Comparison

Tastemade Cooking vs KindredTable

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

Head to head
About

Tastemade Cooking

This app creates personalized weekly meal plans and generates smart grocery lists based on your taste preferences. It offers a vast recipe library, step-by-step cooking guidance, and organization tools to simplify your cooking routine.

Highlights
  • Personalized weekly meal plans
  • Smart grocery list generation
  • Taste profile customization
  • Thousands of reliable recipes
  • Step-by-step cooking mode
  • Recipe saving and organization
Features
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Meal planning, done for you. Personalized weekly plans and smart grocery lists—tailored to your taste. Let us build you a personalized weekly meal plan, or build a plan from recipes you love – plus a smart grocery list that comes together automatically. Set your taste preferences once so every recommendation fits how you actually cook. No more guessing what to make or what to buy. SMART PERSONALIZATION Set up your Taste Profile to tell us what you love, what you avoid, and how you like to cook. Whether you build your own plan or let us build one for you, every recommendation feels relevant and doable. MEAL PLANNING, YOUR WAY Plan your week in seconds. Use the Personalized Meal Planner to build a plan for any days and meals you want, or build your own from recipes you love. Choose to minimize groceries or prioritize ingredient variety with a single tap. ONE SMART GROCERY LIST Your entire week, organized in one place. Ingredients automatically combine across recipes and group by aisle for easier shopping. Check items off as you go, move completed items to the bottom of your list, or order everything at once with Instacart. THOUSANDS OF RELIABLE RECIPES Explore a large library of tried-and-true recipes from Tastemade’s chefs and creators. Whether you’re cooking something quick or trying something new, every recipe works seamlessly with your meal plan and grocery list. COOK WITH CONFIDENCE Follow step-by-step cooking mode, view detailed nutrition info, scale serving sizes, and switch instantly between metric and imperial measurements—all designed to make cooking feel simpler and more approachable. SAVE & STAY ORGANIZED Save favorite recipes, build collections, and organize everything in your personal Recipe Box—so your go-to meals are always easy to find. ACCESS & PRICING Tastemade Cooking is free to download. Start with a 1-week free trial, then choose a subscription plan to continue access. Subscription options: – Monthly: 1-week free trial, then $5.99/month – Annual: 1-week free trial, then $49.99/year (save 30%) Cancel anytime. This app does not include our full shows and documentaries, which can be found in the Tastemade: Stream Shows & Docs app.

About

KindredTable

Features
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KindredTable finds dinner ideas matched to your taste, built around what you already have. Tell the app what is in your fridge and pantry. Scan a photo of your ingredients or add them by hand. KindredTable matches everything against your taste profile and surfaces recipes that fit your flavor preferences, time, and what needs to be used up. The more you cook, the better it knows you. Rate a recipe after you make it and KindredTable adjusts its recommendations. Love a dish? Add it back to tonight's plan in one tap. COOK MODE Hands-free, step-by-step cooking with built-in timers. Every step that mentions a time has a one-tap start button. Any other step lets you set your own timer. The screen stays on the whole time. TONIGHT'S WIDGET Add the Tonight's Dinner widget to your home screen. It shows what you have planned and opens Cook Mode in one tap. PANTRY SMARTS Track what you have on hand and KindredTable surfaces recipes that use it before it goes to waste. The Use It Up banner flags aging items at the top of your feed. After you cook, clear used ingredients from your pantry in one tap. YOUR COOKBOOK Save recipes the app finds. Add your own family recipes from a photo. Everything lives in the Cookbook tab alongside your full cooking history and ratings. GROCERY LIST Tap any recipe to add its ingredients to a smart grocery list, sorted by store aisle. Check items off as you shop. HOUSEHOLD TASTE Share a taste card with a partner and recipes will blend both of your preferences. No subscription. No account required to start.

Screenshots

Tastemade Cooking4 screens
KindredTable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KindredTable at none against Tastemade Cooking's 2. KindredTable also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Tastemade Cooking's advantage is chart position (#73 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15 vs 17.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tastemade Cooking sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. KindredTable asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tastemade Cooking ships an update fortnightly, KindredTable every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Tastemade Cooking versus KindredTable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTastemade CookingKindredTable
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#73 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTastemade, Inc.Charles Gallagher

Bugs and requests

Tastemade Cooking

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Subscription not properly cancelled, continued billing
  • Recipes not loading or unavailable

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free recipe access without subscription
  • Improved recipe search and filtering
  • Clearer cancellation and refund policies

KindredTable

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tastemade Cooking

Subscriptions2
  • Tastemade Cooking Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Tastemade Cooking Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

KindredTable

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tastemade Cooking free?
Tastemade Cooking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KindredTable free?
KindredTable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tastemade Cooking or KindredTable have ads?
Tastemade Cooking shows ads; KindredTable does not.
Which is updated more often, Tastemade Cooking or KindredTable?
Tastemade Cooking ships an update fortnightly, and KindredTable every 4 days. Most recently, Tastemade Cooking was updated on October 30, 2026 and KindredTable on October 29, 2026.

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