Comparison

Chomps vs PrepWise

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

Head to head
About

Chomps

Discover recipes with step-by-step videos, track nutrition by scanning food barcodes, and plan meals effortlessly. Connect with a community of food lovers, share your creations, and get personalized cooking recommendations.

Highlights
  • Recipe discovery with cooking videos
  • Food barcode scanner for nutrition info
  • AI-powered recipe recommendations
  • Meal planning and prep tools
  • Social community for food sharing
  • Personalized nutrition tracking
Features
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Chomps is where cooking, groceries and nutrition finally live in one app. Import a recipe from anywhere, plan your week, check what's actually in the food, build the shopping list, get it delivered. MEAL PLANNER - Plan breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks on a week or month view - Add any recipe to your plan, then drag a meal to another day or move it to another slot - See meals, recipes and calories per day at a glance, using the nutrition each recipe carries - Build lists with your own sections, colors and icons, drag to reorder, pin the one you use most and check things off as you go - Open a recipe and Chomps shows you which ingredients you already have on a list - Send a recipe's ingredients to any list, with pantry items left off - Track your pantry: tick off what you already have and Chomps ranks your recipes by what you can cook now - Cook mode walks you through the steps, with a timer on each one - Keep a recipe box: write your own, import from a link or bookmark a post, and scale the servings up or down - Share a list by link so someone else can pick it up - Make your dashboard your own with tiles for your pinned list, this week's meals and saved posts - Everything works with no signal and syncs the moment you're back online IMPORT ANY RECIPE, FROM ANYWHERE 1. Import a recipe by sharing it straight to Chomps from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or Pinterest, or paste a link from any recipe site 2. Chomps pulls out the ingredients, the steps, the cook time and the servings 3. Choose what happens next: start a post, start a new list, or add it to a list you already keep Several recipes in one post? Pick the one you want. KNOW WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN YOUR FOOD Scan a barcode and get a 0-100 health score with a plain-English verdict. - Calories, protein, carbs and fat per serving - Sugar, added sugar, sodium, saturated fat, fiber and cholesterol, each rated good or bad instead of dumped on you as a table - Additives counted and risk-rated, allergens flagged, full ingredient list - Nutri-Score grade and NOVA group where available - Every scan saved to your history, so you can favorite the ones you buy again - Share a scan as a post, so friends see the score too - No barcode handy? Search the product by name SHOP IT AND GET IT DELIVERED - Build a cart across Kroger and its family of banners, Walmart, H-E-B and Central Market, with real store-level pricing - Filter by On Sale, 20%+ Off, Under $5 and Under $10 - Hand the cart to Instacart for checkout and delivery, with your store already selected - Find nearby stores on the Store Map, with hours and open status A FEED WORTH COOKING FROM - Two home feeds, For You and Following, plus a full-screen vertical video feed - Post photos and videos with ingredients, numbered steps, prep time, servings and allergy tags - Crop, trim and add text overlays without leaving the app - Threaded comments and replies, likes, saves, hashtags and @mentions - Picture-in-picture keeps a recipe playing while you cook FOR THE WAY YOU ACTUALLY EAT Twenty-minute weeknight dinners. Sunday batch cooking. High-protein meals when you're training. Budget shops where the list matters more than the recipe. Reading a label before it goes in the cart. Feeding a family without four apps open at once. Chomps is fully translated into English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Polish, and you can tap to translate any post into around 100 more. Private accounts, blocking and reporting, granular notification controls, dark mode, and account deletion you can actually find. Sign in with Apple or Google. Free to download. Start cooking, planning, scanning and shopping today. Terms of Service: https://chompsapp.com/tos.pdf Privacy Policy: https://chompsapp.com/privacy.pdf

About

PrepWise

Effortlessly plan meals based on the ingredients you already have. This app scans your pantry, suggests recipes, generates shopping lists, and tracks nutrition, reducing food waste and takeout orders.

Highlights
  • Pantry inventory management
  • AI recipe generation from available ingredients
  • Automatic shopping list creation
  • Macro and nutrition tracking
  • Meal calendar planning
  • Receipt scanning for pantry updates
Features
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Stop staring at the fridge wondering what to cook. PrepWise sees exactly what's in your pantry and tells you every meal you can make right now. No more waste. No more takeout panic. Just smart, effortless meal planning. YOUR KITCHEN, PERFECTLY ORGANIZED Scan your pantry once and PrepWise tracks every ingredient automatically. When you plan meals, the app reserves ingredients so you never accidentally double-book your last chicken breast. When it's time to shop, your list is already written - only what you actually need. RECIPES THAT MATCH YOUR REALITY Every recipe in your collection shows a real-time availability indicator. Green means you have everything. Yellow means you're one ingredient away. You'll always know what you can cook tonight, not just what you wish you could. AI THAT ACTUALLY HELPS Ask PrepWise to "make a high-protein dinner with the chicken and sweet potatoes in my pantry" and it delivers. Our AI assistant generates custom recipes from your available ingredients, plans your full week in seconds, and learns your preferences over time. It's like having a personal chef who knows exactly what's in your fridge. MACROS WITHOUT THE MATH Every recipe automatically calculates calories, protein, carbs, and fat. Plan your meals, hit your goals. Nutrition tracking is built into the meal planning process - not bolted on as an afterthought. THE COMPLETE MEAL PLANNING ECOSYSTEM - Pantry Manager: Track hundreds of ingredients with smart unit conversions - Meal Calendar: Plan days, weeks, or months with drag-and-drop ease - Receipt Scanner: Snap a grocery receipt and your pantry updates automatically - Shopping Lists: Auto-generated from your meal plan, minus what you already have - Recipe Library: Unlimited recipes with multiple photos and structured ingredients - AI Assistant: Voice-powered planning, recipe generation, and pantry suggestions BUILT FOR YOUR LIFESTYLE Whether you batch cook every Sunday, feed a family on a budget, chase macro goals, or just hate wasting food, PrepWise adapts to how you eat. No rigid templates. No one-size-fits-all meal plans. Just your kitchen, made smarter. UPGRADE TO PREPWISE PREMIUM Unlock the full power of AI meal planning: - Unlimited AI recipe generation - Advanced macro and nutrition targets - Smart pantry expiration tracking - Personalized meal plan recommendations - Priority new feature access Try free. Upgrade when you're ready. PrepWise - Meal planning that starts with what you have.

Screenshots

Chomps4 screens
PrepWise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PrepWise at none against Chomps's shown. Chomps's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Chomps sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PrepWise sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. 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 — 5.0 for Chomps against 5.0 for PrepWise. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chomps ships an update every 5 days, PrepWise monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Chomps versus PrepWise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChompsPrepWise
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (20 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB49 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRoutes Technologies LLCTrent Gavron

Customer experience

Chomps

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PrepWise

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Chomps

Subscriptions2
  • Chomps MAX: Standard$4.991 Month
  • Chomps MAX: Plus$9.991 Month
One-time4
  • Small Contribution$2.99
  • Medium Contribution$9.99
  • Large Contribution$24.99
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  • Generous Contribution$49.99
6 purchases

PrepWise

Subscriptions6
  • PrepWise Pro 1 Month$6.991 Month
  • 1 Month Pro Subscription$9.991 Month
  • PrepWise Pro 1 Month$9.991 Month
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  • PrepWise Pro 1 Year7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • 1 Year Pro Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • PrepWise Pro 1 Year7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Chomps free?
Chomps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PrepWise free?
PrepWise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chomps or PrepWise?
Chomps and PrepWise are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 20 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Chomps or PrepWise have ads?
Chomps shows ads; PrepWise does not.
Which is updated more often, Chomps or PrepWise?
Chomps ships an update every 5 days, and PrepWise monthly. Most recently, Chomps was updated on October 28, 2026 and PrepWise on October 31, 2026.

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