Comparison

Kebab Corner. vs Cookback

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

Head to head
About

Kebab Corner.

Features
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The UK has long embraced Italian cuisine, and for many of us, it is an everyday choice of food, with pizza and pasta being more popular than ever. Our Italian cuisine is cooked at the highest level, and turns our comfort classics into something truly wonderful. All our authentic italian dishes are freshly homemade by our extremely skilled chefs. We provide free online ordering services through our app.

About

Cookback

This app helps you document your cooking experiences, noting what worked and what didn't for future reference. It allows for detailed notes, photos, and ratings, with features to track your progress and learn from past cooks. Enhanced by live activity and dictation, it aims to improve your culinary skills.

Highlights
  • Freeform cooking notes
  • Timeline stamping
  • Photo and rating logs
  • Dish-specific cook tracking
  • Live Activity integration
  • Siri and Apple Watch support
  • AI-powered insights (Pro)
Features
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Write it down. Cook it back. Cookback is a cooking journal — not another recipe app. It's for what actually happened at the stove: the temp you ran, the rest you cut short, the tweak you swore you'd remember. Write it in your own words while you cook. Next time you make the dish, everything you learned is right there waiting. THE JOURNAL — FREE TO KEEP • Freeform notes with a light structure: Details, Prep, Cook, Thoughts, Next time. Write two lines or two pages. • A timeline in the margin stamps your notes as you cook, so "how long did it actually rest?" answers itself. • Photos, tags, and ratings for difficulty and enjoyment. • Dishes: every brisket you've ever logged, gathered in one place, so you can watch it get better cook after cook. • Cook it back: start tonight's cook with last time's notes at your side. • Insights: your year at the stove at a glance. • Search and filters: favorites, quick weeknight wins, needs-work, any tag. MESSY HANDS? COOK ANYWAY • Live Activity and Dynamic Island keep your active cook on the Lock Screen — glance at your last note, log a new one in a tap. • Apple Watch: your cook on your wrist, with dictation to add a note without touching your phone. • Siri: add a note or ask for your next step, by voice. MADE FOR iPHONE DUO • Closed, it's the phone app, with the mic and your tools in the column beside the screen. • Open it like a book and the journal becomes a spread: tonight's cook on one page, last time's attempt, its summary, or Ask about this cook facing it. • Half open, the note sits up top with a capture deck below: speak a note, mark a moment, add a photo. COOKBACK PRO The journal is free to keep. Pro is for reflecting: • Summaries: wrap up a cook and get a tidy recap in your own words — what you did, what mattered, what to try next time — with tags added automatically. • Ask: questions answered from YOUR journal, not the internet. Ask "what made this brisket better than my last two?" and get an answer that cites your actual cooks. • Recipe import: paste a link and get a clean, cook-along note — ingredients and steps, with room for your own notes on top. You get starter credits to try every Pro feature before paying a cent. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly); cancel anytime in your App Store settings. YOURS, PRIVATELY Your journal lives on your device and syncs privately through iCloud. AI is off until you turn it on, and nothing leaves your device before that. No account to create, no ads, and you can delete everything at any time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Kebab Corner.4 screens
Cookback4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kebab Corner. at none against Cookback's 2. Kebab Corner. also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 18.0). Cookback's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). On price 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. Cookback sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Kebab Corner. asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kebab Corner. ships an update every 10 months, Cookback every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kebab Corner. versus Cookback: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKebab Corner.Cookback
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB29 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAysan EceSousy LLC

In-app purchases

None

Kebab Corner.

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Cookback

Subscriptions2
  • Cookback Pro$1.991 Month
  • Cookback Pro$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Kebab Corner. free?
Kebab Corner. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cookback free?
Cookback is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kebab Corner. or Cookback have ads?
Kebab Corner. shows ads; Cookback does not.
Which is updated more often, Kebab Corner. or Cookback?
Kebab Corner. ships an update every 10 months, and Cookback every 3 months. Most recently, Kebab Corner. was updated on October 30, 2026 and Cookback on October 31, 2026.

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