chefX vs Home Cooked AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
chefX
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Welcome to the new field of intelligent kitchens, which will be your perfect cooking companion, integrating all functions in one! Our application aims to enhance your cooking experience, whether you are a kitchen novice or a top chef, chefX can make cooking easier, smarter, and more enjoyable. Main features: Massive Recipes: Enjoy thousands of cuisines from around the world at home. Dietary management: Plan weekly meals in advance and quickly generate shopping lists. Intelligent control: remotely control your cooking robot and kitchen appliances. Make cooking as simple as playing mobile games. Recipe Updates: New recipes added every week to keep you inspired and always excited about what's next.
Home Cooked AI
Scan your fridge contents with AI to get instant recipe suggestions. This app provides step-by-step cooking guidance, adaptive meal planning, and generates grocery lists. Reduce food waste and save money by utilizing ingredients you already have.
- AI ingredient detection from fridge photos
- Customizable recipes based on diet and allergies
- Step-by-step cooking mode with timers
- Weekly meal planning and easy meal swapping
- Automated grocery list generation
- Food waste reduction
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Snap your fridge. The AI detects what you've got, no typing. Get real recipes you can make right now with those ingredients Cook Mode walks you through every step with timers + an AI coach Plan your whole week and swap any meal in one tap Turn your plan into a grocery list and order what's missing Set your skill, diet, allergies, household size. Every recipe adapts to you. Basically your fridge tells you what to cook, and you stop wasting food and money.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: chefX at none against Home Cooked AI's 2. chefX also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Home Cooked AI's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Home Cooked AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. chefX asks for nothing beyond the download.
chefX ships an update every 9 months, Home Cooked AI monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | chefX | Home Cooked AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 浙江田螺云厨科技有限公司 | CHRISTOPHER BRAXTON SOHAN DASARI |
In-app purchases
chefX
No in-app purchases
Home Cooked AI
- Home Cooked Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- Home Cooked Pro (Yearly)$59.991 Year
