Comparison

Hearth Atlas vs DishDrift

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

Head to head
About

Hearth Atlas

Features
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Crave it. Cook it. Learn the world. Hearth Atlas is not another recipe app β€” it's culinary travel. Spin the globe, pick a country, and cook a real dish from its kitchen tonight: 12,718 recipes across 196 countries, every one guided step by step. EXPLORE THE WORLD Recipes organized by country, the way no other cooking app does it. Each nation is a bubble on your atlas β€” the more dishes it holds, the bigger it grows. COOK HANDS-FREE Every recipe is designed for a phone on the kitchen counter: big type, one step at a time, built-in timers. Readable at arm's length with your hands in the flour. MEET THE CHEF & THE SOMMELIER Your virtual Chef creates original dishes and full menus β€” always from a country's real ingredients, never invented ones. The Sommelier suggests what to pour alongside. FIND WHAT YOU CRAVE Filter by cuisine, main ingredient, and course. Simplest recipes first, so tonight's dinner is always within reach. HONEST BY DESIGN No ads. No clutter. No data harvesting. A guide, not a judge β€” Hearth Atlas never scores your cooking, it just gets you to the finished dish. In 8 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic. 7-day free trial. Then a simple monthly, quarterly, or yearly plan. Terms of Use: https://www.lodestar-studio.com/hearth-atlas/cgu Privacy Policy: https://www.lodestar-studio.com/hearth-atlas/privacy

About

DishDrift

Features
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DishDrift is a home cooking community for people living far from home. Moved abroad and miss the food you grew up with? Someone who shares your roots has already figured out how to cook it where you live now. DishDrift helps you find them. A FEED THAT KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE FROM Set your home country and where you live now. Your feed highlights recipes from people with the same background, cooking in the same country you do. Their solutions are your solutions. LOCAL SWAPS The hardest part of cooking abroad is the ingredient you cannot buy. Recipes on DishDrift carry Local Swaps: substitutions that real cooks in your area have actually used, like which local supermarket item comes closest to the one from back home. COOK, DO NOT SCROLL Cooking mode walks you through one step at a time, with ingredient amounts that rescale to your serving size. Grouped ingredients and per-ingredient tips keep the recipe readable when your hands are busy. A COMMUNITY THAT ANSWERS Cannot find an ingredient anywhere? Ask the Swap Board. People living in your country answer with what worked for them. Post photos when you cook someone's recipe, leave comments, and save the dishes you want to try. FREE TO USE Posting and reading recipes is free, forever. Also in DishDrift: - Sign in with Apple, Google, or email - English and Traditional Chinese interface - Dietary tags: vegetarian, vegan, halal, gluten free, dairy free - Share any recipe with a beautiful recipe card

Screenshots

Hearth Atlas4 screens
DishDrift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DishDrift at none against Hearth Atlas's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Hearth Atlas sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. DishDrift asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Hearth Atlas versus DishDrift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHearth AtlasDishDrift
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size79 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLodestar StudioChia-Chi Shih

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hearth Atlas

Subscriptions3
  • Hearth Atlas Pro - Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Hearth Atlas Pro - Quarterly$11.993 Months
  • Hearth Atlas Pro - Yearly$34.991 Year
None

DishDrift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hearth Atlas free?
Hearth Atlas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DishDrift free?
DishDrift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hearth Atlas or DishDrift have ads?
Neither Hearth Atlas nor DishDrift shows ads.

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