Comparison

Anova Culinary vs Fridget

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

Fridget

Features
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Fridget is your AI kitchen assistant — it turns "what's in my fridge?" into dinner. Tell Fridget what you have (or snap your groceries, a receipt, or a barcode) and it instantly suggests real dishes you can cook right now — no shopping trip required. Pick one and it walks you through hands-free: talk to it while you cook, and it reads steps aloud, starts your timers, and keeps them on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Done? Save leftovers in a tap — Fridget tracks your portions and nudges you before they go bad. Log what you eat and it syncs calories and macros to Apple Health. • Cook what you already have — ideas from your real ingredients • Snap to add — scan groceries, receipts, barcodes • Hands-free voice cooking • Live timers on Lock Screen + Dynamic Island • Never waste leftovers — portions + freshness reminders • Apple Health sync for calories & macros Less food waste. Less "what's for dinner?" Just open Fridget and cook. Privacy Policy: https://dashboard-production-06d9.up.railway.app/legal/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Anova Culinary4 screens
Fridget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fridget at daily against Anova Culinary's monthly. Anova Culinary's advantage is chart position (#43 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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 Fridget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anova Culinary ships an update monthly, Fridget daily. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Anova Culinary versus Fridget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnova CulinaryFridget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (26K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings26K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#43 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB72 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAnova CulinaryJosemario Zavala Page

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

Fridget

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
2 purchases

Fridget

Subscriptions2
  • Fridget Plus Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Fridget Plus Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Anova Culinary free?
Anova Culinary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fridget free?
Fridget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Anova Culinary or Fridget have ads?
Neither Anova Culinary nor Fridget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anova Culinary or Fridget?
Anova Culinary ships an update monthly, and Fridget daily. Most recently, Anova Culinary was updated on October 19, 2026 and Fridget on October 3, 2026.

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