# Cookmate - My Recipe Organizer — user reviews

> 48 indexed App Store user reviews of Cookmate by Maadinfo Services, rated 4.80/5 from 298 ratings.

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- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cookmate-my-recipe-organizer/id1587685734.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 263 · 4★ 22 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 4

## What do users think of Cookmate?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive
- 💾 Saves recipes from internet easily
- ✨ Organizes recipes well
- 📝 Allows creating own recipes
- 📱 Syncs across devices
- 🌟 Imports recipes cleanly
- 💡 Eliminates ads and distractions
- 🚀 Works much better than old version
- 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Great for family sharing
- 🛒 Creates shopping lists
- 🔄 Edits imported recipes easily
- 💯 Highly recommended
- ✨ Clean and simple layout
- ✅ Reliable and well-designed
- 👍 Very user-friendly
- 👍 Best recipe app ever
- 👍 Simplifies internet recipes
- 👍 Motivated to try new recipes
- 👍 Supports developers
- 👍 Infinite recipe storage
- 👍 Great recipe import
- 👍 Good ingredient and instruction display
- 👍 Keeps recipes at fingertips
- 👍 Organizes and develops recipes
- 👍 Beautiful UI
- 👍 Best recipe saver
- 👍 Handy for handwritten recipes
- 👍 Automatic info finding from webpages
- 👍 User-friendly than Pinterest
- 👍 After a decade still love it
- 👍 Syncs over old app recipes
- 👍 Best recipe keeper
- 👍 Great way to save favorites
- 👍 Get straight to the recipe
- 👍 Makes cooking more interesting
- 👍 Intuitive and great place for recipes

**Cons**

- 🐛 Bugs and glitches reported
- 🔗 Links not working or compatible
- 🚫 Doesn't give full recipe
- 📉 Free version has limited recipe count
- 💻 New app only shows recipes online
- ❌ Cannot move recipes to new app
- 💸 Paid version seems excessive for ads
- 🐌 Clunky and old feel
- 🛒 Shopping list categories mixed
- ⚠️ Account necessary with ads
- 🔄 Syncing issues between devices
- 👎 UI/UX quirks in navigation
- ❌ Free version limits recipes
- 🐛 App crashes
- 🐛 Categories not working
- 🐛 Website down/server errors
- 🐛 Blank white screen on import
- 🐛 Cannot connect to server
- 🐛 Cannot sync account
- 🐛 Forces out to mobile web browser
- 🐛 Poor clickability and screen adaptation
- 🐛 Elements clickable on edges
- 🐛 Screen flies away by scrolling
- 🐛 Registration email not received
- 🐛 Error on registration
- 🐛 Recipe disappeared during input
- 🐛 Cannot pay annually
- 🐛 Free app not truly free

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Links not working or compatible
- Doesn't give full recipe
- Free version limits recipes
- App crashes
- Categories not working
- Website down/server errors
- Blank white screen on import
- Cannot connect to server
- Cannot sync account
- Registration email not received
- Error on registration
- Recipe disappeared during input
- Syncing issues between devices
- Poor clickability and screen adaptation
- Elements clickable on edges
- Screen flies away by scrolling

**Most requested features**

- Allow importing recipes directly within the app
- Improve UI/UX for navigation, adding categories and tags
- Fix shopping list categorization
- Allow direct payment for annual subscription
- Improve clickability and screen adaptation for smaller screens
- Fix syncing issues between devices

## Newest reviews (12 of 48)

### 5/5 — Best Digital Cookbook Ever!

*2025-06-08*

I’ve been using this for almost 4 years now and I enjoy every bit of it. I’m able to login on any device it does not have to be specific and I am able to get my recipes or what I need to buy for my recipes at any time. Thank you so much Cookmate.

### 4/5 — Good

*2025-05-24*

I wish that I could import a recipe using the app, instead the app forces me out into the mobile web browser to do it.

### 2/5 — Funktional aber ohne liebe gebaut

*2025-01-28*

Das ui ist soweit gleich dargestellt wie die Web App. Allerdings ist die klickbarkeit und die Anpassung auf Bildschirm Größen unglaublich schlecht. Immer wieder sind Elemente und an Ecken klickbar oder der Bildschirm fliegt seitlich weg durch scrollen. Das darf nicht passieren.

### 5/5 — hilfreiche App

*2024-12-20*

gut gemachte App, sehr guter Rezept import, gute Darstellung der Zutaten und Koch-/Backanweisungen

### 5/5 — Great App

*2024-12-20, version 1.4.1*

Love this App. Keeps all my recipes at my fingertips

### 2/5 — Good app, but ridiculous subscription

*2024-12-04, version 1.4.1*

I used to have the ad-free version (still there on Android). Now it seems ads are bundles with the rest of the subscription. I don’t need the extra features and $2 a month seems excessive to remove ads. It is unfortunate, used to really love the simpler version

### 5/5 — Simple and It Works

*2024-10-05*

I love that you can import recipes for many sources on the web, and that once you import them, you can modify them as a wish. I also love that I can share this with others so they can access my recipes, or add their own.

### 5/5 — The Best Recipe App Ever

*2024-09-14*

After trying a few recipe apps with that I was unsatisfied, I found Cookmate. The app is easy to use, allows editing, and simply imports recipes I find on the web. I love everything about it!

### 5/5 — Cookmate

*2024-08-03, version 1.3.4*

This app has helped me organize and develop recipes easier than ever !!

### 5/5 — This app helped me start my cooking journey!

*2024-07-23, version 1.3.4*

I truly love this app! Beautiful UI and easy to use!

### 5/5 — My only issue

*2024-06-06*

I have enjoyed this app even when it was my cookbook. I do have one issue I have tried more than once to pay for it annually but have not been able to do so.

### 5/5 — The best recipe saver

*2024-05-02*

I love this app. It’s so easy to add recipes from the internet or add in your own. If you need/want to change a recipe it’s easy to edit too. You can use for free but can’t save too many recipes but you can pay a VERY reasonably priced subscription

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — C’est nul

*2026-06-01, version 1.7.1*

Sa bug tout le temps , les liens ne marche pas ou arrivent pas a etre compatibles, sa ne donne pas toute la recette . Je suis vraiment insatisfait de l’appli

### 1/5 — New app is cr app

*2026-03-11*

So they say we have to switch and the new free app only accepts 60 recipes. All my apps now only show up online and all the links to export or import just take you to Login online. Can’t even move 60 over to the new app. I sure ain’t going to pay for a year of upgrade if I can’t transfer anything. The old app was a nightmare too. I was hooked up for auto renewal each month but they would send
messages and cut me off before the would auto deduct and turn it back on. Stay far away, this is their 3rd time “upgrading” to less free features but nothing new or better for pay.

### 1/5 — Clunky and old

*2025-08-19*

I really dislike the feel of this app, it feels old, looks old and would never pay that much for a subscription for it! Deleted.

### 1/5 — I don’t get it

*2025-08-07, version 1.5.4*

Not good.  Couldn’t get any of my TikTok recipes to come in at all.  Everything was just blank. Stopped trying.

### 1/5 — Just not working

*2024-11-28, version 1.4.1*

This app is just not working for me. Tried to register with my email, didn’t receive the email and I made sure I typed it right. Then tried another way and it’s showing it an error.

### 1/5 — Disparition recette en cours

*2024-11-06*

J’étais en train de rentrer ma recette en suivant la préparation et alors que j’avais quasiment terminer, l’application est revenue d’elle même au menu recettes et je ne peux rien retrouver.

### 1/5 — Do not use

*2024-05-01*

It’s a great app except…… after a certain period of time you have to upgrade or you can’t access you recipes.  It gets very old apps saying they are free when clearly they aren’t

### 1/5 — Account notwendig

*2023-09-25*

Finde es schrecklich das man immer für alles einen Account braucht und dann mit Werbung für bombardiert wird. Nicht nur mir. 
Gleich wieder gelöscht

### 2/5 — Ça plante

*2025-09-04*

Dommage que les catégories ne fonctionnent pas…

### 2/5 — Website Down???

*2025-07-22*

BE AWARE: The Cookmate online website is not working at all. I tried to use the import function on the app, but got a blank white screen. Tried to access the site manually in my browser (iOS), but got a ‘cannot connect to server’ error. I can’t even sync my account in the app as I get the same server error. I have emailed support, and I am currently awaiting a response. Are they shutting the app and website down? Am I the only one having this issue?

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Keeping me organized

*2026-07-31*

I love this app.  I use it all the time to keep my recipes that I find online.

### 5/5 — Greatness Awaits

*2026-06-28, version 1.7.1*

Very useful, greatness awaits

### 5/5 — J’adore cette application

*2026-06-19*

J’aime le fait d’avoir toujours la même mise en page et d’éviter les publicités en copiant le lien et l’insérant ici.

### 5/5 — Fun for family

*2026-06-17*

This app is not only fun for family sharing, it’s simple to save recipes from internet as well as create my own.

### 5/5 — Easy to use

*2026-06-10*

I love this app. I pull recipes that look good to me and they arrange them in the easiest format. It’s all laid out and separated. I highly recommend it

### 5/5 — Love

*2026-06-05*

I keep most of my recipes here, and I keep it synched on my mom’s phone as well so it’s easy for us to share recipes.

### 5/5 — Good one

*2025-10-09*

I had the old Cookmate app and it quit accepting new recipes from the internet. I downloaded the new one and it works SO MUCH BETTER!!! I absolutely love it! Very user friendly.

### 5/5 — Love this app!

*2025-10-05*

I have used this app for a couple years now. Originally downloaded it to hold all my various Christmas cookies into one place but soon filled it up with meal recipes found on the internet, in recipe books and even hand written recipes shared by friends. I then opted for the paid version to increase my limit and it is well worth it! It’s easy to use and I can pull up any of my recipes anywhere. I also share recipes with my children using the friends feature. It’s nice to have all my recipes in one place in a searchable format.

### 5/5 — Un indispensable depuis 5 ans

*2025-07-29*

Cela fait maintenant 5 ans que j’utilise Cookmate, et je ne pourrais plus m’en passer. L’application me permet d’enregistrer facilement toutes les recettes que je découvre sur Internet, quel que soit le site. Ce que j’apprécie particulièrement, c’est sa simplicité d’utilisation, sa fiabilité, et le fait qu’elle reste gratuite, sans pub envahissante. Un vrai compagnon de cuisine, pratique et bien pensé. Merci aux développeurs de continuer à proposer une application aussi utile et accessible !

### 5/5 — Fantastic!

*2025-07-26, version 1.5.3*

Fantastic app!  Easy to import recipes and they can be edited, too!

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