Retty vs Steak Science
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retty
Discover and share restaurant recommendations with a trusted community of food lovers. This social network allows you to follow other users, create personalized lists, and find new dining spots based on genuine reviews. It prioritizes a secure environment by using Facebook IDs for sign-ups.
- Share favorite restaurants
- Discover new dining spots
- Follow trusted foodies
- Create personalized 'MyList'
- Vetted and secure user base
- Rankings for increased visibility
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Japan's No 1 social network for foodies! Share your favorite restaurants with your foodie friends. Follow people you trust and discover new 'favorite' restaurants. Members sign up using their Facebook ID, so everyone's vetted and secure. ・Post about the restaurants you love. ・The higher you rank, the greater your visibility. ・Follow like-minded foodies. ・Create your own customised 'MyList'. ・A network of foodies means reviews you can trust. ・Regularly audited to weed out unfair reviews.
Steak Science
This app helps you perfectly cook steaks by calculating the precise baking time needed after searing. Input your steak's details and desired doneness to eliminate guesswork and achieve restaurant-quality results every time.
- Calculates baking time for desired doneness
- Eliminates guesswork in steak cooking
- Uses 1D heat equation for accuracy
- Simple input of steak parameters
- Ensures perfect steak results
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Steak Science calculates the baking time needed after searing to achieve your desired level of doneness. Designed to take the guesswork out of cooking steaks to perfection, our app ensures no more constant temperature checks. Simply input your steak parameters, and Steak Science will calculate the baking time based on 1D heat equation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Steak Science at 100% against Retty's 40%. Steak Science also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Retty's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Steak Science holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 46 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Retty's written reviews are positive against 100% of Steak Science's.
Retty ships an update every 6 days, Steak Science every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retty | Steak Science |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (33 ratings) | 4.9 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Retty, Inc | Dajun Xian |
Customer experience
Retty
Steak Science
In-app purchases
Retty
No in-app purchases
Steak Science
No in-app purchases
