Comparison

FridgeCatalyst vs Spoonly

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

Head to head
About

FridgeCatalyst

This app helps you manage your kitchen inventory and plan meals. It tracks ingredients, suggests recipes based on what you have, and generates shopping lists to reduce food waste and simplify cooking.

Highlights
  • Smart ingredient tracking with photos and expiration dates
  • Recipe saving and import
  • Recipe suggestions based on available ingredients
  • Automated meal planning
  • Auto-generated shopping lists
  • Cooking timers
Features
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FridgeCatalyst turns your fridge into your meal-planning brain. Track what you have, save recipes, and we'll match the two - so you always know exactly what you can cook right now, what's about to expire, and what to grab next time you shop. EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN ONE APP - Smart Fridge: track ingredients with photos, expiration dates, and multiple locations - Recipe Library: save your favorite recipes, scale servings, and find them instantly - What Can I Make: get recipe matches based on what's already in your fridge - Recipe Suggestions: search recipes by name or paste any recipe URL to import it - Meal Planner: plan your week with daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly views - Shopping List: auto-generated from missing ingredients with smart price estimates - Cooking Timers: multiple timers running at once with an alarm that wakes the device - iCloud Sync: all your data, in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT - Stop wasting food: get reminders before things expire - Stop guessing what to cook: your fridge tells you - Stop forgetting groceries: shopping lists build themselves - Stop juggling apps: recipes, fridge, planner, and shopping in one place FREE, WITH EVERYTHING UNLOCKED Every feature above is included for everyone. No subscription, no ads, no locked features, and no limit on how many recipes or fridge items you keep. If the app saves you a trip to the store and you feel like saying thank you, there is an optional tip jar in Settings. A tip is one-off, it unlocks nothing, and nothing renews. Privacy: Your recipes and fridge data live in your private iCloud account. We never see them. No third-party analytics, no tracking, no ads. Cook smarter. Waste less. Eat better. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://invaderstudio.net/privacy

About

Spoonly

Features
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Every household knows the two questions that never end: What are we eating tonight — and whose turn is it to make it? Spoonly answers both. Plan meals for the week or the month, and assign each one to a person in your household. Everyone can see what's happening and who's cooking — no more guessing, and no one person carrying the whole mental load alone. No accounts. No subscriptions. No cloud. Everything stays on your device — the only time Spoonly goes online is when you ask it to import a recipe from a link. SHARE THE LOAD, NOT JUST THE CALENDAR Add everyone in your household — partner, kids, roommates — with their own photo or emoji. Assign breakfast, lunch, and dinner to whoever's turn it is, and let the week balance itself out. PLAN A WEEK — OR THE WHOLE MONTH See everything at a glance, mark meals done, and plan as far ahead as you like. IMPORT RECIPES FROM ANY LINK Found a recipe online? Paste the link and Spoonly reads it in for you — ingredients, steps, and photo included. START COOKING ON DAY ONE A collection of family-friendly recipes is built in, so there's no blank screen before you begin. YOUR SHOPPING LIST, ONE TAP AWAY Open any recipe and add every ingredient to your shopping list with a single tap. Check items off as you shop. PLAN ONCE, REPEAT FOREVER Set up a month you love, then copy it into the next month in one tap. WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE SPOONLY - Know exactly who's cooking, every day - No account or sign-up required - Nearly everything works offline — only importing a recipe needs a connection - Your data never leaves your phone - No subscription, no monthly fees - Works for families, couples, and roommates alike Plan smarter. Share the load. Keep it simple.

Screenshots

FridgeCatalyst4 screens
Spoonly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spoonly at none against FridgeCatalyst's 2. On price, update cadence, ads 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. FridgeCatalyst sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Spoonly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FridgeCatalyst ships an update every 9 days, Spoonly every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
FridgeCatalyst versus Spoonly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFridgeCatalystSpoonly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.2 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLOUIS GREGORY CARO VARGASAbdellatif Mellal Ennaciri

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FridgeCatalyst

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly1 Month trial$49.991 Year
None

Spoonly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FridgeCatalyst free?
FridgeCatalyst is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spoonly free?
Spoonly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FridgeCatalyst or Spoonly have ads?
Neither FridgeCatalyst nor Spoonly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FridgeCatalyst or Spoonly?
FridgeCatalyst ships an update every 9 days, and Spoonly every 8 days. Most recently, FridgeCatalyst was updated on October 12, 2026 and Spoonly on October 6, 2026.

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