Comparison

Anova Culinary vs AI Broccoli

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

Head to head
About

Anova Culinary

Discover and create sous vide recipes with a vast collection from professional chefs and home cooks. Control your precision cooker remotely, monitor cooking progress, and share your culinary creations. Offers guided cooking, time and temperature guides, and personal recipe saving.

Highlights
  • Largest sous vide recipe collection
  • Remote cooker control
  • Guided cooking instructions
  • Recipe creation and sharing
  • Time and temperature guides
  • Personalized cooking profiles
Features
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The Anova family of precision cookers allows everyone to cook like a pro! Paired with the Anova Culinary app, now perfectly cooked restaurant quality meals are as easy as the touch of a button. Browse the largest collection of sous vide recipes by Michelin star chefs and home cooks just like you. Then simply connect your cooker to the app and start, stop, and monitor your cook right from your mobile phone. Feeling inspired? Create and share your own recipes and go viral on the ‘gram. Whatever your pleasure, the Anova Culinary app is the place for everything sous vide. FEATURES ======== • LARGEST COLLECTION OF SOUS VIDE RECIPES: Access sous vide recipes created by Michelin star chefs and home cooks just like you. • COOK FROM AFAR: Start, stop, change the temperature, set the timer, and monitor your cooking status from just about anywhere, as long as your device is within Wi-Fi range. • RECIPE DISCOVERY: Cook recipes by James Beard Award-winning chefs, food editors, celebrity chefs, and more. • GUIDED COOKING: Follow the step-by-step instructions and click start to start cooking. • COOK NOTIFICATIONS: Stay up-to-date on your cooking status without getting tied to the kitchen. • RECIPE SHARING: Share your recipe with friends directly through the app. • TIME AND TEMP GUIDES: Learn the basics with our simple sous vide guides. • MANUAL CONTROL: Customize your cook settings with manual time and temperature control. • RECIPE COLLECTIONS: A series of new and appetizing recipe collections that are sure to keep you cooking. • RECIPE CREATION: Easily create and save your own personal sous vide recipe. • FAVORITES: Have a recipe or two that you love? Mark it as a favorite for quick and easy access. • PERSONAL PROFILE: Create your personal profile and see a history of all the meals you’ve cooked. Try all the features free for 14 days. Options in-app for monthly or yearly subscription terms. Payment will be charged to the iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal cost will be identified. Subscriptions may be managed by the user, and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

AI Broccoli

Generate custom meal plans and recipes using AI. Input ingredients via text or photos, and receive personalized recommendations based on your budget, nutrition, and preferences. Create grocery lists with estimated costs and share plans with family.

Highlights
  • Recipe generation from dish photos
  • Ingredient-based recipe creation
  • Personalized meal recommendations
  • Budget and nutrition-focused planning
  • Automated grocery list generation
  • Shareable meal plans
Features
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Key features:  1. Recipe generation from photos of dishes from any cuisine. 2. Create recipes based on available ingredients, provided via text or photos. 3. Recommend recipes fitting your budget and nutritional needs, using your personal preferences and lifestyle. 4. Build your meal plan using your favorite dishes. 5. Generate a grocery list from your meal plan, including estimated costs based on your location and favorite stores. 6. Create and share meal plans (and grocery lists) for your loved ones. 7. Compared to many free AI services, paid Google Gemini service offers greater privacy, ensuring your data is not used to train public models.

Screenshots

Anova Culinary4 screens
AI Broccoli4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AI Broccoli at 100% against Anova Culinary's 32%. AI Broccoli also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Anova Culinary's advantage is ratings volume (26K vs 1) and chart position (#42 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Anova Culinary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and AI Broccoli sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AI Broccoli holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anova Culinary has 26K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Anova Culinary's written reviews are positive against 100% of AI Broccoli's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Anova Culinary versus AI Broccoli: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnova CulinaryAI Broccoli
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (26K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26K — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#42 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB21 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAnova CulinaryXiao Di Sun Zhou

Customer experience

Anova Culinary

All ratings25,593 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews1,219 reviews
Positive31.5%
Neutral9.4%
Negative59.1%

AI Broccoli

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Anova Culinary

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App unable to maintain connection to device
  • Timer resets unexpectedly during cooking
  • Recipes not saving properly in the app
  • Compatibility issues with certain WiFi networks
  • Notifications not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved recipe management
  • Better app integration with smart home devices
  • More customization options for cooking
  • Clearer instructions and troubleshooting guides
  • Ability to save personal recipes

AI Broccoli

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Anova Culinary

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Sous Vide Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$9.991 Year
3 purchases

AI Broccoli

One-time3
  • 500 credits for AI prompts$0.99
  • 1000 credits for AI prompts$1.99
  • 2000 credits for AI prompts$3.99

Questions

Is Anova Culinary free?
Anova Culinary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AI Broccoli free?
AI Broccoli is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anova Culinary or AI Broccoli?
AI Broccoli is rated higher. Anova Culinary averages 4.4 out of 5 from 26K ratings, while AI Broccoli averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Anova Culinary or AI Broccoli have ads?
Neither Anova Culinary nor AI Broccoli shows ads.

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