Comparison

Mealify 2.0 vs Simmer

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

Head to head
About

Mealify 2.0

Organize your kitchen, plan meals, and create shopping lists effortlessly. Discover recipes based on ingredients you already have and reduce food waste. Features AI pantry scanning for quick item input.

Highlights
  • AI pantry scan from photo
  • Automatic pantry management
  • Recipe discovery and filtering
  • Instant meal plan generation
  • Shopping list creation
  • Missing ingredient detection
Features
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Take control of the kitchen with an easier, stress-free way to manage groceries, meals, and pantry items. Mealify 2.0 helps you organize your pantry, discover recipes from your existing ingredients, plan meals for the week, and build shopping lists without the guesswork. Whether you are trying to waste less food, save money, or simply decide what to cook faster, the app brings your groceries and meal planning into one place. Use our exclusive AI pantry scan to quickly detect items from a photo and populate your in-app pantry in moments. Keep track of ingredients, browse recipes, and see what you are missing before you start cooking. Build a weekly meal plan, then turn planned meals into a shopping list automatically. FEATURES: - AI pantry scan from a single photo - Automatic pantry management from item tracking - Recipe organization, filtering, and discovery - Instant meal plan generation - Favorites and saved recipes - Missing ingredient detection GREAT FOR: - Busy families - Students - Meal preppers - Home cooks - Anyone who wants to save time with groceries Spend less time wondering what to make and more time cooking. Privacy Policy: https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/4a0443a3-93e5-45f3-8b5a-5c2b6a789f75 Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Simmer

Features
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Tired of scrolling through life stories, pop-ups, and ads just to find a recipe? Simmer extracts the recipe from any website and saves it to your personal, clutter-free library. SAVE RECIPES IN SECONDS Paste a recipe URL or share it directly from Safari — Simmer automatically extracts the title, ingredients, steps, cook times, and photo. No account needed, no sign-up required. HANDS-FREE COOKING MODE Enter full-screen cooking mode with large, easy-to-read step cards. Swipe through steps while your hands are covered in flour. Turn on auto-speak and let your phone read each step aloud using natural-sounding iOS voices. SMART QUANTITY ADJUSTMENT Cooking for more or fewer people? Tap a multiplier and every ingredient quantity updates instantly. Fractions stay clean and readable — "1 ½ cups" not "1.5 cups." READ STEPS ALOUD Tap the speaker icon on any step to hear it read aloud. Simmer intelligently pronounces fractions, temperatures, and abbreviations so "½ tsp" becomes "one half teaspoon" and "350°F" becomes "350 degrees Fahrenheit." YOUR RECIPES, YOUR DEVICE All recipes are stored locally on your device. No cloud accounts, no tracking, no data collection. Your recipes stay private. ADD FAMILY RECIPES BY HAND Not every great recipe lives on a website. Use manual entry to type in grandma's secret recipe with ingredients, steps, and cook times. FEATURES • Extract recipes from any website with one tap • Share directly from Safari, Chrome, or any browser • Full-screen cooking mode with swipe navigation • Text-to-speech with natural iOS voices • Auto-speak mode for truly hands-free cooking • Adjust servings — all quantities scale instantly • Search your recipe library • Favorite your best recipes • Dark mode support • Works on iPhone and iPad • No account required

Screenshots

Mealify 2.04 screens
Simmer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simmer at none against Mealify 2.0's 3. Simmer also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, 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. Mealify 2.0 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Simmer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mealify 2.0 ships an update every 2 weeks, Simmer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mealify 2.0 versus Simmer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMealify 2.0Simmer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJackson DowParent-AI LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mealify 2.0

Subscriptions1
  • Mealify 2.0 Monthly$2.991 Month
One-time2
  • Mealify 2.0 Premium Limited Time$8.99
  • Mealify 2.0 Premium$19.99
None

Simmer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mealify 2.0 free?
Mealify 2.0 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simmer free?
Simmer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mealify 2.0 or Simmer have ads?
Neither Mealify 2.0 nor Simmer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mealify 2.0 or Simmer?
Mealify 2.0 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Simmer weekly. Most recently, Mealify 2.0 was updated on October 2, 2026 and Simmer on September 30, 2026.

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