PGO! Partner vs Pestle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PGO! Partner
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The PGO Partner APP allows you to manage your business’s orders in a single, centralised place. We offer the following • Device flexibility. Run the app on any combination of tablets and mobile phones. • Realtime syncing. Run the app on multiple devices at the same time, all your staff will be able to see and manage orders with no duplicates or missed orders. • Control in the palm of your hand. Can’t be at your store all the time? No problem! The app lets you cancel orders, mark items out of stock, and turn your delivery capabilities off and on from anywhere there’s an internet connection. • Order monitoring. You’ll be able to get notifications for each new, in progress, canceled, and delivered order.
Pestle
Easily save recipes from any online source, organize them with guided cooking, and plan your meals. Digitize physical recipes with a scanner and share your cookbook with family.
- Import recipes from any website
- Guided cooking with hands-free control
- Unlimited timers and quantity reminders
- Meal planning for up to 14 days
- Shared household cookbooks
- Recipe scanner for physical recipes
- Automatic shopping list generation
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Save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube and more with Pestle. IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE Import recipes from anywhere on the internet to Pestle, and keep just the ingredients and steps. Just tap 'Share', and 'Save to my Cookbook'. GUIDED COOKING Turn any recipe into a step-by-step process with Pestle's guided cooking experience. Control Pestle hands-free for those messy recipes, set as many timers as you want & get reminders for quantities with just a tap. DEVICE SYNC Find a recipe on your iPhone, and cook it for dinner on your iPad with seamless, instant sync. For the power users, you can even switch between your iPad & iPhone with Handoff. HOUSEHOLDS Create a Pestle Household and share all of your recipes with your family, and create Meal Plans together, too! DISCOVER Pestle learns where you save recipes from and suggests to you their latest creations. Add your favorite foodie blogs and always stay up to date. MEAL PLAN Pestle can help you plan out your next 14-days by allowing you to assign recipes to each day. And, of course, syncs everywhere. SHOPPING LIST Take every ingredient from your recipe and add it to your shopping list! Already got Olive Oil? No worries, just tap it to remove it from your list. BOOKMARKS When Pestle isn't able to intelligently extract recipe details, Bookmarks are saved to take you straight back to the source. RECIPE SCANNING We get it, not all recipes are online. If you have a big collection of physical recipes, worry not, Pestle has a recipe scanner to digitize them! There's a lot more you can do with Pestle, but we'll let you discover it! The use of Pestle is outlined in our Terms of Use, which can be found at https://pestlechef.app/terms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PGO! Partner at none against Pestle's 6. Pestle's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months) and chart position (#71 vs unranked). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Pestle sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. PGO! Partner asks for nothing beyond the download.
PGO! Partner ships an update every 10 months, Pestle every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PGO! Partner | Pestle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (1.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 77.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #71 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Oliver Horsburgh | Will Bishop |
Bugs and requests
PGO! Partner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pestle
Reported bugs
4 issues- Recipes disappearing after device change
- Inability to access saved recipes in free version
- Glitches with category/cuisine tagging
- Shopping list formatting issues
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to add multiple photos/scans for recipes
- Improved search and filtering options
- Integration with other recipe/meal planning apps
- Shared meal planning and recipe book for households
- Desktop app or web version
In-app purchases
PGO! Partner
No in-app purchases
Pestle
- Pestle Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- Pestle Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Pestle Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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- Pestle Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Pestle Pro (Lifetime)$39.99
- Pestle Pro Lifetime$49.99
Questions
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