Comparison

Pestle vs Pro Menu

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

Head to head
About

Pestle

Easily save recipes from various online platforms and digitize physical ones. Features guided cooking, meal planning, and shopping list generation. Syncs across devices and allows household sharing for collaborative meal preparation.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from web and social media
  • Guided cooking with hands-free control
  • Meal planning for up to 14 days
  • Automated shopping list generation
  • Recipe scanning for physical recipes
  • Cross-device syncing and Handoff support
  • Household sharing for collaborative planning
Features
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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.

About

Pro Menu

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Découvrez "ProMenu", une application intuitive qui vous permet de créer des menus personnalisés en toute simplicité. Choisissez parmi une variété de familles d'images et des modèles uniques pour concevoir des menus attrayants qui correspondent parfaitement à vos besoins. Que vous dirigiez un restaurant, organisiez un événement spécial ou ayez simplement besoin d'un menu professionnel, "ProMenu" vous offre les outils nécessaires pour impressionner vos clients et invités. Créez des menus mémorables en un rien de temps avec "ProMenu".

Screenshots

Pestle4 screens
Pro Menu3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pro Menu at none against Pestle's 6. Pestle's advantage is chart position (#110 vs unranked) and device support. On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pestle sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Pro Menu asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Pestle versus Pro Menu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPestlePro Menu
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#110 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better—
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB31 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWill BishopAll Soft Multimedia

Bugs and 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

Pro Menu

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Pestle

Subscriptions4
  • 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
One-time2
  • Pestle Pro (Lifetime)$39.99
  • Pestle Pro Lifetime$49.99
None

Pro Menu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pestle free?
Pestle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pro Menu free?
Pro Menu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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