Comparison

Guardian Feast vs Kitchen Timer

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

Head to head
About

Guardian Feast

Discover thousands of recipes from world-class cooks, with daily inspiration and curated collections for every occasion. Features include ingredient search, cook mode, and personalized filtering for dietary needs. Build your own digital cookbook with saved favorites and personal notes.

Highlights
  • Thousands of curated recipes
  • Daily inspiration from top chefs
  • Search by ingredient
  • Step-by-step cook mode
  • Save favorite recipes
  • Customizable dietary filters
  • Personalized notes
Features
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With over 7,000 recipes to choose from, find unique flavours, explore different cuisines and expand your usual repertoire, with a 14-day free trial of the Feast app. Or if you are already a Guardian subscriber, sign in to see if Feast is included in your subscription. The Feast app is filled with daily inspiration from our world-class cooks – including Meera Sodha, Yotam Ottolenghi, Benjamina Ebuehi, Nigel Slater, Rachel Roddy and many others. Our food editors carefully curate the app each day, with new collections and recipes added to suit all moods, seasons and occasions. Among their recipes there’s something for everyone - including a huge range of vegan and vegetarian dishes, ideas for weekend brunches, quick midweek dinners, sweet treats, gluten-free ideas, baking recipes, and much more. Features our users love Browse exclusive recipes - only available to Guardian Feast subscribers Search by ingredient - use up leftovers in the fridge, save time in the supermarket and reduce waste Filter your recipe search - by cooks, diets, cuisines, meal types, special occasions or popular filters Create your own recipe collections - save your newfound favourites and add your own personal recipe notes Create your shopping list - add ingredients to your shopping list and then cross them off as you shop Convert your recipes - automatically switch your recipe ingredients to US units Switch on cook mode - follow step-by-step instructions which stay on your screen Customise your Home tab - filter our curated recipe collections by meat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, vegetarian or pescatarian options Print your recipes - if you prefer a physical copy to follow Share your recipes - with friends or family Look up a cooking term - our food dictionary can guide you wherever you are in the world Subscription options Monthly Guardian Feast subscription: £2.99 / US$3.99 / AU$3.99 / €2.99 Annual Guardian Feast subscription: £28.99 / US$38.99 / AU$38.99 / €28.99 Your subscription will auto renew and you will be charged before the next renewal date unless you cancel. All content in the Guardian Feast App is copyright Guardian News & Media 2026. All rights reserved. Our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy apply when accessing content via the Guardian Feast App. Privacy Policy: http://www.theguardian.com/help/privacy-policy Terms of Service: http://www.theguardian.com/help/terms-of-service If you subscribe to the Guardian app, our subscription terms will also apply: https://www.theguardian.com/info/2024/mar/01/the-guardian-feast-app-subscription-terms-and-conditions

About

Kitchen Timer

Features
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Six pots, three pans and a roast in the oven, and one phone timer that only counts one thing. Brioche runs every kitchen timer you need side by side, each one named, color-coded and announced out loud the moment it is up. Most timer apps give you a number counting down. Brioche gives you a kitchen that talks: when the eggs are done it says "Soft Eggs is ready", when the pasta is done it says so by name, and if your phone is across the room a notification still rings so nothing boils over. Recipes with several steps become one tap that starts every timer at once. WHAT YOU GET • Run as many timers as your stove has burners, each with its own name, color and emoji so you never wonder which one just went off • Hear each timer called out by name through the on-device voice, hands still in the dough • Get a notification with the dish name when the app is in the background, so a walk to the pantry never burns dinner • Turn a recipe into a one-tap start: Boil water plus Cook pasta, Sear side 1 plus Flip, all timers fired together • Start from eight ready-made presets for pasta, eggs, French press, oolong and green tea, steak and rice, or build and edit your own • See every finished cook in History with total cooks, total time and your most cooked dish, so your prep rhythm gets tighter every week PERFECT FOR • Weeknight dinners where the sauce, the pasta and the vegetables all finish within minutes of each other • Sunday meal prep with a roast, grains and a tray of eggs running at the same time • Tea and coffee steeping timed to the second, every morning, without touching the phone • Home bakers juggling proof, bake and rest stages across several batches WHY NOT JUST THE CLOCK APP? The built-in timer is fine for one pot. The moment you have two, you lose track of which alarm is which and have to walk to the phone to find out. Brioche labels every timer, tells you the name out loud, and keeps the whole board on one screen with progress rings you can read from across the counter. Edit a running timer, pause one burner without touching the others, and reset in a tap. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your recipes, presets and cook history stay on this iPhone. No account, no sign-in, no cloud sync, no ads, no analytics. Voice announcements are generated on the device, and Brioche works fully offline. FULL ACCESS Brioche requires a subscription or a one-time purchase after onboarding. Choose a weekly plan, a yearly plan, or a lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel them at any time in your App Store account settings. The exact price for your country is shown in the app before you confirm. Tap the Pasta preset tonight and let Brioche tell you when both the water and the noodles are done. Terms of Service: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Support: pnkhanhlinh0206@gmail.com

Screenshots

Guardian Feast4 screens
Kitchen Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Guardian Feast at weekly against Kitchen Timer's every 4 months. 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. Guardian Feast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Kitchen Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guardian Feast ships an update weekly, Kitchen Timer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Guardian Feast versus Kitchen Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuardian FeastKitchen Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (665 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings665 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuardian News and Media LimitedLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

Bugs and requests

Guardian Feast

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Search function not working as advertised
  • Incompatibility with older devices
  • Recipes with incorrect ingredient measurements
  • Freezing when trying to save recipes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to organize and sort saved recipes
  • Nutritional information for recipes
  • Print recipe option
  • Meal planning and grocery list features
  • More comprehensive search by multiple ingredients

Kitchen Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Guardian Feast

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial2 variants$3.991 Month
  • Annual14 Days trial2 variants$38.991 Year
3 purchases

Kitchen Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Brioche Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Brioche Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Roast Countdown Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Guardian Feast free?
Guardian Feast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kitchen Timer free?
Kitchen Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Guardian Feast or Kitchen Timer have ads?
Neither Guardian Feast nor Kitchen Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Guardian Feast or Kitchen Timer?
Guardian Feast ships an update weekly, and Kitchen Timer every 4 months. Most recently, Guardian Feast was updated on October 30, 2026 and Kitchen Timer on October 28, 2026.

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