Cook Today vs Dlema
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cook Today
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Cook Today turns a short quiz into your weekly meal plan. Offline, no account, no fuss: tell it your diet, allergies, appliances, budget and favorite supermarket, and in a minute you have breakfast, lunch and dinner for the whole week. A plan that fits you Say what you eat and what you don't. Cook Today builds a balanced 7-day plan around the meals you actually cook, respecting your diet, allergies and the equipment you have at home. Recipes & nutrition Tap any dish for its step-by-step recipe and nutrition facts. Not in the mood? One tap swaps it for another recipe that fits. A shopping list, aisle by aisle The week's quantities are grouped and sorted by supermarket aisle, with a price estimate for Walmart, Tesco, Sainsbury's or Aldi before you leave home. Private by design Everything runs offline. Your plan, recipes and list stay on your device. No servers, no account. No ads, ever. Cook Today Premium Free: generate plans, browse recipes and build your shopping list. Premium removes the limits: the full recipe catalog, your own recipes and backup with import & export. Monthly or yearly subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of use: https://smjyx.com/en/cooktoday/terms 1,899 recipes, home and world Beyond the Chinese classics, the World Shelf now spans 27 cuisines — from Japanese, Italian and Mexican to Caribbean, Brazilian and Hungarian. Anchor your home cuisine, and a weekly Voyage Night carries you somewhere new. Fully in your language Cook Today is fully translated into 19 languages, including Catalan, Basque and Galician: every one of the 1,899 recipes shows its name and cooking steps in your language.
Dlema
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Want to go out but not sure where? Write one sentence, like you would to a friend, and Dlema finds you a good place in Tel Aviv that's open right now. Smart search in one sentence "A cheap bar in Florentin tonight for three", "breakfast on Saturday for four", "good pizza near me". It understands where, when, how many people and budget, and tells you why each place fits. What's open near you A list of places that are open, nearest first, with "open until 23:00" and "closing soon" when the hours are known. You can also pick another day and time. Only places we've checked Our team checks every place before it appears. "Dlema Picks" are our special recommendations. Places can't pay to be in the app. Everything on one page Photos, opening hours, phone, directions (Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze), sharing with friends, and a "Book a table" button that opens the place's booking page, phone or WhatsApp. Also • A map with all the places • Filters: open now, near me, price, bar / café / restaurant • Favorites, with an optional account to sync between phones • Dark mode, Hebrew and English • Accessibility: VoiceOver, larger text and Reduce Motion • Works without location and without an account Privacy Your location stays on your phone. We don't sell data or track you across apps. Hours and details can change. Check with the place before you go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dlema at none against Cook Today's 3. Cook Today's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Cook Today sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Dlema asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cook Today ships an update every 2 days, Dlema every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cook Today | Dlema |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Shanghai Shoumeng Jiaye Technology Co., Ltd | Itay Engelstein |
In-app purchases
Cook Today
- Cook Today Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Cook Today 高级版(年度)7 Days trial$29.901 Year
- Cook Today 高级版(终身)$59.99
Dlema
No in-app purchases









