Leaf vs SmartCook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Leaf
This app helps you create personalized meal plans using ingredients you already have. It suggests recipes, tracks expiration dates, and generates shopping lists, making healthy eating and fitness goals more accessible.
- Automatic meal plan generation
- Uses existing fridge ingredients
- Daily calorie and nutrition balance
- Recipe suggestions from global cuisine
- Expiration date tracking
- Automated shopping list creation
- Personalized fitness goal setting
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Leaf-Menu - is your electronic fridge. Just add your existing products in the app and Leaf-Menu: - creates an automatic meal plan with daily calories limits, nutrition balance and food preferences using existing products only; - suggests ideas of dishes from all other the world that can be cooked right now from existing products; - controls best before dates and calculates how many days there is enough food in your fridge to plan next shopping. Now you can easily be fit with your usual products for free, without diets, stress, manual calories counting and tough work-outs. Meal Plan can be built for several people according to their daily calories limits (e.g. 1800 or 2000 kcal). If you set your weight goal, Leaf-Menu will calculate the date when you can achieve it. You can plan to become fit till summer, wedding or other important date, without stress, about 0.5-1 kg per week. For those who want to eat more healthy food with more fruits and vegetables, there is a feature to turn on the balance of plant food. So the app will create a meal plan for you with the desired proportion of plant food during a day. It is a common situation that we find a recipe on the internet, but there are no ingredients in the fridge, so we need to spend more time searching or to go to the shop for those ingredients. With Leaf-Menu you do not need to spend so much time, but just choose, like in your favorite cafe or restaurant, what you want to cook and eat just now, because our app creates your personal menu only from products that you already have in your kitchen. Moreover, you can save your favorite recipes for the future in the app. Leaf-Menu will remind you about them, when there are enough products in your kitchen. Now you can easily save your favorite recipes in Leaf-Menu, do not forget about them and easily share them with friends. Finally, Leaf-Menu helps you with shopping. It automatically creates a shopping lists of products. And now you can check which products you have in your home by walking with a cart around the store. All in all, we hope to become your favorite meal prep app!
SmartCook
Discover recipes based on the ingredients you have by taking a photo. Get step-by-step cooking instructions, create smart shopping lists, and personalize meal suggestions based on your preferences and dietary needs.
- Recipe generation by photo
- Step-by-step cooking mode with voice commands
- Smart shopping list with store section sorting
- Shared shopping lists with family
- Personalized taste profile (allergens, dislikes)
- Favorites and cooking history
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SmartCook подскажет, что приготовить из того, что есть дома. Напишите, какие продукты лежат в холодильнике, или сфотографируйте их — через минуту получите рецепты на ужин. ПРОСТЫЕ РЕЦЕПТЫ НА КАЖДЫЙ ДЕНЬ. Больше 1000 проверенных рецептов с фото: ужины и завтраки, быстрые блюда, в духовке и на сковороде, ПП. Ищите по продуктам и уточняйте фильтрами. Всё из того, что продаётся в обычном магазине. «ЧТО НА УЖИН?» В 17:30 SmartCook напомнит про ужин и предложит идеи из ваших продуктов. Напоминание включается и выключается в профиле. ХОЛОДИЛЬНИК. Отмечайте, что есть дома, — рецепты подберутся из этих продуктов, а недостающее одним касанием уйдёт в покупки. МЕНЮ НА НЕДЕЛЮ. Распланируйте завтраки, обеды и ужины на неделю с учётом того, сколько вас за столом. Список покупок соберётся ровно под меню. СПИСОК ПОКУПОК. Общий список для всей семьи: продукты раскладываются по отделам магазина, список можно отправить ссылкой — у получателя он откроется в приложении. ИЗБРАННОЕ. Сохраняйте понравившиеся рецепты, чтобы вернуться к ним в один тап. СООБЩЕСТВО. Приготовили — покажите. Выкладывайте фото своих блюд, ставьте лайки, пишите комментарии и подписывайтесь на тех, кто готовит вкусно. Каждую публикацию и каждый комментарий проверяет модератор, на любое блюдо или автора можно пожаловаться, а неприятного автора — заблокировать. ГОТОВЬТЕ УДОБНО. Порции пересчитываются сами, видны время и калории. В режиме готовки шаги крупно, а телефон читает рецепт вслух — руки свободны. Рецепты написаны простым языком, шаг за шагом — как рассказала бы мама. Рецепты составлены с помощью ИИ и проверены, но перед приготовлением сверяйте состав с аллергиями. Поддержка: smartcook.dev@inbox.ru — отвечаем в течение 24 часов.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartCook at 5.0 against Leaf's 3.0. Leaf's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
SmartCook holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Leaf ships an update fortnightly, SmartCook every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leaf | SmartCook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dmitry Maximov | Ekaterina Kernasovskaia |
In-app purchases
Leaf
No in-app purchases
SmartCook
No in-app purchases









