Comparison

Spin the Night vs Kitchen Inbox

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

Head to head
About

Spin the Night

Discover new restaurants and events in your city with a fun, interactive wheel. Perfect for solo adventures or nights out with friends, it helps you plan spontaneous and memorable evenings.

Highlights
  • Restaurant discovery wheel
  • Event finder
  • Customizable picks
  • Jackpot Screen for curated suggestions
  • City-specific recommendations
Features
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Spin the Night is your ultimate night-out companion! Choose your city, go solo or with friends, and let the wheel decide your perfect restaurant and nearby event. View your custom picks on the Jackpot Screen for a unique, unforgettable evening — updated regularly with the best spots in town. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thegvinc.com/privacy-policy

About

Kitchen Inbox

Streamline your cooking process from saving recipes to planning meals and creating grocery lists. This app helps you import recipes from various sources, organize your collection, and manage your pantry. Enjoy offline access and flexible meal planning tools.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from web links and text
  • Organize recipes with categories and tags
  • Weekly meal planning and leftovers
  • Automated grocery list generation
  • Pantry and fridge item tracking
  • Cook Mode with step-by-step guidance
Features
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Save recipes from anywhere. Plan the week. Shop with confidence. Cook without the chaos. Kitchen Inbox turns scattered recipe links, social posts, screenshots, notes, and files into one organized, searchable recipe library. Every import lands as an editable draft, so you stay in control before anything is saved. CAPTURE RECIPES YOUR WAY • Share links from Safari and social apps • Import ordered screenshots from Photos or the Share Sheet • Paste recipe text, add recipes manually, or import supported recipe files • Review, edit, and fix every draft before saving • Use Smart Import for social, dynamic, and screenshot recipes ORGANIZE YOUR COOKBOOK • Search, favorite, tag, and group recipes with custom categories • Scale ingredient amounts for the servings you need • Add photos, notes, and cooking history • Share or print clean recipe PDFs • Keep possible duplicates under control with review and merge tools PLAN MEALS AND SHOP SMARTER • Build a flexible weekly meal plan • Turn planned meals or individual recipes into a grocery list • Check Shelf status before adding ingredients you may already have • Organize groceries by aisle and export them to Apple Reminders • Track pantry, fridge, freezer, and other storage locations manually COOK WITH FOCUS • Follow one step at a time in Cook Mode • Check off ingredients and keep reference notes close • Start step timers and follow progress with Live Activities on supported iPhones • Resume a cooking session without losing your place • Keep the screen awake while you cook BUILT FOR YOUR APPLE DEVICES Kitchen Inbox is designed for iPhone and iPad, with Mac support. Your library, meal plan, Shelf, and groceries sync through iCloud. Backups give you another way to protect and restore your collection. No separate Kitchen Inbox account is required. FREE AND PRO Core recipe-site, text, file, and Kitchen Inbox recipe imports are unlimited. Free includes monthly Smart Imports plus starter credits. Kitchen Inbox Pro adds Smart Imports, Enhanced Cleanup, recipe validation, and cover image generation. Off-device processing is optional and starts only after you review the disclosure. Stop losing recipes in tabs, bookmarks, messages, and screenshots. Bring them into one place—and carry them all the way from “save this” to dinner. Privacy Policy: https://hoagieman.xyz/utilities/kitcheninbox/#privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Spin the Night4 screens
Kitchen Inbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Kitchen Inbox at 5.0 against Spin the Night's 4.6. Kitchen Inbox also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%). Spin the Night's advantage is ratings volume (111 vs 3) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, 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. Spin the Night sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Kitchen Inbox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kitchen Inbox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spin the Night has 111 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Spin the Night's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kitchen Inbox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spin the Night ships an update every 8 days, Kitchen Inbox every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Spin the Night versus Kitchen Inbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpin the NightKitchen Inbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (111 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings111 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB12 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGrandview Consulting INCDaniel Bragilevsky

Customer experience

Spin the Night

All ratings110 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.9%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.5%

Kitchen Inbox

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Spin the Night

Subscriptions5
  • User Premium Monthly Plan$0.991 Month
  • User Monthly Plan$0.991 Month
  • Starter$100.001 Month
Show 2 more
  • Professional$200.001 Month
  • Enterprise$300.001 Month
2 purchases

Kitchen Inbox

Subscriptions2
  • Kitchen Inbox Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Kitchen Inbox Pro Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Spin the Night free?
Spin the Night is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kitchen Inbox free?
Kitchen Inbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spin the Night or Kitchen Inbox?
Kitchen Inbox is rated higher. Spin the Night averages 4.6 out of 5 from 111 ratings, while Kitchen Inbox averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Spin the Night or Kitchen Inbox have ads?
Neither Spin the Night nor Kitchen Inbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spin the Night or Kitchen Inbox?
Spin the Night ships an update every 8 days, and Kitchen Inbox every 3 weeks. Most recently, Spin the Night was updated on October 21, 2026 and Kitchen Inbox on September 23, 2026.

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