Chefly vs Canning
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chefly
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Chefly — meal planning, recipes and simple weekly meal prep. Make better choices with a simple daily tool designed to fit your routine. Explore: • meal planning, recipes and simple weekly meal prep • meal planner • recipe • easy recipes • family meal planner • weekly meal planner Simple, useful and easy to make part of your day. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Canning
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Canning is the simple, offline-first way to keep track of everything you preserve. Whether you're water-bath canning tomatoes, pressure canning beans, fermenting kraut, drying apples, or stocking the freezer, Canning helps you log what you made, where it's stored, and which jar to open next - so nothing gets lost at the back of the pantry. Built for home canners, homesteaders, gardeners, and preppers, Canning turns your shelves into a searchable inventory you can actually trust. WHY CANNING • Local-first and fully offline: no account or signal required • A batch-first workflow built around how you really preserve food • Minimal typing, so logging a batch takes seconds • 143 illustrated jars that make your pantry easy to scan at a glance • Designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac LOG BATCHES IN SECONDS • Create a batch and Canning makes a jar for every unit in your yield • Autocomplete from past batches, with jar artwork matched to the name • Track the method: Water Bath, Pressure Canner, Fermented, Freezer, Dehydrated, and more • Jar sizes from Half Pint to Gallon, with best-by dates suggested from the day you made it • "Can Again" repeats last season's batch with everything pre-filled • Add notes, pin favorites, and let finished batches archive themselves USE THE OLDEST JAR FIRST • See every item at a glance: how many jars, what sizes, and where they are • Swipe to open the next jar: Canning picks the earliest best-by first, with one-tap Undo • A "Use These First" list keeps jars nearing their best-by date front and center • Color-coded best-by tracking: green for fresh, orange for use soon, red for past best-by • Search, filter, and sort your whole pantry TRACK EVERY JAR • Every jar gets a short, easy-to-read ID you can write on the lid • Follow each jar from Sealed to Opened to Consumed, Gifted, or Discarded • See how long an opened jar has been in the fridge • Add notes to any jar: who it went to, how it tasted • Mark favorites so your go-to jars surface first PRINT LABELS • Print labels for a whole batch on standard 1" × 2⅝" address labels or 2" round lid labels • Skip labels you've already used on a partial sheet • Each label shows the name, date, best-by, and jar artwork CAN WITH CONFIDENCE • Built-in Canning Guide: altitude adjustments, headspace, seal checks, signs of spoilage, and storage tips • Set your altitude once to see adjusted water-bath times and pressure-canner PSI YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL • Free backup and restore: save your whole pantry to Files or iCloud Drive • Everything is stored on your device: private by default • No ads, no tracking, no account required PRESERVE SUBSCRIPTION Unlock everything with an optional Preserve subscription (monthly or yearly): • Recipes & Cook Mode: save tested recipes, then cook along one step at a time with an ingredient checklist, built-in timers, and altitude-adjusted processing • Inspections: rolling inspection reminders, a per-jar inspection log, and whole-batch checks tailored to canned, fermented, frozen, and dried food • QR codes & scanning: scan any jar to jump straight to it, and add QR codes to your printed labels • Locations: Pantry, Basement, Freezer, shelves and bins, and what's stored in each • Pantry Insights: what you preserve each month, how fast you use it, what's running low, and how long your pantry will last • Colored tags and CSV export for spreadsheets Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Canning keeps the friction low and the inventory accurate, so you spend less time guessing what's on the shelf and more time enjoying what you put up. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/wehbeapps/privacypolicy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Chefly and Canning are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 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. Chefly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Canning sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chefly ships an update every 4 months, Canning every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Chefly | Canning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | FELIPE CASILLAS ORTIZ | Mohamad Wehbe |
In-app purchases
Chefly
- Chefly Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Chefly Annual Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
Canning
- Preserve (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- Preserve (Yearly)$24.991 Year








