Comparison

Chef Engine vs MoodPilot Checkpoint

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

Head to head
About

Chef Engine

Transform food photos, ingredient lists, or web links into personalized, step-by-step recipes. Get tailored meal suggestions with nutrition details, and customize for diets, allergies, or macros. Includes tools like a ripeness checker and barcode scanner.

Highlights
  • AI Recipe Generator
  • Photo-to-Recipe Camera
  • Social Post to Recipe
  • Import from Anywhere
  • Personalization for diets and allergies
  • Nutrition & Macros tracking
  • Barcode Product Scanner
Features
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Your week's meals, organised. Chef Engine helps you cook at home more often, with less to plan. Bring your weekly meals, shopping and cooking together in one place. A WEEK THAT FITS YOUR LIFE Set up your household, food preferences, kitchen equipment and cooking availability. Plan breakfast, lunch and dinner around your week, including quick meals and days when you eat out. ONE SHOPPING LIST See the ingredients you need across your planned meals. Check off what you buy, mark what you already have and add your own items. ROOM FOR CHANGING PLANS Move or replace meals, adjust portions and review how changes affect your shopping list before saving them. RECIPES AND COOKING Find saved favourites or create personalized recipes for your ingredients and preferences. Prepare your ingredients, follow clear cooking steps and use timers while you cook. Save your place and return to your cooking session. YOUR NEXT WEEK Review how the week went and use your updated preferences when planning the next one. Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese. SUBSCRIPTION Set up your household and build your actual first week before choosing a subscription. A subscription unlocks that same saved week and the personalized features. Eligible monthly subscriptions include a seven-day free trial; weekly subscriptions have no free trial. Your price and renewal terms are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled through your store account settings. Always check ingredients, allergens and cooking temperatures. AI-generated recipes require your judgment. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MoodPilot Checkpoint

Estimate your drinking status and track your consumption history. This app offers predictions for when your alcohol levels will decrease and allows anonymous status sharing with friends. It prioritizes user privacy and control over data.

Highlights
  • Estimate drinking status
  • Track drink history
  • Predict alcohol reduction time
  • Anonymous status sharing
  • Customizable drink database
  • Private location sharing
Features
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How do you estimate your drinking status? Find out โ€“ with MoodPilot Checkpoint. The app provides an estimated drinking status (BAC-like values), your drink history, and offers a non-binding prediction of when your consumption will decrease again. Best of all: You can share your status with friends โ€“ fully anonymously and securely. Features: Estimate your drinking status โ€“ based on body data and drinks Save your own drinks โ€“ from the international database or create custom ones Global drink search โ€“ over 15,000 entries available Create individual drinks โ€“ if you can't find a specific beverage Drink history and reduction overview โ€“ track how your consumption evolves Invite friends โ€“ share your drinking status privately if you wish Individual location sharing โ€“ control who can see your location Use counter photos โ€“ choose from templates or upload your own (In-App Purchase) Free backgrounds available Privacy first โ€“ full control over your data Push notifications โ€“ adjustable individually per contact

Screenshots

Chef Engine3 screens
MoodPilot Checkpoint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MoodPilot Checkpoint at 100% against Chef Engine's 50%. MoodPilot Checkpoint also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Chef Engine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and MoodPilot Checkpoint sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Chef Engine versus MoodPilot Checkpoint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChef EngineMoodPilot Checkpoint
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size83 MB4 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperOlga SigovaWolfgang Bezold

Customer experience

Chef Engine

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

MoodPilot Checkpoint

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Chef Engine

Subscriptions2
  • Chef Engine Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
  • Chef Engine Yearly Plan3 Days trial$29.901 Year
4 purchases

MoodPilot Checkpoint

One-time4
  • Background image Ghost$0.99
  • Background image$1.99
  • Background image Witch$1.99
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  • Background image Zombie$1.99

Questions

Is Chef Engine free?
Chef Engine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MoodPilot Checkpoint free?
MoodPilot Checkpoint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chef Engine or MoodPilot Checkpoint have ads?
Neither Chef Engine nor MoodPilot Checkpoint shows ads.

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