Comparison

Pastry Chef Pro vs Valrhona®

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

Head to head
About

Pastry Chef Pro

This app offers a curated collection of high-quality, exclusive pastry recipes with detailed instructions and beautiful photos. It includes a unit converter and chef tips, designed for home cooks and professionals alike. Access to over 100 recipes requires a subscription.

Highlights
  • Exclusive, world-class pastry recipes
  • High-definition recipe photos
  • Detailed instructions and chef tips
  • Integrated unit converter (temperature, volume, weight, length)
  • Offline access to content
  • Categorized and searchable recipes
Features
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Pastry Chef is an "offline" educational cooking App developed for people who enjoy food and cooking, particularly desserts. Pastry Chef provides a list of unique pastry recipes tested in professional kitchens around the World with precise instructions, beautiful photos, chef tips, techniques, product/recipe history and a four unit converter, all inside a clean and simple user interface. Don't expect to find thousands of recipes from the internet because Pastry Chef's priority is not quantity but quality of recipes which are normally hard to find or kept private by most Chefs. You'll find that Pastry Chef is a "must have App" for any Student, Cook, Teacher or experienced Pastry Chefs. BEST RECIPES Quality of recipes is what Pastry Chef is all about, so we have gathered the best pastry recipes to go along with high definition photos for the user to cherish. The recipes are unique industry proven used by Master Chefs all over the World. DESIGN THAT WORKS The Pastry Chef team believes recipe design is critical for cooking. It needs to be simple and clean yet have order and be delightful for the cook to read. This is hard to achieve and we think Pastry Chef has done it. MAIN FEATURES: • RECIPES - world class recipes with exclusive design • CATEGORIES - get order and easy access to all recipes • SEARCH BAR - find your recipe any time • CONVERTER - convert temperature, volume, weight and length from within the app • No Advertisement • No Internet, No problem - Pastry Chef content is already store in your device The current version provides 4 example recipes and more than 100 recipes after subscription. Enjoy. New Pro auto-renew subscriptions: - 1 year (Gold) | 3 month (Silver) | 1 month (Bronze) - Full access to more than 100 Recipes - Full access to categories, appendix and converter - Full access packages ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.

 • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
 • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. 

• Terms of use (Pastry Chef Pro): https://www.privacypolicies.com/live/d70ffae3-5097-4922-9d7b-3c50d5e580b9

About

Valrhona®

This app offers pastry professionals a suite of tools for recipe development, including essential recipes, chocolate pairing guides, and conversion utilities. It's designed to inspire and streamline the creative process for chefs.

Highlights
  • Recipe development tools
  • Valrhona Essentials recipes
  • Chocolate pairing guides
  • Conversion tools
  • Inspiration for creation
Features
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The Valrhona App is a revolutionary platform for pastry professionals, built with the technical expertise of leading pastry chefs. It provides built-in, adaptable tools for recipe development such as the Valrhona Essentials recipes, chocolate pairings, conversion tools, and more, all of which facilitate and inspire the creation process at the touch of a button.

Screenshots

Pastry Chef Pro4 screens
Valrhona®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Valrhona® at 67% against Pastry Chef Pro's 21%. Valrhona® also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (19 vs 1). Pastry Chef Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price 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. Pastry Chef Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Valrhona® asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pastry Chef Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Valrhona® has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of Pastry Chef Pro's written reviews are positive against 67% of Valrhona®'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pastry Chef Pro ships an update every 4 months, Valrhona® every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Pastry Chef Pro versus Valrhona®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPastry Chef ProValrhona®
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings119 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChrystian EnriquezValrhona Inc.

Customer experience

Pastry Chef Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive21.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative64.3%

Valrhona®

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pastry Chef Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Bronze Member$7.991 Month
  • Silver Member$17.993 Months
  • Gold Member$49.991 Year
None

Valrhona®

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pastry Chef Pro free?
Pastry Chef Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Valrhona® free?
Valrhona® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pastry Chef Pro or Valrhona®?
Pastry Chef Pro is rated higher. Pastry Chef Pro averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Valrhona® averages 4.5 from 19 ratings.
Do Pastry Chef Pro or Valrhona® have ads?
Valrhona® shows ads; Pastry Chef Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Pastry Chef Pro or Valrhona®?
Pastry Chef Pro ships an update every 4 months, and Valrhona® every 2 months. Most recently, Pastry Chef Pro was updated on October 26, 2026 and Valrhona® on October 24, 2026.

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