291 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#32 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB54 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJDS Technology Group LimitedDoctor's Kitchen Digital Ltd

Customer experience

Better Without

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.4%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.1%

The Doctor’s Kitchen

All ratings272 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews135 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral6.7%
Negative11.9%

Bugs and requests

Better Without

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

The Doctor’s Kitchen

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App frequently shows offline when user is online
  • Issues with saving dietary preferences and filters
  • Subscription charges not always processed correctly

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add ability to add own notes to recipes
  • Improve recipe search and filtering options
  • Implement meal planning and shopping list features
  • Expand breakfast and snack recipe selection
  • Include more recipes with eggs and dairy
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  • Add sodium information for health-conscious users

In-app purchases

None

Better Without

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

The Doctor’s Kitchen

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly subscription7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Quarterly subscription7 Days trial$37.993 Months
  • Annual subscription7 Days trial$109.991 Year

Questions

Is Better Without free?
Better Without is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Doctor’s Kitchen free?
The Doctor’s Kitchen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Better Without or The Doctor’s Kitchen?
The Doctor’s Kitchen is rated higher. Better Without averages 3.5 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while The Doctor’s Kitchen averages 4.8 from 291 ratings.
Do Better Without or The Doctor’s Kitchen have ads?
Neither Better Without nor The Doctor’s Kitchen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Better Without or The Doctor’s Kitchen?
Better Without ships an update every 6 weeks, and The Doctor’s Kitchen every 2 months. Most recently, Better Without was updated on November 3, 2026 and The Doctor’s Kitchen on November 3, 2026.

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