eCookbook vs Recipe Riser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eCookbook
Access and browse your personalized cookbooks on your iPhone or iPad. Search for specific recipes within your created collections. An account with the creator service is required to use this application.
- Read custom cookbooks
- Search recipes
- Browse cookbook collections
- Requires CreateMyCookbook account
- iPhone and iPad support
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Read cookbook's you made with CreateMyCookbook on your iPhone or iPad. Search the recipes, and browse the full cookbook. Requires account at CreateMyCookbook.
Recipe Riser
Easily save recipes from the web, keeping only essential ingredients and directions. Create your own recipes, fine-tune saved ones, and share your culinary creations. Track your cooking history with notes and dates for each dish.
- Save recipes from the web
- Extracts ingredients and directions
- Create custom recipes
- Edit saved recipes
- Share recipes
- Track cooking history with notes
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Recipe Riser is the simplest way to build a personal cookbook from the web. Save recipes instantly — Share any recipe directly from Safari and it's saved in seconds. Recipe Riser works with more recipe sites than ever, including JavaScript-heavy sites that other apps can't handle. Skip the clutter — No ads, no life stories, no endless scrolling. Just ingredients and instructions, clean and ready to cook from. Make it yours — Edit any recipe, add your own from scratch, and preserve family favorites alongside web finds. Remember every cook — Log the date, add notes, and track how a recipe turned out every time you make it. Organize your way — Sort recipes into folders, rate your favorites, and find anything instantly with search. Share with anyone — Generate a shareable link for any recipe. Recipients see a clean web page if they don't have the app, or it opens instantly if they do. No subscriptions. No ads. Yours forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Recipe Riser at 82% against eCookbook's 20%. Recipe Riser also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 33 months). eCookbook's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). 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.
eCookbook ships an update every 33 months, Recipe Riser monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eCookbook | Recipe Riser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CreateMyCookbook, LLC | Patrik Outericky |
Customer experience
eCookbook
Recipe Riser
In-app purchases
eCookbook
No in-app purchases
Recipe Riser
No in-app purchases
Questions
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