Comparison

Ghee for Mealie vs Dakki

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

Head to head
About

Ghee for Mealie

This app enhances your self-hosted recipe management experience. It offers features like Cook Mode for hands-free cooking, offline recipe access, meal planning, and synchronized shopping lists, all designed to integrate seamlessly with your Mealie server.

Highlights
  • Cook Mode for hands-free kitchen use
  • Offline recipe browsing and saving
  • Meal planning by day or week
  • Synchronized shopping lists
  • Recipe creation and editing
  • Import recipes by URL
  • Scale ingredients by serving size
Features
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Cook from your Mealie kitchen. Recipes, meal plans, shopping lists, and Cook Mode - designed around the way you actually cook. Requires a self-hosted Mealie server (v2.0+). COOK MODE Step-by-step recipe sessions for the kitchen, not the desk. Larger text, ingredient checklists, screen stays awake, and your progress saves automatically - pick up wherever you left off. RECIPES • Browse, search, sort, and filter your full Mealie collection • Save recipes for offline access - your kitchen doesn't pause when your Wi-Fi does • Create, edit, and delete recipes in the app, with photo upload • Edit ingredients with structured quantity, food, unit, and label fields - or create new ones inline • Import any recipe by URL - your Mealie server scrapes the page • Scale ingredients up or down by serving size • Keep screen awake on any recipe - not just Cook Mode • Nutrition info with macro summary • Recipe step images render inline; tap for fullscreen • Grid or list view, your choice • Favorite, rate, and tag - synced live with Mealie • Log "I made this today" to the recipe's Mealie timeline, by hand or automatically when you finish Cook Mode • Recipe actions from your Mealie household, one tap to send a recipe to Bring!, KitchenOwl or any service you set up MEAL PLANNING • Plan by day or week • Group the week by day or by meal type - matching your Mealie web layout • Week starts on your Mealie server's first day of the week • Add planned meals straight to your shopping list - one day or the whole week • Filter meal types to focus on what matters right now • Long-press any meal for quick actions • Breakfast, lunch, dinner, side, snack, drink, and dessert types SHOPPING LISTS • Create and edit shopping lists • Add items with quantity, unit, food, and label - type "2 cups flour" in one line or fill in the full form • Real-time sync across devices - changes appear in seconds • Check items off and drag to reorder within their category • Add a recipe's ingredients to any shopping list • Lists stay on screen when you lose signal in the store, and open offline even after a restart • Check items off offline with Ghee Pro - changes sync when you're back online COOKBOOKS • Browse recipes organized by cookbook DESIGNED FOR SELF-HOSTING • Connects over HTTPS, plain HTTP, or behind a reverse proxy • Works with self-signed certificates - tap to trust on first connection, no extra setup • One screen, no fuss - sign in with username/password, API token, or OIDC like Authentik • Passkey-only identity providers like Pocket ID work too - needs Mealie v3.23.0 or newer • Your recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists stay on your Mealie server • iPhone & iPad layouts, dark mode, and haptic feedback throughout GHEE PRO (optional) Download your whole Mealie library offline with Ghee Pro. Recipes, meal plans, shopping lists, Cook Mode, editing, and importing are all free, including up to 15 offline recipes. Pro removes the offline limit and adds one-tap download of your entire collection, offline shopping list check-off, priority support, and Family Sharing for your household. $9.99 one-time or $4.99/year with a 7-day free trial. Built by a solo developer who uses Ghee daily, ships updates every week or two, and reads every bug report personally. Active in r/Mealie. If you'd like to support the work, you can also leave a tip from the Account tab - entirely optional, never an interruption. If you've been wanting Mealie on your phone the way Mealie deserves to be on your phone - give Ghee a shot. Privacy Policy: https://keelmade.com/ghee/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Dakki

Easily log your dining experiences and track your spending. This application allows you to record where you've dined and what meals you've consumed with simple input.

Highlights
  • Log dining locations
  • Record meals consumed
  • Track expenses
  • Simple one-click input
  • View past entries
Features
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This app helps you track where you've been and what you've eaten with the click of a button.

Screenshots

Ghee for Mealie4 screens
Dakki4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dakki at none against Ghee for Mealie's 5. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Ghee for Mealie sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Dakki asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ghee for Mealie against 5.0 for Dakki. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ghee for Mealie ships an update every 2 weeks, Dakki weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ghee for Mealie versus Dakki: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGhee for MealieDakki
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKEEL LLCShevali Kadakia

Customer experience

Ghee for Mealie

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dakki

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Ghee for Mealie

Subscriptions1
  • Ghee Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time4
  • A Dollop$0.99
  • A Scoop$2.99
  • A Jar$4.99
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  • Ghee Pro Lifetime$9.99
None

Dakki

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ghee for Mealie free?
Ghee for Mealie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dakki free?
Dakki is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ghee for Mealie or Dakki?
Ghee for Mealie and Dakki are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Ghee for Mealie or Dakki have ads?
Neither Ghee for Mealie nor Dakki shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ghee for Mealie or Dakki?
Ghee for Mealie ships an update every 2 weeks, and Dakki weekly. Most recently, Ghee for Mealie was updated on October 26, 2026 and Dakki on October 19, 2026.

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