Pestle vs Down Under Distributors
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Down Under Distributors
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Our mobile app lets you search our complete product catalog, manage and update your ordering guide, and buy what you need at the moment you need it. It’s part of our commitment to giving you an ordering experience you’ll love. Select benefits include: - No-headache ordering: access our full catalog & re-order easily - Keep everything together: delivery days, cutoff times, and order updates, all in one place - Get in touch anytime: communicate directly with your Down Under Distributors rep in the app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Down Under Distributors at none against Pestle's 6. Down Under Distributors also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Pestle's advantage is chart position (#84 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Pestle sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Down Under Distributors asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pestle | Down Under Distributors |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Best chart rank | #84 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Will Bishop | Pomegranate Technologies, Inc. |
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
Down Under Distributors
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Down Under Distributors
No in-app purchases







