Comparison

Matskap vs FoodProfile

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

Head to head
About

Matskap

Features
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Say goodbye to "What's for dinner?" Matskap is your smart kitchen assistant that transforms the ingredients you already have into inspiring meals – and helps you keep track of what you eat. Save time at the grocery store, slash your food budget, and reduce food waste. How it works: 1. Snap a photo of your receipt, your fridge or your pantry items. 2. The app automatically recognizes your ingredients and fills your pantry. 3. Instantly receive recipe suggestions based on what you have on hand! Key Features: Smart Scanning: Scan a receipt or your ingredients with the camera and get personalized recipes in seconds. Your Pantry: Keep track of what you have, with a best-before date per item and a heads-up before food expires. Nutrition: Snap a photo of your meal and get nutrition values – built on the Norwegian Food Composition Table (Matvaretabellen) with over 2000 foods. Describe What You Ate: Prefer text over photos? Describe your meal in your own words and the app fills in the rest. Apple Health: The meals and water you log are saved to Health, and energy burned is read back into your daily goal. Home Screen Widget: See today's nutrition and dinner suggestions at a glance. Tailored to You: Filter by allergies, diets, cooking time, and difficulty level. Smart Planning: Plan your entire week with the built-in meal calendar. Automatic Shopping List: Missing something? Add it directly to your shopping list from the recipe – the list subtracts what you already have. Save Your Favorites: Organize your best dishes into custom folders. Always Available: Full access to your recipes, even offline. Try it free for 3 days: Every subscription starts with 3 days free. Cancel in the App Store before the trial ends and you pay nothing, and we remind you the day before. Essentials gives you unlimited scanning, nutrition info, the smart shopping list and a daily meal plan, while Premium adds a full weekly meal planner, unlimited folders and advanced recipes. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled at any time in the App Store. Everything you have added is kept. Whether you're a student on a budget, a busy family, or a dedicated foodie – Matskap helps you make great food from what you've got. Download Matskap today and turn leftovers into a feast! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://matskap.no/privacy-policy

About

FoodProfile

Features
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FoodProfile helps you understand what's in your food β€” before you buy it. Scan a barcode, point the camera at an ingredient label, or paste a list manually. FoodProfile instantly checks every ingredient against your personal rules and flags anything you want to avoid. SCAN THREE WAYS β€’ Barcode scanner β€” looks up products from Open Food Facts and analyses the ingredient list β€’ Camera scan β€” point at any ingredient text and let on-device OCR read it for you β€’ Manual entry β€” paste or type an ingredient list for immediate analysis MULTILINGUAL LABEL SCANNING The camera scan reads ingredient labels in Norwegian, English, Swedish, Danish, German, and Thai. Scan a label in any of these languages and FoodProfile checks it against your rules. The app interface is available in English and Norwegian. NUTRITION AT A GLANCE Barcode scans and scanned labels show a compact nutrition summary β€” net carbs, sugar, salt, protein and energy per 100 g. See at a glance whether a product is high in sugar or salt, and set your own sugar and net-carb limits per profile. When a limit cannot be checked with the available data, FoodProfile says so instead of showing a pass. PROFILES FOR DIFFERENT NEEDS Create profiles with their own rules β€” one that avoids gluten, one for lactose, one that watches for ultra-processed additives. Choose one or more profiles before you scan, and FoodProfile shows the result for each. FOODPROFILE RULE PACKAGES 81 rules across five ready-to-use packages covering the most common food concerns: β€’ Gluten β€” wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, kamut, malt, seitan, triticale, farro and more β€’ Lactose β€” milk, cream, whey, casein, butter, cheese, yogurt, kefir and more β€’ Added sugars β€” sucrose, glucose, fructose, HFCS, honey, agave, coconut sugar, caramel and more β€’ Sweeteners β€” aspartame (E951), sucralose (E955), acesulfame K (E950), stevia (E960), all sugar alcohols and more β€’ Ultra-processed indicators β€” emulsifiers, modified starches, artificial colours (E102–E129), preservatives (E202–E250), BHA/BHT, titanium dioxide (E171) and more E-numbers are recognised on all label languages β€” scan a label in any language and FoodProfile still catches the E-number. BUILT WITH PRIVACY IN MIND Your profiles, rules and personal settings stay on your device. No account, no cloud sync and no scan history. When you scan a barcode, product information is retrieved from Open Food Facts (non-profit, open data) β€” only the barcode is sent, not your profiles or rules. If you draft a rule package with a cloud AI provider, the description you type is sent directly to that provider with your own API key. NOT A MEDICAL DEVICE FoodProfile flags ingredients that match the rules you select. It does not certify any product as safe. If you have a severe allergy, always read the label yourself. FOODPROFILE PRO (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) β€’ Unlimited profiles (2 free) β€’ Unlimited approved products per profile (10 free) β€’ Unlimited personal avoid-list entries (2 per profile free) β€’ Custom rule packages you build yourself β€’ Add your own ingredients to FoodProfile packages, and rename them β€’ Copy any FoodProfile or custom package as a starting point β€’ Import and export rule packages and avoid lists as JSON β€’ Unlimited AI-drafted rule packages (2 at a time free) β€” describe what the package should check, then review the generated draft. Requires your own API key (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini) or Apple Intelligence (on-device, iOS 26+). Pro does not include AI credits. No subscription. Pay once, yours forever. FoodProfile was previously called ScanProfile. Updating keeps your profiles, rules and Pro purchase.

Screenshots

Matskap4 screens
FoodProfile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Matskap at weekly against FoodProfile's every 2 weeks. Matskap also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Matskap sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and FoodProfile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Matskap ships an update weekly, FoodProfile every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Matskap versus FoodProfile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatskapFoodProfile
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly β€” betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size40 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTeodor Moldestad-EvensenKjetil Andersen

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Matskap

Subscriptions4
  • Essentials Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Essentials Annual$29.991 Year
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  • Premium Annual$69.991 Year
1 purchases

FoodProfile

One-time1
  • ScanProfile Pro - lifetime$2.99

Questions

Is Matskap free?
Matskap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FoodProfile free?
FoodProfile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Matskap or FoodProfile have ads?
Neither Matskap nor FoodProfile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Matskap or FoodProfile?
Matskap ships an update weekly, and FoodProfile every 2 weeks. Most recently, Matskap was updated on October 28, 2026 and FoodProfile on November 5, 2026.

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