Comparison

HomeBarTonight vs Hey Maëlle!

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

Head to head
About

HomeBarTonight

Discover cocktail recipes based on ingredients you have. Explore classic and creative mixes, or let the app randomly suggest a drink. Save your favorites and inventory across devices.

Highlights
  • Ingredient-based recipe suggestions
  • Classic cocktail library
  • Creative and easy mixes
  • Random drink picker
  • Cloud sync for inventory and favorites
Features
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Turn your home into a hidden bar. From timeless classics to easy creative cocktails, HomeBarTonight helps you find the perfect drink you can make right now—no matter what ingredients you have on hand. Smart Bar: Simply select the ingredients you have. Whether it’s whisky, spirits, or everyday mixers, we’ll show you exactly which cocktails you can make. Classic Cocktails: Master timeless favorites like the Old Fashioned, Martini, and more. Creative Mixes: Discover fun and approachable cocktail recipes using common, easy-to-find ingredients. Cloud Sync: Optionally sign in to save your inventory and favorite recipes across devices. Random Drink Picker: Can’t decide what to drink? Use our random shaker to pick one for you Download HomeBarTonight and start mixing tonight. Please drink responsibly. ------------------------ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://amenable-tail-446.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-2e1c2f53a0b180eeb7c5d477d6292db5?source=copy_link Support: https://amenable-tail-446.notion.site/Support-2e6c2f53a0b18005a020cbe7ea7338c2?source=copy_link

About

Hey Maëlle!

This AI-powered recipe app automatically adapts every recipe to your specific food allergies and dietary preferences. Scan cookbooks to digitize recipes, generate new AI creations from your ingredients, and enjoy guided cooking with meal planning and grocery lists.

Highlights
  • Automatic allergen protection for 16 allergens
  • Scan and digitize cookbook recipes
  • Generate AI recipes from available ingredients
  • Guided cooking with timers and AI assistant
  • Weekly meal planner with grocery lists
  • Voice-enabled hands-free cooking
  • Export recipes as PDF
Features
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COOK WITH CONFIDENCE. EVERY RECIPE, EVERY TIME. Hey Maëlle! is the AI-powered recipe app built for the 32 million Americans living with food allergies. Set your allergens once and every recipe is automatically safe — whether AI-generated or scanned from a cookbook. ALLERGEN PROTECTION THAT NEVER SLEEPS — Tracks 16 allergens: Big 9 plus gluten, celery, mustard, lupin, molluscs, sulphites, and corn — Hidden allergen detection catches ingredients like casein, whey, and modified food starch — Server-side safety checking validates every recipe before you see it — 20+ dietary preferences: keto, vegan, halal, kosher, paleo, Mediterranean, DASH, and more SNAP A COOKBOOK. DIGITIZE A RECIPE. Nothing else does this. Point your camera at any cookbook page, handwritten recipe card, or PDF and Chef Maëlle digitizes it instantly. Every scanned recipe gets: — Automatic allergen detection and warnings — Complete nutritional information — Step-by-step guided cooking instructions — Saved to your collection forever No more cookbooks gathering dust. No more wondering if grandma's recipe is safe. AI RECIPES FROM YOUR KITCHEN Tell Chef Maëlle what's in your fridge, your allergies, and your preferences. She creates original recipes in seconds — not searched from a database, created just for you. Using ingredients you already have. COMPLETE COOKING COMPANION — Step-by-step guided cooking with built-in timers — AI cooking assistant: ask questions, substitute ingredients, adjust servings — Voice-enabled for hands-free cooking — Weekly meal planner with automatic grocery lists — Dinner time reminders so you never forget to start cooking — Nutritional info on every recipe — Save, rate, and share recipes Organize your favorites into personal Cookbooks — curate collections for weeknight dinners, meal prep, special diets, or anything else. Share them publicly and discover recipes from a community of home cooks and chefs. Follow the chefs you love and let their best dishes show up in your feed. Export any recipe or your entire cookbook as a beautifully formatted PDF — perfect for printing, gifting, or keeping offline. SIMPLE, HONEST PRICING Free forever: 15 AI recipes/month, 5 cookbook scans/month, full allergen protection, guided cooking, and grocery lists. No credit card required. Pro ($6.99/month or $49.99/year): Unlimited recipes, unlimited meal planning, 10 cookbook scans/day, and more. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS — Photos processed and immediately discarded. Never stored. — Encrypted token storage — We never sell your data — CCPA compliant — AI disclaimers on every recipe Built with love for allergy families by a parent who gets it. Available on iOS and web at heymaelle.app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HomeBarTonight4 screens
Hey Maëlle!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hey Maëlle! at 5.0 against HomeBarTonight's 3.0. Hey Maëlle! also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). HomeBarTonight's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. HomeBarTonight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hey Maëlle! sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hey Maëlle! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeBarTonight ships an update every 2 days, Hey Maëlle! monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HomeBarTonight versus Hey Maëlle!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeBarTonightHey Maëlle!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB50 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperChih-Hsuan YuAnduStar, LLC

Customer experience

HomeBarTonight

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hey Maëlle!

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HomeBarTonight

One-time1
  • Premium – Lifetime Access$4.99
5 purchases

Hey Maëlle!

Subscriptions2
  • Hey Maelle! Pro$6.991 Month
  • Hey Maëlle! Pro$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • 25 Recipe Scans$2.99
  • 75 Recipe Scans$6.99
  • 200 Recipe Scans$14.99

Questions

Is HomeBarTonight free?
HomeBarTonight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hey Maëlle! free?
Hey Maëlle! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HomeBarTonight or Hey Maëlle!?
Hey Maëlle! is rated higher. HomeBarTonight averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Hey Maëlle! averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do HomeBarTonight or Hey Maëlle! have ads?
Neither HomeBarTonight nor Hey Maëlle! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeBarTonight or Hey Maëlle!?
HomeBarTonight ships an update every 2 days, and Hey Maëlle! monthly. Most recently, HomeBarTonight was updated on October 15, 2026 and Hey Maëlle! on October 24, 2026.

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