Comparison

Recipe Keeper vs Homebaker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Recipe Keeper

Organize all your recipes in one place with AI import, meal planning, and smart grocery lists. Easily add recipes from any website or cookbook, track nutrition, and cook with confidence using voice guidance. Plan meals, reduce food waste, and stay on budget.

Highlights
  • AI recipe import from websites and social media
  • AI Recipe Scanner for cookbooks and handwritten cards
  • AI Chef for recipe creation and variations
  • Meal planning and smart grocery list generation
  • Macro tracking and nutrition goals
  • Voice guidance for cooking
  • Offline recipe access
Features
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Stop screenshotting dinner ideas. CookBook turns recipes from Instagram, TikTok, websites and photos into meals you can plan, shop and cook. CookBook is a smart recipe keeper loved by thousands of home cooks. Save recipes from anywhere, organize them into a private digital cookbook, plan meals, create grocery lists, track nutrition and cook with clear steps across iPhone, iPad, Mac and web. Start free, with a 14-day trial. SAVE RECIPES FROM ANYWHERE Import recipes from Instagram, TikTok, websites, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest and links. Use the AI recipe scanner to turn photos of handwritten recipe cards, cookbook pages, screenshots and clippings into editable recipes. ASK COOKBOOK Ask CookBook is your AI cooking companion for dinner ideas, recipe creation, ingredient swaps, leftover inspiration, meal planning help and cooking questions. Ask what to cook with what you have, how to adapt a recipe or how to make a dish suit your diet. ORGANIZE YOUR DIGITAL COOKBOOK Keep every recipe easy to find with tags, favorites, ratings, notes, filters and search. Find recipes by name, ingredient, tag, source, cook time or nutrition. PLAN MEALS Use CookBook as a flexible meal planner for days, weeks or months. Plan from recipes you already love, scale servings, add notes and make weekly meal prep easier. SHOP SMARTER Create smart grocery lists from recipes or meal plans. CookBook merges ingredients, sorts groceries by aisle and syncs your shopping list across devices. COOK WITH CONFIDENCE Scale servings, convert units, use cooking timers, keep your screen awake and follow clean, readable recipe steps while you cook. TRACK NUTRITION Calculate recipe nutrition, view estimated calories and macros, and plan meals around your goals. WORKS ACROSS DEVICES Plan on your computer, shop on your phone and cook from your tablet. CookBook syncs your private recipe library across devices and the CookBook Web App. BEST FOR HOME COOKS WHO: • Save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, websites and food blogs • Replace screenshots, bookmarks and notes with one recipe manager • Use a meal planner with automatic grocery lists • Scan family recipes, handwritten cards and cookbooks • Organize recipes with tags, filters and favorites • Get AI recipe help while keeping control of their own recipes QUESTIONS What is CookBook? CookBook is a private recipe keeper, recipe manager and meal planner for saving, organizing, planning, shopping and cooking from your own recipes. How do I import recipes from Instagram? Save the recipe to CookBook and turn it into a clean, editable recipe with ingredients and steps. Can I import recipes from TikTok? Yes. CookBook can help you import recipes from TikTok and other social recipe sources into your private recipe library. Can I scan handwritten recipes? Yes. CookBook can scan handwritten cards, cookbook pages and printed recipes into editable digital recipes. Does CookBook make shopping lists? Yes. Add recipes to your meal plan or shopping list and CookBook creates a smart grocery list sorted by aisle. Does CookBook help with meal planning? Yes. CookBook includes flexible meal planning for days, weeks and months, with shopping lists created from your planned meals. Is CookBook private? Yes. CookBook is a private digital cookbook for your own recipe collection, meal plans and shopping lists. QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? Email team@cookbookmanager.com - we'd love to help! PRICING & TERMS CookBook is free to download. Store 20 recipes and use 20 smart imports free. Yearly plans include a 14-day trial where eligible. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in App Store account settings. Unused portions of a free trial or subscription period are non-refundable. Terms: https://www.cookbook.company/policies/terms Privacy: https://www.cookbook.company/policies/privacy

About

Homebaker

This app helps home bakers track bread recipes and baking sessions. It allows users to create custom recipes, log detailed session notes with timings and photos, and manage sourdough starters. Push notifications remind users of important steps and feeding times.

Highlights
  • Create custom bread recipes
  • Log detailed baking sessions with photos
  • Automatic baker's percentage calculation
  • Manage sourdough starter activity
  • Step-by-step baking session tracking
  • Push notification reminders
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Perfect your bread baking with Homebaker, the bread baking notes app for home bakers that want to keep track of their bread recipes and baking sessions. Whether you're just beginning your baking journey or you're a seasoned bread baker, Homebaker offers seamless tools to: - Perfect your recipes: Create your own bread baking recipes by adding your preferment, dough and non-dough ingredients, as well as detailed recipe steps. Homebaker automatically calculates baker's percentages and hydration. Use recipes as templates to pre-fill your baking sessions. You can also share your recipes with fellow bakers using a public link. - Log your baking sessions: Record every step of your baking sessions with detailed timings, descriptions, metadata (such as temperatures) and pictures. Review past sessions and refine your techniques for perfect results every time. - Step by step precision: Never forget to add salt again. Mark baking steps as done to keep track of where you are in a baking session. - Manage your sourdough starters: log your starter's activity and schedule feeding notifications - Get notified: Get notified with push notifications when step timers are completed in your baking session or when it's time to check on your sourdough starter. - Stay synced: With the Pro version (requires paid subscription) – access Homebaker from any device, including desktops, via our web app. A subscription to Homebaker Pro is optional and can be purchased in-app to unlock the following features: - Unlimited creation of recipes: In the free version of Homebaker the number of recipes you can create is limited. Upgrade to Pro to create as many recipes as you want, which also can be used as templates for your baking sessions - Access to the Homebaker web app: Your recipes and sessions get synced with your Homebaker account and can be accessed in the browser via the web app. This makes it easy to manage your baking notes on desktop devices. Subscriptions will be automatically renewed and charged on a monthly basis. You can cancel anytime in your iTunes account settings. You can find the Terms of Use (EULA) here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.homebaker.app/privacy Support: https://www.homebaker.app/support

Screenshots

Recipe Keeper4 screens
Homebaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Recipe Keeper at 4.8 against Homebaker's 1.0. Recipe Keeper also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 1). Homebaker's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 16.4). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Recipe Keeper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Homebaker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Recipe Keeper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recipe Keeper has 2.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Recipe Keeper's written reviews are positive against 100% of Homebaker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recipe Keeper ships an update every 4 days, Homebaker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Recipe Keeper versus Homebaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecipe KeeperHomebaker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.7K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#56 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.414.0.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB52 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCookBook Co. Pty LtdSIMON RAYMOND SCHOEN

Customer experience

Recipe Keeper

All ratings2,660 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.1%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews610 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral4.9%
Negative15.7%

Homebaker

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Recipe Keeper

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Recipes not importing correctly
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Inability to open app on some devices after update

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to delete/edit tags
  • Improve shopping list organization and customization
  • Integrate with fitness/nutrition apps
  • Allow bulk recipe import/export
  • Add more flexible meal planning options

Homebaker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Recipe Keeper

Subscriptions2
  • Full Monthly Pro Access$6.991 Month
  • Full Yearly Pro Access14 Days trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Homebaker

Subscriptions1
  • Homebaker Pro$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Recipe Keeper free?
Recipe Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Homebaker free?
Homebaker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Recipe Keeper or Homebaker?
Recipe Keeper is rated higher. Recipe Keeper averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while Homebaker averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Recipe Keeper or Homebaker have ads?
Homebaker shows ads; Recipe Keeper does not.
Which is updated more often, Recipe Keeper or Homebaker?
Recipe Keeper ships an update every 4 days, and Homebaker fortnightly. Most recently, Recipe Keeper was updated on November 2, 2026 and Homebaker on November 3, 2026.

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