Recipe Finder vs BasicList
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recipe Finder
Explore a vast collection of recipes categorized by cuisine or dietary needs. Save your favorite dishes for quick access and discover new culinary inspiration with a random recipe generator.
- Recipe discovery by category
- Random recipe generator
- Save favorite recipes
- Categorized recipe browsing
- Dietary specific recipes
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Easily discover great recipes. Either get a random surprise recipe or scroll through all the recipes of one of our many categories such as Pasta, Vegetarian, Beef... Of course you can always save a recipe to the list of your favorite recipes to get back to it later.
BasicList
Create grocery lists by directly entering items or by adding pre-defined meals. Items are automatically categorized to streamline your shopping experience.
- Direct item entry
- Meal customization
- Add meals to list
- Categorized items (shelf, cold, frozen, not food)
- Efficient shopping experience
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just a simple grocery list. You have the option to enter items directly to the list, or to enter meals, customize the ingredients, and then add them to the list from the meals menu. The items on the list are categorized in four categories (shelf, cold, frozen, and not food) to make your shopping experience as efficient as possible.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Recipe Finder at every 2 days against BasicList's weekly. Recipe Finder also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.3). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Recipe Finder ships an update every 2 days, BasicList weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recipe Finder | BasicList |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Julian Lau | Travis Ratliff |
Customer experience
Recipe Finder
BasicList
In-app purchases
Recipe Finder
No in-app purchases
BasicList
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Recipe Finder free?
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Do Recipe Finder or BasicList have ads?
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