Steak Science vs Bellybook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steak Science
This app helps you perfectly cook steaks by calculating the precise baking time needed after searing. Input your steak's details and desired doneness to eliminate guesswork and achieve restaurant-quality results every time.
- Calculates baking time for desired doneness
- Eliminates guesswork in steak cooking
- Uses 1D heat equation for accuracy
- Simple input of steak parameters
- Ensures perfect steak results
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Steak Science calculates the baking time needed after searing to achieve your desired level of doneness. Designed to take the guesswork out of cooking steaks to perfection, our app ensures no more constant temperature checks. Simply input your steak parameters, and Steak Science will calculate the baking time based on 1D heat equation.
Bellybook
This app allows you to journal your culinary experiences, focusing on memories and emotions associated with meals rather than strict calorie counting. It uses AI to help organize your food history, create a personal recipe archive, and even track your coffee consumption.
- AI-assisted food journaling
- Natural language meal recording
- Lifetime food and recipe collection
- Personalized coffee cup gallery
- Capture meal memories and context
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Say goodbye to the lies and anxiety of calorie tracking. BellyBook is the app made for food lovers. Curate the world's cuisines you've savored throughout your life, with AI-assisted recording and organization. We believe true intelligence comes from human feelings, memories, and experiences. AI simply helps you organize, understand, and preserve these life moments around food. BellyBook captures more than just what you ate— it remembers where you were, who you were with, and what that meal meant to you. Core Experience Natural Food Journaling Record your daily meals in a single sentence. No forms needed—just chat about what you ate, and it's saved. AI understands your descriptions and fills in food details and stories. Lifetime Food Collection Through photos and recognition, build your personal recipe archive. From home-cooked meals to exotic flavors, gradually craft your culinary life story. Coffee Cup Collection Capture every cup of coffee you've enjoyed. AI automatically isolates and organizes them into your personal cup gallery. BellyBook Pro Unlock the complete food collection experience Expanded recording capacity Richer display options Continuous updates and member-exclusive features Subscription Terms: Subscription fees are charged to your App Store account and automatically renew 24 hours before the current period ends, unless manually canceled. Manage your subscription in App Store account settings after purchase. Current subscription periods cannot be canceled once activated, and any free trial will end upon paid subscription. Privacy Policy: https://bellybook.cn/article/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://bellybook.cn/article/user-agreement
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steak Science at none against Bellybook's 6. Steak Science also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Bellybook's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Bellybook sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Steak Science asks for nothing beyond the download.
Steak Science holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 111 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Steak Science's written reviews are positive against 66% of Bellybook's.
Steak Science ships an update every 6 weeks, Bellybook every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steak Science | Bellybook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (46 ratings) — better | 4.6 (111 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 46 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dajun Xian | Shanghai Diyu Network Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Steak Science
Bellybook
In-app purchases
Steak Science
No in-app purchases
Bellybook
- 月度会员$2.991 Month
- 月会员$9.991 Month
- 美食家年度会员$29.991 Year
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- 年会员$99.991 Year
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