Comparison

Smart Cook vs MyCookBook

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

Head to head
About

Smart Cook

This kitchen companion offers a vast collection of gourmet recipes from professional chefs. Easily find dishes with advanced filters, manage your favorites, and follow step-by-step instructions with an integrated timer. It also connects via Bluetooth to control specific smart kitchen appliances for automated cooking.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of gourmet recipes
  • Filter recipes by ingredients, diet, and more
  • Manage and rate favorite recipes
  • Step-by-step cooking instructions
  • Integrated cooking timer
  • Bluetooth control for smart appliances
Features
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The Smart Cook app by Thomson, available on Smartphones and tablets, helps you to prepare and cook recipes. It is the perfect kitchen guide to prepare hundreds of gourmet recipes with your Thomson appliances! An inspiring guide for your dishes: - Access to recipes created by professional chefs and food lovers - Manage, rate and comment your favorite recipes An interface that makes everyday life easier: - Find the ideal recipe with filters such as ingredients, type of dish, type of cooking, time needed, difficulty or type of diet (gluten-free, vegetarian etc.) - Access your own recipes created on the online blog. - Follow the recipe steps and use the timer to assist you during the cooking process A tool to control the Geni mix Pro Connect: - Connect using bluetooth to the Geni mix Pro Connect to cook automatically recipes

About

MyCookBook

Easily add, organize, and store all your favorite recipes in one place. Attach photos, add notes, rate your creations, and quickly search by ingredients or directions. Share your culinary masterpieces with friends and family via social media or email.

Highlights
  • Add and organize recipes
  • Attach photos to recipes
  • Add personal notes
  • Rate and favorite recipes
  • Search recipes by ingredients
  • Share recipes via social media and email
Features
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MyRecipeBook is the easy to use, you can add any types of recipe and share with others. Quickly and easily enter all your favorite recipes and organize them exactly the way you want. Create the ultimate personal cookbook with recipes from your own cookbooks, magazines and recipe websites. Attach photos to your recipes, add your own notes, rate your recipes and flag your favorites. Quickly search for your recipes by ingredients, directions or rating. Share your recipes on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks and by email. With MyRecipeBook you finally have one place to keep all of your recipes organized just the way you want!

Screenshots

Smart Cook2 screens
MyCookBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Smart Cook at every 2 months against MyCookBook's every 15 months. Smart Cook also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.1). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Cook ships an update every 2 months, MyCookBook every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Smart Cook versus MyCookBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart CookMyCookBook
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.1
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSCHNEIDER CONSUMER GROUPNimit Dholakia

Customer experience

Smart Cook

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

MyCookBook

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Smart Cook

No in-app purchases

None

MyCookBook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Cook free?
Smart Cook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyCookBook free?
MyCookBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Smart Cook or MyCookBook have ads?
Neither Smart Cook nor MyCookBook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Cook or MyCookBook?
Smart Cook ships an update every 2 months, and MyCookBook every 15 months. Most recently, Smart Cook was updated on October 24, 2026 and MyCookBook on October 25, 2026.

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