Comparison

Chef's Kiss vs KitchenWise

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

Head to head
About

Chef's Kiss

This AI-powered assistant helps you discover and create recipes. Get personalized suggestions, step-by-step instructions, and instant cooking advice tailored to your ingredients and preferences.

Highlights
  • AI recipe generation
  • Personalized suggestions
  • Step-by-step instructions
  • Ingredient-based recommendations
  • Interactive cooking advice
Features
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Stop losing recipes to your camera roll Chef's Kiss is your kitchen workflow in one app. Import from links and photos, save a tidy cookbook, share with people you cook with, and cook with clear steps and timers. Import Paste a recipe link, or photograph a printed or handwritten recipe card. Chef's Kiss turns it into a structured recipe with ingredients, steps, servings, and calorie estimates. You can also import from your other recipe apps or social media. Library Save recipes in one place, mark favorites, and open them whenever you need them. Free covers everyday cooking. Pro expands your library. Discover Browse a public cookbook of recipes worth cooking. Use the classic grid, or switch to Scroll for a full-screen, endless feed one recipe at a time. Save what you like into your own library when you find a keeper. Folders and sharing Organize recipes into folders for weeknights, meal prep, holidays, and more. Create shared libraries so household members can cook from the same collection. Meal planning Plan dinners ahead. Add recipes to your week, see what you are cooking, and stay organized without a separate planner. Events Planning a dinner party, holiday, or get-together? Build a menu by course, set how many people are coming, and Chef's Kiss scales each dish for the crowd. Assign who brings what, see a cooking schedule that works backward from serve time, and send the shopping list to your list so you are not juggling notes across apps. Shopping list Build a shopping list from your meal plan or an event menu. Chef's Kiss checks your pantry and lists the ingredients you still need, so you buy once and cook with less waste. Pantry Add items by hand or from a receipt scan. Track what you have, set expiry reminders, and keep stock visible before you shop. Cook Mode Follow steps one at a time with a clear layout, progress tracking, and timers when a step needs them. Your screen stays awake while you cook. Helpful when you are still learning and do not want to lose your place. Chef Assistant New to cooking or stuck mid-recipe? Ask Chef for substitutions, scaling help, technique tips, and simple answers when you are unsure what to do next. It is there to guide you, not replace your cookbook. Chef's Kiss is for home cooks who want the full path from recipe to plate, not another place to lose ideas. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://qutzl.net/privacy-policy Additional Terms: https://qutzl.net/terms-and-conditions

About

KitchenWise

This smart kitchen assistant helps you manage your food inventory, suggests recipes based on what you have, and creates shopping lists. It tracks expiration dates and provides nutritional information for your food items, aiming to reduce waste and simplify meal planning.

Highlights
  • Inventory tracking (fridge, freezer, pantry)
  • Expiration date management
  • Recipe recommendations based on ingredients
  • Automated shopping list generation
  • Meal planning
  • Nutritional information per item
  • Voice and photo adding of items
Features
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KitchenWise is a smart kitchen assistant. It keeps track of everything you have and tells you what to do with it: what to cook tonight, what to use first, what to pick up on the way home. IT KEEPS TRACK SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO Your fridge, freezer and pantry in one place, arranged by shelf and by how long each item has left. Every item gets a realistic shelf life the moment it's added, adjusted for where you put it. Tap any item to see what's actually in it: calories, protein, carbs, fat, salt and sugar per 100g. IT RECOMMENDS WHAT TO COOK Over 1,400 recipes, ranked by how much of each one is already in your kitchen — and moved up the list when it uses something about to run out. Every ingredient is marked as owned or missing before you start, and the missing ones go to your shopping list in a tap. Expired items never appear in a suggestion. IT REMINDS YOU IN TIME A notification on the day something needs eating, not the day after. Reminders are grouped rather than fired one per item, so a full fridge doesn't mean twenty buzzes — and they arrive in your language. ASK IT ANYTHING An assistant that already knows what's in your kitchen. Ask what to make with what's left, what to do with half a cabbage, what to buy for the week, or what to cook for four people tonight. ADDING TAKES SECONDS Photograph a shelf, a single item or a whole fridge and confirm what it found. Scan a receipt after the shop, or a barcode in the aisle. Say it out loud. Or search a catalogue of everyday foods and branded supermarket products. IT PLANS THE WEEK Build a meal plan around what you already own, and let the shopping list fill itself with whatever is missing. IT SHOWS YOU THE PATTERN A monthly report of what you ate in time and what you didn't, and which foods keep catching you out. Not a scolding — three things worth buying smaller. TURKISH AND ENGLISH, PROPERLY Not a translated menu over an English app. Product names, recipes, reminders and the assistant all work in both languages, including 280+ Turkish recipes and branded products from Turkish supermarkets. The app opens in your phone's language and you can switch any time. YOUR KITCHEN IS YOURS Use KitchenWise without an account — a guest kitchen lives on your phone. Create a free account and it follows you to your next device. Delete your account from inside the app or from our website, and your data goes with it. FREE, WITH OPTIONAL PLANS Tracking, reminders, recipe recommendations, the shopping list, the meal plan and the waste report are free and stay free. The features that run on our servers — the assistant, voice adding, receipt scanning and photo adding — come with a monthly allowance on the free plan. Pro doubles it and Extra gives five times, as auto-renewing monthly subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.kitchenwiseapp.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.kitchenwiseapp.com/terms/

Screenshots

Chef's Kiss4 screens
KitchenWise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: KitchenWise at none against Chef's Kiss's shown. Chef's Kiss's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Chef's Kiss sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and KitchenWise sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. 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 Chef's Kiss against 5.0 for KitchenWise. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chef's Kiss ships an update fortnightly, KitchenWise every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chef's Kiss versus KitchenWise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChef's KissKitchenWise
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB64 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperQutzl LLCISMAIL CAN KARAMAN

Customer experience

Chef's Kiss

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

KitchenWise

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

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Chef's Kiss

Subscriptions4
  • Plus Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Local Unlock$24.99
2 purchases

KitchenWise

Subscriptions2
  • KitchenWise Pro$1.991 Month
  • KitchenWise Extra$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Chef's Kiss free?
Chef's Kiss is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KitchenWise free?
KitchenWise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chef's Kiss or KitchenWise?
Chef's Kiss and KitchenWise are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Chef's Kiss or KitchenWise have ads?
Chef's Kiss shows ads; KitchenWise does not.
Which is updated more often, Chef's Kiss or KitchenWise?
Chef's Kiss ships an update fortnightly, and KitchenWise every 3 weeks. Most recently, Chef's Kiss was updated on October 24, 2026 and KitchenWise on October 31, 2026.

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