Comparison

Between Carpools vs Recipe Notes

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

Head to head
About

Between Carpools

This app offers daily content tailored for Orthodox Jewish women, covering parenting, household management, fashion, beauty, food, and Jewish topics. It provides inspiring and useful articles, recipes, and deals in a beautifully designed interface.

Highlights
  • Topic browsing and searching
  • Save posts for offline reading
  • Share posts with friends
  • New post notifications
  • Daily deals
  • Kosher recipes
Features
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Between Carpools delivers the content that’s relevant to your daily life as an Orthodox Jewish woman. Enjoy entertaining, inspiring, and useful content covering topics such as parenting, work/life balance, maintaining a household, fashion, beauty, entertaining, food & recipes, organizing, and Jewish topics. Between Carpools is also the first app that speaks to the sophistication of the Jewish woman, with a seamlessly designed experience, professional and creatively styled photography, videos, and personable content. The Content That’s Tailor Made for You: *Find invaluable information related to your mommy experience, no matter if you’re parenting a baby, kids, or teens. *Receive tips on the easiest ways to keep your household in shape, from our favorite conveniences to organizing how-tos. *Discover daily deals on items that are actually relevant to your life. *Enjoy food preparation tips and kosher recipes that both suit your busy daily lifestyle and special occasions. *Be inspired by content on the only Jewish app that shares your values as an Orthodox Jewish woman looking to grow. *All posts are delivered a captivating and engaging experience, accompanied with beautiful photos and images, in voices that speak to you. *Between Carpools is updated everyday with timely content that’s relevant to your life right now. Features: *Browse through your favorite topics and search based on your interests. *Save posts to read later, even when you’re offline *Share your favorite posts with your friends with a tap *Receive notifications when new posts are up--or when there’s a new post on specific topics that interest you.

About

Recipe Notes

Easily save and organize your favorite recipes from any source, including websites, photos, and social media. Create automatic grocery lists and meal plans, and use cooking mode with timers. Syncs across devices and exports to PDF.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from websites, photos, and social media
  • Automatic grocery list generation
  • Automatic meal planning
  • Cooking mode with timers and serving adjustments
  • Cloud sync across devices
  • Export recipes to PDF
Features
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Your favorite recipes are scattered everywhere — bookmarks, screenshots, DMs. Not anymore. Save them from TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest, or any website in one tap, and keep them organized in your own clean, searchable cookbook. Loved by home cooks across the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia — rated 4.7 stars. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • See a recipe on TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest, or any website? Tap Share and it's saved — ingredients, steps, and all • Scan photos of cookbooks or grandma's handwritten recipe cards • Import from PDFs and screenshots — with free imports every day • Write down your own recipes — the ones that live only in your head YOUR RECIPES, YOUR WAY • Edit ingredients and steps to make every recipe truly yours • Organize into cookbooks: Breakfast, Desserts, Keto Favorites — you name it • Got chicken in the fridge? Search by ingredient and find what to cook • Cloud sync keeps your recipes safe — switch phones and pick up right where you left off • Export any recipe to PDF for printing or sharing — your data is always yours COOK ON EVERY DEVICE • iPhone, iPad, and any device with a web browser — one account, everything in sync • Plan on your phone at the store, cook from your iPad on the counter • On another phone, tablet, or a shared computer? Just open my.recipenotes.app — nothing to install COOK WITH CONFIDENCE • Cooking Mode walks you through each step — screen stays on, timers run hands-free • Recipe says 4 servings but tonight it's just two? Adjust and every ingredient recalculates • Nutrition insights: calories, carbs, protein, and fat at a glance PLAN YOUR WEEK • Plan your meals for the week — no more "what's for dinner?" — and sync to your Calendar • Your grocery list writes itself from your meal plan — check items off in Reminders right at the store • Making three recipes this week? Ingredients merge into one clean shopping list COOK TOGETHER • Someone loved your dish? Share the recipe in one tap, right at the table • The Family plan brings up to 6 people into one shared cookbook — perfect for passing down family recipes or planning the week together ALWAYS FREE TO USE Save recipes every day for free — no ads, no interruptions, and your cookbook grows without limits. With the Family plan, one subscription covers up to 6 people, so the whole family cooks from the same collection. Whether you're preserving a legacy of family cooking or saving tonight's viral TikTok dinner, Recipe Notes keeps every recipe where you'll actually use it: in the kitchen. Questions or ideas? We'd love to hear from you at support@recipenotes.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Between Carpools4 screens
Recipe Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

Between Carpools and Recipe Notes both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 97% of Between Carpools's written reviews are positive against 61% of Recipe Notes's. Between Carpools also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 410). Recipe Notes's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months) and chart position (#151 vs unranked). On price, rating, ads 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 Notes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Between Carpools asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Between Carpools holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Between Carpools has 2.7K ratings behind it against 410, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Between Carpools's written reviews are positive against 61% of Recipe Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Between Carpools ships an update every 8 months, Recipe Notes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Between Carpools versus Recipe Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetween CarpoolsRecipe Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (2.7K ratings) — better4.7 (410 ratings)
Positive reviews96.9% of reviews — better61.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2.7K — better410
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#151 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB54 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBetween CarpoolsGalaxy Edge Ltd.

Customer experience

Between Carpools

All ratings2,297 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral1.3%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive96.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative0.0%

Recipe Notes

All ratings405 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive61.0%
Neutral11.0%
Negative28.0%

Bugs and requests

Between Carpools

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes when opening new posts
  • Ads randomly opening and blocking content

Requested features

2 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved app stability and performance

Recipe Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Between Carpools

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Recipe Notes

Subscriptions4
  • Recipe Notes Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Recipe Notes Pro Family7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Recipe Notes Pro Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
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  • Recipe Notes Pro Family7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Between Carpools free?
Between Carpools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recipe Notes free?
Recipe Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Between Carpools or Recipe Notes?
Between Carpools is rated higher. Between Carpools averages 4.9 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while Recipe Notes averages 4.7 from 410 ratings.
Do Between Carpools or Recipe Notes have ads?
Neither Between Carpools nor Recipe Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Between Carpools or Recipe Notes?
Between Carpools ships an update every 8 months, and Recipe Notes weekly. Most recently, Between Carpools was updated on October 26, 2026 and Recipe Notes on October 25, 2026.

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