Comparison

Typhur vs KitchenIdea

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

Head to head
About

Typhur

This app offers guided recipes with videos and step-by-step instructions to make cooking effortless. It allows remote management and control of smart kitchen appliances, including software updates and notifications. Users can also transfer recipes directly to their devices and save custom cooking parameters for easier meal preparation.

Highlights
  • Guided recipes with videos
  • Step-by-step cooking instructions
  • Remote appliance management
  • Device software upgrades
  • Transfer recipes to devices
  • Customizable cooking parameters
Features
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At Typhur Culinary, we are harnessing the power of technology to create smart kitchen appliances to make it effortless for you to cook delicious meals from your home kitchen. The Typhur app provides a wide variety of well-crafted, professional and delicious recipes, allowing you to cook at ease, through videos and step by step recipe guidance. The Typhur app can manage all your Typhur smart devices, enables you to remotely control and upgrade your device software, whilst receiving cooking notifications and reminders. In addition, we provide many tips and tricks that can help you cook, and advise you on how to use Typhur's kitchen appliances. Features Guided recipes: We provide step-by-step recipe guidance with videos, giving detailed instructions for each step. Whether you are a beginner or a professional, you can easily follow the video to get perfect results. Manage devices: Manage all your Typhur kitchen appliances through the mobile app. Regardless of where you are within the house, as long as you can connect to the Internet, you can remotely control all of your devices. You can monitor the cooking process and receive necessary reminder information. Transfer recipe to device: Find your favorite recipes on your phone and transfer the recipe to the device, to seamlessly switch between the phone and the device. You're one tap away, it's that simple! Custom: Customize your cooking parameters and save to your custom to make cooking even easier. You can quick-start by selecting your custom time/temperature to speed up the process.

About

KitchenIdea

Control a smart stir-fry robot remotely. Browse recipes and send cooking instructions to your connected device for automated meal preparation.

Highlights
  • Recipe browsing
  • Remote robot control
  • Cooking instruction execution
  • Connect to KODY robot
  • Automated meal preparation
Features
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Kitchenidea is the exclusive application for KODY, a Chinese-style stir-fry robot. Once downloaded and connected to your KODY, you can browse its recipes on your phone and remotely control KODY to execute cooking instructions.

Screenshots

Typhur4 screens
KitchenIdea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Typhur at 62% against KitchenIdea's 0%. Typhur also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (7.1K vs 2). KitchenIdea's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Typhur holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Typhur has 7.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Typhur's written reviews are positive against 0% of KitchenIdea's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Typhur ships an update every 2 weeks, KitchenIdea every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Typhur versus KitchenIdea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTyphurKitchenIdea
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.1K ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews61.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7.1K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTyphur Inc.浙江田螺云厨科技有限公司

Customer experience

Typhur

All ratings6,824 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews167 reviews
Positive61.7%
Neutral10.8%
Negative27.5%

KitchenIdea

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Typhur

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App frequently loses connection to device
  • Self-cleaning feature not working without app
  • Preset temperatures/times not always accurate

Requested features

3 requests
  • Custom preset options
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Improved local connectivity without app

KitchenIdea

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Typhur

No in-app purchases

None

KitchenIdea

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Typhur free?
Typhur is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KitchenIdea free?
KitchenIdea is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Typhur or KitchenIdea?
Typhur is rated higher. Typhur averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.1K ratings, while KitchenIdea averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Typhur or KitchenIdea have ads?
Neither Typhur nor KitchenIdea shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Typhur or KitchenIdea?
Typhur ships an update every 2 weeks, and KitchenIdea every 2 months. Most recently, Typhur was updated on October 14, 2026 and KitchenIdea on September 25, 2026.

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