FixDinner vs Koki
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Dinner ideas from selected ingredients
- Match percentages for readiness
- Quick assembly steps
- Cuisine and cooking method preferences
- Useful pro tips
- Grocery store ingredient selection
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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/
Koki
Discover authentic African recipes from across the continent. This app helps you cook with ingredients you already have and works completely offline. Save your favorites, track your cooking, and connect with a community of home cooks.
- Authentic African recipes from 30+ countries
- Ingredient matching to suggest recipes
- Works completely offline
- Save, rate, and build cooking history
- Community sharing and contributions
- Bilingual in English and French
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What can you cook today? Koki is the cookbook your grandmother would have written. Authentic African recipes from West, Central, East, North, and Southern Africa, in your pocket and ready to cook. Works completely offline. Bilingual in English and French. WHAT'S INSIDE Authentic Recipes from 30+ African countries — Jollof, Ndolé, Injera, Suya, Bobotie, Egusi, Thiéboudienne, Plantain, and many you've never heard of but will love. Cook with what you have — tell Koki what's in your pantry, and it ranks every recipe by how well it matches. No more "what do I make tonight?" Works offline — every recipe, every step, every photo is on your device. Cook on the road, in the bush, anywhere. Save, rate, and remember — bookmark favorites, rate what you've cooked, and build your personal cooking history across the continent. Cooking streak — keep a daily streak going. Cook more, learn more. Community — see what other African home cooks are making, share your own dishes, and contribute your family recipes. Bilingual — every recipe is in both French and English. Tap a button to switch. WHY KOKI Most cooking apps treat African food like a footnote. Koki was built by an African home cook who got tired of opening recipe apps and finding nothing that tasted like home. Every step is written for how people actually cook, not idealized restaurant techniques. QUESTIONS? hello@kokiafrique.com LEARN MORE: kokiafrique.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Koki at none against FixDinner's 1. Koki also leads on ads (none vs shown). FixDinner's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. FixDinner sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Koki asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FixDinner against 5.0 for Koki. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FixDinner has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | FixDinner | Koki |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | KovaWorks, LLC | Maureen Wepngong |
Customer experience
FixDinner
Koki
In-app purchases
FixDinner
- FixDinner Plus7 Days trial$2.991 Month
Koki
No in-app purchases









