Comparison

Cheffrey vs Bites

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

Head to head
About

Cheffrey

This smart cooking assistant simplifies meal planning and grocery shopping. Discover new recipes, create personalized weekly meal plans, and automatically generate organized shopping lists. Save and share your favorite recipes with friends.

Highlights
  • Discover and save recipes
  • Smart meal planning
  • Organized shopping lists
  • Create and share cookbooks
  • AI-powered recipe import
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Tired of last-minute meal planning and messy grocery lists? Cheffrey is your smart cooking assistant that helps you find, save, and organize recipes effortlessly. From discovering new dishes to generating personalized meal plans and shopping lists, Cheffrey takes the stress out of cooking. Key Features: - Discover & Save Recipes – Explore a growing collection of delicious recipes or upload your own with just a snap! - Smart Meal Planning – Build weekly meal plans with personalized recommendations. - Organized Shopping Lists – Automatically generate a categorized grocery list based on your planned meals. - Create & Share Cookbooks – Save your favorite recipes and collaborate with friends. - AI-Powered Recipe Import – Scan handwritten recipes or import from your favorite cooking websites. - Why Cheffrey? • Save time with automated meal plans & grocery lists. • Reduce stress by keeping everything in one place. • Eat better with new recipes tailored to your taste. • Stay organized with intuitive recipe management. Download Cheffrey today and make meal planning effortless! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bites

Easily save recipes from any online source or by scanning physical ones. Organize them, plan your weekly meals, and generate an organized grocery list. An AI sous-chef assists with meal ideas, ingredient swaps, and kitchen inventory.

Highlights
  • Save recipes from any website or social media
  • Scan physical recipes or take photos
  • Weekly meal planning calendar
  • Automated grocery list generation
  • AI sous-chef for meal ideas and swaps
  • Kitchen inventory tracking
  • Cooking mode with step-by-step guidance
Features
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Save any recipe from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or a food blog in one tap. Bites turns it into a clean recipe card, puts it on your weekly meal plan and builds your grocery list for you. Bites is your recipe keeper, meal planner and grocery list in one app, with Copilot, an AI sous-chef, to help along the way. SAVE RECIPES FROM ANYWHERE • Paste a link from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or any website. Bites pulls out the ingredients and the steps, so you can skip the life story. • Scan a recipe from a cookbook or a handwritten card. • Snap a photo of a dish and get a recipe for it. • Organize everything into collections: weeknight dinners, meal prep, baking, family favorites. PLAN YOUR MEALS FOR THE WEEK • Put recipes on a simple weekly calendar. • Turn the whole meal plan into a grocery list in one tap. A GROCERY LIST THAT SORTS ITSELF • Items are grouped into categories like produce, dairy and bakery, so every grocery run is quicker. • Check things off as you shop. MEET COPILOT, YOUR AI SOUS-CHEF • Ask what to cook with what's already in the fridge. • Find a swap for an ingredient you've run out of. • Get a whole week of dinner ideas. • Copilot can update your grocery list, meal plan and freezer for you, and it always shows you what it's about to do first. COOK WITHOUT THE MESS • Cooking mode walks you through each step, with built-in timers. • Translate any recipe into your language in one tap, or ask Copilot to convert the measurements. KNOW WHAT'S IN YOUR KITCHEN • Snap your fridge, freezer or cupboards and Bites lists what you have. No typing. • See what's running low and what to use up soon, and share one Kitchen with your family. SHARE WITH FRIENDS • Publish your own recipes on the Bites website, each with its own page. • Show your meal plan on your profile, or keep it private. Whether you're meal prepping for the week, cooking for a family or finally getting those saved recipes out of your social feeds, Bites keeps every recipe in one place and helps you get dinner on the table. SUBSCRIPTION Bites Pro is an auto-renewable subscription that unlocks the full app. The plans, prices and any free trial are shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings at any time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bitesrecipecollector.com/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

Cheffrey4 screens
Bites4 screens

Verdict

The call

Cheffrey and Bites are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Cheffrey sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Bites sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cheffrey against 5.0 for Bites. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Cheffrey versus Bites: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheffreyBites
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLandon KleinbrodtCarlos Felipe Torres Jimenez

Customer experience

Cheffrey

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bites

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cheffrey

Subscriptions1
  • Cheffrey Pro$0.991 Month
3 purchases

Bites

Subscriptions3
  • Bites Weekly Pro$1.997 Days
  • Pro1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro1 Month trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Cheffrey free?
Cheffrey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bites free?
Bites is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cheffrey or Bites?
Cheffrey and Bites are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Cheffrey or Bites have ads?
Neither Cheffrey nor Bites shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cheffrey or Bites?
Cheffrey ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bites every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cheffrey was updated on November 4, 2026 and Bites on November 4, 2026.

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