Comparison

Anova Culinary vs High Proof

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

High Proof

Discover cocktails you can make with ingredients you have. Browse over 680 recipes, create your own, and share them easily. Works offline with a single one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Inventory-based recipe discovery
  • Over 680 curated recipes
  • Create and save custom recipes
  • Offline functionality
  • Shareable recipe cards
  • Recipe submission for featured updates
Features
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High Proof is the ultimate home bar companion for the serious cocktail enthusiast. Whether you're stocking your bar for the first time or you've got a well-curated collection, High Proof tells you exactly what you can make — and what you're missing. YOUR BAR, YOUR RECIPES Tell High Proof what's in your bar and instantly see every cocktail you can make right now. Browse over 690 (and growing!) hand-curated recipes spanning classics, tiki drinks, craft cocktails, seasonal favorites, and everything in between. The ingredient inventory is organized into intuitive categories — spirits, liqueurs, mixers, syrups, fresh herbs, and more — so checking off your bar takes seconds, not minutes. NEVER MISS A DRINK High Proof shows you cocktails sorted by how close you are to making them. One bottle away from a Penicillin? It'll tell you. Two ingredients short of a Last Word? It knows. BUILD YOUR OWN You didn't learn to bartend just to follow other people's recipes. Create and save your own recipes alongside the built-in library — your custom cocktails appear right in the main list so nothing gets lost. SHARE THE LOVE Your best recipes deserve an audience. Generate beautiful recipe cards and share them with friends directly from the app. They tap the link, the recipe imports instantly — no copying, no pasting, no friction. Just great drinks, shared the way they should be. GROW THE LIBRARY High Proof is built on great cocktails from great bartenders — and now you're part of building it. Submit your original recipes straight to us from the My Recipes tab. The best submissions get featured in future updates, credited exactly the way you wrote them. When someone makes your drink, they'll know who invented it. WORKS OFFLINE No internet required. High Proof works anywhere — at the bar cart, at the ranch, or anywhere your phone goes. ONE PRICE. EVERYTHING UNLOCKED. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No premium tiers. No tricks. Unlike other cocktail apps that nickel and dime you for basic features, High Proof is a single one-time purchase that unlocks everything — every recipe, every feature, forever. Pay once and it's yours. OVER 690 RECIPES AND GROWING From the Negroni to the Naked and Famous, the Sazerac to the Singapore Sling — High Proof has the classics covered and then some.

Screenshots

Anova Culinary4 screens
High Proof4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: High Proof at 100% against Anova Culinary's 32%. High Proof also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Anova Culinary's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (26K vs 11). On ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Anova Culinary is free to download; High Proof costs $1.99 up front. Anova Culinary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. High Proof asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

High Proof 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 11, 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 High Proof's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anova Culinary ships an update monthly, High Proof every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Anova Culinary versus High Proof: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnova CulinaryHigh Proof
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.4 (26K ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26K — better11
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#39 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB12 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAnova CulinaryDarren Chapman

Customer experience

Anova Culinary

All ratings25,593 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews1,220 reviews
Positive31.6%
Neutral9.4%
Negative59.0%

High Proof

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 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

High Proof

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
None

High Proof

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Anova Culinary free?
Anova Culinary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is High Proof free?
High Proof costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Anova Culinary or High Proof?
High Proof is rated higher. Anova Culinary averages 4.4 out of 5 from 26K ratings, while High Proof averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Anova Culinary or High Proof have ads?
Neither Anova Culinary nor High Proof shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anova Culinary or High Proof?
Anova Culinary ships an update monthly, and High Proof every 6 days. Most recently, Anova Culinary was updated on October 16, 2026 and High Proof on September 30, 2026.

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