Comparison

Tastemade Cooking vs Elo

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

Elo

Effortlessly plan your weekly meals and generate organized grocery lists. This app uses voice commands to create personalized meal plans based on your family's preferences and dietary needs, helping you discover new recipes and reduce mealtime stress.

Highlights
  • Personalized weekly meal plans
  • Voice-activated meal building
  • Automatic grocery list creation
  • Recipe discovery
  • Household meal planning
  • Customizable meal changes
Features
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Elo takes the stress out of deciding what to eat. Talk to Elo and get a personalized weekly meal plan built around you and your household. Plan breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, discover recipes your family will love, and automatically turn your meal plan into an organized grocery list. With Elo, you can: • Build your weekly meal plan by voice • Personalize meals around your preferences • Discover new recipes • Plan meals for your household • Create your grocery list automatically • Change meals whenever you want Spend less time wondering what’s for dinner and more time enjoying it. Terms of Service: https://www.elomeals.app/terms.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.elomeals.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Tastemade Cooking4 screens
Elo4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tastemade Cooking and Elo both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Elo's written reviews are positive against 38% of Tastemade Cooking's. Elo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Tastemade Cooking's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 18) and chart position (#57 vs unranked). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Elo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $59.99 per year. 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 — 4.8 for Tastemade Cooking against 4.9 for Elo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tastemade Cooking has 1.2K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of Tastemade Cooking's written reviews are positive against 100% of Elo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tastemade Cooking ships an update fortnightly, Elo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Tastemade Cooking versus Elo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTastemade CookingElo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings)4.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better18
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#57 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB57 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTastemade, Inc.DH Creations Inc

Customer experience

Tastemade Cooking

All ratings1,221 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive38.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative57.1%

Elo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Elo

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
1 purchases

Elo

Subscriptions1
  • Elo Pro$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Tastemade Cooking free?
Tastemade Cooking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elo free?
Elo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tastemade Cooking or Elo?
Elo is rated higher. Tastemade Cooking averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Elo averages 4.9 from 18 ratings.
Do Tastemade Cooking or Elo have ads?
Tastemade Cooking shows ads; Elo does not.
Which is updated more often, Tastemade Cooking or Elo?
Tastemade Cooking ships an update fortnightly, and Elo every 3 days. Most recently, Tastemade Cooking was updated on October 30, 2026 and Elo on October 31, 2026.

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