Comparison

Smart Cook vs SmartBar Mobile

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

SmartBar Mobile

This app helps restaurant and bar operators manage draft beer inventory and reduce variances. It provides real-time monitoring of poured ounces, automatic reconciliation with POS data, and access to brand performance reports. Features include accurate inventory management, ordering, and automated alerts.

Highlights
  • Real-time draft beer monitoring
  • Automatic POS reconciliation
  • Brand performance reports
  • Inventory management & ordering
  • Web-based data access
  • Automated alerts
Features
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BeerBoard's unique beverage inventory management and control solution that helps restaurant and bar operators easily manage draft beer inventory and reduce variances (the difference between ounces poured and ounces sold). *Only for existing clients of BeerBoard. For more information about the product or to subscribe to the program please call us at 888-298-3641. Features + Accurate & real-time monitoring of every ounce of draft beer poured + Automatic reconciliation of Oz poured with Oz sold from the POS system + Real-time access to brand performance reports + Accurate inventory management, ordering, & receiving + Web-based access to data by day, shift, hour, or minute + Automated email and text alerts at the store, regional, & corporate levels

Screenshots

Smart Cook2 screens
SmartBar Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SmartBar Mobile at 100% against Smart Cook's 0%. Smart Cook's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Smart Cook versus SmartBar Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart CookSmartBar Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB60 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSCHNEIDER CONSUMER GROUPUS Beverage Net

Customer experience

Smart Cook

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

SmartBar Mobile

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Smart Cook

No in-app purchases

None

SmartBar Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Cook free?
Smart Cook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmartBar Mobile free?
SmartBar Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Smart Cook or SmartBar Mobile have ads?
Neither Smart Cook nor SmartBar Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Cook or SmartBar Mobile?
Smart Cook ships an update every 2 months, and SmartBar Mobile every 2 months. Most recently, Smart Cook was updated on October 14, 2026 and SmartBar Mobile on October 14, 2026.

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