Welcome to Best Apps For Food! I’m [name], a mother, a wife, and a lover of all things food. I’ve been cooking for my family as long as I can remember, and my mom taught me everything she knew. My favorite part of being in the kitchen is trying new things and sharing them with my family, but I also know how intimidating it can be to get out of your comfort zone! That’s why I started this blog: to share recipes that are special enough for dinner parties, fun enough to make with kids, and approachable enough that no matter your level of experience in the kitchen you’ll know you can pull it off.
I hope you love what you find here! If you ever have questions about anything on the blog or need some inspiration, let me know in the comments. I’d love to hear from you.
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Best Apps For Food
Just Eat
Online and mobile food ordering delivery service Just Eat operates in 12 markets worldwide including Denmark, Ireland, the UK and Canada. It has 93,700 restaurant partners, offers 100 different cuisine types and is all about focusing on the small takeaway establishments. After conducting some research earlier this year, Just Eat discovered that 59% of independent restaurant owners believe they could grow within five years, however 65% stated their concerns about maintaining profitability and need advice. Due to this, the global marketplace launched an initiative called Business Booster this year to support independent restaurants expand.
Just Eat UK managing director Graham Corfield said: “We are committed to helping independent restaurants thrive. Whether it’s using our technology to help them reach a broader customer base, our data to help restaurant owners make more informed business decisions, or our scale in negotiating nationwide deals to help reduce costs.”
Just Eat for Android, Just Eat for iOS
Tasteful
For those struggling to locate healthy food tailored towards a vegetarian, vegan, paleo or gluten-free lifestyle, Tasteful finds these options as local to the consumer as possible. The app has around 252,357 healthy restaurant options in 8,000 cities across the US. The Tasteful team generates data and analytics with the help of nutritionists, chefs and food bloggers to present a plethora of information to diners.
Tasteful for iOS
Deliveroo
British food delivery company Deliveroo claims that restaurants who partner with it have seen their revenue increase by up to 30%. The company offers around 10,000 UK restaurants via its app and website and attempts to deliver food by its own drivers in under 30 minutes. The company has released a support scheme to help restaurants reduce their business expenses and through this, discounted training courses in food safety, supplier management and nutrition. Deliveroo recently added 5,000 additional restaurants to its portfolio in order to offer more choice to locations in Italy, Belgium, Australia, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, the UK and Ireland.
Deliveroo for Android, Deliveroo for iOS
Foursquare
Available in Brazil, Indonesia, Spain and the UK
This technology company uses what it calls “location intelligence” to assist consumers and businesses. Users can find places to eat and drink, as well as offer opinions and comments regarding a particular restaurant. They can also provide food tips and discuss service standards and share them on social media, which allows companies to receive a range of feedback and improve accordingly.
Foursquare for Android, Foursquare for iOS
Domino’s
Available in the UK and Ireland
This international pizza chain has its own app for customers to order a range of pizzas, sides, desserts and drinks with a live delivery tracker alerting the user when their order is being prepped, cooked, checked for quality and on its way. The app’s launch saw a rise in Domino’s orders by over 41%, according to the company, with over 11.5 million people having downloaded it.
Domino’s for Android, Domino’s for iOS
LevelUp
Available in North America
Serving as a “growth engine” for restaurants, this app allows customers to make payments via phone. Multiple foodservice brands partner with LevelUp to enhance customer experience, for example Gusto Point of Sale, juice bar Clean Juice and restaurant concept honeygrow. Food ordering marketplace Grubhub recently acquired LevelUp for $390m.
LevelUp founder and chief executive officer Seth Priebatsch said: “The team has worked to provide our restaurant partners with a complete solution to engage customers in this rapidly evolving digital landscape.
“By becoming a part of Grubhub, we take our biggest and most exciting step in achieving that mission. Together, we will provide restaurants with everything they need to grow profitably as more and more diners opt for the convenience, transparency and control of ordering online.”
LevelUp for Android, LevelUp for iOS
UberEats
Available in North & South America, Europe and Asia
Most people associate the name ‘Uber’ with a taxi service. However, the food ordering and delivery platform was launched a couple years ago by said taxi service to provide a separate “experience completely tailored to food”. US fast food chain Popeyes launched its delivery service with the platform this year, one of the 46,000 plus restaurants to partner with the company in its global strategy.
UberEats for Android, UberEats for iOS
Starbucks
Available in Brazil, Indonesia, North America, the UK and Canada
The myStarbucks app allows customers to pay for their coffee at the tap of a button. Users can also check their balance, add funds, earn and track rewards, place customised orders, send gift cards and more. These features as a part of the coffeehouse giant’s loyalty programme, with free drinks also being an offer on the virtual card.
best food recipe apps
Kitchen Stories
If you depend on visual aids for pretty much anything (which most of us do) then KitchenStories is the perfect app. Every recipe comes with step-by-step image guides, and some have video tutorials. They have an extensive recipe archive created by KitchenStories’ in-house chefs. You can save your favorite recipes and comment on them to give tips to other users. Another nice feature of this app is that it has a shopping list generator that you can export to your phone’s reminders. KitchenStories focuses on simple meals with simple ingredients. There’s also a ton of original content in the form of articles and videos that you can use for inspiration. In our opinion, KitchenStories is by far the best option for a totally free app that doesn’t ask you to subscribe to a premium version.
Price: Free
BBC Good Food
Like the BBC’s TV programming, the BBC Good Food app is an excellent source for unbiased, straightforward recipes. The app contains a large library of over 10,000 recipes submitted by users, Good Food professional chefs, and celebrity chefs. The recipes are clear, set-by-set instructions. Plus, you can save and categorize your favorite recipes for easy access offline. It’s also easy to share recipes with family and friends.
Price: Free
Tasty
A great thing about recipe apps is the ability to share knowledge among users, and Tasty has perfected that in its app. This app by Buzzfeed is designed for community interaction because it’s the self-proclaimed “world’s largest food network.” There are sections to rate, comment, and suggest recipe alterations. Remember to take all the comments with a grain of salt since they come from mostly amateur cooks. Another fun feature is you can edit your personal tastes within the app and blacklist recipes that don’t interest you.
Price: Free
Forks Plant-Based Recipe App
From one of the leading vegan lifestyle websites, the Forks Over Knives is perfect for anyone trying to support or switch to a plant-based diet. The clean design and production value alone makes this app worth the five bones. However, the 400+ whole-food recipe database, the new recipes each week, and the exportable grocery list option also make this app very worthwhile.
Price: $5 one-time fee
BUY AT IOS
BUY AT GOOGLE PLAY
Allrecipes Dinner Spinner
If you’ve ever searched recipes online, chances are you know about Allrecipes. Over the years, the brand has positioned itself as one of the more trusted online recipe resources. They have a huge community as well (over 50 million) that is encouraged to rate, comment, and share ideas on their database of over 50,000 recipes. Their app has most of the same features, such as recipe search filters, grocery lists, and step-by-step instructions. Yet, if you need recipes from the desk of a professional chef, this app may not be for you, as all of Allrecipes recipes are submitted by users. If you’re not freaked out by Geotracking, a cool feature of this app is that it can recommend recipes based on sale items at your grocery store of choice. And, if you’re bored, the dinner spinner app will suggest random recipes as long as you can shake your phone.
Price: Free
BUY AT IOS
BUY AT GOOGLE PLAY
Food Network Kitchen
For whatever reason, we trust celebrities. While the verdict is still out whether or not all celebrity chefs are actually chefs, if you need your recipes to come from Alton Brown or Giada De Laurentis, you’ll need the Food Network Kitchen app. It has a massive recipe database of over 70,000 recipes and most of the same features as the other apps. If you’re a Food Network junkie, a neat part of the app is that you can search recipes by show and air date. You can also watch shows and cooking classes through the app.
Price: Free, Premium version: $40/year
BUY AT IOS
BUY AT GOOGLE PLAY
BigOven
If you require virtually every recipe on the internet at your disposal, Big Oven is the app for you. It allows you to curate your own recipe book from over a half a million verified recipes from across the web. You’ll have to upgrade to Big Oven Pro if you want to plan your meals for the week, get access to collections from Big Oven professional chefs, search by dietary preferences, or get nutrition insights. Even without the pro upgrade, though, Big Oven is a great app that quickly and easily gets you an array of recipes.
Price: Free, Premium version: $20/month
BUY AT IOS
BUY AT GOOGLE PLAY
SideChef
The SideChef app might be more aptly named SousChef. Besides having detailed step-by-step instructions with images and videos, it also has voice commands and timers. You can get access to a wide network of culinary partners through the premium subscription who have their own special recipes, tips, and tutorials. SideChef lets you search by ingredient, gives you an estimated cost breakdown of all their recipes, and partners with Walmart so that ingredients can be delivered right to your door.
Price: Free, Premium version: $50
BUY AT IOS
BUY AT GOOGLE PLAY
NY Times Cooking
If you’re a fan of exclusivity, the NY Times cooking app is for you. Like the publication, the content is verified by experts. All of the recipes come from their own professional culinarians. They also offer video guides and tutorials for less experienced home cooks. You can easily save and rate recipes you’ve tried and share comments with the community. The app is immaculate and well organized and is an excellent tool to up your food game.
Price: Free, Premium version: $40/year
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