Helpings vs Week
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Helpings
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Helpings gives your household one shared kitchen: every recipe, the shopping list, and the week's plan, live on every phone. One recipe box for everyone. Your partner saves a recipe, you see it instantly. Ratings, notes, folders, and cook history live on the recipe, so "we made this and doubled the garlic" is still there next month. Bring recipes into one place. Paste a supported link, browse inside the app and tap Import, or photograph a cookbook page, recipe card, or handwriting. Multi-page recipes work too: photograph the ingredients and method pages, then review one combined recipe. Keep the source recipe, scale when you need it. Helpings preserves the recipe and its original yield as written. Change the serving scale on the recipe screen for tonight without overwriting the saved source. A shopping list that stays out of your way. Ingredients land on a shared list, sorted by the aisles of your store, in your store's order. Quantities merge instead of stacking ("1 onion" plus "half an onion" becomes one line). Check things off on either phone and both update live. Plan the week in minutes. Drop recipes onto the week, then build the shopping list from the plan in one tap. Cook Mode. Big type, the screen stays awake, timers pull straight out of the steps, and finishing a cook logs it to the recipe's history. Snap a photo of how it came out and it stays with the recipe. Switching from Paprika? Import your whole box from a .paprikarecipes export, photos included, free. Your data stays portable. Export your kitchen data as a file and restore it later. Helpings is built to make moving in and moving out possible. Built for real households: partners, families, roommates. One kitchen, everyone helping.
Week
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Plan your weekβs dinners in secondsβnot hours. Week turns your household, budget, schedule, tastes, diet, allergies, and kitchen setup into a personalized dinner plan and one organized grocery list. YOUR WEEK, DONE β’ Get a personalized dinner plan built around your real life β’ Choose how many people youβre cooking for β’ Set your weekly budget and maximum cooking time β’ Add dietary preferences, allergies, dislikes, and kitchen equipment β’ Swap any dinner while keeping the rest of your week organized ONE GROCERY LIST Week combines ingredients across your dinners into one smart grocery list. Check items off as you shop, mark what you already have, and keep quantities organized automatically. DINNER WITHOUT THE DECISION FATIGUE No endless recipe browsing. No rebuilding a shopping list by hand. Week gives you a clear plan for the week and lets you change a dinner whenever you want. A PLAN THAT GETS BETTER WITH YOU Week remembers your previous plans and feedback to help keep future weeks varied and relevant to your household. BUILT FOR REAL WEEKNIGHTS Whether you want quicker dinners, fewer decisions, or a simpler grocery run, Week turns dinner planning into one simple weekly routine. 5 dinners. One grocery list. Done. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Helpings at none against Week's 2. Helpings also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Week's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Week sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Helpings asks for nothing beyond the download.
Helpings ships an update fortnightly, Week every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helpings | Week |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Up & Adam, LLC | ILIAS BAMMOU |
In-app purchases
Helpings
No in-app purchases
Week
- Week Premium Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Week Premium Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year





