Comparison

Savvy Chef vs MyMenu

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

Head to head
About

Savvy Chef

Plan meals, generate organized shopping lists, and discover thousands of recipes. This smart cooking companion merges ingredients to save money and time, with options to import recipes from URLs, photos, or manual entry. Families can share accounts for collaborative planning and real-time shopping.

Highlights
  • Personalized meal planning
  • Automated organized shopping lists
  • Smart ingredient merging
  • Recipe import (URL, photo, manual)
  • Shared family accounts
  • Same-day grocery delivery integration
Features
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Savvy Chef is the ultimate smart cooking companion that helps you plan meals, shop efficiently, and save money with ease. Create personalized meal plans in seconds, and a fully organized shopping list is automatically generated. The app’s smart ingredient merging technology combines overlapping ingredients across recipes, saving even more time and money on groceries. Savvy Chef also integrates same-day grocery delivery through Amazon Fresh, making it easier than ever to get everything you need without leaving home. With thousands of delicious recipes available and powerful importing tools, Savvy Chef is designed for flexibility. Add your own recipes from URLs, bulk import from online collections, enter them manually, or simply snap a photo of a cookbook page for AI-powered recipe capture. Families can share one account seamlessly. One person can build the meal plan while another checks the list or shops in real time. Savvy Chef turns meal planning into a stress-free, money-saving experience that keeps everyone on the same page and every meal on track. Terms of Use (EULA): https://savvychef.co.uk/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://savvychef.co.uk/privacy-policy

About

MyMenu

Plan your weekly meals, manage your favorite recipes, and automatically generate shopping lists. Keep track of your freezer contents and coordinate with household members for a seamless cooking experience.

Highlights
  • Create evening meal plans
  • Add favorite recipes
  • Build weekly shopping lists
  • Track freezer contents
  • Support for multiple household members
  • Online account for multi-device access
Features
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KEY FEATURES: - Create your evening meal plan - Add your favourite recipes - Effortlessly build the weekly shopping list - Track the contents of your freezer - Support for multiple household members SUMMARY: Access and add to a broad range of recipes, set out in a simple, easy-reading format to make cooking your favourite meals a breeze. Effortlessly organise your evenings by assigning recipes to the meal plan, and prepare for the weekly shop by automatically adding the required ingredients to your shopping list. Never forget the contents of your freezer. Track what you put in as you go, and build them in to your future meal plans. Add other household members so that you’re all on the same page. Everyone can contribute to the meal plan, recipes, shopping list and freezer in real time. MyMenu is entirely free to use - you just need to create an account in order to store your household information securely online, allowing you to access it from multiple devices and share it with other household members. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: https://www.saturdayclub.online/mymenu-terms-and-conditions PRIVACY POLICY: https://www.saturdayclub.online/mymenu-privacy-policy

Screenshots

Savvy Chef4 screens
MyMenu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyMenu at none against Savvy Chef's 3. Savvy Chef's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 22 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). 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. Savvy Chef sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MyMenu asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Savvy Chef ships an update every 2 months, MyMenu every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Savvy Chef versus MyMenu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSavvy ChefMyMenu
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 22 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB49 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperEmma LewinThomas Turner

Customer experience

Savvy Chef

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

MyMenu

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Savvy Chef

Subscriptions2
  • Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Savvy Chef Premium$39.99
None

MyMenu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Savvy Chef free?
Savvy Chef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyMenu free?
MyMenu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Savvy Chef or MyMenu have ads?
Neither Savvy Chef nor MyMenu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Savvy Chef or MyMenu?
Savvy Chef ships an update every 2 months, and MyMenu every 22 months. Most recently, Savvy Chef was updated on October 24, 2026 and MyMenu on October 7, 2026.

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