Comparison

Kitchen Notebook vs RecipeBook AI

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

Head to head
About

Kitchen Notebook

Digitally store all your favorite recipes, ingredients, and cooking instructions in an organized and accessible format. Share your culinary creations easily and utilize a "Cook Now" mode for guided cooking with built-in timers.

Highlights
  • Save recipes, ingredients, and steps
  • Organized recipe storage
  • Share recipes easily
  • Cook Now mode with step-by-step guidance
  • Integrated cooking timers
  • Personal recipe diary
Features
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Remember your grandma’s old recipe notebook, filled with notes, sauce stains, and secret family tips? Kitchen Notebook is exactly that… but digital, modern, and always in your pocket. With Kitchen Notebook you can: • Save all your recipes, ingredients, and steps in a simple, organized way. • Share your creations with anyone you want — no sign-ups, no social platforms, no hassle. • Keep your culinary treasures safe and tidy, no more random papers floating around. NEW: Dive into “Cook Now” mode! Follow each step one by one, set timers for cooking times, and stay focused on what really matters: cooking (and maybe having some fun too!). Kitchen Notebook is 100% yours: no forced communities, no random comments… just your recipes, like a personal diary. Stop losing your best dishes between screenshots and sticky notes. Download Kitchen Notebook and turn your device into your secret kitchen corner!

About

RecipeBook AI

Features
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RecipeBook AI helps preserve the recipes your family kept on paper. Scan an old notebook page, review the AI result, correct uncertain fields, and save a clean recipe with ingredients, steps, notes, time, servings, tags, and the original photo. Build notebooks for different family branches, favorite recipes you cook often, invite relatives as owners, editors, or viewers, and export a recipe or full notebook as PDF. What you can do: - Add recipes manually or from a notebook page photo. - Review AI scan results before saving. - See uncertain AI fields highlighted for correction. - Keep original photos private in your account. - Search, filter, favorite, and organize recipes in notebooks. - Share family notebooks with owner, editor, and viewer roles. - Export recipes and notebooks as PDF on supported plans. - Use light and dark themes and 16 in-app languages, including Arabic RTL. Plans: - Free includes limited manual recipes and 3 AI scan trials. - Pro includes unlimited manual recipes, 50 AI scans per month, PDF export, family notebooks, and original photo storage. - Plus includes 200 AI scans per month, larger family sharing, batch scan support, and priority queue. AI scans are not unlimited. Photos selected for AI scanning are processed through the RecipeBook AI backend and OpenRouter. The OpenRouter API key is never stored in the mobile app. No ads. No third-party ad tracking. Terms of Use (EULA): https://furkancakir.dev/recipebook-ai/terms/

Screenshots

Kitchen Notebook4 screens
RecipeBook AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: RecipeBook AI at 16.4 against Kitchen Notebook's 26.0. 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. Kitchen Notebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RecipeBook AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Kitchen Notebook versus RecipeBook AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen NotebookRecipeBook AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMICHELE MASSAROMuhammet Furkan Cakir

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Kitchen Notebook

One-time1
  • Unlimited recipes$1.99
2 purchases

RecipeBook AI

Subscriptions2
  • RecipeBook AI Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • RecipeBook AI Pro Monthly$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Kitchen Notebook free?
Kitchen Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RecipeBook AI free?
RecipeBook AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kitchen Notebook or RecipeBook AI have ads?
Neither Kitchen Notebook nor RecipeBook AI shows ads.

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