Comparison

Dog's Kitchen vs HandBook Nails

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

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About

Dog's Kitchen

Prepare vet-approved, balanced meals at home for your dog with personalized recipes. Get precise ingredient quantities and feeding amounts, eliminating guesswork and ensuring optimal nutrition for your pet.

Highlights
  • Vet-approved recipes
  • Personalized meal plans
  • Precise ingredient quantities
  • Daily feeding amount guidance
  • Step-by-step cooking instructions
  • Save money on dog food
  • Regular new recipe updates
Features
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Dog’s Kitchen is the first app that helps you prepare vet-approved, complete & balanced meals at home – tailored to your dog’s unique needs. No guesswork. No calculations. Just clear, personalized recipes with precise ingredient quantities and daily feeding amounts. Perfect for dog owners seeking maximum control, transparency, and superior food quality – without relying on commercial dog food. With Dog’s Kitchen, you can: • Cook complete and balanced meals at home that meet AAFCO nutritional standards. • Feel confident knowing every recipe is vet-approved. • Receive personalized recipes based on your dog’s profile – including exact ingredient amounts. • Follow step-by-step instructions, easy enough for beginners. • Know exactly how much to feed – no confusing math or uncertainty. • Save money compared to ordering fresh dog food from commercial brands. • Access new recipes regularly to keep your dog’s meals exciting and varied. Whether you are already cooking for your dog or just starting out, Dog’s Kitchen makes it easy to provide a personalized, complete and balanced diet – backed by veterinary expertise. Download now and take the guesswork out of homemade dog food! Dog’s Kitchen is free to download and use with limited features. For the full Dog’s Kitchen experience, we offer 1-month and annual Premium auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your credit card through your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renewal in iTunes account settings or cancel your subscription at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions: https://www.dogskitchen.app/privacypolicy https://www.dogskitchen.app/terms-conditions https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

HandBook Nails

Organize your nail polish collection, log manicures, and discover new colors. Save shades to personal folders, track your worn looks, and follow friends to see their latest nail styles. Perfect for nail enthusiasts and professionals alike.

Highlights
  • Save nail colors to personal folders
  • Log manicures with photos and color tags
  • Track worn nail colors
  • Follow friends and view their nail feeds
  • Discover new nail colors from the community
  • Offline access to Nail Files
Features
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HandBook is a serious solution for an unserious problem: choosing your next nail color. No more stress trying to find that color reference photo you know you saved somewhere. It’s lost across several apps, on your camera roll, in a text, or in a notes app. Whether you're a salon regular, a devoted DIY-er, or a nail professional, HandBook gives you a beautiful home to store your color details. Save colors to your personal Nail Files. Log your manicures. Follow friends. Discover what the nail community is wearing right now. SAVE COLORS TO NAIL FILE FOLDERS Build your personal color collection the way you actually think about polish. Save any color to Want to Wear, Favorites, or Worn. Tag and filter with your personal organizational system. Pin your current obsessions to the top. Search in seconds when you’re on the spot at your next appointment. Your Nail Files work even when you're offline — so you can reference your collection in the salon chair, wherever you are. LOG YOUR MANICURES Just got a fresh set? Log it. Snap a photo, tag the colors you wore, and add it to your manicure history. Multi-color looks and nail art are fully supported with the option to tag every color in the look. Every manicure you log builds a personal gallery that's yours forever. See how many times you've worn your favorite shade. Rediscover looks you'd forgotten. Watch your color themes emerge over time. SEE WHAT YOUR FRIENDS ARE INTO Follow the nail lovers in your life and see every look they log in a beautifully curated feed. Tap any color in a friend's post to save it directly to your own Nail Files — no searching required. Like looks you love. Get notified when someone loves yours. BUILT FOR NAIL PEOPLE, BY NAIL PEOPLE HandBook is built for the person who notices the difference between a chrome and a glitter finish, who saves reference photos before every appointment, who has OG brand color names memorized and for those into discovering indie polish brands nobody else knows yet. If you’re never not polished, HandBook was made for you.

Screenshots

Dog's Kitchen4 screens
HandBook Nails4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HandBook Nails at none against Dog's Kitchen's 2. HandBook Nails also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). Dog's Kitchen's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dog's Kitchen sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. HandBook Nails asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HandBook Nails holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Dog's Kitchen's written reviews are positive against 100% of HandBook Nails's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dog's Kitchen versus HandBook Nails: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDog's KitchenHandBook Nails
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (16 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better7
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB55 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPatricia ChengHandBook

Customer experience

Dog's Kitchen

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

HandBook Nails

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dog's Kitchen

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$59.991 Year
None

HandBook Nails

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dog's Kitchen free?
Dog's Kitchen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HandBook Nails free?
HandBook Nails is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dog's Kitchen or HandBook Nails?
HandBook Nails is rated higher. Dog's Kitchen averages 4.6 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while HandBook Nails averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Dog's Kitchen or HandBook Nails have ads?
Neither Dog's Kitchen nor HandBook Nails shows ads.

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