Comparison

Cookie Swap vs Breaking Bread+

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

Head to head
About

Cookie Swap

Easily share your favorite recipes without any distractions. This app focuses purely on recipe content, removing lengthy personal stories and advertisements.

Highlights
  • Recipe sharing
  • Ad-free experience
  • No gimmicks
  • Focus on recipe content
  • Simple interface
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Recipe sharing made easy. There are no ads, no gimmicks, and no stories about how someone's grandma invented this recipe while she was ice fishing in Alaska. Yeah buddy!

About

Breaking Bread+

Discover new recipes, share your own culinary creations, and connect with friends to explore their favorite dishes. Easily add ingredients to a grocery list for convenient shopping. Join a growing community of food enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Recipe discovery
  • Upload personal recipes
  • Connect with friends
  • Grocery list creation
  • Community sharing
Features
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Cooking made easy. Find your new favorite recipe, upload personal favorites, and connect with friends to try their recipes. Add ingredients to your grocery list to make your next trip to the store a breeze. Join this fast-growing community to see what others have been making!

Screenshots

Cookie Swap3 screens
Breaking Bread+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Breaking Bread+ at 100% against Cookie Swap's 0%. Breaking Bread+ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). Cookie Swap's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Breaking Bread+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Cookie Swap's written reviews are positive against 100% of Breaking Bread+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cookie Swap ships an update monthly, Breaking Bread+ every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cookie Swap versus Breaking Bread+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCookie SwapBreaking Bread+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings49 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB36 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperJustin BaccoBraden Hicks

Customer experience

Cookie Swap

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Breaking Bread+

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cookie Swap

No in-app purchases

None

Breaking Bread+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cookie Swap free?
Cookie Swap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Breaking Bread+ free?
Breaking Bread+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cookie Swap or Breaking Bread+?
Breaking Bread+ is rated higher. Cookie Swap averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Breaking Bread+ averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Cookie Swap or Breaking Bread+ have ads?
Neither Cookie Swap nor Breaking Bread+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cookie Swap or Breaking Bread+?
Cookie Swap ships an update monthly, and Breaking Bread+ every 9 days. Most recently, Cookie Swap was updated on October 7, 2026 and Breaking Bread+ on October 3, 2026.

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