Comparison

Kitchen Plate vs Fridge

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

Head to head
About

Kitchen Plate

Organize your recipes, plan your weekly meals, and generate a shopping list. Save recipes from various sources, discover new ideas, and easily access cooking instructions. Some features require a subscription.

Highlights
  • Recipe organization
  • Weekly meal planning
  • Automated shopping list generation
  • Save recipes from web links
  • Discover new recipe ideas
  • Cooking instructions access
Features
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What's for dinner? Solved. Kitchen Plate brings your recipes, meal plan, and shopping list together. Find something new, keep the favorites you already love, and choose meals for a week that feels like yours. MAKE THE WEEK YOURS Choose meals for the days ahead. Add saved favorites, explore new ideas, and use suggestions to help you decide what to cook. KEEP YOUR FAVORITES TOGETHER Save recipes from websites and social links, or bring them in from photos and screenshots. Build a collection you can come back to when it's time to cook. FIND YOUR NEXT FAVORITE Explore recipe ideas and get suggestions informed by your tastes. Fresh ideas and familiar favorites can live in the same plan. TURN YOUR PLAN INTO A SHOPPING LIST Bring the ingredients for your meals into one place. Add the other things you need and check items off as you shop. COOK FROM YOUR COLLECTION Open a saved recipe to find its ingredients and cooking instructions. Keep dinner ideas, the weekly plan, and the next shopping trip connected. Some features require a subscription. Current prices, subscription terms, and eligible trial offers are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled according to the terms shown at checkout. Manage purchases made through Apple in your Apple account's subscription settings. Kitchen Plate Premium (Auto-Renewable Subscriptions): Monthly Length: 1 month Price: $8.99/month Annual Length: 1 year Price: $29.99/year Kitchen Plate offers a free trial. You will not be charged until your free trial ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at the end of the trial period (or at purchase confirmation if no trial is available). Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://kitchenplate.io/privacy Terms of Use: https://kitchenplate.io/terms

About

Fridge

This app helps you reduce food waste by identifying ingredients in your kitchen and suggesting recipes you can make. It tracks expiration dates and allows you to scan groceries or receipts to build your inventory.

Highlights
  • AI-powered inventory scanning
  • Recipe suggestions based on available ingredients
  • Expiration date tracking
  • Receipt scanning for inventory
  • Customizable filters for recipe discovery
  • Food waste and savings tracking
Features
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Fridge-Ify is the recipe app that starts with what's already in your kitchen — not a random recipe you don't have the ingredients for. Snap a photo of your fridge, pantry, or a grocery receipt, and Fridge-Ify identifies your items and builds your kitchen inventory in seconds. Then it shows you exactly what you can cook right now, ranked by what you already own. WASTE LESS FOOD See what's about to expire and get recipes that use it up before it spoils. The average household throws away hundreds of dollars of food a year — Fridge-Ify helps you actually eat what you buy. COOK WITH WHAT YOU HAVE Every recipe is matched against your real inventory. "Ready to cook" means you have everything. Missing one or two things? We'll show you those too, plus smart substitutions from what's already on hand. SNAP TO ADD • Scan your fridge or groceries — AI identifies items automatically • Scan a receipt — we read it and add everything with prices • Or add items by hand in seconds Everything goes through a review screen first. You're always in control of what's in your kitchen. KNOW WHAT'S FRESH Track fridge, freezer, and pantry separately. Fridge-Ify remembers how long things last and warns you before they go bad. DISCOVER MORE Browse thousands of recipes with simple filters — cuisine, meal, diet, high-protein, low-calorie, and more. Save your favorites and build a shopping list for the gaps. TRACK YOUR WINS See how much you've saved cooking at home instead of ordering out, keep a log of what you've made, and unlock achievements as you go. Fridge-Ify Premium unlocks more daily scans and unlimited features. Free to download and start using today. Start with your fridge. Cook something great.

Screenshots

Kitchen Plate4 screens
Fridge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fridge at none against Kitchen Plate's 6. Fridge also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Kitchen Plate's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 1). On price, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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. Kitchen Plate sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Fridge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fridge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kitchen Plate has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kitchen Plate ships an update weekly, Fridge every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Kitchen Plate versus Fridge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen PlateFridge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (28 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB49 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHankinson Consulting Inc.Alan Lin

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Kitchen Plate

Subscriptions6
  • Kitchen Plate Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Premium (monthly)7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Annual 80% Discount7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Kitchen Plate Pro Annual$29.991 Year
  • Pro Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Fridge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kitchen Plate free?
Kitchen Plate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fridge free?
Fridge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kitchen Plate or Fridge?
Fridge is rated higher. Kitchen Plate averages 4.6 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Fridge averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Kitchen Plate or Fridge have ads?
Kitchen Plate shows ads; Fridge does not.
Which is updated more often, Kitchen Plate or Fridge?
Kitchen Plate ships an update weekly, and Fridge every 3 days. Most recently, Kitchen Plate was updated on November 8, 2026 and Fridge on November 5, 2026.

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