Comparison

IDK Eats vs RoilChef

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

Head to head
About

IDK Eats

Struggling to pick a restaurant? This app offers a quick and fun way to discover nearby dining spots. Simply spin a wheel to get an instant suggestion and directions, making group decisions and solo dining effortless.

Highlights
  • Nearby restaurant discovery
  • Interactive spin wheel
  • Instant directions via Maps
  • Simple, intuitive interface
  • Save favorite restaurants
  • Filter by cuisine and distance
Features
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“Where do you want to eat?” “I don’t know.” Let IDK Eats make the pick. Choose what sounds good, spin the wheel, and get a nearby restaurant suggestion for lunch, dinner, date night, or a meal with friends. PICK YOUR CRAVING Start with Surprise me, or narrow the choices to pizza, burgers, tacos, sushi, breakfast, wings, coffee, noodles, and more. You’ll also find options for dine in, takeout, pubs and taverns, and drinks only. SPIN FOR A NEARBY PLACE IDK Eats searches within 4 miles of your location. Tap the colorful food wheel to choose from matching places, then spin again if you want another idea. SHARE THE PLAN AND GO Share your pick with friends or open the place in Maps for directions. REMEMBER YOUR VISITS Places you open in Maps are added to History. Come back to leave a star rating and notes about your visit. No account or subscription is required. IDK Eats includes ads. Allow location access to find nearby places; results depend on the listings available in your area. Less debating. More eating.

About

RoilChef

This AI-powered cooking assistant generates personalized recipes based on your health goals, dietary needs, and available ingredients. It also offers smart grocery lists, wine pairings, and meal planning features to simplify your kitchen experience.

Highlights
  • AI recipe generation
  • Camera scanning for ingredients
  • Smart grocery list creation
  • Personalized wine pairings
  • Meal planning and organization
  • Macro and health tracking
Features
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Roilchef is the AI-powered cooking app that replaces three tools with one. Whether you're trying to eat healthier, hit your macro goals, or just figure out what to make with what's already in your fridge — Roilchef handles it in seconds. Tell us about your health goals, dietary restrictions, and macro targets during a quick onboarding survey, and every recipe we generate from that point forward is built specifically for you. Not for everyone. For you. What Roilchef does: AI Recipe Generation — Describe what you're craving or let your health profile do the talking. Roilchef generates full recipes with ingredients, steps, cook time, and calorie count tailored to your exact needs. Camera Scanning — Point your camera at a cookbook page, a finished meal, or your fridge contents and Roilchef reverse-engineers a matching recipe on the spot. No typing needed. Smart Grocery List — Add any recipe to your grocery list with one tap. Check items off as you shop. Never forget an ingredient again. Wine Pairing — Every meal deserves the right bottle. Roilchef suggests curated wine pairings for your recipes with product details, region, and tasting notes. Filter by type, save your favorites, and build your palate over time. Meal Planning & Folders — Organize your saved recipes into folders, plan your meals for the week, and cook through a step-by-step mode with built-in timers so you never lose your place. Macro & Health Tracking — Your calorie and macro targets stay front and center. Every generated recipe shows a full nutritional breakdown so you always know what you're putting in your body. Roilchef is not a macro tracker that happens to show recipes. It is a cooking app that respects your health goals without making cooking feel like a spreadsheet. The health data lives quietly in the background, making everything more relevant without getting in the way of food. Free to download. Pro plan unlocks unlimited recipe generation, wine pairings, meal planning, and full macro tracking. Your kitchen deserves smarter tools. Download Roilchef today.

Screenshots

IDK Eats4 screens
RoilChef4 screens

Verdict

The call

IDK Eats and RoilChef are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. IDK Eats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RoilChef sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for IDK Eats against 5.0 for RoilChef. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IDK Eats ships an update fortnightly, RoilChef every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
IDK Eats versus RoilChef: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIDK EatsRoilChef
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings79 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB44 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperChristopher WinlandRoil Health LLC

Customer experience

IDK Eats

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RoilChef

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

IDK Eats

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
2 purchases

RoilChef

Subscriptions2
  • RoilChef Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • RoilChef Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is IDK Eats free?
IDK Eats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RoilChef free?
RoilChef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, IDK Eats or RoilChef?
IDK Eats and RoilChef are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do IDK Eats or RoilChef have ads?
Both IDK Eats and RoilChef show ads.
Which is updated more often, IDK Eats or RoilChef?
IDK Eats ships an update fortnightly, and RoilChef every 10 days. Most recently, IDK Eats was updated on October 28, 2026 and RoilChef on October 28, 2026.

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