Comparison

Recipe Fox vs ShelfCentered

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

Head to head
About

Recipe Fox

Organize your favorite recipes from any website or social media. This app cleans up recipes, allows for easy searching and filtering, and offers a kitchen-friendly cooking mode. Log your cooking experiences and keep your recipes forever with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Save recipes from any URL or app
  • Cleanly extracts ingredients and steps
  • Organize recipes by category and tags
  • Kitchen-friendly cooking mode
  • Scale servings and convert measurements
  • Log cooks with ratings and notes
  • Offline recipe storage
Features
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Recipe Fox is your personal recipe collection - no subscription, no ads, no algorithm. Save from any website, TikTok, or Instagram. Pay once, own it forever. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Paste any recipe URL, or tap Share in Safari, TikTok, Instagram, or any browser and pick Recipe Fox. Recipe Fox strips away the blog clutter and saves just what you need: ingredients and steps. A preview lets you confirm the recipe looks right before it lands in your collection. Clean, fast, reliable. BEAUTIFULLY ORGANIZED Browse your collection in a visual grid. Filter by category or custom tag. Search by name or ingredient. Group recipes into collections - weeknight dinners, baking projects, whatever works for you. Edit any recipe after saving. Your cookbook, your way. BUILT FOR THE KITCHEN Cook Mode keeps the screen awake, displays one step at a time in large readable text, and gets out of your way. Scale servings on the fly - ingredients adjust automatically. Switch between metric and US measurements with one tap. Works beautifully on iPhone and iPad. Greasy hands welcome. REMEMBER WHAT WORKED Log your cooks with a star rating and notes. Keep a dated record of how you adapted each dish and what your family loved. YOUR RECIPES, FOREVER No tracking, no data selling. Just your recipes, safe in your collection. ONE-TIME PURCHASE Free to download. A single one-time upgrade unlocks lifetime access to all features and all future updates. No subscription. Ever.

About

ShelfCentered

Scan your fridge, pantry, or dishes to get instant meal suggestions and recipes. This kitchen companion helps you eat better, spend smarter, and waste less by managing your inventory and preventing food spoilage.

Highlights
  • AI-powered fridge and pantry scanning
  • Dish identification and recipe retrieval
  • Recipe import from various sources
  • Personalized meal suggestions
  • Weekly meal planning with preferences
  • Food expiration notifications
  • Automatic grocery list generation
  • Receipt and barcode scanning for inventory
Features
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Point your camera at your fridge, a dish, or a recipe video — ShelfCentered turns it into a plan. SCAN YOUR KITCHEN Photograph your fridge, freezer, or pantry and get an instant inventory. Every AI-detected item is shown to you for review first — nothing gets added without your say-so. SCAN A DISH, GET THE RECIPE See a meal you want to make? Snap a photo and ShelfCentered identifies it and gives you the full recipe — matched against what you already have. IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE Pull recipes in from websites, TikTok, Instagram, or recipe videos. Share a link straight into ShelfCentered and it breaks the recipe down into ingredients, so you instantly see what you have and what you're missing. LEARNS WHAT YOU LOVE Tap yes or no on any recipe, or take the one-minute taste quiz, and your meal ideas get better over time. Tell ShelfCentered your allergies and the foods you don't like, and it flags recipes that may contain them. RECIPES, ORGANIZED Your recipes show as clean, tappable cards with each ingredient on its own line. Rate them, sort by rating or A–Z, sort them into folders, and chat with AI about any recipe: swaps, scaling, or another way to cook it. SHELFCENTERED PICKS Fresh seasonal and popular recipes, updated weekly, ready to save with one tap. SMART GROCERY LISTS Sort your list by store section, merge duplicates, spot things you may already have, and get reminded about staples you're probably running low on. FROM THERE, SHELFCENTERED HELPS YOU: - Get instant meal suggestions from what's already on hand - Plan your whole week, with cuisine and dietary preferences built in - Get notified before food expires, so nothing goes to waste - Build a grocery list automatically from what's missing - Say how dinner turned out, so tomorrow's ideas fit you better - Scan receipts and barcodes to keep your inventory accurate without manual entry ShelfCentered isn't another diet app or a spreadsheet. It's a kitchen companion that helps you eat better, spend smarter, and waste less — starting with what's already on your shelf. Allergy flags are a helpful reminder, not a guarantee. Always check ingredient labels if you have a food allergy. Terms of Use: https://shelfcentered.me/terms.html

Screenshots

Recipe Fox4 screens
ShelfCentered2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ShelfCentered at 5.0 against Recipe Fox's 4.6. ShelfCentered also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Recipe Fox's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Recipe Fox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ShelfCentered sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ShelfCentered holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Recipe Fox's written reviews are positive against 100% of ShelfCentered's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recipe Fox ships an update weekly, ShelfCentered every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Recipe Fox versus ShelfCentered: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecipe FoxShelfCentered
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDay TwoKevin Hoy

Customer experience

Recipe Fox

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

ShelfCentered

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Recipe Fox

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access2 variants$9.99
2 purchases

ShelfCentered

Subscriptions2
  • ShelfCentered Monthly$3.991 Month
  • ShelfCentered Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Recipe Fox free?
Recipe Fox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShelfCentered free?
ShelfCentered is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Recipe Fox or ShelfCentered?
ShelfCentered is rated higher. Recipe Fox averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while ShelfCentered averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Recipe Fox or ShelfCentered have ads?
Neither Recipe Fox nor ShelfCentered shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recipe Fox or ShelfCentered?
Recipe Fox ships an update weekly, and ShelfCentered every 3 days. Most recently, Recipe Fox was updated on October 25, 2026 and ShelfCentered on October 25, 2026.

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