Comparison

Kitchen Notebook vs Cookback

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

Cookback

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. 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. 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

Kitchen Notebook4 screens
Cookback4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Cookback at 4 against Kitchen Notebook's 2. Cookback also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Kitchen Notebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cookback sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Kitchen Notebook versus Cookback: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen NotebookCookback
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, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMICHELE MASSAROSousy LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Kitchen Notebook

One-time1
  • Unlimited recipes$1.99
2 purchases

Cookback

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

Questions

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

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