August 8 vs Castro Cookbook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
August 8
This app allows users to register and manage their membership, scan dynamic codes for points, and place online orders for pickup or delivery. It also facilitates checking member benefits, reloading account balances, and redeeming gift cards.
- Membership registration and profile management
- Scan dynamic codes for points
- Online ordering for pickup or delivery
- Contactless payment options
- View member benefits and special offers
- Reload account balance and view transaction history
- Redeem gift cards
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*** August 8 VIP *** Register and login as member Use your phone number or email to register as member. You can update your profile anytime. Scan Me Scan dynamic code to collect or redeem points in store. Place order online Locate the nearest locations and check store detail. Order ahead and make a contactless payment with your account balance and collect points for online orders. Choose pick-up or delivery options. Membership Card Use Member Benefits to check special offers. Online reload your account balance. View your transaction history record. Link your physical VIP card. Redeem Gift Card Redeem Gift Card to your account.
Castro Cookbook
This app allows you to create and save an unlimited number of personal recipes. Organize your favorite dishes with names, descriptions, ingredients, directions, and images. Easily search, sort, and share your culinary creations with others.
- Create custom recipes
- Save unlimited recipes
- Search recipes by keywords
- Sort recipes by date
- Share recipes with friends
- Select multiple recipes for deletion
- Customize with 21 app themes
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Castro Cookbook is YOUR personal cookbook that can be filled with as many recipes as you want. Create and save any recipe with its name, description, list of ingredients, list of cooking directions, and an image of the dish. Castro Cookbook is all your recipes saved in one place! KEY FEATURES Recipe Sharing: Share your recipe to friends so that they can paste it into their cookbook. Recipe Search: Use the home page search bar and the search category pop-up to search for created recipes by name, description, ingredients, or directions. Recipe Sorting: Toggle recipe sort order on the home page to sort recipes either by most recently created/updated or oldest recipes. Recipe Multiselect: Select multiple recipes at once for bulk deletion. App Themes: Style your cookbook according to your favorite of 21 unique and vibrant app themes. Start saving your recipes in Castro Cookbook today! For any support with the app email me at jordanjcastro8@gmail.com so I can help!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Castro Cookbook at 100% against August 8's 0%. Castro Cookbook also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 weeks). August 8's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
August 8 ships an update every 4 weeks, Castro Cookbook every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | August 8 | Castro Cookbook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QuickPOS Technologies Inc. | Jordan Castro |
Customer experience
August 8
Castro Cookbook
In-app purchases
August 8
No in-app purchases
Castro Cookbook
No in-app purchases
Questions
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