Cookbooks by Sorted Food icon
Sidekick by Sorted Food icon

Sorted Food

For home cooks and brand fans looking to streamline grocery shopping and reduce food waste through structured meal plans.

2apps4.3(1.9K)Food & Drink

Snapshot

Who is Sorted Food?

Helping home cooks eliminate meal-planning stress and food waste through guided, ingredient-efficient recipe packs.

Target audience

Home cooksBrand fans looking to streamline grocery shoppingReduce food waste through structured meal plans

Active nemesis

Whisk food

Other rivals

Portfolio

Free 2
2
apps
Food & Drink2

Last updated

Sidekick by Sorted Food

v3.2.0

7mo ago

Steady

Publisher DNA

What defines Sorted Food?

Publisher DNA

Primary focus

Culinary utility and meal planning

Scale

indie

Target audience

Home cooks and brand fans looking to streamline grocery shopping and reduce food waste through structured meal plans.

Origin

Evolved from a popular YouTube food show and community into a digital product studio.

Signature Patterns

  • •Strict subscription-based monetization across the portfolio.
  • •Emphasis on 'Meal Packs' to ensure ingredient cross-compatibility and waste reduction.
  • •Step-by-step guided cooking interface designed for real-time kitchen use.
  • •Content-first approach utilizing recipes sourced from their own published physical media.
Steady

Portfolio momentum

Maintained a consistent update cadence with 3 releases across their 2-app portfolio in the last 6 months.

Last release 30d agoActive apps 2

Portfolio

What does Sorted Food ship?

Apps

2 apps analysed

Sidekick by Sorted Food icon
Sidekick by Sorted Food

Giving home cooks confidence to make tasty recipes and simplify meal planning

4.4(1.7K)

Single-market publisher, every app ships only to United States.

Based on 1 of 2 apps with localized market data, more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .

Americas (1)

  • United States1 / 1

Core markets (1/1 apps)

United States

Rivals

Who does Sorted Food compete with?

The rivals identified

Nemeses(1)

Whisk food

known forSamsung Food: Meal Planner

1 app4.6Food & Drink

Both apps target home cooks with meal planning and grocery management tools, creating direct competition for daily kitchen utility.

Contenders(4)

Dmytro Kobets

known forlopu: Weekly Meal Plan & Prep

1 app0.0Food & Drink

Both applications target home cooks seeking to reduce decision fatigue through integrated meal planning and grocery list management.

JARROD CHRIS HALE

known forMeal Prep - Weekly Planner

1 app0.0Food & Drink

Both apps target home cooks seeking to automate meal planning and grocery management, creating direct competition for users looking to reduce decision fatigue in the kitchen.

Lemar Systems

known forBatch Cooking Meal Planner

1 app0.0Food & Drink

Both apps target home cooks seeking to simplify meal planning, but they diverge on monetization and data architecture. They compete directly for users prioritizing reduced cognitive load in their weeknight dinner routines.

Multiway Creative

known forPlater - Weekly Meal Prep

1 app0.0Food & Drink

Both applications target home cooks seeking automated meal planning and recipe organization tools to manage weekly menus.

Same space(20)

CookBook Co. Pty

known forCookBook - Recipe Keeper

1 app4.7Food & Drink

CookBook offers centralized recipe management and AI-driven tools that compete with Sidekick's ingredient suggestions.

Cookpad

known forCookpad Recipes

1 app4.6Food & Drink

Cookpad offers a community-driven recipe discovery platform that provides a high-frequency alternative to Sidekick.

Crouton

known forCrouton: Recipe Manager

1 app4.8Food & Drink

Crouton provides native Apple integration for users digitizing physical cookbooks, overlapping with Sidekick's management tools.

Culi

known forZest: Meal Planner & Helper

1 app4.8Food & Drink

Zest provides a technique-focused video library that serves as an educational alternative to Sidekick's guidance.

Deliveroo

known forDeliveroo: Food & Shopping

2 apps4.6Food & Drink

Deliveroo provides grocery delivery integration as a high-frequency alternative to Sidekick's manual grocery planning.

Eatr - MealPlans

known forEatr・AI Healthy Meal Plan・Diet

1 app4.3Food & Drink

Eatr provides automated meal planning and grocery list generation that competes for the same daily kitchen utility as Sidekick.

Gronda

known forGronda: Recipes for Chefs

1 app4.8Food & Drink

Gronda offers professional culinary masterclasses that target the serious home cook segment Sidekick also serves.

Guardian News and Media

known forGuardian Feast: Daily Recipes

1 app4.2Food & Drink

Guardian Feast offers curated recipe collections from editorial experts as a premium alternative to Sidekick.

HelloFresh

known forHelloFresh: Meal Kit Delivery

1 app4.7Food & Drink

HelloFresh provides a physical meal kit delivery service that serves as an alternative to Sidekick's digital planning.

JoJo Apps: Meal Planner and Shopping List

known forMeal Planner & Grocery List

1 app4.5Food & Drink

Meal Planner & Grocery List provides an all-in-one menu organizer and recipe keeper for families.

KptnCook

known forKptnCook: Cook & Meal Planner

1 app3.7Food & Drink

KptnCook delivers daily recipes that create a high-frequency habit loop competing with Sidekick's meal planning.

Mob.co.uk

known forMob: Meal Planner and Recipes

1 app4.2Food & Drink

Mob uses ingredient-based search and shopping tools to address the daily cooking friction Sidekick aims to solve.

Pick Up Limes B.V.

known forPick Up Limes

1 app4.9Food & Drink

Pick Up Limes offers a dietitian-approved, plant-based planning method that competes with Sidekick's meal packs.

Plan to Eat

known forPlan to Eat: Meal Planner

1 app4.7Food & Drink

Plan to Eat offers recipe management and automated grocery list generation similar to Sidekick's planning tools.

ReciMe

known forReciMe: Recipes & Meal Planner

1 appFood & Drink

ReciMe aggregates social media recipes to solve content fragmentation similarly to Sidekick's planning tools.

Stashcook

known forMeal Planner & Recipe Keeper

1 app4.4Food & Drink

Stashcook provides multi-source recipe import and meal planning functionality that overlaps with Sidekick's core utility.

The Good Bite

known forTGB: Meal Planner & Recipes

1 app5.0Food & Drink

TGB offers dynamic meal planning and grocery list updates that compete for the same daily-use kitchen utility as Sidekick.

The New York Times Company

known forNYT Cooking: Quick Tasty Meals

2 apps4.9Food & Drink

NYT Cooking provides editorial-tested recipes that offer a high-trust alternative to Sidekick's community-focused content.

Vorwerk

known forThermomix® Cookidoo® App

1 app4.9Food & Drink

Thermomix Cookidoo provides guided cooking integration for hardware owners, creating a specialized path for meal execution.

youmealplan.com

known forMeal Planner & Macro Tracker

1 app4.7Food & Drink

Meal Planner & Macro Tracker provides AI-powered recipe importing and planning tools similar to Sidekick.

New entrants(2)

TEGS LABS

known formise - meal planner

2 apps4.6Food & Drink

mise provides pantry-aware meal planning and supermarket integration that competes with Sidekick's ingredient-based suggestions.

Tempo Labs Creative

known forHerbi: Meal Planner + Recipes

2 apps2.3Food & Drink

Herbi offers personalized meal planning and grocery list generation similar to Sidekick's planning tools.

The Analyst's Read

The bottom line on Sorted Food

Bottom line

Sorted Food is a prime example of a community-led publisher successfully transitioning into a utility-first subscription model. Their high weighted rating across a focused portfolio indicates a disciplined product strategy that prioritizes user retention over broad-market app volume.

Frequently asked questions

How many apps does Sorted Food publish?
Sorted Food has 2 apps tracked by Marlvel, primarily in the Food & Drink category.
What kind of apps does Sorted Food make?
Sorted Food's portfolio is concentrated in Food & Drink, with an average rating of 4.3/5 across rated apps.
What is Sorted Food's top app?
By review volume across the portfolio, Sidekick by Sorted Food is Sorted Food's best-known app tracked by Marlvel.
In how many countries are Sorted Food's apps available?
Marlvel has tracked Sorted Food's apps across 1 country.

What fed this analysis

Apps analyzed:
2
With full intel:
0
With overview:
2
Website scraped:
yes
Social presence:
yes

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Cite this report

Marlvel.ai. “Sorted Food intelligence.” Updated 2026-04-24. https://marlvel.ai/publishers/sorted-food

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