Comparison

Boiled Egg Timer vs SideСhef

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

Head to head
About

Boiled Egg Timer

Achieve perfectly boiled eggs every time with this highly-rated timer app. Featuring a user-friendly interface and chef-approved cooking times, it guarantees consistent results for soft, medium, or hard-boiled preferences.

Highlights
  • Perfectly boiled eggs
  • Chef-approved cooking times
  • User-friendly interface
  • Consistent results
  • Soft, medium, and hard-boiled options
Features
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The #1 Egg Timer App: Perfect Eggs Every Time! Trusted by millions and featured as the top downloaded egg timer in the App Store for over half a decade, our app ensures you get the perfect boil every time! Why Our Egg Timer Stands Out: 5+ Years of Excellence: Consistently the most downloaded and loved by egg enthusiasts everywhere. Revamped UI: Navigating is a breeze with our brand-new, user-friendly interface. Setting your timer has never been simpler! Chef-Approved: Our cooking times aren't just guesses. They're tried, tested, and approved by professional chefs ensuring accuracy and perfection. Reliable Results: Say goodbye to overcooked yolks and undercooked whites. Our app delivers consistent results every time. Whether you like them soft-boiled, hard-boiled, or anywhere in between, trust the best in the business. Our promise? A flawless egg-timer that never lets you down. Join the egg revolution and download today! Your perfect boiled egg awaits.

About

SideСhef

Discover and cook delicious meals with step-by-step instructions, personalized recommendations, and integrated grocery shopping. This app simplifies meal planning and helps you explore new cuisines, even if you're a beginner cook.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step recipe guidance
  • Personalized recipe recommendations
  • Integrated grocery list creation
  • One-click online grocery shopping
  • Meal planning tools
  • Smart appliance control
  • Beginner-friendly cooking tutorials
Features
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SideChef’s 18,000 step-by-step recipes help you get from “what’s for dinner?” to cooking your next meal in just minutes. Filter by diet and preferences, search by ingredients, create a grocery list, and instantly shop ingredients from your favorite grocer. Called “best app” by USA Today and the New York Times’s “favorite cooking app,” SideChef empowers you to eat healthier, save money, and live your most delicious life. PERSONALIZED RECIPE RECOMMENDATIONS Quickly find recipe inspiration tailored to your preferences. Filter by dietary requirements, allergies, food preferences, and ingredients you already have at home to find a recipe you like in less than one minute. ONE-CLICK GROCERY SHOPPING Easily create a grocery list, and shop ingredients directly from Instacart, Walmart, Amazon Fresh, Target, and more online grocers. Ingredients are intelligently matched to in-store products, and updated with real-time prices and availability. Make smarter decisions by seeing the percentage of each ingredient used in a recipe – an easy way to plan for leftovers and minimize food waste, while also saving money. GREAT FOR BEGINNERS New to cooking? Our step-by-step recipes include an image or video at every cooking step so you know exactly what to do. Built-in timers ensure you never overcook anything again, while how-to videos teach you valuable culinary skills – from how to properly dice an onion, to how to press tofu. Rate recipes, upload photos, exchange tips, and share cooking fails and successes with the SideChef home cooking community. EASY MEAL PLANNING Use our meal planning tool to select recipes for the week, or save appealing recipes to your cookbook. Browse thousands of curated recipe collections and meal plans for more inspiration and ideas on what you’ll cook next. AUTOMATED CONTROL OF APPLIANCES Remotely control your compatible smart appliances with 2,000+ CookAssist-enabled smart recipes. Compatible brands include: LG, GE, and Bosch Home Connect brands including Thermador and Gaggenau. Link your devices and start cooking. RECIPES FOR EVERYONE Personalized recipe recommendations for these diets and allergens: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Low-Carb, Paleo, Keto, Gluten, Egg, Dairy, Soy, Peanut, Tree Nuts, Fish, Shellfish Recipes cover a variety of cuisines: American, Italian, Mediterranean, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, French, and more! Browse recipes from your favorite culinary influencers – top food bloggers, writers, and renowned chefs. PRAISE FROM MEDIA “If you’re always scorching the stew and you just can’t seem to achieve perfectly puffed chocolate chip cookies, let this free app serve as your new cooking companion.” — Real Simple “If you’ve ever ruined an entire meal because of a seemingly tiny mistake in timing or ingredient proportioning, then we have an app for you.” — Business Insider _________________ By downloading and using this app or purchasing a SideChef Premium subscription, you are agreeing to the SideChef terms of use and service: https://www.sidechef.com/terms For more information about how we use your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy: https://www.sidechef.com/privacy-policy. By downloading this app, you acknowledge the terms of our Privacy Policy. SIDECHEF PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS SideChef is free to download and use. Should you choose to upgrade to SideChef Premium, we offer two auto-renewing subscription options: * Monthly SideChef Premium subscription: $4.99 USD. Cancel anytime. * Annual SideChef Premium subscription: $49.99 USD. Cancel anytime. These auto-renewing subscription plans renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. Your payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew each month or year 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings.

Screenshots

Boiled Egg Timer3 screens
SideСhef4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boiled Egg Timer at none against SideСhef's 2. Boiled Egg Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). SideСhef's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 1) and review sentiment (67% vs 43%). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SideСhef sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Boiled Egg Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boiled Egg Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SideСhef has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Boiled Egg Timer's written reviews are positive against 67% of SideСhef's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boiled Egg Timer ships an update every 9 months, SideСhef every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Boiled Egg Timer versus SideСhef: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoiled Egg TimerSideСhef
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (1.7K ratings)
Positive reviews42.6% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.213.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB71 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFAT AVOCADO LTDSideChef Group Limited

Customer experience

Boiled Egg Timer

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%
Written reviews108 reviews
Positive42.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative50.9%

SideСhef

All ratings1,654 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative29.3%

In-app purchases

None

Boiled Egg Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SideСhef

Subscriptions2
  • SideChef Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • SideChef Premium - Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Boiled Egg Timer free?
Boiled Egg Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SideСhef free?
SideСhef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Boiled Egg Timer or SideСhef?
Boiled Egg Timer is rated higher. Boiled Egg Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while SideСhef averages 4.7 from 1.7K ratings.
Do Boiled Egg Timer or SideСhef have ads?
Neither Boiled Egg Timer nor SideСhef shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boiled Egg Timer or SideСhef?
Boiled Egg Timer ships an update every 9 months, and SideСhef every 2 months. Most recently, Boiled Egg Timer was updated on September 30, 2026 and SideСhef on October 2, 2026.

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