Comparison · 13 August 2026

YesChef vs Lemon

Lemon is a focused, cheap, day-to-day food-safety record. It is honest about its scope — it describes itself as built for day-to-day record-keeping and says it does not generate HACCP plans.

How to read this table

Every cell about Lemon was read from Lemon’s own website on 13 August 2026. Where we could not find a feature, the cell says “Not advertised” and not “no” — a thing we could not find on a website is not a thing the product lacks, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Prices and features change; check theirs before you decide.

And we finish by arguing their case. The last section on this page sets out why you might choose Lemon over us. We are confident enough in what we have built to write it, and we think you should be suspicious of any comparison that does not.

FeatureYesChefLemon
Temperature, cleaning and opening / closing records YesTemperature logs, opening and closing checklists and cleaning records, on the free plan YesIts core product
Allergen matrix YesAllergen matrix, free plan Not advertisedon their site, 13 August 2026
HACCP plan YesFull EHO / HACCP suite on Pro No — and they say soLemon states it does not generate HACCP plans
Delivery / goods-in check YesDelivery temperature free; the full line-by-line check on Pro YesGoods-in advertised
Recipes YesUp to 50 free, unlimited on Pro Not advertisedon their site, 13 August 2026
Recipe costing & GP YesRecipe costing and GP tracking, Pro Not advertisedon their site, 13 August 2026
Stock & ingredients YesStock and ingredients, Pro Not advertisedon their site, 13 August 2026
Barcode scanning YesBarcodes bound to your own products, Pro Not advertisedon their site, 13 August 2026
Supplier invoice / delivery-note reading Yes25 documents a month on Pro, unlimited on Premium Not advertisedon their site, 13 August 2026
Works offline YesOffline-first — writes to the phone, syncs when it can YesOffline cache advertised
Export your records YesEvery plan including Free; export is never restricted Not advertisedon their site, 13 August 2026
Price Free · £39 Pro · £59 Premiumper month, excluding VAT. Free and Pro cover one kitchen, Premium up to three — not charged per location £19 per location per month, unlimited team
Trial & commitment Free plan forever, no cardno contract, cancel any time 14-day full trial, no card

Why you might choose Lemon instead

We back ours. But kitchens differ, and there are kitchens where Lemon is the sensible buy — so here they are. We would rather you spent your money well than spent it with us.

  • Price is the whole decision and the food-safety record is all you are after. Lemon is £19 because it does not carry the costing, stock or invoice side — so if you would never open those, you are not paying for them.
  • Your recipes already live in a spreadsheet you are happy with, and you have no intention of moving them.
  • You want the shortest possible list of things to learn. There is less of Lemon to get to know, because there is less in it — which is fair enough when the money side is handled somewhere else.

Try ours free and decide for yourself.

The food-safety record is free forever. You can run both for a fortnight and keep whichever you actually open.

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