Knoops vs MealSmash Merchant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knoops
Discover your perfect chocolate drink with a unique percentage-based menu. Experiment with different chocolates, milks, and flavors to create personalized hot chocolates, milkshakes, and iced chocolates. Earn rewards for your delicious creations.
- Percentage-based chocolate menu
- Customizable drinks (milk, flavors)
- Hot chocolate, milkshake, iced chocolate
- Loyalty points collection
- Discover your perfect chocolate
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Our founder Jens Knoops has had a strong relationship with chocolate since his childhood in rural Germany. In 2013, he decided to share his passion and opened the first Knoops store in Rye, East Sussex. Since then, Jens has gone on to open more Knoops stores, built a team of chocolate lovers around him, developed an at-home range of chocolate flakes, and even released a chocolate cookbook. The Knoops concept is based around our carefully curated percentage menu which offers chocolates to suit every taste and mood. We find joy in helping you to discover your perfect chocolate drink, and encourage experimentation with different % chocolates and flavours in a process we call ‘Knoopology’. This process is simple;choose your chocolate %, milk, and extra flavours like sea salt, orange zest or chilli to be made into a hot chocolate, milkshake or iced chocolate. With our app, you can get rewarded for your experimenting with Knoopology by collect points with every drink you buy in our stores.
MealSmash Merchant
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MealSmash Merchant enables you to set up and manage your merchant account with ease and convenience. Take advantage of all the MealSmash services which help your business to reach new heights.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Knoops at fortnightly against MealSmash Merchant's every 2 months. MealSmash Merchant's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.2). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Knoops ships an update fortnightly, MealSmash Merchant every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Knoops | MealSmash Merchant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (21 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 55.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | KNOOPS | Nexgen Ventures, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Knoops
No in-app purchases
MealSmash Merchant
No in-app purchases
