Cooking Note vs My Recipe Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Cooking Note
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Cooking Note is an app that allows you to easily take notes from recipe websites! Simply enter the URL of a recipe site to quickly create your own notes. App Details - Recipe Note Creation Feature Just by entering the URL of a recipe site, you can easily create recipe notes! - Automatic Recipe Note Creation Feature Select Cooking Note from the share button in your browser to easily create recipe notes!
My Recipe Notes
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That pasta you saw on YouTube ā where did you save it? The link went to a chat with yourself. The photo is somewhere in your camera roll. Mum's recipe is a screenshot. And when you finally start cooking, you can't find any of them. Paste the link. We'll turn it into one clean recipe, ingredients and steps included. ā One screen for the whole 30 minutes Ā· Two timers, right under the recipe ā boil the pasta and reduce the sauce without switching apps Ā· Chef Mode gives you up to four. Rice, soup and a braise at once Ā· The screen stays awake while you cook Ā· Ingredients and steps together, so you stop scrolling back and forth ā Everything you saved, in one notebook Ā· Paste a YouTube, Instagram or TikTok link and it becomes a recipe Ā· Photograph a cookbook page or a handwritten card; upload a chat screenshot Ā· AI pulls out the ingredients and steps, and you can edit anything before saving Ā· Leave your own note on any step ā "lower the heat next time" Ā· Attach photos and video to individual steps ā Chef Mode ā when a recipe becomes a business Ā· Scaling: turn a 2-serving recipe into 4, with quantities recalculated Ā· Costing: enter unit prices once and see total and per-serving cost Ā· Margin: set a selling price and read your margin and food cost % Ā· Prices are saved and apply to your next recipe automatically Ā· Four timers, no ads Ā· Not a subscription. Buy once, keep it ā Honest about the price Ā· Writing recipes yourself, timers, notes and search are free. They stay free Ā· Only AI import spends a "note". Your first three are on us Ā· If the result isn't usable, we don't charge a note. Failures are returned Ā· Servers and AI genuinely cost us money, so we ask for the minimum ā No account, on your device Ā· No sign-up, no login. Open the app and start Ā· Recipes and photos stay on your iPhone Ā· You only sign in with Apple when you buy, so your purchase is protected Ā· No tracking. Ads are non-personalised banners, and Chef Mode removes them The warmth of a paper recipe book, for the half hour you spend cooking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Cooking Note at 3 against My Recipe Notes's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cooking Note ships an update weekly, My Recipe Notes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cooking Note | My Recipe Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days ā better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 ā better | 16.4 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Katsuya Sugawara | Ganguk Kim |
In-app purchases
Cooking Note
No in-app purchases
My Recipe Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cooking Note free?
Is My Recipe Notes free?
Do Cooking Note or My Recipe Notes have ads?
Which is updated more often, Cooking Note or My Recipe Notes?
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