Comparison

食在 vs Ohako

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

Head to head
About

食在

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《食在》不仅仅是烧菜图片的堆砌,通过采用卡通动画技术,为您呈现前所未有的快乐视觉烹饪教学。

About

Ohako

Organize all your recipes in one digital cookbook. Easily add recipes by photo or URL, with AI assistance for analysis and translation. Create shopping lists, share with family, and track your cooking progress.

Highlights
  • AI recipe analysis from photos/URLs
  • Automatic recipe translation
  • Categorized shopping lists
  • Family recipe sharing
  • Cooking journey tracking
  • Weekly cooking reminders
  • Search by recipe or ingredient
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"Where did I save that recipe?" — never again. Collect scattered recipes into one place. Snap a photo, AI creates the recipe. Perfect your cooking with Ohako. No account needed to get started. Open the app and start recording recipes, running AI analysis, and building your shopping list right away. Sign up later when you want to publish, like, or share with family — your recipes carry over seamlessly. ■ Start Without an Account Recording, AI analysis, shopping list, and cooking logs work from the moment you open the app. Sign up later with email, Apple, or Google for community features — every recipe stays with you. ■ Record Recipes Beautifully - Add multiple photos per recipe - Manage ingredients and quantities at a glance - Organize ingredients with headers (e.g. "Seasonings," "Main Ingredients") - Record step-by-step cooking instructions - Track cooking time, servings, and tastiness (5-star rating) - Categorize with tags (Japanese, Western, Chinese, Main, Side, etc.) ■ Easy Registration with AI Paste a URL or photo and AI analyzes the recipe automatically. Websites, recipe services, handwritten notes, and cookbook photos all work. Foreign recipes are translated automatically. ■ Shopping List Add ingredients from any recipe with a single tap. Items are sorted into categories — vegetables, meat, seafood, seasonings — and identical items merge quantities automatically. Share the list with notes and source recipes included. ■ Family Sharing Share recipes with your family or people you cook with. Create a family group with an invite code and share your favorite recipes privately. Check the latest cooking activity on the timeline. ■ Cooking Journey Record photos and notes every time you cook the same dish, and look back from your first attempt to your latest. Review cards show your progress. ■ Cook Mode Tap "Start Cooking" on a recipe to see each step one at a time in large text. The screen stays awake while you cook. On iPad, an ingredient checklist sits alongside the steps. ■ Kitchen Report (Pro) Your cooking count, streaks, genre trends, monthly activity, and most-cooked recipes — all in clean charts. Switch between this month, 3 months, 1 year, and all time. ■ Weekly Reminder A gentle notification every Sunday at 8:30 PM to look back on this week's dishes. Build the habit of saving what you cooked. Toggle anytime in settings. ■ Search by Recipe Name or Ingredient Search recipes not only by name but also by ingredient. Finds what you're looking for quickly and easily. ■ Organize with Folders Classify and manage recipes by folder. Create your own categories like "Weekday Quick Meals" or "Party Dishes." ■ Discover Your Signatures Mark dishes you've mastered as your "Signature." Your list of signature dishes grows naturally. Track how many times you've cooked with the "Made It!" button. ■ Community Signatures Share your signature recipes and discover other users' dishes for inspiration. A New Recipes section highlights just-shared dishes, and likes you receive show on your recipe list. Copy any recipe and make it your own. ■ Favorite Chefs Browse a user's profile to see all their signature dishes and add them to your Favorites for quick access. ■ Like Rankings Popular recipes ranked by likes, in a cookbook-style layout: photos, ingredients, and steps. ■ Made for iPad View list and details side by side in two panes. Organize with drag and drop, plus keyboard shortcuts and trackpad support. ■ Multi-Language Support Available in Japanese, English, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified), following your device language. AI results appear in your language too. ■ Pro Plan 10 photos per recipe, 100 AI analyses per month, Kitchen Report, recipe image export, unlimited family groups, and more. Choose between the monthly plan or the annual plan (~17% off, 2 months free). First-time users get a 2-week free trial. Terms of Use: https://legal.ohakomeshi.app/#terms Privacy Policy: https://legal.ohakomeshi.app/#privacy

Screenshots

食在4 screens
Ohako4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 食在 at none against Ohako's 2. Ohako's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Ohako sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. 食在 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

食在 ships an update every 3 weeks, Ohako every 3 days. Both last shipped on September 30, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
食在 versus Ohako: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter食在Ohako
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.216.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer军 顾Michiru Seki

Customer experience

食在

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ohako

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

食在

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Ohako

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Plan14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Plan (Annual)14 Days trial$22.991 Year

Questions

Is 食在 free?
食在 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ohako free?
Ohako is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 食在 or Ohako have ads?
Neither 食在 nor Ohako shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 食在 or Ohako?
食在 ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ohako every 3 days. Most recently, 食在 was updated on September 30, 2026 and Ohako on September 30, 2026.

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