Comparison

ItsChefTime vs NoCook

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

Head to head
About

ItsChefTime

Manage your recipes with ease, create custom entries with photos and steps, and share them as PDFs or in-app links. Enjoy an immersive cooking mode with automatic ingredient check-off and organize your collection with folders. This app offers a seamless culinary experience without ads or internet dependency.

Highlights
  • Create and customize recipes with photos and steps
  • Share recipes via PDF or in-app links
  • Immersive cooking mode with ingredient check-off
  • Organize recipes with folders
  • Offline access
Features
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Discover Culinary Freedom with ItsChefTime: Your Ultimate Recipe Management App. Craft beautiful recipes effortlessly, share with friends and family in-app or as PDFs. Enjoy an immersive cooking mode that checks off ingredients as you go. Organize your recipes with folders. Zero ads. Zero waiting for the internet to load. Embrace your inner chef. It's Chef Time! Key Features 1. Make and Customize Your Recipes Load up your recipe with photos, including steps for a beautiful presentation. Describe your recipe in the about, add ingredients, and even assign ingredients to steps. 2. Share Recipes In-App or as PDF Share your recipes as PDFs through message apps, airdrop, or even save to your device or cloud. Share your recipes as links through message apps, that open the app and automatically download and install right into your recipes. 3. Enter Immersive Cooking Enter a mode for cooking your recipe, with auto-ingredient and step checkoff along the way. 4. Organize Your Recipes Create and compose folders to house your recipes. Scroll through all your recipes, favorites, or recently deleted with automatically generated folders. Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.id-design.com/cheftime_legal/use_of_terms.html

About

NoCook

Features
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Healthy meals in under 10 minutes. Zero cooking. NoCook is the recipe app for people who don't want to cook. Every recipe is no-stove, no-oven, no-microwave — just fresh ingredients, simple prep, and macros you can actually trust. WHY NOCOOK • Under 10 minutes from open app to first bite • No stove, oven, or microwave needed — ever • Real meals built around protein, fiber, and healthy fats • Detailed macros per serving — calories, protein, carbs, fats, fiber • New no-cook recipes added every week • Works offline so you can cook anywhere A CURATED LIBRARY Breakfast bowls, high-protein lunches, quick dinners, and snacks — all designed for the way you actually eat. No 47-ingredient lists. No mystery prep times. No "set aside 3 hours." BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Set your daily calorie and macro goals. Log meals. Save favorites. Switch between metric and imperial. Available in English, Turkish, and Spanish. NOCOOK PREMIUM Unlock every recipe with a Premium membership. • Monthly — $1.99 • Yearly — $11.99 (save ~50%) • Lifetime — $24.99 (one-time purchase) Auto-renewable subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://nocookapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://nocookapp.com/terms

Screenshots

ItsChefTime4 screens
NoCook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NoCook at 15.1 against ItsChefTime's 17.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. ItsChefTime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months and NoCook sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
ItsChefTime versus NoCook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterItsChefTimeNoCook
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperID-DESIGN INC.Hilmi Cihan Yildirim

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ItsChefTime

Subscriptions2
  • Tri-Monthly$4.993 Months
  • Yearly$9.991 Year
3 purchases

NoCook

Subscriptions2
  • NoCook Premium — Monthly$1.991 Month
  • NoCook Premium — Yearly$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • NoCook Premium — Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is ItsChefTime free?
ItsChefTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoCook free?
NoCook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ItsChefTime or NoCook have ads?
Neither ItsChefTime nor NoCook shows ads.

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