Poached Kitchen vs The Cookie Element
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poached Kitchen
This app allows you to order delicious, high-quality meals made from scratch with locally sourced ingredients. You can track your orders, collect reward points for future free items, and enjoy convenient pickup or delivery options.
- Order for pickup or delivery
- Track your orders
- Collect reward points
- High-quality ingredients
- Local and organic produce
- Made from scratch
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At Poached, we believe that knowing where your food comes from and how it's prepared is ultimately better for you. All of our supplies and ingredients are handpicked and made from scratch, to ensure that everything we serve is of the highest-quality. We use local and organic produce when available, and our humanely-raised meats are free of GMOs and nitrates. Come dine with us! With the Poached Neighborhood Kitchen app, you can order for pickup or delivery, track your orders, and collect reward points on every purchase to receive free items in the future.
The Cookie Element
This app allows users to order custom desserts and register for baking classes or special events. It also features a loyalty program where customers can earn credits towards future purchases.
- Order custom desserts
- Register for classes
- Sign up for events
- Join Elemental Rewards program
- Earn Cookie Credits
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Order desserts, register for classes or events, and join our Elemental Rewards program to earn Cookie Credits!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Poached Kitchen at 132 against The Cookie Element's 1. Poached Kitchen also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). The Cookie Element's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Cookie Element holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poached Kitchen has 132 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Poached Kitchen ships an update every 3 weeks, The Cookie Element every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poached Kitchen | The Cookie Element |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (132 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 132 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 388 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Acelerate, Inc. | The Cookie Element, Inc. |
Customer experience
Poached Kitchen
The Cookie Element
In-app purchases
Poached Kitchen
No in-app purchases
The Cookie Element
No in-app purchases
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