Cuppings vs Cheftal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cuppings
Discover top-rated coffee shops worldwide with this offline guide. Find cafes, get directions via map, and explore curated lists of excellent coffee spots in major cities. Never miss a great cup of coffee while traveling.
- Global coffee shop discovery
- Offline access to data
- Map integration for directions
- Curated city coffee guides
- Cafe ratings and addresses
- Regular updates
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Cuppings is your guide to finding excellent coffee wherever you are in the world. We have a network of coffee aficionados drinking coffee to find those cafes that serve the best coffee. Cuppings shows you the nearest coffee shops in a list and how to get there on a map. All the data is stored within the app so you can also use it when you are offline abroad. Cuppings has good coverage in a lot of cities around the world and is regularly updated. You will never need to be without a decent cup of Third Wave coffee when you travel. We think your coffee drinking experience using Cuppings will be especially excellent in: Amsterdam, Antwerpen, Athens, Austin, Barcelona, Berlin, Brighton, Brooklyn, Copenhagen, Den Haag, Geneva, Ghent, Helsinki, Kyoto, Leiden, London, Melbourne, Moscow, Munich, New York City, Oslo, Paris, Rotterdam, San Francisco, Stockholm, Sydney, Tokyo, Utrecht, Vancouver, Vienna, and Warsaw. For each store we show you our rating, its address and your distance to it. You can also locate the place on a map to easily find your way there.
Cheftal
Discover and save recipes tailored to your diet, allergies, and time constraints with an intuitive swipe interface. Follow chefs and creators to build a personalized feed, and even share your own culinary creations, with or without AI assistance.
- Swipeable recipe discovery
- Diet and allergy filtering
- Step-by-step cooking instructions
- Follow chefs and creators
- Personalized recipe feed
- AI-assisted recipe posting
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Cheftal is the social recipe app for real cooks: discover what friends and creators are making, save it for later, and build a cookbook that knows your taste. Find recipes you will actually cook - Follow friends and creators, browse a personalized feed, search by diet, cuisine, ingredient, nutrition, or pantry fit, and see cook notes from people you trust. Save and organize everything - Keep saved recipes in one place, build private or shareable cookbooks, collaborate with others, and send rich recipe, profile, and cookbook links that open straight in the app. Create recipes without retyping - Write recipes by hand, scan a photo, paste an Instagram or TikTok cooking link, or record a cooking video and let Cheftal draft the ingredients and steps for you. Edit before you publish. Cook with less friction - Use step-by-step cook mode, optional hands-free voice commands, cook logs, ratings, allergen warnings from your preferences, and nutrition details where available. Run your kitchen - Track pantry staples, scan pantry or shopping-list photos, find recipes you can make now, and turn recipe ingredients or shopping lists into an Instacart shopping link. Cheftal Pro unlocks higher limits and unlimited access to premium creation tools, including saves, remixes, scans, imports, and smart substitutions. Nutrition, allergen, dietary, and AI-generated recipe details are informational and should be checked before cooking. Terms of Service: https://cheftal.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://cheftal.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cuppings at none against Cheftal's 2. Cuppings also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 2). Cheftal's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 8 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cheftal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Cuppings asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cheftal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cuppings has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cuppings ships an update every 8 months, Cheftal daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Cuppings | Cheftal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Alper Cugun | FYBE Creative |
Customer experience
Cuppings
Cheftal
In-app purchases
Cuppings
No in-app purchases
Cheftal
- Cheftal Pro14 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Cheftal Pro14 Days trial$59.991 Year









