Comparison

Cold Stone vs Chefsito

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

Head to head
About

Cold Stone

Order custom ice cream creations, shakes, or cakes for pickup or delivery. Save your favorite orders, earn rewards, and enjoy exclusive birthday treats through a loyalty program.

Highlights
  • Order ice cream creations, shakes, and cakes
  • Pickup at store or delivery to door
  • Save favorite orders and re-order easily
  • Unlimited customizations
  • Earn points and redeem rewards
  • Birthday Buy One, Get One FREE offer
Features
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The Cold Stone Creamery® app lets you order our made-fresh Ice Cream in a Creation™, Shake or Cake and have it ready for pickup at your favorite store or delivered right to your door! Sign in to your My Cold Stone Rewards account and you can save favorite orders, earn points and redeem rewards! ABOUT MY COLD STONE CLUB REWARDS + Earn 1 point for every $1 + Receive a $5 Reward with every 50 points + Enjoy a Buy One, Get One FREE on your birthday FEATURES + Order ahead and pick up at the store + Or, get your order delivered right to your door + Easily re-order with favorites and recent orders + Enjoy The Ultimate Ice Cream Experience® in app with unlimited customizations

About

Chefsito

Features
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Chefsito turns "what should I cook?" into dinner. Tell it what you're craving, what ingredients you have, how much time you've got, and how many people you're feeding. Chefsito gives you three distinct recipe directions — pick one and get a complete, practical recipe: clear ingredients, step-by-step instructions with visual cues, substitutions, chef tips, storage notes, and estimated nutrition. Not quite right? Refine it. Ask Chefsito to make it spicier, swap an ingredient, cut the cook time, or double the servings and the recipe updates in place. MADE FOR YOUR KITCHEN • Start from a craving, a few ingredients, or a time limit • Respects your allergies, dislikes, equipment, and skill level • Three recipe concepts per request — you choose the direction • Substitutions and chef tips baked into every recipe A NEW RECIPE EVERY DAY • The Discover tab serves a fresh daily recipe for three cooking styles: Professional Chef, Home Cook, and Meal Planner / Fit • Optional reminder: pick a time and get a ping when the day's recipe is ready SAVE WHAT YOU LOVE • Bookmark recipes to your library • Share beautiful recipe cards with friends Chefsito uses AI to generate recipes and cooking guidance, on-device where possible. AI can make mistakes — always double-check cooking times, temperatures, and ingredient labels for allergens. During early release, account creation is limited but you can explore Chefsito as a guest, including the daily recipe. Questions or feedback: support@chefsito.app

Screenshots

Cold Stone4 screens
Chefsito4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Cold Stone at #136 against Chefsito's unranked. Cold Stone also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Cold Stone versus Chefsito: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCold StoneChefsito
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews19.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings23K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#136 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKahala Management, L.L.C.Luis Alicea

Bugs and requests

Cold Stone

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Payment processing errors
  • Inability to change pickup location
  • Rewards not updating properly
  • App crashes when trying to add gift cards

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to reorder previous orders
  • Option to select custom ice cream flavors
  • Integration with mobile wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay)
  • Easier way to apply rewards and discounts
  • Clearer communication on store closures and order availability

Chefsito

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Cold Stone

No in-app purchases

None

Chefsito

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cold Stone free?
Cold Stone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chefsito free?
Chefsito is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cold Stone or Chefsito have ads?
Neither Cold Stone nor Chefsito shows ads.

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