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Best Cooking Assistance Apps for iPhone (2026)

9 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

CHEF iQ is the top-ranked of 9 cooking assistance apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 34,909 ratings.

  1. 1
    CHEF iQS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 34,909 ratings · score 87
  2. 2
    Zest: Meal Planner & RecipesA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,773 ratings · score 86
  3. 3
    TyphurA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,370 ratings · score 85
  4. 4
    KitchenAid North AmericaB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,676 ratings · score 80
  5. 5
    Tasty: Recipes, Cooking VideosB
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 432,892 ratings · score 74

What belongs in this list

Get help in the kitchen while cooking, such as what to make and how to make it.

Not here: A recipe collection alone; A general chatbot that could be prompted about cooking alone; A kitchen timer alone; Meal delivery alone; Nutrition tracking alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
CHEF iQ
A
ZestTyphur
B
KitchenAidTastyAmerica's
C
InstantBrevilleAnova Culinary
D
None at D yet
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    CHEF iQS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 34,909 ratings · score 87 · best in class
  2. 2
    Zest: Meal Planner & RecipesA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,773 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  3. 3
    TyphurA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,370 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  4. 4
    KitchenAid North AmericaB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,676 ratings · score 80 · good
  5. 5
    Tasty: Recipes, Cooking VideosB
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 432,892 ratings · score 74 · good · provisional
  6. 6
    America's Test KitchenB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 18,202 ratings · score 70 · good · provisional
  7. 7
    Instant Connect ™C
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 11,443 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  8. 8
    Breville+ CookingC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 4,277 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  9. 9
    Anova CulinaryC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 25,597 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional

Questions people ask

What is the best cooking assistance app for iPhone?
CHEF iQ, S tier, ranked #1 of 9, rated 4.7 by 34,909 people.
Which cooking assistance apps are free?
9 of 9 are free to download: CHEF iQ (S), Zest: Meal Planner & Recipes (A), Typhur (A), KitchenAid North America (B) and more. 2 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which cooking assistance app has the best App Store rating?
America's Test Kitchen at 4.9 from 18,202 ratings.
How many cooking assistance apps reach S or A tier?
3 of 9. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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