Anova Culinary vs Menu Pixie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Largest sous vide recipe collection
- Remote cooker control
- Guided cooking instructions
- Recipe creation and sharing
- Time and temperature guides
- Personalized cooking profiles
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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/
Menu Pixie
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Point your camera at a menu you can't read and get back one you can: every dish translated into your language, with a photo, the price, and what's in it. The translated menu appears in seconds — photos fill in right after. Menu Pixie was built for travelers squinting at a menu in a city they've never visited, and for anyone who wants to see the food before they order. SEE EVERY DISH BEFORE YOU ORDER A menu tells you what a dish is called. Menu Pixie shows you what it looks like. Every dish gets a photo, so you choose with your eyes instead of gambling on a name. MORE THAN WORD-FOR-WORD "Grandmother's pot" is a correct translation and a useless one. Menu Pixie explains what each dish actually is — the main ingredients, how it's prepared — so you know what's arriving at your table. WORKS ON REAL-WORLD MENUS Handwritten chalkboards, stylized fonts, a laminated page shot at an angle in a dim room. If you can photograph it, Menu Pixie can read it. DIETARY AND ALLERGEN HINTS, HONESTLY FRAMED Dishes are tagged with auto-detected dietary info — vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free — plus likely allergens and estimated calories. These are estimates meant to help you scan a menu faster, not a promise: always confirm with the staff. 26 LANGUAGES Read any menu in the language you choose — from English, Spanish, and Japanese to Croatian, Thai, and Ukrainian. 26 languages in all. NO SUBSCRIPTION Credits pay per menu: scan one, spend a credit, done. New users get free starter credits, and you're never charged for a scan that fails. HONEST PHOTOS Every image is labeled Real, Representative, or AI-generated — never passed off as the restaurant's own. Made for hungry travelers. Point, scan, order like a local.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Menu Pixie at every 3 days against Anova Culinary's monthly. Anova Culinary's advantage is chart position (#37 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
Both are free to download. Anova Culinary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Menu Pixie sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Anova Culinary ships an update monthly, Menu Pixie every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anova Culinary | Menu Pixie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (26K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #37 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Anova Culinary | Comis d.o.o. |
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
Menu Pixie
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Anova Culinary
- Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Sous Vide Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$9.991 Year
Menu Pixie
- Mini$3.99
- Weekend$9.99
- Popular$19.99
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- Value$39.99
Questions
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