Recipes for Swift vs Interactful
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recipes for Swift
Access a curated collection of tested Swift and SQL code examples for common programming tasks. Quickly find solutions for interviews, exams, or daily development needs, with offline access and cross-device compatibility.
- Swift and SQL code directory
- Tested code examples
- Offline access
- Cross-platform (iOS/macOS)
- Quick search functionality
- Interview/exam preparation tool
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A reference of everyday Swift, from strings and collections to protocols and design patterns. Every example comes with an explanation, and most of them run. • 25 sections: simple types, arrays and collections, classes and structs, protocols and generics, functions and closures, files, serialization, error handling, regular expressions, concurrency, extensions, patterns. • Run in the app: the example really executes and the output appears under the code. Needs an internet connection. • What changed in new versions: 19 sections from Swift 2.0 to 6.2, with "before" and "after" code side by side. • Keyword and function reference: 228 articles, fully open with no daily counter. • SQL alongside: over 200 queries against a live practice database - JOIN, GROUP BY, subqueries, data types. • Edit examples and add your own - they stay in the app and are always at hand. • Search runs over the code itself, not just the titles: remember a fragment and you will find the example. • Everything except running works offline. No account needed. WHAT THE FREE VERSION INCLUDES 12 runs and 12 edits a day - the counter resets every morning. The keyword reference is open without limits. Up to 5 examples of your own. Copying in the free app is blocked after five attempts. The full version opens every example, removes the daily limits and raises running to 30 launches a day. One purchase, no subscription. Made by a developer for developers. In development since 2015.
Interactful
This app offers an interactive learning experience for SwiftUI, providing code snippets and examples for various components and foundational elements. It also grants quick access to official Apple developer and design documentation.
- Interactive SwiftUI examples
- Code snippets for components
- Foundational element explanations
- Access to Apple documentation
- macOS version available
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An interactive guide for SwiftUI to help designers and developers build better apps. – Code snippets and interactive examples for components like Sliders, Toggles, Lists, and Grids – Foundational elements like Colors, Fonts, Haptics, Gestures, Animation, SF Symbols, and Accessibility – Quick access to Apple's official developer and design documentation – Also available on macOS
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Interactful at 403 against Recipes for Swift's 6. Interactful also leads on review sentiment (98% vs 88%). Recipes for Swift's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Recipes for Swift sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Interactful sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Recipes for Swift against 4.9 for Interactful. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interactful has 403 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Recipes for Swift's written reviews are positive against 98% of Interactful's.
Recipes for Swift ships an update every 2 months, Interactful every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recipes for Swift | Interactful |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) | 4.9 (403 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews | 98.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 403 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fedor Obraztsov | Harley Thomas |
Customer experience
Recipes for Swift
Interactful
Bugs and requests
Recipes for Swift
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Interactful
Reported bugs
2 issues- Navigation issues in certain examples
- Inconsistent behavior with some UI elements
Requested features
5 requests- Support for newer iOS versions and components
- Dynamic Type size adjustments
- Code generation for more complex examples
- Audio/sound effects support
- Ability to save/export custom configurations
In-app purchases
Recipes for Swift
- Оperations with example$0.99
- Unlock the paid topics$0.99
- Swift Samples$0.99
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- SQL queries$0.99
- Pro Version – Unlimited$2.99
Interactful
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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