SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes
Meal planner. Dinner ideas.
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2 subscriptions from $4.99
In the United States, SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes has 2 subscriptions priced $4.99 – 49.99. It comes with a 7 days free trial.
| Subscription | Period | Price |
|---|---|---|
| SideChef Premium - Monthly | MonthlyTrial: 7 days | $4.99 |
| SideChef Premium - Annual | AnnualTrial: 7 days | $49.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| Reviews | 3.1K | 685K | 186K | 67K | 19K | 17K | 16K | 5.9K | 4.2K | 3.3K | 2.9K |
| Released | 2014 | 2017 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2008 | 2018 | 2016 | 2022 | 2017 | 2020 |
| Monthly price | $4.99 | $3.99 | $6.99 | $2.99 | $9.99 | $2.99 | — | $6.99 | $3.99 | $7.99 | $3.99 |
| Annual price | $49.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | — | $49.99 | $24.99 | $54.99 | $39.99 | $24.99 | $19.99 | $21.99 |
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SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes reviews
4.7 out of 5, based on 3,129 reviews.
What people like
- Creates shopping lists automatically
- Very pretty and easy to use
- Helps save money on groceries
What they complain about
- Ads interrupt you constantly
- Keeps crashing when you open it
- Support never actually helps
- Lost all my old recipes
Delicious food
Easy and practical I love it! You should try!
Can’t even access the app
I was going to give this a shot after budget bites is being planned to close, but I can’t even get into the supposed replacement app. No matter how many times I change my password the app won’t recognize the account and can’t log me in. Recognizes the email though when I try to create a new account with it. 🤷🏻♂️
Great app
Lots of great ideas and easy meal planning. The only thing that could be improved is being able to print out the recipe. Or possibly seeing a monthly view so you can swap things out or move them around in the month.
Not adding to Walmart cart
I picked recipes, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get them to add to my Walmart cart. It kept saying try later even after I deleted the app and redownloaded
Beware malicious ads
The app itself is fine, nice tool to help find recipes with the ingredients you have. I have recently deleted the app as it has started showing malicious ads claiming the device has been hacked and instructions to click on it. This needs to be addressed.
Those food are good!!!
Please make a restaurant and a store
Budget bytes terminated and replaced with whatever this is
I know I’m late to the game but I was going through my apps and forgot budget bytes was replaced by this. This app is hard to navigate and pointless. Budget bytes was meant to help people find affordable meals that were easy to cook. This is not that.
Best app to save my recipes
I’ve tried many recipe apps, and this one is definitely the best one so far. Most of the apps I’ve used before didn’t allow me to save more than 20 recipes (unless I pay for it), but SideChef does. The UI is very user-friendly, and it’s probably the prettiest among the recipe apps I’ve used so far. My only issue with SideChef is that sometimes it doesn’t save the changes I made to my own recipes. I would also like more options for organizing my recipes, as now I can only access them via the “saved” button on the top right corner. It would be nice if I could customize their order, add tags, and add more details like preparation time and cooking time!
Too many requests?
I was absolutely loving this app until I was editing a recipe and it crashed and said too many requests please try again later. I have waited over an hour and absolutely nothing. Then I try to go to the website and I can’t even login because I used my Apple ID and it won’t even let me change my password.
Love the app but
Love this app for logging new recipes and creating my own. Easy to organize and categorize. Sad note that takes away stars is that the app no longer logs the nutrition facts when creating new recipes. ☹️
Really seems to be great!
This app seems to be a great app and I can’t wait to make a meal from using it.
Misleading free trial
Largely misleading free trial and also full of bugs. Churned user
It’s good but
I can’t get the copy and paste recipe option to work. Everytime I try to paste a website it says it cannot be saved
Good Design. Poorly Executed.
I want to love this app as the UI is the best I have seen from these recipe manager apps, but it’s clear this is targeted towards the American market with the ingredients forcing themselves to the American way (a perfect example is when adding Rocket, it changes it into Arugula in the ingredients list which is annoying). Another example of this is the estimated cost feature showing it in US dollars with no way to change it to my local currency. Another big issue I’ve had is that when I’ve been copying across my recipes, I’ve had an error pop up saying that I’ve had too many requests. This renders the app completely useless as you can’t even view recipes. I’m not sure if this is intended as I’m using the free version, but there’s no explanation as to why I’m receiving these messages. Also, when you click onto the Meal Planner section of the app, I get presented with a DJANGO REST FRAMEWORK page with code. Another gripe is the clunkiness when putting in ingredients and quantities as you currently have to type in your ingredient, then go to another box to put in the quantity, then go to ANOTHER box to select the units of measurements. It would be far better to design a system that allows you to type in what you want (e.g. 15g of Cheese) and then have the system to decode that statement so that it correctly formats. This will make it feel more natural. Another improvement that should be made in the recipe steps area is designing the step boxes so that they can be expanded or automatically adjusted to the contents being put in as they are far too small which means I need to tediously scroll. In summary, overall, it’s a nicely designed app with potentially awesome features. However, I feel that some areas of the app have questionable design features and poorly executed UI experiences that need refining. The biggest issue that I feel needs addressing is adding localisation features to allow the user to select their own currency and stop forcing the ingredient names to suit only the American market.
Not working
Unable to update recipes 🤷🏻♀️ don’t save any changes in the app or via browser. I like the app apart from this problem. I have to delete recipes and add again to be able yo change.
The only cooking app you will ever need
This app is all encompassing! You’ll never need anything more. It’s so user friendly and has the most delicious recipes to try.
Paying for disappointment.
I originally paid for this app while it was BudgetBytes. It then changed to SideChef and now charges for a premium membership. I didn’t pay for an app once to be asked to pay again.
Really good customer service
I appreciate the speed that they resolved my issue with.
Still giving this app a try.
Is this an exclusive Walmart app? FAQ gives “some” direction how to change your grocery store options but not seeing that when I’m using the app. Must have to upgrade the app, not sure. Also you can’t copy/paste or print recipe? Emailed support and got a generic response that included FAQ.
Nice app, but..
Too slow to be usable. Also we can’t change the servings on the recipes, which makes very strange quantities on the shipping list. Quite well designed.
Great app
Highly recommended, helps you make stuff from what you have in the cabinets as well as find new recipes and organizes a grocery list of everything you will need for all the recipes. Helps you plan out your week in advance for what you would like to have each day. Really Lovin’ this app use it everyday !
What happened to budget bytes and my saved recipes?
Not liking the app. Had all my recipes in budget bytes. All appear to be lost.
Re review.
My wife started SideChef and it was great , she now uses one of those home deliveries. I prefer SideChef but , I am handicapped so she decided it was easier for me.
App closes while using—
The app keeps closing before I can completely read the recipe..
Great concept, but super glitchy
I really like the app concept, but it constantly crashes when I'm using it. Also, it's really annoying to search through apps because you can't search using more than one filter
Great app
Haven’t actually made any of the dishes yet. Just downloaded it today but so far I am loving how easy it is to find and save new recipes and make meal plans and it even gives you a shopping list for what you need
Awful
Almost all the budget bytes recipes aren’t on the app. Not sure why. Likely will not be using this.
Learning How To Cook Meals
Oh my goodness. This app is very versatile when it comes to preparing meals. If you want traditional or healthy meals, this app is for you. It also lets you create a shopping list and shop at various stores.
I’m disappointed
This app looked amazing and it worked well at first. However every minute or so it would crash I couldn’t even look at the recipes. I even deleted and installed again to no avail. It’s a shame I had such high hopes
A TOTAL LIFE SAVER!
Deciding what to eat every week and providing variety in a nutritious way for my family has been a struggle. I have been ordering food online for a while, but getting a cart together is still an annoying chore. I love that I can find a recipe here, and it converts all of ingredients into a grocery cart for me to order at Walmart. And it’s free! Absolutely awesome so far. We have saved so much money on groceries using this app. Try it!
Must really hate us
Since the company won’t tell us if BudgetBytes has been bought out or rebranded or whatever, let me just point out that all the recipes that I loved from that app are nowhere in this one. The app and blog are identical except these new versions have worse recipes with worse pictures and more ads and premium features and money grabs. Just another stupid company more interested in money than providing a solid experience.
Surprise !
Would have given 5 stars but I hate when you get hooked on something and then it happens… “you’ll have start paying if you want the good stuff!”
Recipe
Cannot get a recipe back up as I only saved ingredients. I tried to get it combining most of the ingredients and nothing is showing up. Any suggestions?
Creative
I really like how everyone can put their own spin on recipes and they always leave the items you need and the price .
RIP Another Victim of Monetization
I was quite saddened to see the predecessor app to this one (the fantastic BudgetBytes) be discontinued in favor of SideChef and in a way, the transition to me represents just another illustration of the way the digital world is slowly changing and in my view leaving its golden age behind. I really appreciated how before this change one could purchase the budget bytes app one time using what I thought was a fair amount of real money, and then access an elegantly designed and seamless program to find and catalogue recipes. While this new app is free initially, it is clearly now designed more as a shopping and advertising app than a recipe app. I am saddened that this has become the new normal. While you can change the view of the ingredients list to remove ingredients shopping links, there does not seem to be a way to make this the default setting meaning you in effect have to click past advertising in every recipe. As a person who will not abide advertising in any form, this is intolerable to me. I received the notice that budget bytes will soon lose developer support and be unavailable after 7/6/2023. I downloaded and tried out sidechef, realized what had happened, shed a single tear for the days before freemium products, deleted the app, and dusted off my recipe spreadsheet. As the sinister creep of engagement and advertising continues to permeate every aspect of the digital experience, perhaps someday I will be even forced to start an actual recipe notebook on paper like this is the 1970s.
Voice recognition problems
Next next next...voice recognition isn't working all the time. Other than that it is a great app.
I don't like this
Well, just so so
Love having all of my recipes in one place!
Great app! I haven’t tried ordering ingredients from Walmart yet, but looks like a great option!
False promises
I tried out this app when they had it for $100 visa gift card in December 2021. I waited the full 15 days as stated when it should arrive. Well to my surprise if did not and the customer service is just an automated message saying someone will respond in 2 business days. It’s been many business days and me emailing them several times. Do not fall for this company’s so called promotion try out their app. It is overall an ok app but Pinterest is also an app you can use to look up recipes and is won’t crash on you. Basically they wanted my information and for me to do a survey so they could use that information than ghost you. Horrible company. Stay away from them and do not fall for their promotions
Good recipes
It's an easy app to use, so far I've found many new ideas for recipes. The only issue is it crashes quite a bit. Other than that, it's a great app.
Finally found this!!!
I’ve struggled for years trying to find recipes that I can easily fix, and are inexpensive, healthy, and delicious. I just downloaded this app and immediately spent several hours scrolling through thousands of recipes of all types. I’m beyond thrilled to get so much inspiration and easy recipes - I finally feel like I can expand my palette instead of fixing the same few meals!
Unusable
Crashes non stop whenever I try to switch to another tab in the menu or scroll. I can open the app for a solid 6 seconds.
Good
Stupid idea when you're cooking you gotta tap the screen to move next instruction making it dirty
SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes price by country
A monthly subscription costs $0.71 in Turkey and $7.02 in Denmark — 10× more for the same thing. Below is the going rate for each plan in every country that sells it — the middle price of what the app charges there, in the country's own currency with the dollar equivalent beneath it.
| Country | Monthly | Annual |
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| Afghanistan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Albania | $5.99 | $59.99 |
| Algeria | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Angola | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Anguilla | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Antigua And Barbuda | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Argentina | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Armenia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Australia | A$7.99$5.75 | A$81.99$58.99 |
| Austria | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Azerbaijan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bahamas | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bahrain | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Barbados | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Belarus | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Belgium | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Belize | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Benin | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bermuda | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bhutan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bolivia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Botswana | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Brazil | R$20.90$4.06 | R$204.90$39.79 |
| British Virgin Islands | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Brunei Darussalam | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Bulgaria | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Burkina Faso | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Cambodia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Cameroon | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Canada | CA$6.49$4.70 | CA$66.99$48.54 |
| Cape Verde | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Cayman Islands | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Chad | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Chile | CLP 3,700$4.04 | CLP 35,900$39.24 |
| China | CN¥35.00$5.19 | CN¥363.00$53.86 |
| Colombia | COP 20,900$6.87 | COP 209,900$68.98 |
| Congo | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Costa Rica | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Cote Divoire | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Croatia | €5.71$6.66 | €56.41$65.82 |
| Cyprus | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Czech Republic | CZK 139.00$6.73 | CZK 1,450.00$70.18 |
| Denmark | DKK 45.00$7.02 | DKK 425.00$66.30 |
| Dominica | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Dominican Republic | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Ecuador | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Egypt | EGP 82.99$1.63 | EGP 819.99$16.14 |
| El Salvador | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Estonia | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Fiji | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Finland | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| France | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Gabon | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Gambia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Georgia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Germany | €5.49$6.36 | €54.99$63.72 |
| Ghana | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Greece | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Grenada | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Guatemala | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Guinea-bissau | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Guyana | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Honduras | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Hong Kong | HK$38.00$4.85 | HK$393.00$50.13 |
| Hungary | HUF 1,890$6.08 | HUF 19,290$62.04 |
| Iceland | $6.19 | $61.99 |
| India | ₹419.00$4.37 | ₹4,199.00$43.83 |
| Indonesia | IDR 69,000$3.89 | IDR 709,000$39.97 |
| Iraq | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Ireland | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Israel | ₪17.90$5.97 | ₪173.90$57.97 |
| Italy | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Jamaica | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Japan | ¥550$3.46 | ¥5,400$33.93 |
| Jordan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Kazakhstan | KZT 1,950.00$4.27 | KZT 19,490.00$42.64 |
| Kenya | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Kosovo | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Kuwait | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Kyrgyzstan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Latvia | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Lebanon | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Liberia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Libya | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Lithuania | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Luxembourg | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Macao | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Macedonia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Madagascar | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Malawi | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Malaysia | MYR 21.90$5.42 | MYR 219.90$54.43 |
| Maldives | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Mali | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Malta | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Mauritania | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Mauritius | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Mexico | MX$99.00$5.84 | MX$989.00$58.35 |
| Micronesia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Moldova | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Mongolia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Montenegro | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Montserrat | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Morocco | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Mozambique | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Myanmar | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Namibia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Nauru | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Nepal | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Netherlands | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| New Zealand | NZ$8.99$5.35 | NZ$91.99$54.76 |
| Nicaragua | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Niger | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Nigeria | NGN 1,800.00$1.33 | NGN 17,900.00$13.25 |
| Norway | NOK 59.00$6.34 | NOK 569.00$61.12 |
| Oman | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Pakistan | PKR 790$2.84 | PKR 7,800$28.08 |
| Palau | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Panama | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Papua New Guinea | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Paraguay | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Peru | PEN 16.90$5.04 | PEN 169.90$50.72 |
| Philippines | ₱259.00$4.19 | ₱2,590.00$41.94 |
| Poland | PLN 23.99$6.50 | PLN 244.99$66.39 |
| Portugal | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Qatar | QAR 17.99$4.94 | QAR 182.99$50.27 |
| Romania | RON 25.99$5.78 | RON 259.99$57.78 |
| Russia | RUB 399.00$4.78 | RUB 3,890.00$46.62 |
| Rwanda | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAR 19.99$5.33 | SAR 197.99$52.80 |
| Senegal | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Serbia | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Seychelles | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Sierra Leone | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Singapore | SGD 7.48$5.89 | SGD 73.98$58.25 |
| Slovakia | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Slovenia | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Solomon Islands | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| South Africa | ZAR 89.99$5.62 | ZAR 879.99$54.93 |
| South Korea | ₩6,500$4.70 | ₩66,000$47.72 |
| Spain | €5.49$6.41 | €54.99$64.17 |
| Sri Lanka | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| St. Lucia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| St. Vincent & The Grenadines | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Suriname | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Swaziland | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Sweden | SEK 59.00$6.22 | SEK 619.00$65.23 |
| Switzerland | CHF 5.50$6.86 | CHF 54.00$67.33 |
| Taiwan | NT$170.00$5.34 | NT$1,690.00$53.13 |
| Tajikistan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Tanzania | TZS 11,500.00$4.39 | TZS 114,900.00$43.89 |
| Thailand | THB 149.00$4.56 | THB 1,520.00$46.48 |
| Tonga | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Tunisia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Turkey | TRY 33.99$0.71 | TRY 339.99$7.07 |
| Turkmenistan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Turks and Caicos | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Uganda | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Ukraine | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| United Arab Emirates | AED 18.99$5.17 | AED 192.99$52.59 |
| United Kingdom | £4.99$6.81 | £48.99$66.83 |
| United States | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Uruguay | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Uzbekistan | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Vanuatu | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Venezuela | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Vietnam | ₫119,000$4.56 | ₫1,159,000$44.45 |
| Yemen | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Zambia | $4.99 | $49.99 |
| Zimbabwe | $4.99 | $49.99 |
SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes FAQ
- Is SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 175 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $4.99 (US), across 2 subscriptions.
- How much does SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes cost per month?
- SideChef Premium - Monthly is $4.99 (US). The annual plan works out cheaper per month: $49.99 a year.
- Does SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes have a free trial?
- Yes — a 7 days free trial (US).
- Where is SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes cheapest?
- A monthly subscription costs TRY 33.99 (≈$0.71) in Turkey and DKK 45.00 (≈$7.02) in Denmark, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes?
- Tasty: Recipes, Cooking Videos (4.9 from 684,582 reviews, premium from $3.99), Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes (4.8 from 185,557 reviews, premium from $6.99) and Mealime Meal Plans & Recipes (4.8 from 67,147 reviews, premium from $2.99).
SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes download
Last updated 1 year ago.
SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes sells in 175 countries. It was released 12 years and 1 month ago, on 21 Aug 2014. It holds a 4.7 rating from 3,129 reviews.
Supports 2 languages: English, German.
How much does SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- Monthly 83%
- Annual 17%
Revenue by country
- United States 66%
- Canada 7%
- Australia 4%
- United Kingdom 3%