Comparison

KitChef vs KitchenWise

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

Head to head
About

KitChef

Features
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Cook what you already have, waste less food and plan your week in minutes. KitChef knows what’s in your kitchen, tells you what to use first and turns it into meals. TODAY Open the app and see your day: what’s planned, what’s about to expire and a short note from the chef. Pick a mood — 15 minutes, “with what I have”, light — and get recipes that fit. FOOD RESCUE • See what expires in the next few days, in order • Get recipes that use exactly those ingredients • Mark food as cooked, frozen or shared and watch your impact grow: kilos, money and CO₂ saved SMART PANTRY • Quick Add: type or dictate “2 kg potatoes, milk, 6 eggs” and KitChef sorts it into fridge, cupboard and freezer with expiry dates • Scan barcodes or snap a photo of your food • A freshness bar shows what’s fine, what to use soon and what has expired CHEF AI — PRIVATE, ON YOUR iPHONE Powered by Apple Intelligence, running entirely on device: • Ask anything while you cook: substitutes, doneness, fixing a dish • Adapt any recipe: vegetarian, high-protein, fewer calories, more or fewer servings • A daily chef note based on your kitchen Your questions never leave your iPhone. WEEKLY MENU • Plan your week like a menu card, with calories and macros per day • Auto-plan a full week (Pro) and copy weeks you loved • Build the shopping list straight from your plan SHOPPING LIST & SHOPPING MODE • Grouped by supermarket aisle, add several items at once • Shopping mode puts your list in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen — tick off the next item without unlocking • Put everything you bought into the pantry in one tap, with sensible expiry dates COOK MODE Step-by-step, screen always on, free timers, hands-free voice and a Live Activity for your timers. EVERYWHERE ON YOUR iPHONE • Interactive widgets: Rescue, Shopping list (tick items from the widget) and Chef’s note • Lock Screen widgets and Control Center controls • Siri & Shortcuts: add to your list, hear your list, what’s expiring • Smart notifications: rescue mornings, streak saver, Sunday recap — never more than one a day • Weekly recap you can share, Apple Health sync and Spotlight search No ads. No tracking. Your kitchen stays on your iPhone. KITCHEF PRO Unlimited Chef AI, unlimited rescue recipes, any week in the planner with snacks and auto-plan, unlimited scans and pantry, a shopping list built from your plan, and the full weekly recap. KitChef Pro is an auto-renewable annual subscription. New subscribers get a 7-day free trial; the price is shown before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase (after the trial). The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://iosrubengarcia.dev/kitchef/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

KitchenWise

This smart kitchen assistant helps you manage your food inventory, suggests recipes based on what you have, and creates shopping lists. It tracks expiration dates and provides nutritional information for your food items, aiming to reduce waste and simplify meal planning.

Highlights
  • Inventory tracking (fridge, freezer, pantry)
  • Expiration date management
  • Recipe recommendations based on ingredients
  • Automated shopping list generation
  • Meal planning
  • Nutritional information per item
  • Voice and photo adding of items
Features
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KitchenWise is a smart kitchen assistant. It keeps track of everything you have and tells you what to do with it: what to cook tonight, what to use first, what to pick up on the way home. IT KEEPS TRACK SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO Your fridge, freezer and pantry in one place, arranged by shelf and by how long each item has left. Every item gets a realistic shelf life the moment it's added, adjusted for where you put it. Tap any item to see what's actually in it: calories, protein, carbs, fat, salt and sugar per 100g. IT RECOMMENDS WHAT TO COOK Over 1,400 recipes, ranked by how much of each one is already in your kitchen — and moved up the list when it uses something about to run out. Every ingredient is marked as owned or missing before you start, and the missing ones go to your shopping list in a tap. Expired items never appear in a suggestion. IT REMINDS YOU IN TIME A notification on the day something needs eating, not the day after. Reminders are grouped rather than fired one per item, so a full fridge doesn't mean twenty buzzes — and they arrive in your language. ASK IT ANYTHING An assistant that already knows what's in your kitchen. Ask what to make with what's left, what to do with half a cabbage, what to buy for the week, or what to cook for four people tonight. ADDING TAKES SECONDS Photograph a shelf, a single item or a whole fridge and confirm what it found. Scan a receipt after the shop, or a barcode in the aisle. Say it out loud. Or search a catalogue of everyday foods and branded supermarket products. IT PLANS THE WEEK Build a meal plan around what you already own, and let the shopping list fill itself with whatever is missing. IT SHOWS YOU THE PATTERN A monthly report of what you ate in time and what you didn't, and which foods keep catching you out. Not a scolding — three things worth buying smaller. TURKISH AND ENGLISH, PROPERLY Not a translated menu over an English app. Product names, recipes, reminders and the assistant all work in both languages, including 280+ Turkish recipes and branded products from Turkish supermarkets. The app opens in your phone's language and you can switch any time. YOUR KITCHEN IS YOURS Use KitchenWise without an account — a guest kitchen lives on your phone. Create a free account and it follows you to your next device. Delete your account from inside the app or from our website, and your data goes with it. FREE, WITH OPTIONAL PLANS Tracking, reminders, recipe recommendations, the shopping list, the meal plan and the waste report are free and stay free. The features that run on our servers — the assistant, voice adding, receipt scanning and photo adding — come with a monthly allowance on the free plan. Pro doubles it and Extra gives five times, as auto-renewing monthly subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.kitchenwiseapp.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.kitchenwiseapp.com/terms/

Screenshots

KitChef4 screens
KitchenWise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: KitchenWise at 16.4 against KitChef's 18.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. KitChef sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year and KitchenWise sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KitChef ships an update every 2 weeks, KitchenWise every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
KitChef versus KitchenWise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitChefKitchenWise
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.116.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB64 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperRUBEN GARCIA FIGUEROAISMAIL CAN KARAMAN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

KitChef

Subscriptions1
  • KitChef Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Year
2 purchases

KitchenWise

Subscriptions2
  • KitchenWise Pro$1.991 Month
  • KitchenWise Extra$4.991 Month

Questions

Is KitChef free?
KitChef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KitchenWise free?
KitchenWise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do KitChef or KitchenWise have ads?
Neither KitChef nor KitchenWise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KitChef or KitchenWise?
KitChef ships an update every 2 weeks, and KitchenWise every 3 weeks. Most recently, KitChef was updated on October 24, 2026 and KitchenWise on October 20, 2026.

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