Reviews of ChefGPT: AI Calories Tracker

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List of user reviews and ratings for ChefGPT: AI Calories Tracker

Total ratings

4.50 (Rating count: 221)

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Review summary

User reviews show a promising concept for meal planning and pantry-based recipe generation, but the app struggles with reliability, price, and usability. Frequent crashes and paywall pressure dampen value, while the pantry and dietary-restriction features are hard to use or not well aligned with user needs. Free-tier limitations and overall performance issues further reduce satisfaction, despite the strong idea and potential utility for last-minute meals.

Pros

Strong concept for meal planning and generating recipes from pantry ingredients.
Promising recipe discovery approach that could help with last‑minute dinners.
Some reviewers view the app as a decent option with potential and an idea that could be useful.

Cons

Aggressive monetization with frequent upsells, high annual price, and unclear free tier.
Frequent crashes and generic errors ('something went wrong'), making it unreliable.
Pantry/ingredient management is not user-friendly (complex to add items, barcode scanning barrier, and limited pantry capacity).
Dietary restrictions are not properly accounted in recipes or the discovery feature (common allergens like shellfish/dairy appear in recipes).
Long recipe loading times and other performance issues.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.10

All time rating average: 4.50

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53% (9)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-03	bh*****	I got to the plan selection page and quit. It asks generic questions and not questions that would tailor my meals to ME. I have medical issues that make planning my meals critical but it doesn’t take that into account. Any meal planning is worthless without that.
I got to the plan selection page and quit. It asks generic questions and not questions that would tailor my meals to ME. I have medical issues that make planning my meals critical but it doesn’t take that into account. Any meal planning is worthless without that.
2026-05-22	am*****	This was great in theory but the app opened once for me. Only the first time.
This was great in theory but the app opened once for me. Only the first time.
2026-03-27	An*****	Was looking for something I could put in ingredients I have around the house. Rather then letting my try it out, it asked for all kinds of personal info. I didn’t care but then before I can even see what the app do it starts pushing memberships on me. Every time I said no it kept bringing up stupid roulette wheels bringing the price down further. In 5 seconds the price went from $80 a year or something to $20. I noped out of there. If something won’t stand by the value of their product, they’re probably gouging you knowing their product is garbage. Stay away everyone.
Was looking for something I could put in ingredients I have around the house. Rather then letting my try it out, it asked for all kinds of personal info. I didn’t care but then before I can even see what the app do it starts pushing memberships on me. Every time I said no it kept bringing up stupid roulette wheels bringing the price down further. In 5 seconds the price went from $80 a year or something to $20. I noped out of there. If something won’t stand by the value of their product, they’re probably gouging you knowing their product is garbage. Stay away everyone.
2026-01-17	Sc*****	Not a bad app. Some improvements in the adding ingredients functionality would be great though. Now, they need to think about a free tier or longer trial period, especially with that yearly price point. Ideally a freemium approach. There are similar apps that are as food as this one and have freemium models. In fact I built a GPT wrapper myself that does the same. It is not a phone app though as I do enterprise software not apps. But people can vibecode something similar easily and offer it for 29.99 a year. Now I realize that is a European app. I never see one that knows how to monetize. High prices and few users. Volume and low price my friends. It is not even a new model. It is the only thing that works in an almost free world.
Not a bad app. Some improvements in the adding ingredients functionality would be great though. Now, they need to think about a free tier or longer trial period, especially with that yearly price point. Ideally a freemium approach. There are similar apps that are as food as this one and have freemium models. In fact I built a GPT wrapper myself that does the same. It is not a phone app though as I do enterprise software not apps. But people can vibecode something similar easily and offer it for 29.99 a year. Now I realize that is a European app. I never see one that knows how to monetize. High prices and few users. Volume and low price my friends. It is not even a new model. It is the only thing that works in an almost free world.
2026-01-16	yo*****	Should’ve listened to the comment, wasted five minutes just to get to a paywall, app is not free. Don’t waste your time.
Should’ve listened to the comment, wasted five minutes just to get to a paywall, app is not free. Don’t waste your time.
2025-11-14	My*****	Cook off
Cook off
2025-06-09	R0*****	The app crashes! When I enter it
The app crashes! When I enter it
2025-04-23	el*****	REALLY LIKES TO GIVE ME QUINOA SALAD
REALLY LIKES TO GIVE ME QUINOA SALAD
2025-04-18	bl*****	Waste of time typing in all my stuff to not work
Waste of time typing in all my stuff to not work
2024-11-29	ps*****	I love the idea of the app it is great but there is no area to add food I dislike, for example: I do not like coconut but it keeps suggesting recipes with it. Also the discover section is a brilliant idea but does not take my dietary restrictions into account, do not eat dairy but most of the recipes have cheese in the discover area. However, it is a really good idea but needs some improvements.
I love the idea of the app it is great but there is no area to add food I dislike, for example: I do not like coconut but it keeps suggesting recipes with it. Also the discover section is a brilliant idea but does not take my dietary restrictions into account, do not eat dairy but most of the recipes have cheese in the discover area. However, it is a really good idea but needs some improvements.