Ohako vs StepChef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
StepChef
This kitchen assistant uses AI to generate recipes and guide you through cooking with voice commands. It breaks down recipes into manageable steps, allowing for hands-free operation. Save your favorite dishes to a digital family recipe book.
- AI recipe generation
- Hands-free voice control
- Step-by-step cooking guidance
- Digital family recipe book
- Clean kitchen-friendly interface
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StepChef is a simple, practical kitchen assistant for cooking without constantly flipping back and forth through a recipe. Powered by large language models, StepChef can turn ideas into clear recipes, break cooking into practical tasks, and guide you through prep, timing, and each next step. When your hands are wet, busy, or covered in flour, use your voice to confirm a task or move forward. Key features: - Generate clear, actionable recipes with AI - Break prep, seasoning, cooking, waiting, and plating into ordered steps - Confirm tasks and move to the next step by voice - Save dishes you have cooked into a family recipe book - Revisit family favorites when you do not know what to cook - A clean interface designed for real kitchen use StepChef turns recipes into calm, manageable kitchen steps. Spend less time searching and more time cooking with confidence. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Ohako and StepChef are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Ohako sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and StepChef sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ohako ships an update every 3 days, StepChef every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ohako | StepChef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michiru Seki | Li Wei |
Customer experience
Ohako
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In-app purchases
Ohako
- Pro Plan14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Pro Plan (Annual)14 Days trial$22.991 Year
StepChef
- StepChef Membership Monthly$0.991 Month
- StepChef Membership Yearly$9.991 Year









