CHEF AI vs kitchen elf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CHEF AI
Scan your fridge and pantry contents to get personalized meal suggestions. Reduce food waste, track your nutrition, and discover new recipes effortlessly. Turn meal planning into an enjoyable experience.
- Scan fridge and pantry contents
- Personalized meal suggestions
- Reduce food waste
- Track macronutrients
- Discover new recipes
- Effortless meal planning
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Imagine that today is the last day to ask yourself “What's for dinner tonight ? Chef AI works in 3 steps : - Take a photo of your fridge and cupboard. - Fill in your preferences - Cook & Eat End the mental load! Reduce food waste, track your macros, discover unique dishes, and let meal planning become a pleasure.
kitchen elf
Effortlessly manage your pantry with AI-powered features. Scan items to automatically fill in details like nutrition and expiry dates. Discover recipes based on your available ingredients and keep your pantry updated intelligently.
- AI-powered pantry management
- Add items via images with autofill
- Nutrition and expiry date tracking
- Recipe suggestions from pantry items
- Intelligent pantry updates after cooking
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App offers these features for now: 1. Manage your pantry items 2. Seamlessly add items to your pantry via images and autofill info such as nutrition, category, and expiry 3. Suggest recipes from items in your pantry 4. When you use recipe your pantry will get updated intelligently
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: kitchen elf at none against CHEF AI's 3. kitchen elf also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). CHEF AI's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. CHEF AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. kitchen elf asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CHEF AI against 5.0 for kitchen elf. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
CHEF AI ships an update monthly, kitchen elf weekly. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | CHEF AI | kitchen elf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kofi Boaitey | Anshul Tibrewal |
Customer experience
CHEF AI
kitchen elf
In-app purchases
CHEF AI
- Chef AI Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Chef AI Premium Annual$34.991 Year
- Chef AI Premium Lifetime$69.99
kitchen elf
No in-app purchases
