Comparison

Scoolinary vs Sous

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

Head to head
About

Scoolinary

Master culinary arts with online courses and recipes from world-renowned chefs. Learn professional techniques, explore diverse cuisines, and gain business insights. An AI assistant helps adapt recipes and provides real-time cooking guidance.

Highlights
  • Courses from Michelin-starred chefs
  • 3,000+ step-by-step video recipes
  • Professional cooking techniques
  • Pastry, baking, mixology, barista skills
  • Restaurant management & business strategy
  • AI-powered recipe adaptation
  • Real-time cooking assistance
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Scoolinary is the culinary learning app for chefs, entrepreneurs, students, and passionate home cooks. Learn from the world’s best chefs, with 50+ Michelin stars, and access 400+ courses and 3,000 step-by-step video recipes. What you’ll learn •Professional cooking techniques applicable to any dish. • Pastry, baking, mixology, and barista skills • Restaurant management and food business strategy. •International cuisine, fermentations, and vegan/plant-based trends. • The fundamentals behind every culinary process Smart Cooking with Scooly AI: Adapt recipes instantly based on your ingredients, allergies, or guest count. Get real-time answers and smart assistance as you master new skills. Learn at your own pace, from anywhere, with content always available. Download the app and start learning cooking with professional technique and real culinary skills. Subscription Terms and Pricing: We offer auto-renewing subscriptions that unlock access to content. Payment is processed upon confirmation of purchase through your iTunes account. Manage your subscription in your account settings. Terms and Conditions: https://www.scoolinary.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.scoolinary.com/privacy-policy

About

Sous

Organize your recipes into a digital cookbook library. Import recipes from links, photos, or directly from apps. Cook with step-by-step guidance and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from links and photos
  • Organize recipes into custom cookbooks
  • Step-by-step cooking mode
  • Syncs across iPhone and iPad
  • Visual cookbook shelf browsing
  • Unlimited recipes on free plan
Features
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Sous-Shelf turns scattered recipes into a beautiful, organized cookbook shelf library — right on your iPhone/iPad. Save every recipe you'll ever want. Sous-Shelf never limits how many recipes you can keep, even on the free plan. IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE - Paste a link and Sous-Shelf pulls in the ingredients, instructions, and details automatically - Share directly from Safari, Instagram, or TikTok — no copying and pasting required - Snap a photo of a cookbook page or handwritten card and let Sous-Shelf read it for you ORGANIZE LIKE A REAL BOOKSHELF Group recipes into custom cookbooks and browse them visually on a shelf, instead of scrolling through an endless list. COOK WITHOUT THE GUESSWORK Step-by-step cooking mode walks you through each recipe one stage at a time, so you're never losing your place with messy hands. SYNCS ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Your library updates automatically via iCloud, so the same cookbooks are waiting on your iPhone and iPad. BUILT FOR IPAD On iPad, browse your shelf in landscape with an animated book-opening view that makes flipping through your cookbooks feel like the real thing. FREE VS. PRO Sous-Shelf Lite is fully usable on its own: unlimited total recipes, 1 import per day, and up to 3 cookbooks. Sous-Shelf Pro is a single one-time purchase — no subscription — that unlocks unlimited daily imports and unlimited cookbooks. Start building your kitchen library today.

Screenshots

Scoolinary4 screens
Sous4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Sous at free with in-app purchases against Scoolinary's subscription. Sous also leads on ads (none vs shown). Scoolinary's advantage is ratings volume (176 vs 1) and chart position (#49 vs unranked). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Scoolinary sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Sous sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Scoolinary against 5.0 for Sous. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scoolinary has 176 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Scoolinary versus Sous: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScoolinarySous
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (176 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings176 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#49 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScoolinary S.L.kevin green

Customer experience

Scoolinary

All ratings171 ratings
Positive99.4%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive61.3%
Neutral10.7%
Negative28.0%

Sous

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Scoolinary

Subscriptions10
  • Standard$14.991 Month
  • Premium$24.991 Month
  • Standard$47.991 Year
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  • Standard$59.991 Year
  • Free Trial - Standard7 Days trial$71.991 Year
  • Premium$71.991 Year
  • Premium$89.991 Year
  • Free Trial - Premium7 Days trial$107.991 Year
  • Standard1 Year trial$119.991 Year
  • Premium1 Year trial$179.991 Year
1 purchases

Sous

One-time1
  • Sous-Shelf Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Scoolinary free?
Scoolinary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sous free?
Sous is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scoolinary or Sous?
Sous is rated higher. Scoolinary averages 4.9 out of 5 from 176 ratings, while Sous averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Scoolinary or Sous have ads?
Scoolinary shows ads; Sous does not.

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