Comparison

Mealify 2.0 vs Sofra

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

Sofra

Effortlessly plan weekly meals, track what you cook, and discover new dishes. This app learns your cooking habits to provide personalized meal suggestions and helps manage children's tiffin plans. It offers a shared family experience with gentle reminders and a focus on privacy.

Highlights
  • Personalized weekly meal plans
  • Log any type of meal
  • Kids' tiffin planning
  • Cooking pattern insights
  • Restaurant dish memory
  • Family sharing and syncing
  • Gentle meal reminders
Features
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Stop asking "what should we cook today?" Sofra remembers what your family actually eats — then plans your week from the dishes you already love. No endless recipe browsing. No calorie counting. Just your family's table, remembered and planned. WHAT'S FOR DINNER, AT A GLANCE • Your next meal comes first, with photos of your own cooking • Every evening, tomorrow's plan is ready — one tap fills any gap • See who in the family added which meal PLAN THE WEEK IN ONE TAP • Auto-plan builds a week from your family's real favourites • No dish repeats within the days you choose • Mixes cuisines, keeps weekends for eating out if you like • Knows which days are still open GROCERY LIST FROM YOUR PLAN • Add a week's ingredients to one shared list • Tick off as you shop — the whole family sees it KIDS LUNCHBOXES • Plan school lunchboxes on their own track • Get a nudge when the same lunchbox repeats YOUR FAMILY'S MEAL MEMORY • 1,500+ dishes from cuisines around the world to start from • Add your own dishes, photos, ingredients and recipe links • "Haven't made in a while" brings back forgotten favourites EATING OUT, REMEMBERED • Log takeout and dine-out, rate the dishes you ordered • Each restaurant gets your family's own rating • Track outside-food spend against a monthly budget INSIGHTS WORTH SHARING • How often you cook at home, your variety, your streak • Share beautiful cards with family and friends BUILT FOR FAMILIES • Share one home with everyone — roles for admins and members • Works in light and dark mode, supports large text Free. No ads. Your data stays private.

Screenshots

Mealify 2.04 screens
Sofra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sofra at none against Mealify 2.0's 3. Sofra also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Mealify 2.0's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). 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. Sofra asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sofra holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mealify 2.0 has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mealify 2.0 ships an update every 2 weeks, Sofra every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mealify 2.0 versus Sofra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMealify 2.0Sofra
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJackson DowSameer Rajwade

Customer experience

Mealify 2.0

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Sofra

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Sofra

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mealify 2.0 free?
Mealify 2.0 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sofra free?
Sofra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mealify 2.0 or Sofra?
Sofra is rated higher. Mealify 2.0 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Sofra averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Mealify 2.0 or Sofra have ads?
Neither Mealify 2.0 nor Sofra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mealify 2.0 or Sofra?
Mealify 2.0 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Sofra every 10 days. Most recently, Mealify 2.0 was updated on November 5, 2026 and Sofra on November 6, 2026.

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