Best Food & Drink apps on iOS, ranked by ASO
The App Store's top-charting Food & Drink apps, ranked not by downloads but by how well each one is optimized.
Top Food & Drink apps on the App Store by ASO score
Seeded from the App Store's Food & Drink top charts (free + paid), then ranked by ASO score. The "by downloads" position shows where each app sits in the chart, so you can see the gap between popularity and optimization.
- 1
ReciMe: Recipes & Meal Planner
App Store#1 by downloadsReciMe Pty Ltd
- 2
CellarTracker: #1 Wine Tracker
App Store#11 by downloadsCellarTracker
- 3
Wine Vintages: Expert Ratings
App Store#15 by downloadsVinoMobile
- 4
Bevnap: Cocktail Recipes
App Store#8 by downloadsLemel Software, LLC
- 5
Diners & Drive-Ins Unofficial
App Store#14 by downloadsGoLocalApps
- 6
Mealime Meal Plans & Recipes
App Store#18 by downloadsMealime Meal Plans Inc
- 7
Mealie - Recipe & Meal Planner
App Store#9 by downloadsRanduSoft SRL
- 8
FitMenCook - Healthy Recipes
App Store#3 by downloadsNibble Apps Ltd
- 9
Too Good To Go: Save Good Food
App Store#14 by downloadsToo Good To Go
- 10
Oeni: #1 Wine Cellar Manager
App Store#19 by downloadsOeni
- 11
Vinocell – Wine cellar manager
App Store#20 by downloadsVinoDev
- 12
Uber Eats: Food & Groceries
App Store#4 by downloadsUber Technologies, Inc.
- 13
Yelp: Food, Services & Reviews
App Store#5 by downloadsYelp
- 14
Gronda: Recipes for Chefs
App Store#7 by downloadsGronda GmbH
- 15
Instacart: Groceries & Food
App Store#11 by downloadsMaplebear Inc
- 16
CookShelf: Search Cookbooks
App Store#12 by downloadsCookShelf Inc
- 17
InVintory: Wine Cellar Manager
App Store#17 by downloadsInVintory Wines Incorporated
- 18
NYT Cooking: Quick Tasty Meals
App Store#2 by downloadsThe New York Times Company
- 19
America's Test Kitchen
App Store#6 by downloadsAmerica's Test Kitchen LP
- 20
Pepper - Recipe Organizer
App Store#19 by downloadsPepper App Inc.
- 21
In Season: Seasonal Produce
App Store#19 by downloadsMaximos Angelakis
- 22
Santa Fe Margarita Trail
App Store#4 by downloadsCity of Santa Fe
- 23
eMeals - Healthy Meal Plans
App Store#10 by downloadseMeals, Inc.
- 24
TREAT: Play & impact REAL dogs
App Store#15 by downloadsTreat App
- 25
Mob: Meal Planner and Recipes
App Store#16 by downloadsMouth Group Limited
Ranked by ASO score among Food & Drink chart leaders on the App Store. Scores measure title, subtitle or short description, keyword coverage, description, screenshots and visuals, freshness, and metadata completeness. Corpus refresh: 8/1/2026.
How to use this Food & Drink ranking
This ranking is designed to separate category visibility from listing quality. A chart leader can win downloads because of brand strength, paid acquisition, or network effects while still leaving ASO gaps in its title, subtitle, description, screenshots, update cadence, or metadata. The useful signal is the difference between chart position and ASO score.
Start with ReciMe: Recipes & Meal Planner and the other top scorers, then look for repeated patterns in the wording, visual promises, and metadata coverage. For your own Food & Drink app, use those patterns as a benchmark, not a script: validate the keyword opportunity first, compare against direct competitors, and then plan the next release around the highest-confidence changes.
What the ASO score reveals in Food & Drink
This is a listing-quality view of App Store Food & Drink apps. It is not a download chart. The ranking shows which leaders connect metadata, screenshots, freshness, and complete store fields.
If ReciMe: Recipes & Meal Planner leads this list, look for the reason. The edge may come from sharper title terms, stronger first screenshots, fresh release notes, or clearer category-fit signals. Use those patterns as a benchmark, not as copy to mirror.
The best Food & Drink apps on the App Store connect keyword intent, product promise, visual proof, and trust signals in one listing.
- Metadata fitClear title, subtitle, short description, and keyword coverage.
- Creative proofFirst screenshots show the outcome users came to find.
- Maintenance signalFresh updates and complete metadata keep the listing trustworthy.