Best Food & Drink apps, ranked by ASO
We took the Food & Drink category's real top-chart leaders on the App Store and Google Play and ranked them by how well they're optimized. Both store leaderboards are shown side by side.
Top Food & Drink apps by store
App Store
25 appsTop: ReciMe: Recipes & Meal Planner · ASO 87
View iOS ranking- 1
ReciMe: Recipes & Meal Planner
App Store#1 by downloadsReciMe Pty Ltd
- 2
Bevnap: Cocktail Recipes
App Store#6 by downloadsLemel Software, LLC
- 3
Mealie - Recipe & Meal Planner
App Store#12 by downloadsRanduSoft SRL
- 4
FitMenCook - Healthy Recipes
App Store#5 by downloadsNibble Apps Ltd
- 5
Too Good To Go: Save Good Food
App Store#13 by downloadsToo Good To Go
- 6
Mealime Meal Plans & Recipes
App Store#16 by downloadsMealime Meal Plans Inc
- 7
Gronda: Recipes for Chefs
App Store#7 by downloadsGronda GmbH
- 8
Yelp: Food, Services & Reviews
App Store#8 by downloadsYelp
- 9
InVintory: Wine Cellar Manager
App Store#11 by downloadsInVintory Wines Incorporated
- 10
Instacart: Groceries & Food
App Store#14 by downloadsMaplebear Inc
- 11
CookShelf: Search Cookbooks
App Store#9 by downloadsCookShelf Inc
- 12
America's Test Kitchen
App Store#4 by downloadsAmerica's Test Kitchen LP
- 13
eMeals - Healthy Meal Plans
App Store#13 by downloadseMeals, Inc.
- 14
Pepper - Recipe Organizer
App Store#15 by downloadsPepper App Inc.
- 15
NYT Cooking: Quick Tasty Meals
App Store#2 by downloadsThe New York Times Company
- 16
Santa Fe Margarita Trail
App Store#9 by downloadsCity of Santa Fe
- 17
Diners & Drive-Ins Unofficial
App Store#15 by downloadsGoLocalApps
- 18
Little Caesars Pizza
App Store#19 by downloadsLittle Caesar Enterprises, Inc.
- 19
CellarTracker: #1 Wine Tracker
App Store#10 by downloadsCellarTracker
- 20
Rawtarian's Raw Recipes
App Store#13 by downloadsBrightflock
- 21
TREAT: Play & impact REAL dogs
App Store#14 by downloadsTreat App
- 22
Deglaze: Cooking, Simplified
App Store#18 by downloadsDeglazed LLC
- 23
Untappd: Find Drinks You Love
App Store#19 by downloadsUntappd, Inc
- 24
DoorDash: Food, Grocery, More
App Store#2 by downloadsDoorDash, Inc.
- 25
Oh She Glows
App Store#10 by downloadsGlo Bakery Corporation
Google Play
25 appsTop: Meal Planner & Recipe Keeper · ASO 89
View Android ranking- 1
Meal Planner & Recipe Keeper
Google Play#4 by downloadsStashcook
- 2
Samsung Food: Meal Planner
Google Play#14 by downloadsSamsungFood
- 3
Uber Eats: Food and Grocery
Google Play#3 by downloadsUber Technologies, Inc.
- 4
Eatr・AI Healthy Meal Plan・Diet
Google Play#17 by downloadsEatr - MealPlans
- 5
Yelp: Food, Delivery & Reviews
Google Play#9 by downloadsYelp, Inc
- 6
ReciMe: Recipes & Meal Planner
Google Play#1 by downloadsReciMe
- 7
Pepper - Recipe Organizer
Google Play#10 by downloadsPepper App Inc
- 8
Cooklist: Pantry & Cooking App
Google Play#17 by downloadsCooklist
- 9
Pizza Hut - Delivery & Takeout
Google Play#16 by downloadsPizza Hut Inc
- 10
Honeydew: Recipe Manager
Google Play#3 by downloadsRed Honey
- 11
Mealime Meal Plans & Recipes
Google Play#6 by downloadsMealime Meal Plans Inc
- 12
Instacart: Get Food Delivery
Google Play#7 by downloadsInstacart
- 13
Cocktail Party: Drink Recipes
Google Play#2 by downloadsCooper Bold Interactive
- 14
Love, Manuela The Baking APP
Google Play#2 by downloadsManuela Kjeilen
- 15
Untappd: Find Beer You'll Love
Google Play#19 by downloadsUntappd
- 16
Inspo - Recipes & Meal Planner
Google Play#8 by downloadsPinecone Labs LLC
- 17
America's Test Kitchen
Google Play#5 by downloadsAmerica's Test Kitchen
- 18
KitchenPal: Pantry Inventory
Google Play#18 by downloadsiCuisto Pte Ltd
- 19
DoorDash: Food, Grocery, More
Google Play#1 by downloadsDoorDash
- 20
Too Good To Go: Save Good Food
Google Play#14 by downloadsToo Good To Go Aps
- 21
Bartenders Choice V3.0
Google Play#3 by downloadsFancy Free, LLC
- 22
Sidekick by Sorted Food
Google Play#15 by downloadsSorted Club
- 23
NYT Cooking: Quick Tasty Meals
Google Play#2 by downloadsThe New York Times Company
- 24
Gronda - For Chefs
Google Play#7 by downloadsGronda GmbH
- 25
BURGER KING® App
Google Play#8 by downloadsBurger King, Inc.
What to compare across stores
The same Food & Drink category can behave differently on the App Store and Google Play. iOS listings lean on the title, subtitle, keyword field, and screenshot sequence. Android listings have more room in the short description and long description. Reading both leaderboards helps separate category signals from platform signals.
Use the highest-scoring apps as a baseline for a complete listing in this category. Review your own app against the same signals before changing keywords or creative. Strong ASO work matches search intent, store fields, and conversion-focused screenshots in the same release.
How Food & Drink apps can earn more organic search
Organic growth in Food & Drink starts with the job a user wants to solve. A strong listing makes that job clear in the title, subtitle or short description, first screenshots, and opening description copy. The score shows whether the listing gives stores enough evidence to understand the app. It also shows whether users get enough visual proof to install.
Compare the words used by high-scoring apps with the outcomes shown in their screenshots. Repeated benefit language, category labels, and use-case phrases are good keyword candidates. If screenshots explain the same first-use moment, test that creative angle before chasing harder search terms.
ReciMe: Recipes & Meal Planner leads the App Store side while Meal Planner & Recipe Keeper leads the Google Play side, which gives you two different listing patterns to compare. Do not copy the wording directly. Look for the structure behind it. Check where the primary keyword appears. See how quickly the listing explains the app. Then review whether the description supports the same intent and recent updates build trust. The best ASO pages combine search relevance, complete metadata, fresh updates, and a clear reason to install.
- Search intentMap the category's common jobs, outcomes, and user language before editing metadata.
- Store fitCheck whether the App Store or Google Play leaders rely on different fields to explain the same value.
- Conversion proofUse screenshots and short copy to prove the outcome promised by the keyword target.
What the ASO score reveals in Food & Drink
This is a listing-quality view of 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 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.