Comparison

delicious. vs Curate

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

Head to head
About

delicious.

Access premium food and lifestyle content, including recipes from top chefs, travel guides, and trend insights. Discover inspiration for creating meals at home and staying updated on global culinary trends.

Highlights
  • Recipes from top Australian food talent
  • Latest food trends and global insights
  • Must-do travel destinations
  • Entertaining and style advice
  • Monthly food and lifestyle content
Features
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* Enjoy the first 30 Days FREE with your one-year subscription * 30 Day FREE TRIAL - to activate your free trial click on 'subscribe for one year' and follow the prompts - your free trial will commence immediately and your paid subscription will commence at the end of the trial period. As Australia’s number one premium food and lifestyle brand, delicious. is at the intersection of cooking, eating out, travel, entertaining and style, design and global trends – giving you everything you need to create incredible meals at home. Working with some of the top food talent in the country, including Matt Moran, Shannon Bennett, Colin Fassnidge and Silvia Colloca, you'll find impressive yet effortless recipes for every occasion. You'll also discover the latest food trends, must-do travel destinations and musings from contributors such as Matt Preston, plus news, reviews and plenty more every month. _____________________________________________________ SUBSCRIPTIONS INFO 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 cost of renewal is set at prices above. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Our privacy policy can be found at: https://preferences.news.com.au/privacy Terms of service: https://magsonline.com.au/info/TermsConditions#Q3 The current version of the delicious Magazine app is not compatible with iOS VoiceOver software. Note about Family Sharing: Family Sharing is available for the Free App only. Unfortunately you cannot share any purchases you have made within the App in Family Sharing (in-app purchases include single issue sales and subscriptions).

About

Curate

Features
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You went somewhere great six months ago. You remember the room, you remember one dish, and you cannot remember the name. Curate is a journal for the meals worth remembering — and a way to find your next one through the people whose taste you actually trust. KEEP THE RECORD Log a visit with a rating, your notes, the dishes that stood out, and photos. Star the standouts, because a restaurant is really a short list of things worth ordering again. Everything stays organised by place, so returning somewhere means opening one page and seeing every visit you have made. REMEMBER THE WHOLE TABLE Tag the people you ate with. They add their own rating and their own standout dishes to the same visit, so the record reflects what everyone thought — not just your half of the meal. A WISHLIST THAT REMEMBERS WHY Save places you want to try, along with who recommended them. When a friend raves about somewhere, it goes on the list with their name attached, so months later you still know whose word you took. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Found a place in an article, a map link, or a screenshot of a friend's message? Share it straight into Curate from any app and it identifies the restaurant and files it for you. PICKS, NOT ALGORITHMS The Picks tab answers one question: where should I eat, right now. It weighs the people you trust, how close a place is, how recently it came up, and what has actually been recommended to you — and it shows you why each suggestion is there. SEE WHERE FRIENDS HAVE BEEN Follow the people whose taste you trust and see their visits as they happen. Comment, save what looks good, and build a wishlist out of real recommendations instead of sponsored lists. YOUR MAP Every place you have logged, on one map. Filter by area and sort by distance to find the one you keep meaning to go back to. SCAN THE RECEIPT Point the camera at your receipt and Curate reads the dishes off it to fill in your visit. The scan runs entirely on your device — the image never leaves your phone.

Screenshots

delicious.4 screens
Curate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Curate at none against delicious.'s 26. Curate also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). On price, ads, 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. delicious. sells 26 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Curate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

delicious. ships an update every 9 months, Curate monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
delicious. versus Curate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterdelicious.Curate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (49 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings49 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB45 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNews Life Media Pty LtdEthan Foster

Bugs and requests

delicious.

Reported bugs

62 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • App won't open or load
  • Disappearing purchases/past editions
  • Subscription access issues
  • Bookmarks don't load
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  • Shows previous downloads but won't open them
  • App takes several restarts to load
  • Cannot access subscription
  • App is useless
  • App is a joke
  • App won't open for months
  • Frustrating navigation
  • Cannot access anything after purchasing subscription
  • App keeps buffering saying optimizing content
  • Read permission has expired
  • Asked to buy latest issue
  • Automated response from support
  • App doesn't work
  • Not really family sharing
  • Problem with credentials
  • Forgot password gets no result
  • Emails to help desk are not answered
  • Cannot access new issues
  • App shuts down every time it's opened
  • Crappy downloading issues
  • No feedback from support
  • iPad issues are not worth it
  • Unable to use mags online code
  • Cannot update to the new version
  • App will not update
  • Latest update under cooked
  • New layout is just a scan of the magazine
  • Have to repeatedly download magazines
  • Empty oval where download button should be
  • App is broken
  • Cannot access subscription
  • Lost library of magazines
  • App support takes to subscription pages
  • App has stopped working properly
  • Cannot access library
  • New magazine doesn't appear
  • Lost all past subscriptions
  • App has stopped working
  • Won't let me download last edition
  • Download button is blank
  • Current issue isn't downloading
  • Losing earlier issues
  • Cannot get latest magazine to download
  • Store won't load
  • App needs to be updated
  • Telling me I am not connected to the internet
  • App just has the dots (like it is loading)
  • New update won't let you log in from an iPad Pro
  • Cannot save recipes as favorites
  • Compatibility issues with iPad Pro
  • App freezes on occasion
  • Not available for download at the same time as hard copy
  • Not working with IOS upgrade
  • Does not work at all
  • Will not work
  • Cannot get it to download
  • Message says to close & re-open app

Requested features

18 requests
  • Improve app reliability and fix bugs
  • Allow access to past editions after app closure
  • Fix subscription access issues
  • Make app more user-friendly
  • Improve navigation from index to recipes
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  • Allow renaming of saved bookmarks
  • Add interactive index with links to recipes
  • Fix buffering issues
  • Fix permission expired issues
  • Provide iPad friendly landscape version
  • Restore interactive features
  • Improve search functionality for recipes
  • Allow saving individual recipes
  • Add yearly index
  • Make app more intuitive
  • Fix app compatibility issues with iPad Pro
  • Allow saving recipes as favorites
  • Add more straightforward simplistic design

Curate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

26 purchases

delicious.

Subscriptions3
  • delicious. magazine$2.991 Month
  • delicious. magazine$15.996 Months
  • delicious. magazine1 Month trial$18.991 Year
One-time23
  • delicious. Feb 2013$2.99
  • delicious. May 2014$2.99
  • delicious. March 2016$2.99
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  • delicious. May 2016$2.99
  • delicious. November 2016$2.99
  • delicious. December/January 2017$2.99
  • delicious. November 2015$2.99
  • delicious. June 2018$2.99
  • delicious. Oct 2013$2.99
  • delicious. Mar 2013$2.99
  • delicious. April 2025$2.99
  • delicious. December/January 2016$2.99
  • delicious. November 2024$2.99
  • delicious. July 2023$2.99
  • delicious. April 2024$2.99
  • delicious. March 2024$2.99
  • delicious. September 2023$2.99
  • delicious. September 2018$2.99
  • delicious. October 2020$2.99
  • delicious. Dec/Jan 2022$2.99
  • delicious. Dec/Jan 2023$2.99
  • delicious. March 2023$2.99
  • delicious. April 2013$3.99
None

Curate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is delicious. free?
delicious. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Curate free?
Curate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do delicious. or Curate have ads?
Neither delicious. nor Curate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, delicious. or Curate?
delicious. ships an update every 9 months, and Curate monthly. Most recently, delicious. was updated on October 26, 2026 and Curate on October 24, 2026.

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