Comparison

ShareMyDish vs Open Plate

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

Head to head
About

ShareMyDish

Features
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ShareMyDish is a social recipe app where you can discover, share, and save dishes. Browse a feed of recipes from other users, view photos and videos, react to posts, like or repost recipes, and save your favorites into collections. With search and filter options, you can quickly find recipes by category, cuisine, difficulty, cooking time, and media type. You can also create or edit your own recipes with ingredients, steps, tags, and media. The app includes profile pages, messaging, notifications, saved recipes, and a discovery area with popular and viral content. ShareMyDish is built for food lovers who want to collect, share, and grow their favorite recipes within an active community.

About

Open Plate

Features
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Open Plate is your personal food diary. Discover restaurants through tips from friends you trust, log your visits, share favorites, and never forget what you ate. Taste everything, forget nothing. Features: - Log restaurant visits and homemade meals - Share favorites with friends - Discover new places through your network - Save and revisit your food memories - Personal food diary with photos and notes

Screenshots

ShareMyDish3 screens
Open Plate4 screens

Verdict

The call

ShareMyDish and Open Plate are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShareMyDish ships an update every 4 days, Open Plate every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ShareMyDish versus Open Plate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShareMyDishOpen Plate
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days โ€” betterEvery 6 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size28 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChesron HawkerRick Spooren

In-app purchases

None

ShareMyDish

No in-app purchases

None

Open Plate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShareMyDish free?
ShareMyDish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Open Plate free?
Open Plate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShareMyDish or Open Plate have ads?
Both ShareMyDish and Open Plate show ads.
Which is updated more often, ShareMyDish or Open Plate?
ShareMyDish ships an update every 4 days, and Open Plate every 6 days. Most recently, ShareMyDish was updated on October 23, 2026 and Open Plate on October 19, 2026.

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