Cookanizer vs Kitchen Notebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cookanizer
Securely store and organize your recipes, plan meals, and search by ingredients. Access your collection offline, sync across devices, and even scan paper recipes. Enjoy effortless and stress-free cooking with this comprehensive meal planning tool.
- Unlimited recipe storage
- Cross-device syncing
- Meal planning
- Search by ingredients
- Offline access
- Scan paper recipes
- Export to PDF
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Cookanizer - Safe storage. Simple cooking. Save unlimited recipes for free, securely synced across all your devices. Plan meals, search by ingredients, export PDFs, share with friends, and back up your collection with ZIP files. Scan paper recipes and access everything anytime - even offline. Cooking made organized, effortless, and stress-free.
Kitchen Notebook
Digitally store all your favorite recipes, ingredients, and cooking instructions in an organized and accessible format. Share your culinary creations easily and utilize a "Cook Now" mode for guided cooking with built-in timers.
- Save recipes, ingredients, and steps
- Organized recipe storage
- Share recipes easily
- Cook Now mode with step-by-step guidance
- Integrated cooking timers
- Personal recipe diary
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Remember your grandma’s old recipe notebook, filled with notes, sauce stains, and secret family tips? Kitchen Notebook is exactly that… but digital, modern, and always in your pocket. With Kitchen Notebook you can: • Save all your recipes, ingredients, and steps in a simple, organized way. • Share your creations with anyone you want — no sign-ups, no social platforms, no hassle. • Keep your culinary treasures safe and tidy, no more random papers floating around. NEW: Dive into “Cook Now” mode! Follow each step one by one, set timers for cooking times, and stay focused on what really matters: cooking (and maybe having some fun too!). Kitchen Notebook is 100% yours: no forced communities, no random comments… just your recipes, like a personal diary. Stop losing your best dishes between screenshots and sticky notes. Download Kitchen Notebook and turn your device into your secret kitchen corner!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cookanizer at 5.0 against Kitchen Notebook's 1.0. Cookanizer also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 8 months). Kitchen Notebook's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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. Cookanizer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Kitchen Notebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cookanizer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Cookanizer ships an update every 5 days, Kitchen Notebook every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cookanizer | Kitchen Notebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Petre Plotnic | MICHELE MASSARO |
Customer experience
Cookanizer
Kitchen Notebook
In-app purchases
Cookanizer
- Recipes pack #1$0.99
- PRO version$9.99
Kitchen Notebook
- Unlimited recipes$1.99
