DateChef vs CookRight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DateChef
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DateChef turns everyday ingredients into a fun cooking experience for two. Tell DateChef what's in your kitchen and get AI-powered recipes made for you. Cook step by step, save your cooking history, and share your favorite kitchen moments with friends or your partner. Whether you are cooking alone or planning a cozy date-night meal, DateChef gives you personalized recipe ideas and a smoother way to enjoy the process. Features: - Generate personalized recipes from your ingredients - Cook with guided preparation phases - Connect with your partner and cook together in real time on two phones - Share photos, recipes, and comments in the feed - Discover what people near you are cooking in the Local Feed - Follow other users and find kitchen inspiration - Save cooking history and revisit past recipes - Customize preferences such as disliked ingredients and dietary needs - Track partner streaks and cooking progress - Unlock premium plans for more recipe generations and advanced features DateChef+ and MasterChef+ subscriptions are available for users who want more recipe generations, premium filters, cooking history features, and partner-focused extras. Your account can be deleted anytime from Settings > Account Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://datechefapp.com/legal/privacy-policy
CookRight
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Cooking for a table where one person has a peanut allergy, one’s keto, and one hates mushrooms? CookRight turns “who’s eating + what do you fancy” into one recipe everyone at your table can actually eat. Set your table once. Up to 8 eater profiles — allergies, diets (halal, kosher, vegan, keto, low-FODMAP), goals, dislikes, and real appetites, from toddler portions to teenage ones. Ask for dinner, not a search. Tap a mood — quick, comfort, one pot — or type a craving. In about 90 seconds you have a recipe scaled to your table’s real portions, with a named check for every person on it: no peanuts (Ali) · keto (Sara) · 30 min. Allergies are hard limits, not preferences. Every recipe — and every substitution — is checked against a versioned allergen list, including hidden sources like soy sauce (wheat) or marzipan (almond). There is no override button. We didn’t hide one; we didn’t build one. When we’re not certain about an ingredient, we say “may contain” and treat it as if it does. One base, two finishes. When one eater’s portion must differ, the recipe forks late — cook one pot, finish one portion separately, with clear cross-contamination guidance when an allergy is involved. Cook Mode built for kitchens. Big type you can read at arm’s length, one step in focus, timers inline, screen stays awake, works fully offline once the recipe is open. It learns quietly. Your answers become preferences — after a week it stops asking how spicy. Free for good. Three fresh dinners a month, your saved recipes, your whole household and the full allergen checking cost nothing. CookRight Pro removes the monthly limit for $4.99/month or $39.99/year. Allergy checking is never behind the paywall. Always check labels — ingredients change. CookRight helps you plan around dietary rules; it is not medical advice. Terms of Use: https://cookright.app/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://cookright.app/legal/privacy
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Verdict
DateChef and CookRight 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. DateChef sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and CookRight sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DateChef ships an update fortnightly, CookRight every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DateChef | CookRight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TUNAHAN EBRAR CELIK | 8x |
In-app purchases
DateChef
- DateChef+$4.991 Month
- MasterChef+$7.991 Month
- DateChef+ Yearly$44.991 Year
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- MasterChef+ Yearly$59.991 Year
CookRight
- CookRight Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- CookRight Pro Annual$39.991 Year









