Comparison

Umami vs Botilo

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

Head to head
About

Umami

Collect, organize, and share recipes from any device. Create collaborative recipe books, import from websites, and plan meals with interactive cooking modes and shared grocery lists. Export your data in various formats.

Highlights
  • Recipe import from websites
  • Collaborative recipe books
  • Organize with tags
  • Interactive cook mode
  • Shared grocery lists
  • Meal planning calendar
  • Web access and export
Features
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Umami is a beautifully designed app to collect, organize, and share recipes from any device. Collaborate Create a recipe book of your favorite family recipes and invite your family members to work on it with you. Or, start a recipe book with a friend so you can share the pastries and desserts you've made together over the years. Organize and Manage Tag your recipes with things like "Vegetarian", "Dessert", or "Baking" so you can easily find the perfect recipe for any occasion. Browse and Import Open the recipe browser to automatically import recipes from popular sites or paste the URL of a recipe you want to add. Cook Mode Get in the zone by tapping the "Start Cooking" button on any recipe to see an interactive checklist of ingredients as well as step-by-step directions. Grocery Lists Create shared lists with family and friends, add groceries directly from your recipes, and automatically organize items by aisle or by recipe. Meal Plans Schedule your recipes in a dynamic calendar view. Pull down to see meals for the whole month, or swipe up to collapse the calendar into a single week. Access and Edit Online Manage all of your recipes from any computer by going to umami.recipes on your web browser. Export Your data is yours. You can export your recipes as PDF, Markdown, HTML, Plain Text, or Recipe JSON Schema. Share Easily create links to share recipes with friends. They will be able to read your recipe online, even if they don't have the app! Pricing Umami is free for the first 30 days. After the trial period, you can purchase a monthly, yearly, or lifetime subscription. You can always view and export your recipes, even after your trial has expired. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Botilo

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Your wine collection, on display. Turn bottle photos into a shelf of your own. See what you have, keep notes on what you love, and revisit past favorites in Opened. Start with the bottles you have at home, whether they're wine, sake or something else. FROM PHOTO TO SHELF Take a photo or choose from your library. Botilo creates a studio-style bottle image and reads the visible label. Choose several photos to grow your collection in one go. Review the suggested details and make them your own. Photos you take in Botilo can also be saved to your Photos library. YOUR COLLECTION, AT A GLANCE • See your bottles together on shelves and keep quantities up to date • Explore your bottles on a globe by country and by grape variety • Search by name, producer, region, country, or grape variety • Save vintage, origin, price, and other bottle details REMEMBER WHAT YOU LOVED • Add tasting notes and a rating out of 5 • Mark a wine’s acidity, sweetness, tannin and body on simple sliders • Find bottles you've finished in Opened, separate from the bottles on your shelf KEEP YOUR COLLECTION CLOSE • View and edit saved bottles offline • Sync through your private iCloud database when iCloud is available • Export and restore a full backup with photos • See your newest bottles in a Home Screen widget • No separate app sign-in or advertising tracking TRY BOTILO, THEN CHOOSE PLUS Your first 5 bottle registrations are free; no subscription starts automatically. Botilo Plus is an optional monthly subscription that includes up to 30 registrations per monthly billing period. One registration includes a studio photo and label reading. It is used when processing completes, even if you do not save the photo. Server-confirmed processing failures return it to its original period or balance without extending the period. Unused monthly registrations do not roll over. Cancellation keeps access until the current paid period ends. Viewing and editing saved bottles, quantities, tasting notes, sync, and backups do not require a subscription. New photo processing requires an internet connection and App Store account verification. The price is shown in your local App Store currency before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before renewal. Manage or cancel in App Store account settings. Bottle photos are processed through Botilo's server and OpenAI after your consent. Label reading does not search the web. For a recognised wine, a missing country, region or grape variety may be suggested and is marked Suggested. So is a type inferred from the wine's colour or appellation. Printed details Botilo can't confirm on the label are also marked Suggested. Generated images and suggested details may contain errors; check the bottle yourself. Botilo is a personal collection tool and does not sell alcohol. Privacy policy: https://botilo.download/privacy/ Service terms: https://botilo.download/terms/ Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Umami4 screens
Botilo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Botilo at every 2 days against Umami's every 2 weeks. Umami's advantage is chart position (#77 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Umami sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Botilo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Umami ships an update every 2 weeks, Botilo every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Umami versus Botilo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUmamiBotilo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (477 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings477 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#77 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB58 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperStrange Quark LLCSakino Tomiura

Bugs and requests

Umami

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional issues with recipe import and syncing
  • Trouble accessing account after device change

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to rate recipes
  • Option to view full-screen recipe on tablet/iPad
  • Ability to create sub-folders within cookbooks
  • Improved TikTok/Instagram recipe import
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  • Customizable ingredient measurements

Botilo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Umami

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annual$9.991 Year
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  • Annual$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • Lifetime$59.99
1 purchases

Botilo

Subscriptions1
  • Botilo Plus$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Umami free?
Umami is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Botilo free?
Botilo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Umami or Botilo have ads?
Neither Umami nor Botilo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Umami or Botilo?
Umami ships an update every 2 weeks, and Botilo every 2 days. Most recently, Umami was updated on October 25, 2026 and Botilo on October 26, 2026.

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