Comparison

Food Ingredients vs Kachingly

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

Head to head
About

Food Ingredients

This app connects food industry professionals attending major trade shows. It offers exhibitor directories, personalized schedules, networking tools, and event news to facilitate connections and sourcing of ingredients and solutions.

Highlights
  • Exhibitor and product directory
  • Personalized agenda builder
  • Networking and meeting scheduler
  • Live event updates and news
  • Access to digital content and insights
Features
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Food ingredients is the official app for the world's leading food ingredients and selected processing and packaging trade shows — including Fi Europe, Fi Asia-Thailand, Fi Asia-Indonesia, Fi Africa and ProPak MENA, Fi South America and more. Built for food industry professionals, the app gives you everything you need to make the most of each event: browse the full exhibitor directory, plan your schedule, navigate the show floor, and connect with suppliers, buyers and innovators from across the global food industry. Since 1986, Fi Events has been the meeting place for food technologists, procurement professionals and ingredient suppliers worldwide. Whether you're sourcing the latest flavours, functional ingredients or food additives, our platform brings the right connections to your fingertips — on-site and online. Key features: - Full exhibitor and product directory - Personalised agenda builder - In-app networking and meeting scheduler - Live updates and event news - Access to Fi digital content and industry insights

About

Kachingly

Features
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Kachingly shows what your online store really made today, after ad spend, product costs and shipping. And it lets you answer your customers from your phone. Sign in with your Kachingly account (email, Google or Apple) and every store on it appears. Nothing to set up on the phone. PROFIT, NOT JUST SALES • Net profit for today, yesterday, this week, this month or any dates you pick • Sales, ad spend, orders, ROAS, COD and FPX side by side, compared with the period before • A chart of the last 7 days or this month, with sales and ad spend drawn over your profit • A daily breakdown for each store, with the costs behind every figure • Needs attention: a store losing money, product costs missing, ads spending with nothing back, most urgent first ONE INBOX FOR EVERY CHAT • Website chat, WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram in one list • Filter by channel, or show only the chats that turned into orders • See which WhatsApp number, Facebook Page or Instagram account each customer wrote to • Reply, send a photo, take a conversation over from the bot or hand it back YOUR META ADS, JUDGED ON REAL PROFIT • Spend, revenue, profit and ROAS for your campaigns against the period before • Which campaigns make money, which break even and which lose it • Which campaigns are worth a closer look, most urgent first (For stores with Ads Operator on their Kachingly account.) NOTIFICATIONS THAT MATTER • Your day's profit at the hour you choose, in your store's own time zone • An alert when profit falls below a line you set • A nudge when a customer has been waiting for a reply • A warning when ads keep spending with nothing coming back, or a store stops syncing HOME SCREEN WIDGET • Profit, sales, ROAS, ad spend or orders on your Home Screen and Lock Screen Kachingly works with WooCommerce stores connected to a Kachingly account. Every store on your account shows up here when you sign in.

Screenshots

Food Ingredients4 screens
Kachingly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kachingly at every 3 days against Food Ingredients's weekly. On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Food Ingredients ships an update weekly, Kachingly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Food Ingredients versus Kachingly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFood IngredientsKachingly
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperInforma Markets Limited.Mohd Khairie Bin Johari

In-app purchases

None

Food Ingredients

No in-app purchases

None

Kachingly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Food Ingredients free?
Food Ingredients is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kachingly free?
Kachingly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Food Ingredients or Kachingly have ads?
Neither Food Ingredients nor Kachingly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Food Ingredients or Kachingly?
Food Ingredients ships an update weekly, and Kachingly every 3 days. Most recently, Food Ingredients was updated on October 30, 2026 and Kachingly on October 25, 2026.

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