Comparison

Recipe Planner vs KitchenPilot

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

Head to head
About

Recipe Planner

Organize your favorite recipes and plan your weekly meals with an integrated shopping list. Avoid last-minute grocery runs by generating a comprehensive list based on your planned meals.

Highlights
  • Add personal recipes
  • Plan meals using a calendar
  • Generate weekly shopping lists
  • Check off items while shopping
  • Avoid forgotten ingredients
Features
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No need to worry about a written down shopping list, or needing to go shopping for food in the middle of the week because you forgot one or two ingredients. With Recipe Planner, you can simply add your personal recipes to the app, and use the calendar to plan your meals on any selected day. On a selected day of the week (of your choice) the app will have a formulated shopping list for you to take to the store and check off as you go!

About

KitchenPilot

This app helps you plan meals, organize recipes, and create grocery lists. It can import recipes from websites or photos, generate AI-powered meal plans, and build personalized cookbooks. You can also share recipes and discover inspiration from other home cooks.

Highlights
  • AI meal planning
  • Recipe import from web/photos
  • Personal cookbook organization
  • Automated grocery lists
  • Community recipe sharing
  • Shopping staples management
Features
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Stop losing recipes in bookmarks and screenshots. Save a recipe, plan when to cook it, and send the ingredients you need to a shopping list for the store you choose. KitchenPilot brings your recipe keeper, meal planner, and grocery lists together, so a saved idea can become dinner. SAVE THE RECIPES YOU WANT TO MAKE Import from supported public recipe websites and social links, scan recipe photos, or enter your own. Review and edit the ingredients, instructions, times, and servings before saving. Keep favorites searchable and organized in your personal cookbook. PLAN DINNER WITH RECIPES YOU ALREADY LOVE Schedule breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Day, Week, or Month views. Open a planned recipe when it is time to cook. Start with one dinner or organize the week at your own pace. SHOP BY STORE Choose the ingredients you need and send them to a store-specific list. Each item keeps its recipe connection. Save everyday staples, add product photos, and keep using saved recipes and shopping lists offline. Shopping changes sync when you reconnect. Optional Store Arrival Reminders can notify you at a saved store with unchecked items. HANDS FULL? ASK ALEXA Say, "Alexa, ask Kitchen Pilot to add coffee to my shopping list." Enable the KitchenPilot skill in the Alexa app and link your KitchenPilot account. Name a store list when you have more than one. Alexa asks before adding an item that is already on the list. Check your connection, open setup instructions, or disconnect in Account > Connected Apps. Alexa requires an internet connection and English (US). COOK ONE STEP AT A TIME Open Make This Recipe for guided cooking. Turn on Hands-Free Mode to move between steps by voice. Scale ingredients with the preset serving controls, share a recipe link, or create a printable PDF cookbook. START FREE. ADD PRO WHEN IT HELPS. Use recipe saving, meal plans, store lists, and account sync to build your routine. KitchenPilot Pro adds AI meal suggestions for a day you choose, nutrition estimates when available, posting to the Made It! Community, and PDF cookbooks with more than five recipes. Find setup instructions and feature guides in the searchable Help Center. Start with one recipe you want to cook this week. KitchenPilot Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription. Prices and any available offers are shown before purchase. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://kitchenpilot.kitchen/privacy Terms of Use: https://kitchenpilot.kitchen/terms

Screenshots

Recipe Planner4 screens
KitchenPilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Recipe Planner at none against KitchenPilot's 3. Recipe Planner also leads on iOS requirement (11.3 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. KitchenPilot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Recipe Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Recipe Planner against 5.0 for KitchenPilot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recipe Planner ships an update every 10 days, KitchenPilot every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Recipe Planner versus KitchenPilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecipe PlannerKitchenPilot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.3 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppomatix LLCPilotSuite LLC

Customer experience

Recipe Planner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

KitchenPilot

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Recipe Planner

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

KitchenPilot

Subscriptions2
  • KitchenPilot Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • KitchenPilot Pro (Annual)$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • KitchenPilot Forever$4.99

Questions

Is Recipe Planner free?
Recipe Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KitchenPilot free?
KitchenPilot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Recipe Planner or KitchenPilot?
Recipe Planner and KitchenPilot are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Recipe Planner or KitchenPilot have ads?
Neither Recipe Planner nor KitchenPilot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recipe Planner or KitchenPilot?
Recipe Planner ships an update every 10 days, and KitchenPilot every 2 weeks. Most recently, Recipe Planner was updated on October 10, 2026 and KitchenPilot on October 19, 2026.

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