Comparison

CanZilla vs Freeze

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

Head to head
About

CanZilla

Features
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CanZilla is the ultimate app for food preservation lovers. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned canner, CanZilla gives you everything you need to master the art of canning, from step-by-step guides to a rich collection of tested recipes. Learn to Can – Beginner Friendly Get started with confidence: 16 beginner-friendly articles covering the essentials, from jar sterilization to your first successful batch. Easy-to-follow, expert-backed tutorials. Discover & Master Recipes Explore a growing library of canning recipes: Fully detailed with ingredients, instructions, and prep time. USDA-approved and mother-in-law tested. Filter by method: Water Bath, Pressure Canning, and more. Join the Canning Community Like, rate, and review recipes. Save your favorites and build your personal recipe collection. Personal Dashboard Create an account to sync your favorites, ratings, and activity. Manage your profile with ease. Clean, Intuitive Design Designed to be simple, beautiful, and beginner-proof. Find what you need, when you need it.

About

Freeze

Log your freeze-drying batches, save successful settings, and track your preserved food. This app helps you build a reliable food storage system and reduce waste by making your best results easily accessible.

Highlights
  • Log freeze-dry batch details
  • Save and reuse best settings
  • Track preserved food inventory
  • Access creator recipe cards
  • Search past batch history
  • Reduce food waste
Features
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Save the settings that worked. Freeze Dry Buddy helps you log every freeze-dry batch, remember your best results, and build a pantry you can actually track. Built with White Pepper Farms, Freeze Dry Buddy turns scattered notes, sticky labels, and memory into a practical freeze-drying workflow. Whether you're preserving garden harvests, family meals, camping food, or long-term food storage, it keeps your best batches easy to find and reuse. Use Freeze Dry Buddy to: • Log each batch with the details that matter Track food, trays, weight, prep notes, time, results, and the settings you used so you know exactly what to repeat next time. • Save your own freeze-dry playbook Your history becomes a personal reference library. Search past batches, compare what worked, and stop guessing on repeat runs. • Build a pantry you can see Keep a record of what you preserved, what you have on hand, and how your food storage is growing over time. • Start faster with creator guidance Get practical recipe cards, settings, and tips from White Pepper Farms so you can move from "What should I run?" to "Here's what I'm doing next." • Preserve for real life Great for home freeze-drying hobbyists, small-batch food makers, prep-minded households, campers, hunters, and anyone who wants to waste less food and store more of it well. Why people use Freeze Dry Buddy: • Remember the exact settings that worked • Reuse your best batch notes • Keep recipes, pantry records, and batch history in one place • Reduce waste and protect the time you put into every run • Build confidence with each batch Whether you're freeze-drying strawberries, eggs, candy, herbs, leftovers, or full meals, Freeze Dry Buddy helps you preserve more with less guessing. Privacy: https://www.builtbyfoundry.io/freeze-dry-buddy/privacy Terms: https://www.builtbyfoundry.io/freeze-dry-buddy/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CanZilla4 screens
Freeze4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CanZilla at none against Freeze's 5. CanZilla also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Freeze's advantage is chart position (#75 vs unranked). On price, ads 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. Freeze sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. CanZilla asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
CanZilla versus Freeze: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCanZillaFreeze
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (54 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—54 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#75 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSupa Ant LLCBUILT BY FOUNDRY, INC.

In-app purchases

None

CanZilla

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Freeze

Subscriptions3
  • Pro$14.991 Month
  • Pro$59.991 Year
  • Pro Annual$99.001 Year
One-time2
  • Pro Lifetime$89.99
  • Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is CanZilla free?
CanZilla is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Freeze free?
Freeze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CanZilla or Freeze have ads?
Neither CanZilla nor Freeze shows ads.

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