Comparison

FixDinner vs What's for Dinner Tonight?

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

Head to head
About

FixDinner

Struggling with "what's for dinner"? This app generates meal ideas based on a few ingredients you have on hand. It provides quick assembly steps and cooking method preferences, perfect for busy individuals.

Highlights
  • Dinner ideas from selected ingredients
  • Match percentages for readiness
  • Quick assembly steps
  • Cuisine and cooking method preferences
  • Useful pro tips
  • Grocery store ingredient selection
Features
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It's 5:17 PM. You're answering a work email in the school pickup line. Your kid needs cleats for practice at 6. You went to Costco two days ago, but somehow there's "nothing to eat." You already know how this ends: pizza. Again. FixDinner exists for that exact moment. Tap a few ingredients. Get real dinners. That's it. Chicken thighs that need using up? Zucchini that's seen better days? A random can of tuna? Pick what you want to build dinner around, not your whole fridge, and FixDinner figures out the rest. HOW IT WORKS Tap a few ingredients. Set your time and how you want to cook. Hit "Find Dinners." Ideas stream in as they're ready, each with a match percentage showing how much of it you already have. REAL DINNERS, NOT SIDE DISHES Every suggestion is a complete dinner. If your ingredients can't make a full meal on their own, FixDinner tells you the one thing to pick up. NO PANTRY HOMEWORK No logging every jar. A 30-second Pantry Check-In once a week keeps your dinner ideas accurate. A GROCERY LIST THAT BUILDS ITSELF Tap "Get it" on anything you're missing. Edit items to match what you buy, tick them into your pantry or tonight's dinner, and share the list with whoever is at the store. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO COOK IT Calories and nutrition per serving. Assembly steps for a busy person, and a full-screen Cook mode with the ingredients, amounts and timers for each step. Pro tips that help. Ask about this dish: swaps, technique, timing, storage, pairing. Dietary needs, cuisines and cooking methods, scaling to 2x or 3x, and saved favorites. FREE FOR EVERYONE, RIGHT NOW Every feature works for free. A small ad in your dinner ideas list helps keep it that way. Paid Plus subscribers never see ads. FixDinner uses AI to suggest dinners. Suggestions aren't individually tested, so use your judgment on food safety and allergies. Stop opening the fridge, sighing, and ordering pizza. FixDinner. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

What's for Dinner Tonight?

This app helps households decide on meals together by allowing everyone to swipe on dinner options. The most-liked meal is chosen, with options to super-like favorites or veto disliked dishes. Users can also add custom meals with photos and track past selections.

Highlights
  • Tinder-style meal selection
  • Household voting system
  • Super-like and veto options
  • Custom meal additions
  • Photo customization
  • Meal history tracking
Features
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Can't decide what to eat? What's for Dinner helps your household pick a meal together. Everyone swipes on dinner options Tinder-style, and the most-liked meal wins. Super-like your favorites, veto the ones you can't stand, and let the app settle the debate. Add your own meals, customize with photos, and keep a history of past winners.

Screenshots

FixDinner4 screens
What's for Dinner Tonight?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: What's for Dinner Tonight? at none against FixDinner's shown. What's for Dinner Tonight? also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). FixDinner's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. FixDinner sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and What's for Dinner Tonight? sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 FixDinner against 5.0 for What's for Dinner Tonight?. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FixDinner ships an update every 2 days, What's for Dinner Tonight? every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FixDinner versus What's for Dinner Tonight?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFixDinnerWhat's for Dinner Tonight?
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKovaWorks, LLCHossein Hamed

Customer experience

FixDinner

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

What's for Dinner Tonight?

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FixDinner

Subscriptions1
  • FixDinner Plus7 Days trial$2.991 Month
1 purchases

What's for Dinner Tonight?

One-time1
  • Premium Upgrade$1.99

Questions

Is FixDinner free?
FixDinner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is What's for Dinner Tonight? free?
What's for Dinner Tonight? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FixDinner or What's for Dinner Tonight??
FixDinner and What's for Dinner Tonight? are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do FixDinner or What's for Dinner Tonight? have ads?
FixDinner shows ads; What's for Dinner Tonight? does not.
Which is updated more often, FixDinner or What's for Dinner Tonight??
FixDinner ships an update every 2 days, and What's for Dinner Tonight? every 5 days. Most recently, FixDinner was updated on October 24, 2026 and What's for Dinner Tonight? on October 24, 2026.

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