Sous Chef vs Recipe Sizer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sous Chef
This kitchen helper offers a suite of tools for meal preparation, including multiple configurable timers that function even when the app is closed. It also features a servings calculator and a handy conversion chart to simplify cooking tasks.
- 5 configurable timers
- Timers work in background
- Servings calculator
- Popular conversions chart
- Stores notes and favorite websites
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Kitchen Sous Chef is a set of everyday tools to assist you around the kitchen. This little kitchen helper is ready and waiting to help you serve up that delicious meal! *Note* Timers use the device notification system. Make sure notifications are turned on and that your device volume/ringer is not muted!! App Highlights • 5 Configurable timers. • Timers work even if app is not running. • Servings calculator • Chart of popular conversions. • Stores notes and favorite websites. • Available for both iPhone and iPad.
Recipe Sizer
Easily manage your recipes by creating and storing them. Adjust serving sizes, and the app automatically recalculates ingredient quantities. Quickly find recipes based on specific ingredients.
- Create and store recipes
- Recalculate ingredients for new serving sizes
- Search recipes by ingredient
- Simple and intuitive design
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Recipe Sizer is the perfect app for managing your recipes. It's been developed to ease your tasks: 1. Create your recipes and take a look at them at any time 2. Change the number of diners and the app will recalculate the correct amount of ingredients 3. Find the recipes that contains a certain ingredient With a simple design and beautiful illustrations!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sous Chef at 90% against Recipe Sizer's 0%. Sous Chef also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (338 vs 4). Recipe Sizer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Sous Chef sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Recipe Sizer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sous Chef holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sous Chef has 338 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Sous Chef's written reviews are positive against 0% of Recipe Sizer's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sous Chef | Recipe Sizer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (338 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 338 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ChuChu Train Productions | Daniel Lao |
Customer experience
Sous Chef
Recipe Sizer
Bugs and requests
Sous Chef
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently during use
- Timer doesn't alert when phone is in lock mode
- Accidental timer reset when phone placed in pocket
- Pop-up ads appear during timer setup
- Free version upgrade doesn't convert to Pro (requires repurchase)
Requested features
13 requests- Custom alarm sounds for each timer
- Different ringtones/tones for different timers
- Count-up feature after timer reaches zero
- Larger readout/display text
- Cooking temperature reference charts
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- More than 5 timers available
- Gram conversion option
- Landscape mode support
- Volume control for alerts
- Number of alert repetitions option
- Menu planning features
- Additional sous chef functionality
- Ability to select iPhone system ringtones
Recipe Sizer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sous Chef
- KS - Remove Ad Banner$9.99
- Unlimited Reference Entries$9.99
- Enable All Timers$9.99
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- All Features$24.99
Recipe Sizer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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