MiNoms vs ItsChefTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MiNoms
Organize your favorite recipes with a clutter-free interface that displays ingredients and steps side-by-side. Import recipes from various sources, search your collection, and plan meals with integrated shopping lists. Enjoy hands-free cooking with gesture controls and seamless syncing across Apple devices.
- Side-by-side ingredient and step display
- Hands-free gesture controls
- Import recipes from any source
- Advanced search and filtering
- Meal planning and shopping lists
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
- Offline access
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Collect, organize, and cook your favorite recipes in an app that respects your privacy. No subscriptions, no ads, no accounts, and no tracking. Built specifically for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. COOK WITHOUT THE CLUTTER Ingredients and preparation steps are displayed side-by-side in independently scrollable lists. This way, you don't have to constantly switch between different sections. Check off ingredients and steps as you cook, and prevent your screen from turning off. You can even scroll or check off items hands-free by using simple hand gestures recognized by your device's front-facing camera. IMPORT RECIPES FROM ANYWHERE Import recipes from websites, PDFs, text, HTML files, Paprika App recipe files, photos, your camera, or your microphone. Then customize recipes with your own notes, edits, ratings, tags, and images. FIND RECIPES FAST Search your entire collection by recipe name, ingredients, notes, ratings, favorites, or tags. Combine multiple filters to instantly find the right recipe, even within large collections. Create your own categories and tags to organize your personal cookbook exactly the way you want it. SYNC ACROSS ALL YOUR APPLE DEVICES Your recipes automatically sync across your Apple devices using iCloud with no account setup required. SCALE AND ORGANIZE RECIPES Scale recipes up or down for any serving size. Organize ingredients into groups to keep multi-part recipes clear and easy to follow. PLAN MEALS AND SHOPPING LISTS Create shopping lists and meal plans for individual days, entire weeks, or even a month in advance. SHARE AND BACK UP YOUR COLLECTION Share recipes with friends and family, or export your collection anytime for backup. Supports HTML, JSON, and TXT export formats. Works offline – your recipes are always available, no matter where you cook.
ItsChefTime
Manage your recipes with ease, create custom entries with photos and steps, and share them as PDFs or in-app links. Enjoy an immersive cooking mode with automatic ingredient check-off and organize your collection with folders. This app offers a seamless culinary experience without ads or internet dependency.
- Create and customize recipes with photos and steps
- Share recipes via PDF or in-app links
- Immersive cooking mode with ingredient check-off
- Organize recipes with folders
- Offline access
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Discover Culinary Freedom with ItsChefTime: Your Ultimate Recipe Management App. Craft beautiful recipes effortlessly, share with friends and family in-app or as PDFs. Enjoy an immersive cooking mode that checks off ingredients as you go. Organize your recipes with folders. Zero ads. Zero waiting for the internet to load. Embrace your inner chef. It's Chef Time! Key Features 1. Make and Customize Your Recipes Load up your recipe with photos, including steps for a beautiful presentation. Describe your recipe in the about, add ingredients, and even assign ingredients to steps. 2. Share Recipes In-App or as PDF Share your recipes as PDFs through message apps, airdrop, or even save to your device or cloud. Share your recipes as links through message apps, that open the app and automatically download and install right into your recipes. 3. Enter Immersive Cooking Enter a mode for cooking your recipe, with auto-ingredient and step checkoff along the way. 4. Organize Your Recipes Create and compose folders to house your recipes. Scroll through all your recipes, favorites, or recently deleted with automatically generated folders. Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.id-design.com/cheftime_legal/use_of_terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: MiNoms at free against ItsChefTime's free with in-app purchases. MiNoms also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. MiNoms sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and ItsChefTime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MiNoms against 5.0 for ItsChefTime. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MiNoms has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | MiNoms | ItsChefTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Lovejoy | ID-DESIGN INC. |
Customer experience
MiNoms
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In-app purchases
MiNoms
- MiNoms Premium (iPhone & iPad)$3.99
- MiNoms Premium (Mac)$14.99
ItsChefTime
- Tri-Monthly$4.993 Months
- Yearly$9.991 Year









