Comparison

Pick Up Limes vs Brownble

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

Head to head
About

Pick Up Limes

Discover delicious plant-based recipes and create personalized meal plans. This app offers nutrition guidance, grocery list tools, and the ability to import and create your own recipes. Start your plant-based journey with a free trial.

Highlights
  • 1900+ plant-based recipes
  • Personalized meal plans
  • Number-free nutrition tracking
  • Import and create custom recipes
  • Grocery list builder
  • Recipe scaling and notes
Features
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Plan your meals, feel nourished, and eat delicious plant-based food. The Pick Up Limes App brings together nourishing vegan recipes, personalized meal plans, grocery tools, nutrition support, and all your favourite online recipes in one place. Top features • 1900+ plant-based recipes, with new ones added every weekday • Personalized meal plans tailored to your age, activity level, and life stage • Number-free nutrition tracking with the Nourish Method • Edit any Pick Up Limes recipe and save your own version with updated nutrition info • Import recipes in one tap and get instant nutrition insights • Create custom recipes and items to track alongside your meals • Build grocery lists and add recipes to your weekly plan in seconds • Save favourites and organize them into your own collections Tools to fit your particular situation • Filter recipes by ingredient, meal type, or dietary need, including your own custom and imported recipes • Scale recipes for one or for the whole family • Add personal notes and discover easy ingredient swaps Personalized nutrition support We developed the Nourish Method to help you build balanced meals without counting calories. It’s a flexible, encouraging approach to nutrition that helps you focus on what to add to your plate, not what to restrict. • View each recipe across 9 Nourish food groups • Get personalized recipe suggestions to help support your intake • Create and reuse customized meal plans with ease • Add your own meals or scan items for accurate nutrition tracking Try It Free Start your plant-based journey with a 7-day free trial, then continue with a monthly or annual subscription. With love, Sadia and the Pick Up Limes team This app uses the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Brownble

Enhance your plant-based cooking with on-the-go access to vegan culinary classes and courses. Watch videos, view recipes, and search ingredients easily from your phone or tablet.

Highlights
  • Access all courses on mobile
  • Watch videos and view recipes
  • Search recipes by ingredient
  • Mark favorite recipes
  • Ask questions and comment
Features
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Improve your plant-based cooking skills and get support on your vegan journey with easy on-the-go-access to all of Brownble's vegan cooking classes and courses. Inside the Brownble mobile app you'll be able to: - Access all your Brownble courses on your mobile device anywhere you are - Watch videos, get recipes, or quickly view the written version of a recipe - Search for the ingredients of a recipe while you're at the store - Quickly find the recipes you've marked as favorites - Ask questions or post a comment - Search for your favorite recipes by name or ingredient - Much more... The app will work on your phone or tablet so you can watch and cook wherever you are. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pick Up Limes4 screens
Brownble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brownble at none against Pick Up Limes's 2. Pick Up Limes's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 1) and chart position (#52 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Pick Up Limes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Brownble asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Pick Up Limes against 5.0 for Brownble. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pick Up Limes has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Pick Up Limes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Brownble's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pick Up Limes ships an update fortnightly, Brownble every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Pick Up Limes versus Brownble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPick Up LimesBrownble
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#52 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPick Up Limes B.V.CARLOS LUIS MARRERO VALERO

Customer experience

Pick Up Limes

All ratings1,150 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral0.9%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews414 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative3.1%

Brownble

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pick Up Limes

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login issues with Apple subscriptions
  • Compatibility problems on older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Meal prep planning feature
  • Ability to sync grocery list across devices
  • Option to add non-vegan ingredients

Brownble

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pick Up Limes

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited access: monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Unlimited access: yearly7 Days trial$43.991 Year
None

Brownble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pick Up Limes free?
Pick Up Limes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brownble free?
Brownble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pick Up Limes or Brownble?
Brownble is rated higher. Pick Up Limes averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Brownble averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pick Up Limes or Brownble have ads?
Neither Pick Up Limes nor Brownble shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pick Up Limes or Brownble?
Pick Up Limes ships an update fortnightly, and Brownble every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pick Up Limes was updated on November 7, 2026 and Brownble on November 4, 2026.

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