The Best Caesar vs The Lost Bean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Best Caesar
Discover a unique and bold Caesar salad dressing recipe, taught with step-by-step guidance and stunning photography. Learn to create a sharp, flavorful dressing that's a departure from traditional versions.
- Unique Caesar dressing recipe
- Step-by-step guide
- Stunning photography
- Learn a lifetime skill
- Bold and sharp flavor profile
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One recipe. One salad. Nothing else. An app out of left field. Featured on the App Store in 2014. Requested for a decade. Now rebuilt from scratch — and back to teach you the Caesar worth mastering. Forget the Caesar you've had at restaurants. No egg, no cream, no heavy dressing hiding the lettuce. This one has bite — bold, sharp, a little aggressive in the best way. My father taught me the preparation by standing beside me at the counter. Paying attention. Adjusting. This app is how I stand beside you. WHAT'S INSIDE • The complete recipe, scaled to your table — 2 to 8 servings • Visual mode — every step photographed full-screen, taught one page at a time • A cooking companion on your Lock Screen that keeps your place while your hands are busy • A shopping list that knows exactly what to buy • The film — a short, beautiful portrait of the salad • The Table — real Caesars from real kitchens around the world. Make it, shoot it, add yours. • The Story — why this app exists Designed for iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo — where the recipe opens like a book across the fold. Free. No ads, no accounts, no subscriptions — and it collects nothing. It's a recipe, taught with love, the way it was taught to me. Photography by Katie Newburn. Film by Eric Wolfinger. It is The Best Caesar. Period. —Tyson Caly @thebestcaesar #thebestcaesar
The Lost Bean
Experience restaurant-quality food and drinks at home. Easily place your orders online for convenient delivery.
- Online ordering
- Home delivery
- Food and drink selection
- Convenient experience
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The Lost Bean is committed to providing the best food and drink experience in your own home. Order online here at The Lost Bean!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Best Caesar at 95% against The Lost Bean's 0%. The Best Caesar also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 24 months). The Lost Bean's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Best Caesar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Best Caesar has 48 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of The Best Caesar's written reviews are positive against 0% of The Lost Bean's.
The Best Caesar ships an update every 6 weeks, The Lost Bean every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Best Caesar | The Lost Bean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (48 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tyson Caly | The Lost Bean, LLC |
Customer experience
The Best Caesar
The Lost Bean
In-app purchases
The Best Caesar
No in-app purchases
The Lost Bean
No in-app purchases
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