Comparison

美食杰 vs MINGCHU

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

Head to head
About

美食杰

Access over a million free recipes with step-by-step instructions, including photos and videos. Discover a wide variety of dishes, from home-style meals to baking and regional cuisines. This app aims to make cooking enjoyable and help users find inspiration for their next meal.

Highlights
  • 1 million free recipes
  • Photo and video tutorials
  • Home-style dishes
  • Regional cuisines
  • Baking recipes
  • Breakfast ideas
Features
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一百万免费图文视频菜谱为您服务 我们是【美食杰-養】 这是一款多次被苹果APPSTORE推荐的美食菜谱APP 这是一款获得世界美食家大奖提供的美食菜谱APP 如果您是美食杰的新朋友,我想先向您介绍已经十二岁的 美食杰-養 这家初创公司 美食杰-養 成立于2007年 我们一直是国内非常领先的菜谱网站,至今拥有中国及国外图文菜谱及菜谱视频100万篇。 让更多人下厨做饭,给最爱的人做菜吃,烹饪厨房美食是我们觉得最容易获得幸福感的事情。 从图文菜谱时代开始,我们就推出各类家常菜、私房菜、川菜、湘菜、煲汤、早餐食谱、烘焙食谱、广东粤菜等适合家庭的电子菜谱,成为每一个厨房妈妈的好帮手,炒菜煮菜超简单。 这里还让厨房妈妈成为了美厨娘,让食材的味道传递在生活中成为最好的记忆。 从图文菜谱到美食聚集地,从视频菜谱到美食直播,我们一直不断努力前行,为用户提供最需要的服务,让品尝美食美味成为我们生活中最美好的一部分。 2019年我们还会做出最重大的改变,成为每个家庭必备的收集APP,敬请期待 希望您 拥有 美食杰-養 不再为吃什么而苦恼,不再错失美味。 祝生活美满幸福 官网: www.meishi.cc
微博:@美食杰网 
微信:美食杰(meishi-cc) 
邮箱:Help@meishi.cc 各媒体搜索 美食杰 即可找到我们

About

MINGCHU

This app celebrates the contributions of chefs to food culture and human civilization. It aims to engage the chef community, enrich cooking knowledge, and promote the global culinary industry.

Highlights
  • Celebrates chef contributions
  • Engages chef community
  • Enriches cooking knowledge
  • Promotes global food culture
  • Showcases global creations
Features
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We rely on our parents' food at home, and enjoy chefs' sensory feast at restaurants. We are becoming the inheritors of the next generation of food culture. However, our awe of the culinary arts is far from enough. Just as we always ignore the existence of chefs while enjoying delicious food, we always tend to forget: chefs who really understand the food are the chefs who work hard in the kitchen. If it wasn't for them mastering advanced cooking skills and understand the past and present of food culture, many of the food cultures today would have long dissapeared. MINGCHU respects the contribution and value of chefs, praises their contributions towards the promotion of food culture and human civilization. Over the past ten years, we have been walking together with Chinese chefs on their journey to prove their potential and value. MINGCHU is dedicated to engage the vitality of the chefs' community, and enrich the connotation of cooking. Next, we will continue to gain global insights on food, showcase global creations, create more opportunities and possibilities, and to promote the organic development of the culinary industry and the progress of the food culture.

Screenshots

美食杰3 screens
MINGCHU4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 美食杰 at 86% against MINGCHU's 0%. 美食杰 also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 3). MINGCHU's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

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

美食杰 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 美食杰 has 3.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of 美食杰's written reviews are positive against 0% of MINGCHU's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
美食杰 versus MINGCHU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter美食杰MINGCHU
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.4K ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews85.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.4K — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB116 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBeijing MeiShiJie Information Technology Co.,Ltd.烟台欣和企业食品有限公司

Customer experience

美食杰

All ratings3,448 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews359 reviews
Positive85.8%
Neutral3.9%
Negative10.3%

MINGCHU

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

美食杰

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent app crashes or freezes
  • Incompatibility with newer devices or OS versions
  • Recipes not loading or displaying correctly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved search and filtering options
  • More detailed nutritional information
  • Offline access to recipes
  • Support for international/non-Chinese cuisines

MINGCHU

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

美食杰

No in-app purchases

None

MINGCHU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 美食杰 free?
美食杰 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MINGCHU free?
MINGCHU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 美食杰 or MINGCHU?
美食杰 is rated higher. 美食杰 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.4K ratings, while MINGCHU averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do 美食杰 or MINGCHU have ads?
美食杰 shows ads; MINGCHU does not.
Which is updated more often, 美食杰 or MINGCHU?
美食杰 ships an update monthly, and MINGCHU monthly. Most recently, 美食杰 was updated on September 24, 2026 and MINGCHU on September 17, 2026.

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