Comparison

Recipe Keeper vs Teafinity

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

Head to head
About

Recipe Keeper

Organize your personal recipe collection with a clean, intuitive interface. Easily import recipes from the web, manage ingredients and steps, and search your entire library. Enjoy a distraction-free cooking experience with customizable views and automatic scaling for portion sizes.

Highlights
  • Intuitive recipe organization
  • Web recipe import
  • Automatic portion scaling
  • Powerful search functionality
  • Customizable interface
  • Share and print recipes
Features
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Taste is the ideal solution for managing your recipes simply and intuitively. Whether you want to collect new recipes, organize old favorites, or find inspiration – Taste provides you with the tools to structure your collection. No ads, no registration – start right away and enjoy the clean, streamlined interface. With Taste, you always keep track of your recipes, from the initial idea to the finished dish. Everything is designed to make managing your recipes as easy as possible, so you can focus on what really matters: cooking. ► Why Taste? Taste offers the perfect combination of user-friendliness and flexibility to manage your recipes easily and efficiently. • Clear design: The clean, simple interface helps you stay focused on your recipes, without distractions • Customizable: Adjust font sizes, colors, and views to suit your preferences, tailoring Taste to your style • Start immediately: No registration, no ads. You can access all features directly without providing personal data • Continuous improvement: Regular updates optimize and add new features to improve your experience ► Recipe Book – everything in view The structured outline view gives you a clear overview of your entire recipe collection on one page. Categories can be nested, similar to a file manager, to organize your recipes efficiently. • Multiple views: Recipes are displayed in horizontally scrollable lists with two display options for the appearance of recipes, sortable by name or date • Drag-and-Drop: Easily move recipes and categories via drag-and-drop • Quick access: Context menus offer fast access to essential functions directly within the recipe book ► Recipe View – all at a glance The recipe view ensures that all key information such as ingredients, preparation steps, and notes are clearly arranged. • Automatic scaling: All ingredient quantities automatically adjust to the selected portion size • Intuitive editing: Edit recipes directly within the view, without additional windows • Detailed structure: Ingredients, preparation, and notes are clearly separated and easily accessible ► Web Import – recipes from the web Add recipes directly from the internet – either via the in-app browser or using the Share Sheet. • In-app browser: Search for recipes on the web and add them directly to your collection • Smart import: Taste automatically detects and imports ingredients, preparation steps, and cooking times • Preview function: View a quick preview of the recipe before saving it ► Search – find any recipe Search your entire collection quickly and efficiently. Find recipes by ingredients, names, or any keywords. • Multiple search terms: Combine different ingredients to find the exact recipe you need • Highlighted results: Search results are clearly marked, so you can spot them quickly • Spotlight integration: Find recipes directly via the iOS system search ► Additional features • Share and print: Create PDFs of recipes to share or print them directly • Offline available: Your recipes are always available, even without an internet connection • Automatic synchronization: Recipes are synced via iCloud and are available across all your devices ► What’s coming next? Taste is continuously expanding to offer even more features. Future updates will include a shopping helper, meal planner, and comprehensive nutritional support. Thanks to modular extensions, you can customize the app to your needs, using only the features that are relevant to you. Terms of use: https://taste-recipe-manager.app/terms

About

Teafinity

This app helps you brew the perfect cup of tea every time. Identify teas with your camera, use smart timers, and explore detailed guides for over 170 varieties. Discover new favorites and build your personal tea collection.

Highlights
  • AI-powered tea recognition via camera
  • Smart brewing timers with notifications
  • 170+ comprehensive tea guides
  • Personalized tea recommendations
  • Build and track personal tea collection
  • Custom brewing profiles
Features
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Guessing ruins good leaf. Teafinity is a tea timer with the numbers already in it. Sencha at 175F, 90 seconds. English Breakfast at 212F, 4 minutes. The timer and 30 teas are free. The full library and AI photo identification are the paid part. FREE, AND NO ACCOUNT 30 teas with the brewing data already entered: water temperature in F and C, steep time, and how much leaf to how much water. English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Darjeeling, Sencha, Dragon Well, Tie Guan Yin, Silver Needle, Shou Pu-erh, Chamomile, Rooibos and 19 more. Matcha is in the free set too, with its water temperature and leaf-to-water ratio. Black, green, white, oolong, pu-erh and herbal are all in the free set. The Western brewing timer. Pick a tea, tap once, put the phone down. The countdown runs on the Lock Screen as a Live Activity, so you can check it without opening anything, and, with notifications allowed, an alert tells you when the steep is done. On iOS 26 and later, if you allow it, the finish alert can sound through a silenced phone. Favorites and a collection that fills in as you brew. A tea insight every day. Recommendations that follow what you actually drink. No account, no email address, no ads. The 30 teas are not a trial countdown. They stay free. PREMIUM, WHICH IS A SUBSCRIPTION The whole library. All 176 teas in the core collection, plus seasonal teas that rotate through the year. AI photo identification. Point the camera at loose leaf or a packet and Teafinity identifies the tea, then opens the brewing data for it. If it cannot place one, you can request it. Gongfu timers across the whole library. Every infusion gets its own clock and its own length, so a gongfu tea that wants 30 seconds, then 40, then 50 is not one flat countdown repeated five times. Tea requests. Ask for a tea the library does not have yet. New teas and guides land every month. WHO IT IS FOR People who buy tea worth brewing properly and are tired of digging the numbers out of a blog post halfway through a steep. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Premium is a yearly plan or a weekly plan. New subscribers start the yearly plan with a 7-day free trial. The App Store shows the price in your own currency before anything is charged. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage the subscription and turn off auto-renew in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Recipe Keeper4 screens
Teafinity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Teafinity at 100% against Recipe Keeper's 71%. Teafinity also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7). Recipe Keeper's advantage is ratings volume (153 vs 33) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Recipe Keeper sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month and Teafinity sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Teafinity holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 153 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Recipe Keeper's written reviews are positive against 100% of Teafinity's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recipe Keeper ships an update every 10 days, Teafinity every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Recipe Keeper versus Teafinity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecipe KeeperTeafinity
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (153 ratings)4.9 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings153 — better33
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB93 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperThilo KreiselPOCKET IMPLEMENTATION S.R.L.

Customer experience

Recipe Keeper

All ratings153 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive70.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative25.0%

Teafinity

All ratings33 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Recipe Keeper

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Recipes lost after iCloud backup
  • App does not release memory when deleting recipes
  • App downloads too much fluff and unnecessary content
  • App struggles to import from Paprika
  • App does not recognize Facebook as a recipe source
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  • App does not find recipes on Chefkoch site
  • Sharing between different iCloud accounts not working
  • PDF import is not straightforward
  • Language issues (German interface for non-German speakers)
  • Some users struggle with importing recipes from the web
  • Memory issues with large app size for single recipes

Requested features

13 requests
  • Sharing recipes between two people (different iCloud accounts)
  • Shopping list functionality or export to Apple Reminders
  • Synchronizing recipes between husband's and wife's accounts
  • Ability to create a recipe book together (e.g., via iCloud)
  • Importing recipes from videos (Instagram, YT Shorts)
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  • Mac app or integration
  • Easier PDF import
  • Support for scanning recipes
  • Full-screen recipe book view
  • Ability to start a new line of recipes after many entries
  • Importing from files
  • Synchronizing with iPad
  • Support for Chinese language settings

Teafinity

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Recipe Keeper

Subscriptions2
  • Basic Version - Monthly3 Days trial$4.491 Month
  • Basic Version - Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time6
  • Tiny Tip$0.99
  • Small Tip$2.49
  • Medium Tip$4.99
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  • Large Tip$9.99
  • Huge Tip$19.99
  • Complete Package - Lifetime$59.99
5 purchases

Teafinity

Subscriptions4
  • Teafinity Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Teafinity Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Teafinity Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Teafinity Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Teafinity Premium Forever$99.99

Questions

Is Recipe Keeper free?
Recipe Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Teafinity free?
Teafinity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Recipe Keeper or Teafinity?
Teafinity is rated higher. Recipe Keeper averages 4.7 out of 5 from 153 ratings, while Teafinity averages 4.9 from 33 ratings.
Do Recipe Keeper or Teafinity have ads?
Neither Recipe Keeper nor Teafinity shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recipe Keeper or Teafinity?
Recipe Keeper ships an update every 10 days, and Teafinity every 2 weeks. Most recently, Recipe Keeper was updated on September 21, 2026 and Teafinity on September 10, 2026.

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