Cook Book vs Cookbook Client
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cook Book
Discover new recipes, organize your favorite dishes, and plan meals effortlessly. This app helps you find delicious and nutritious recipes tailored to your taste and dietary needs, creating shopping lists and weekly meal plans.
- Recipe discovery
- Favorite dish organization
- Meal planning
- Shopping list generation
- Search by ingredients, cuisine, dietary restrictions
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Cookbook - the perfect pocket cookbook for both home chefs and beginners! Cookbook brings you a rich culinary world with thousands of delicious, easy-to-make, and diverse recipes from all over the globe. Whether you're looking for quick lunch ideas, Keto diet menus, healthy vegetarian dishes, or festive baking treats, Cookbook has it all. Our app provides step-by-step cooking instructions, exact ingredient measurements, and complete nutritional information. Moreover, the smart "My Menu" feature helps you organize your meals effectively and set cooking reminders, making your time in the kitchen easier and more enjoyable than ever. Download the app today and turn every meal into a wonderful experience!
Cookbook Client
Manage your recipes stored on a Nextcloud server. View, edit, create, and delete recipes, with offline access available. Easily add ingredients to a grocery list and import recipes from websites.
- View, edit, create, and delete recipes
- Offline recipe access
- Add ingredients to grocery list
- Import recipes from websites
- Export recipes as PDF or text
- Web-login and app token authentication
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Please note: This application functions as a companion to your existing Nextcloud account with the CookBook app installed. Without these, the application will not operate. The app offers management tools for Cookbook recipes in your Nextcloud. It allows you to view, edit, create and delete recipes. The app allows downloading recipes for offline access, ensuring access even without an internet connection. Shopping for ingredients is simplified with the ability to add recipe ingredients directly to a grocery list. Additionally, it supports importing recipes from popular websites and exporting them as PDF or plain text. For logging in, there are two methods available: web-login and app tokens. App tokens can be generated through the security settings in your Nextcloud web interface.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cookbook Client at fortnightly against Cook Book's every 3 months. Cook Book's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Cook Book against 5.0 for Cookbook Client. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cook Book has 21 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Cook Book's written reviews are positive against 75% of Cookbook Client's.
Cook Book ships an update every 3 months, Cookbook Client fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cook Book | Cookbook Client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gofodi | Vincent Meilinger |
Customer experience
Cook Book
Cookbook Client
In-app purchases
Cook Book
No in-app purchases
Cookbook Client
No in-app purchases
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