Comparison

网上厨房 vs MINGCHU

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

Head to head
About

网上厨房

Discover a vast collection of free recipes with step-by-step instructions and videos. This app also serves as a culinary community for sharing and learning cooking techniques. Find recipes for everyday meals, special diets, and regional cuisines.

Highlights
  • Free illustrated and video recipes
  • Culinary community for sharing
  • Search recipes by dish, ingredient, or course
  • Categorized recipes by meal, season, and region
  • Save favorite recipes
  • Interactive cooking classes
  • Participate in contests for prizes
Features
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- 一个能免费查阅图文、视频菜谱的工具; - 一个交流分享厨艺的美食社区; - 成立11年,6000万厨友们共同的选择; 网上厨房是一个专注于教人如何学会做菜的美食菜谱APP,能为千万厨房提供海量美食菜谱,包括家常菜,西餐,烘焙食谱,减肥餐,健身餐,宝宝辅食,孕妇食谱,八大菜系等。 『主要功能』 - 搜索功能:搜菜谱,搜食材,搜课程,搜厨友,帮你快速找到想要的内容; - 分类菜谱:包括一日三餐,时令美食,地方小吃,热门榜单,本周流行,最新菜谱等等,帮你快速发现自己喜爱的内容; - 收藏功能:一键收藏喜欢的内容,登陆账号云端保留永不丢失; - 厨艺课堂:在线手把手教你提升厨艺,互动教学零失败; - 参与有奖:参加签到、活动,发布优质内容,分享菜谱都有机会获得包括现金,厨具,限量专属杂志等奖品; 『联系我们』 ▸合作与建议:maodou@admobile.top

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

网上厨房4 screens
MINGCHU4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 网上厨房 at 93% against MINGCHU's 38%. 网上厨房 also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). MINGCHU's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. 网上厨房 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. MINGCHU asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

网上厨房 holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of 网上厨房's written reviews are positive against 38% of MINGCHU's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

网上厨房 ships an update every 2 weeks, MINGCHU monthly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
网上厨房 versus MINGCHU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter网上厨房MINGCHU
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (11 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews92.7% of reviews — better38.1% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer杭州魔厨科技有限公司烟台欣和企业食品有限公司

Customer experience

网上厨房

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive92.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.3%

MINGCHU

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive38.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

网上厨房

One-time10
  • 6个厨豆$0.99
  • 视频课$1.99
  • 12个厨豆$1.99
Show 7 more
  • 18个厨豆$2.99
  • 28个厨豆$3.99
  • 视频课专辑$9.99
  • 视频课专辑$12.99
  • 年费会员限量抢购$12.99
  • 1年网上厨房会员$14.99
  • 388个厨豆$59.99
None

MINGCHU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 网上厨房 free?
网上厨房 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MINGCHU free?
MINGCHU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 网上厨房 or MINGCHU?
网上厨房 is rated higher. 网上厨房 averages 4.2 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while MINGCHU averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do 网上厨房 or MINGCHU have ads?
网上厨房 shows ads; MINGCHU does not.
Which is updated more often, 网上厨房 or MINGCHU?
网上厨房 ships an update every 2 weeks, and MINGCHU monthly. Most recently, 网上厨房 was updated on November 1, 2026 and MINGCHU on November 1, 2026.

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