Comparison

Pestle vs Cooked.wiki

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

Head to head
About

Pestle

Easily save recipes from various online platforms and digitize physical ones. Features guided cooking, meal planning, and shopping list generation. Syncs across devices and allows household sharing for collaborative meal preparation.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from web and social media
  • Guided cooking with hands-free control
  • Meal planning for up to 14 days
  • Automated shopping list generation
  • Recipe scanning for physical recipes
  • Cross-device syncing and Handoff support
  • Household sharing for collaborative planning
Features
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Save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube and more with Pestle. IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE Import recipes from anywhere on the internet to Pestle, and keep just the ingredients and steps. Just tap 'Share', and 'Save to my Cookbook'. GUIDED COOKING Turn any recipe into a step-by-step process with Pestle's guided cooking experience. Control Pestle hands-free for those messy recipes, set as many timers as you want & get reminders for quantities with just a tap. DEVICE SYNC Find a recipe on your iPhone, and cook it for dinner on your iPad with seamless, instant sync. For the power users, you can even switch between your iPad & iPhone with Handoff. HOUSEHOLDS Create a Pestle Household and share all of your recipes with your family, and create Meal Plans together, too! DISCOVER Pestle learns where you save recipes from and suggests to you their latest creations. Add your favorite foodie blogs and always stay up to date. MEAL PLAN Pestle can help you plan out your next 14-days by allowing you to assign recipes to each day. And, of course, syncs everywhere. SHOPPING LIST Take every ingredient from your recipe and add it to your shopping list! Already got Olive Oil? No worries, just tap it to remove it from your list. BOOKMARKS When Pestle isn't able to intelligently extract recipe details, Bookmarks are saved to take you straight back to the source. RECIPE SCANNING We get it, not all recipes are online. If you have a big collection of physical recipes, worry not, Pestle has a recipe scanner to digitize them! There's a lot more you can do with Pestle, but we'll let you discover it! The use of Pestle is outlined in our Terms of Use, which can be found at https://pestlechef.app/terms.

About

Cooked.wiki

Learn to cook with visual guides and voice instructions. This app offers personalized recipe notes and a social feed to share your culinary creations with friends and discover new dishes.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step diagrams
  • Voice-guided instructions
  • Personal recipe notes
  • Follow friends
  • Discover user recipes
  • Accessibility tools
Features
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Cooked helps you learn how to cook through step-by-step diagrams, voice-guided instructions, and many other smart accessibility tools. You can also add personal notes to your recipes. Cooked is social too: follow friends, explore their takes on your recipes, and discover what others are cooking. Designed for learning and accessibility in mind, Cooked is the cooking app for curious home cooks. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cooked.wiki/terms/pp.txt

Screenshots

Pestle4 screens
Cooked.wiki1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Pestle at 1.8K against Cooked.wiki's 377. Cooked.wiki's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Pestle sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Cooked.wiki sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pestle against 4.9 for Cooked.wiki. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.8K and 377 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Pestle's written reviews are positive against 73% of Cooked.wiki's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pestle ships an update fortnightly, Cooked.wiki every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Pestle versus Cooked.wiki: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPestleCooked.wiki
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.8K ratings)4.9 (377 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8K — better377
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#94 — better#135
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB83 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWill BishopEduardo Ferreira Constancio Bentes Goncalves

Customer experience

Pestle

All ratings1,839 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews435 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral9.4%
Negative12.0%

Cooked.wiki

All ratings304 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral12.1%
Negative15.2%

Bugs and requests

Pestle

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Recipes disappearing after device change
  • Inability to access saved recipes in free version
  • Glitches with category/cuisine tagging
  • Shopping list formatting issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add multiple photos/scans for recipes
  • Improved search and filtering options
  • Integration with other recipe/meal planning apps
  • Shared meal planning and recipe book for households
  • Desktop app or web version

Cooked.wiki

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Pestle

Subscriptions4
  • Pestle Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Pestle Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pestle Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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  • Pestle Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pestle Pro (Lifetime)$39.99
  • Pestle Pro Lifetime$49.99
6 purchases

Cooked.wiki

Subscriptions6
  • Patron Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Patron Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Patron Monthly$8.991 Month
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  • Patron Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Patron Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Patron Yearly$54.001 Year

Questions

Is Pestle free?
Pestle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cooked.wiki free?
Cooked.wiki is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pestle or Cooked.wiki?
Cooked.wiki is rated higher. Pestle averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Cooked.wiki averages 4.9 from 377 ratings.
Do Pestle or Cooked.wiki have ads?
Neither Pestle nor Cooked.wiki shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pestle or Cooked.wiki?
Pestle ships an update fortnightly, and Cooked.wiki every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pestle was updated on November 3, 2026 and Cooked.wiki on November 5, 2026.
Which is more popular, Pestle or Cooked.wiki?
Pestle currently peaks at #94 in the App Store charts, and Cooked.wiki at #135. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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