Comparison

Sharp Kitchen vs Sorrel Recipes

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

Head to head
About

Sharp Kitchen

Control your Sharp Microwave Drawer remotely via WiFi. Send cook commands, access smart cooking settings, and receive notifications. Save favorite recipes for quick access and discover helpful content.

Highlights
  • Remote control operation
  • Send cook commands
  • Smart cook settings
  • Manual cooking control
  • Save favorite recipes
  • Push notifications
Features
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The Sharp Kitchen app makes operating your Sharp Microwave Drawer or Sharp Convection Microwave Drawer easier than ever. Unlock the WiFi enabled features of your Microwave Drawer by connecting to your home network to enable remote control operation of common features, send cook commands to the oven and receive push notifications to your mobile device. Use the Sharp Kitchen app to access all Smart Cook settings for microwave and convection cooking, as well as manual cooking control. Save your favorite and most used menu items to the Favorites section to save you time. The Sharp Kitchen app also keeps you connected with our Spotlight section – your source for Helpful Hints, Inspired Innovations, and new content from our vibrant, online community at Simply Better Living (sbl.sharpusa.com). Main features: - Remote Control: Easily send a cook command to your microwave drawer with Sharp Kitchen. - Easy Open: Press the Open Drawer button to access the inside of your microwave without touching the oven control panel. - Favorites: Access your most used menu items by saving them as a “favorite”, saving you time and effort. - Push Notifications: The app lets you know your cook cycle has been completed by sending a notification to you phone, so you can spend more time with your family, not in the kitchen.

About

Sorrel Recipes

Effortlessly save recipes from any source, organize them, and access them with a kitchen-friendly cooking mode. Generate grocery lists automatically and plan your meals for the week. All your recipes are stored locally on your device with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Save recipes from web links or manual entry
  • Kitchen-friendly cooking mode with large text
  • Automatic grocery list generation
  • Weekly meal planner
  • Recipe scaling and unit conversion
  • On-device data storage and export options
Features
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Sorrel is a beautiful, native recipe keeper: import any recipe, cook from a kitchen-friendly screen, and shop from a grocery list that builds itself. No account, no ads, no tracking — your recipes live on your device. SAVE ANY RECIPE • Share a link from Safari or any app — Sorrel reads the recipe automatically • Works with most recipe websites; pages without full details save as bookmarks you can finish in one tap • Or write your own recipes in, with tags, photos, and collections COOK, DON'T SCROLL • Cook mode: large type, one step at a time, and the screen stays awake • Each step shows just the ingredients it needs • Scale any recipe (½× to 3×) with proper kitchen fractions — 1½, not 1.5 • Switch between original, metric, and US units SHOP SMARTER • Add a recipe's ingredients to your grocery list in one tap • The list groups items by recipe and merges duplicates • Check things off with a satisfying strikethrough; clear them all at once PLAN YOUR WEEK • Drop recipes onto a simple weekly planner • Send a whole week's ingredients to your grocery list at once YOURS, ACTUALLY • Everything stored on your device — no account, no ads, no tracking • On-device nutrition estimates from your ingredients • Full export: Sorrel JSON, Paprika, and PDF — plus a complete backup & restore • A "Tonight's dinner" home-screen widget and a Share-to-Sorrel extension • Native, fast, full dark mode Questions or requests? Email support@burnsforce.com — the roadmap is driven by cooks. Sorrel Pro is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly, or annual with a 7-day free trial). Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase; it renews at the same price each period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sorrelapp.io/privacy

Screenshots

Sharp Kitchen4 screens
Sorrel Recipes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sorrel Recipes at 100% against Sharp Kitchen's 3%. Sorrel Recipes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.7) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). Sharp Kitchen's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (51 vs 4). On price, 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. Sorrel Recipes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Sharp Kitchen asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sorrel Recipes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sharp Kitchen has 51 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 3% of Sharp Kitchen's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sorrel Recipes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sharp Kitchen ships an update every 7 months, Sorrel Recipes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Sharp Kitchen versus Sorrel Recipes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSharp KitchenSorrel Recipes
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (51 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews2.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings51 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank—#200 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSharp Electronics CorporationPatrick Russell Burns

Customer experience

Sharp Kitchen

All ratings46 ratings
Positive15.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative80.4%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive2.8%
Neutral5.6%
Negative91.7%

Sorrel Recipes

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sharp Kitchen

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Sorrel Recipes

Subscriptions2
  • Sorrel Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Sorrel Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Sharp Kitchen free?
Sharp Kitchen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sorrel Recipes free?
Sorrel Recipes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sharp Kitchen or Sorrel Recipes?
Sorrel Recipes is rated higher. Sharp Kitchen averages 1.7 out of 5 from 51 ratings, while Sorrel Recipes averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Sharp Kitchen or Sorrel Recipes have ads?
Neither Sharp Kitchen nor Sorrel Recipes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sharp Kitchen or Sorrel Recipes?
Sharp Kitchen ships an update every 7 months, and Sorrel Recipes every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sharp Kitchen was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sorrel Recipes on October 29, 2026.

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