Comparison

Imperial Cook vs Cook Units

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

Head to head
About

Imperial Cook

Easily convert common US imperial cooking measurements to metric units. This simple tool eliminates the need for online searches, offering quick conversions for weight, volume, and temperature.

Highlights
  • Imperial to metric conversion
  • Weight conversion (cups, ounces, pounds)
  • Volume conversion (liquid ounces, cups, spoons)
  • Temperature conversion (Fahrenheit to Celsius)
  • Simple and easy to use interface
Features
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Conversion app designed for everyday cooking! Convert in a matter of few clicks most common (US) imperial measurements into their metric counterpart with Imperial Cook. Simple and easy to use - there's no need to open up google anymore! Imperial Cook will help you convert: Weight (cups, ounces, pounds) Volume (liquid ounces, cups, table/tea spoon) Temperature (Fahrenheit to celsius)

About

Cook Units

This app helps you convert cooking measurements between weight and volume, adjust recipe servings, and manage your recipes. It supports over 1,100 ingredients and allows for easy sharing of your culinary creations.

Highlights
  • Weight to volume conversions
  • Recipe serving adjustment
  • Ingredient database with images
  • Recipe creation and management
  • Recipe sharing
  • Multi-language support
  • Light/dark mode and orientation support
Features
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You need 200g of sugar but you don’t have a scale—just a measuring cup? You need 1.5 tbsp of baking powder, but you only have a scale? You need to know how many strawberries you can expect in a 250g container? You need to cook for 7 people, but your recipe is for 2 servings? You need to mark your recipe ingredients as you’re cooking? You need to share your favorite recipes with friends? We got you covered! Cook Units is a measure converter for cooking ingredients designed with usability in a kitchen context. It features a growing set of 1,220+ ingredients with images, and a recipe manager. It works great in light or dark mode, portrait/landscape mode, and in iPad’s Split View/Slide Over layouts. The app can switch between 5 languages (English, French, Japanese, Italian, and Spanish) without changing the language of the device. CONVERT QUANTITIES Conversions of measures can be carried out between weight and volume (e.g. grams to/from cups) and displayed with fractions. Units of measurement automatically adjust to the order of magnitude of the quantities being measured. For example: 8 tbsp (tablespoons) will also show as ½ c (cup,) and 1,000 g (grams) will be displayed as 1 kg (kilogram.) While calculations are exact between weight units or volume units and displayed with up to 2 decimals, they are approximated across weight/volume—depending on an average volumetric mass for the measured ingredient. Conversions also make reasonable approximations in order to display closest fractions, when applicable. CREATE / SHARE / RECEIVE RECIPES Ingredients are browsable as a cover flow, grid, or searchable tagged list. Measured ingredients can be assembled into a recipe with an associated number of servings. Recipes live in iCloud when your account is connected, and so they will appear on any device connected to the same account. Recipes can be associated with notes, locked to avoid mishaps, and shared via Messages, email, AirDrop, etc. in (filtered) bulk or individually. You can also send them to yourself to create backups. ENJOY COOKING! Adjust the number of servings for your recipe and the quantities will automatically resize accordingly with appropriate measuring units. Mark the ingredients in your recipes as you are cooking or shopping for groceries. Just tap a recipe ingredient to see its equivalent measures in weight and volume on the fly. Happy Cooking!

Screenshots

Imperial Cook3 screens
Cook Units4 screens

Verdict

The call

Imperial Cook and Cook Units both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Imperial Cook's written reviews are positive against 33% of Cook Units's. Imperial Cook also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Cook Units's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 31 months). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Imperial Cook is free to download; Cook Units costs $0.99 up front. Imperial Cook sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Cook Units 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 Imperial Cook against 5.0 for Cook Units. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Imperial Cook's written reviews are positive against 33% of Cook Units's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Imperial Cook ships an update every 31 months, Cook Units every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Imperial Cook versus Cook Units: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImperial CookCook Units
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#38 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLaurenz VorderwuelbeckeDidier Burton

Customer experience

Imperial Cook

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cook Units

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Imperial Cook

One-time4
  • Donation of one beer$0.99
  • Donation of two beers$1.99
  • Donation of a six pack of beer$4.99
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  • Case of beer$13.99
None

Cook Units

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Imperial Cook free?
Imperial Cook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cook Units free?
Cook Units costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Imperial Cook or Cook Units?
Imperial Cook and Cook Units are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Imperial Cook or Cook Units have ads?
Neither Imperial Cook nor Cook Units shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Imperial Cook or Cook Units?
Imperial Cook ships an update every 31 months, and Cook Units every 2 weeks. Most recently, Imperial Cook was updated on November 3, 2026 and Cook Units on November 3, 2026.

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