Comparison

Recipe vs Simply Recipes for iOS

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

Head to head
About

Recipe

Organize and display your personal recipes digitally. Easily add recipes from various sources, categorize them, and share them with others. Create menus and mark favorites for quick access in the kitchen.

Highlights
  • Add recipes from files, scans, or direct input
  • Categorize recipes with custom labels
  • Create menus and favorite lists
  • Share recipes via email and social media
  • Built-in recipe editor
  • Supports PDF, JPG, and text file imports
Features
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This app is designed for display of user-provided recipes for use in the kitchen, and may be thought of as as a sophisticated electronic set of file cards. In addition to displaying recipes it allows for constructing menus and a favorites list, defining food categories, renaming and recategorizing recipes, and sharing recipes on email, text, social media, etc. User may add recipes to the app in many ways: as a digital file created elsewhere, scanned from a printed source, or written directly in the App. Digital files may be plain or rich text files, PDFs, images (JPG) or even HTML files. Detailed instructions are given in the Help file for many types of file input. Recipes composed on the iPhone or iPad (Pages, Notes, ...) may easily be converted to PDF format and added to the app. Scanning is done right in the app using the built-in editing. The app contains an editor for composing recipes and then saving them in the app. Recipes are divided into food categories (Breads, Appetizers, etc.) defined by the user and accessed by a scrolling button bar. From the list of recipes in a category a single click displays one recipe or a document containing all recipes for the category.

About

Simply Recipes for iOS

Easily manage your favorite recipes by importing them from the web, text, or by writing them yourself. The app intelligently interprets instructions, detects timers, and calculates nutrition. Organize with tags and share with friends for a seamless cooking experience.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from websites and text
  • Write and format your own recipes
  • Automatic timer detection
  • Automatic ingredient interpretation
  • Automatic nutrition calculation
  • Dedicated cooking mode
  • Organize recipes with tags
  • Share recipes with friends
Features
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A simple recipe manager that lets you focus on what matters most: cooking! - Import recipes from websites, text, or write your own - Automatic timers detected in instructions - Automatic ingredient interpretation - Automatic nutrition calculation - Recipes are intelligently interpreted so you don't have to do any tedious formatting - Dedicated "Cooking" mode displays each step with its ingredients - Organize recipes with tags to make finding the perfect dish a breeze - Share recipes with your friends

Screenshots

Recipe4 screens
Simply Recipes for iOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Simply Recipes for iOS at every 4 weeks against Recipe's every 5 months. Simply Recipes for iOS also leads on ratings volume (78 vs 3). Recipe's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On price, rating, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Recipe against 4.7 for Simply Recipes for iOS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simply Recipes for iOS has 78 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Recipe's written reviews are positive against 89% of Simply Recipes for iOS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recipe ships an update every 5 months, Simply Recipes for iOS every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Recipe versus Simply Recipes for iOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecipeSimply Recipes for iOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)4.7 (78 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.9% of reviews
Number of ratings378 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter HinmanChristian Stevenson

Customer experience

Recipe

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Simply Recipes for iOS

All ratings69 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

None

Recipe

No in-app purchases

None

Simply Recipes for iOS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recipe free?
Recipe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simply Recipes for iOS free?
Simply Recipes for iOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Recipe or Simply Recipes for iOS?
Simply Recipes for iOS is rated higher. Recipe averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Simply Recipes for iOS averages 4.7 from 78 ratings.
Do Recipe or Simply Recipes for iOS have ads?
Neither Recipe nor Simply Recipes for iOS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recipe or Simply Recipes for iOS?
Recipe ships an update every 5 months, and Simply Recipes for iOS every 4 weeks. Most recently, Recipe was updated on November 2, 2026 and Simply Recipes for iOS on November 3, 2026.

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