Chef Ami vs DinnerDone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chef Ami
This app helps you decide what to cook for dinner by planning your week's meals, creating grocery lists, and suggesting recipes based on ingredients you already have. It adapts to dietary needs and preferences, making mealtime less stressful.
- Weekly dinner planning
- Grocery list generation
- Recipe suggestions from existing ingredients
- Dietary and allergy adjustments
- Customizable meal plans
- Saved recipe library
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It's 5pm and everyone's hungry. You're looking into the fridge with no plan, again. Chef Amí ends the nightly dinner spiral. Amí is your warm, quietly confident kitchen companion. It takes the deciding off your plate and puts a good dinner on the table, without the stress. Plan less. Cook beautifully. DINNER, TEXTED TO YOU EACH NIGHT No app to open, no decision to make. Amí texts you tonight's dinner every evening, right when you need it, along with the short list of what to grab. Not feeling it? Reply SWAP and Amí sends another idea. Dinner gets handled right from your messages. YOUR WHOLE WEEK, DECIDED Amí plans seven weeknight dinners at a time, balanced and doable, scaled to your household. See tonight at a glance, browse the week, and swap any night you are not feeling. Every plan becomes a tidy grocery list, sorted by aisle. COOK WITH WHAT YOU HAVE Leftovers, pantry staples, a random bunch of produce. Tell Amí what is on hand and it turns it into something you can actually cook tonight. ADAPTS TO YOUR LIFE Ask for substitutions. Make a recipe gluten-free. Adjust for allergies. Scale portions up or down. Amí adapts in real time, the way a friend in the kitchen would. A LIBRARY OF MEALS THAT WORK Save the dinners you love and build your own recipe collection, so the good nights are easy to find again when life is busy. No ads. No clutter. No pressure to be perfect. Just dinner, handled. Because dinner should not feel like a crisis every night. What Amí helps with: • Tonight's dinner texted to you daily, reply SWAP for something new • A planned week of dinners, decided for you • Meals from what is already in your fridge • Ingredient swaps and dietary adjustments (gluten-free, allergies, and more) • Grocery lists sorted by aisle • A saved library of recipes you actually cook Chef Amí Premium unlocks daily dinner texts, weekly meal plans, grocery lists, your saved cookbook, and personalized suggestions. Quarterly is USD 29.99 every 3 months. Yearly is USD 99 Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.mychefami.com/privacy
DinnerDone
This app uses AI to automatically plan your family's weekly meals, reducing decision fatigue. It can import recipes from URLs, store your favorites, and send daily dinner notifications. Grocery lists are organized by aisle to streamline shopping.
- AI-generated weekly meal plans
- Recipe import from URLs
- Customizable favorite recipes
- Daily dinner notifications
- Aisle-organized grocery lists
- Automatic defrost reminders
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Stop planning dinner. Let AI do it. You love cooking for your family. You just don't have time to decide what to cook every single night. DinnerDone eliminates the decision fatigue—not the cooking. Reclaim your time. Reduce your mental load. Never answer "What's for dinner?" again. DinnerDone is the anti meal-planning app. PUT DINNER ON AUTOPILOT • DinnerDone knows your favorites and go-to recipes • Set it to auto-generate every Sunday—wake up to a planned week • Or tap one button and get a balanced week in 3 seconds • AI ensures variety—no chicken three nights in a row ADD RECIPES YOUR WAY • Paste any recipe URL and AI extracts everything instantly • Add your own family recipes manually • Intelligent search finds recipes across the web • Photo import coming soon STOP ANSWERING "WHAT'S FOR DINNER?" • Get a notification every morning: "Tonight's dinner: Chicken Tacos" • Your family knows the answer before they even ask • Share with your household—everyone sees the plan • You don't even have to open the app NEVER ORDER PIZZA BECAUSE YOU FORGOT TO DEFROST THE CHICKEN • Defrost reminders ping you at 8 AM • At 6 PM, you're a hero—not a Doordash customer • Get in and out of the grocery store in 15 minutes • Lists organized by aisle, nothing forgotten RECLAIM YOUR SUNDAY • No more spreadsheets • No more dragging tacos into little calendar boxes • No more 2 hours on Pinterest deciding what to make • Just food on the table, every night Perfect for busy parents, working professionals, and anyone who loves cooking but hates deciding what to cook. Download DinnerDone and stop wasting time on meal planning. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION • DinnerDone Pro Monthly: $5.99/month • DinnerDone Pro Annual: $49.99/year (save 30%) • 2-week free trial for new subscribers • Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled 24 hours before period ends • Manage subscriptions in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dinnerdone.app/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DinnerDone at daily against Chef Ami's every 9 days. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Chef Ami sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and DinnerDone sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chef Ami against 5.0 for DinnerDone. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Chef Ami ships an update every 9 days, DinnerDone daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chef Ami | DinnerDone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chef Ami, Inc. | Andrew Flamm |
Customer experience
Chef Ami
DinnerDone
In-app purchases
Chef Ami
- Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
- Quarterly$29.993 Months
- Annual Plan$99.001 Year
DinnerDone
- DinnerDone Pro Monthly14 Days trial$5.991 Month
- DinnerDone Pro Annual14 Days trial$49.991 Year
Questions
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