Spatula vs Monch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spatula
Organize your favorite recipes from across the web or add your own. This app presents recipes in a cooking-friendly format, accessible on any device. Discover new dishes through recommendations and what your friends are saving.
- Save recipes from the web
- Add custom recipes
- Cooking-friendly format
- Cross-device compatibility
- Social recipe discovery
- Personalized recommendations
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Spatula is a smart and social recipe box. - Save recipes from anywhere on the web, or add your own. - Open in a cooking-friendly format on any device. - Get inspired by friends and recommendations.
Monch
This app helps you organize recipes, plan weekly meals, and provides a guided cooking experience. Easily import recipes from various sources and track ingredients as you cook.
- Recipe scanning and import
- Weekly meal planning
- Hands-free cooking mode
- Ingredient tracking
- Leftover tracking
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Take the daily "what's for dinner?" off your plate. Monch is a recipe keeper, meal planner, and cooking companion for Apple platforms. Capture recipes quickly • Scan a recipe with your camera, or import from Photos (Apple Intelligence required) • Import from Safari using the Share Sheet • Save everything to your Library and organize with Cookbooks Plan your week in minutes • Add any recipe to your Planner in one step • Add recipes directly from the Planner tab • Mark servings as eaten and Monch tracks leftovers automatically Calm cooking • Step through recipes one instruction at a time, hands-free and unhurried • Check off ingredients as you use them, so you only ever see what's next • Everything you need in the moment, nothing you don't Monch is built for everyday home cooking. It's a reliable recipe organizer, a simple recipe saver, and a flexible weekly meal planner all in one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Monch at every 6 weeks against Spatula's every 12 months. Monch also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Spatula's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Spatula against 5.0 for Monch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Spatula ships an update every 12 months, Monch every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spatula | Monch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kushal Dave | Andrew Spearman |
Customer experience
Spatula
Monch
In-app purchases
Spatula
No in-app purchases
Monch
No in-app purchases
