Comparison

DLIO vs InStock Kitchen

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

Head to head
About

DLIO

Discover unique meal ideas using ingredients you already own. Get personalized recipes with step-by-step instructions and beautiful images. Save your favorites and explore dishes shared by others for a more creative cooking experience.

Highlights
  • Generate recipes from ingredients
  • Personalized meal ideas
  • Step-by-step cooking instructions
  • Save favorite recipes
  • Explore user-shared recipes
  • Fast and simple interface
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DLIO helps you create unique recipes from the ingredients you already have. Generate personalized meal ideas, discover new dishes, and get step-by-step cooking instructions in seconds. Features: • Generate recipes from your ingredients • Beautiful recipe images • Save your favorite recipes • Explore recipes shared by other users • Personalized cooking experience • Fast and simple interface Whether you're cooking dinner, using leftovers, or looking for inspiration, DLIO makes cooking easier and more creative. Some features require tokens or a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://dlio.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

InStock Kitchen

Turn your existing groceries into delicious meals with smart inventory tracking and recipe suggestions. Scan items, get freshness estimates, and follow recipes hands-free. Enjoy a privacy-first experience with no accounts or ads.

Highlights
  • Smart grocery inventory
  • Recipe matching
  • Hands-free Cook Mode
  • Barcode scanning
  • AI Photo Scan (Pro)
  • Custom recipe import (Pro)
  • Private iCloud sync
Features
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Cook from the food already in your kitchen. InStock Kitchen helps you see what you have, what to use first, and what you can cook now. Add groceries with Photo Scan, barcode scanning, or manual entry. Track freshness, build aisle-organized shopping lists, and match your kitchen with 233 built-in recipes. RUN YOUR KITCHEN - What Can I Make? shows meals ready now and close matches that need only a few items. - Smart Inventory highlights ingredients to use first and estimates freshness. - Cook Mode keeps step-by-step directions easy to follow while the screen stays awake. - Shopping List groups items by aisle, includes a Household section, and offers Shop Mode for grocery trips. - Share recipes with friends by link. MEAL PLANNING — INSTOCK PRO Plan up to 14 days of meals and get suggestions for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snacks. Review your plan, choose different recipes, and add missing ingredients to your shopping list. ON YOUR APPLE DEVICES - Private iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad. - A companion app for your paired Apple Watch shows your shopping list, ready-to-cook recipes, and Cook Mode steps on your wrist. - Siri and Shortcuts integration. INSTOCK PRO: ONE-TIME PURCHASE - Multi-item Photo Scan. - Browse the full built-in recipe catalog. - Create, import, edit, and share custom recipes from a URL, pasted text, a photo, or the Share Sheet. - Saved lists, reusable templates, trip history, and Buy Again. Pro includes three online Photo Scans and three online recipe imports each day. Optional consumable credit packs add more uses after either daily allowance is exhausted. Purchased credits do not expire. No subscription. No recurring charge. YOUR PRIVACY - No account required, no ads, and no cross-app tracking. - Your content is not sold, used for advertising, or used to train models. - Inventory, recipes, and lists sync through your private iCloud database. - Privacy Mode keeps supported photo and recipe processing on your device after the optional on-device model is downloaded. With Privacy Mode off, selected photos or recipe text are securely processed by InStock Kitchen's service to deliver the requested feature. Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Stock. Scan. Savor. Cook what you already have and waste less.

Screenshots

DLIO4 screens
InStock Kitchen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DLIO at none against InStock Kitchen's 1. DLIO also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). InStock Kitchen's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. InStock Kitchen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DLIO asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DLIO ships an update every 8 days, InStock Kitchen every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DLIO versus InStock Kitchen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDLIOInStock Kitchen
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB200 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperILLIA DENYSEVYCHAndres Oliver

In-app purchases

None

DLIO

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

InStock Kitchen

One-time1
  • InStock Pro$2.99

Questions

Is DLIO free?
DLIO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is InStock Kitchen free?
InStock Kitchen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DLIO or InStock Kitchen have ads?
Neither DLIO nor InStock Kitchen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DLIO or InStock Kitchen?
DLIO ships an update every 8 days, and InStock Kitchen every 2 weeks. Most recently, DLIO was updated on September 22, 2026 and InStock Kitchen on September 20, 2026.

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