cRc Kosher vs Bishul
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
cRc Kosher
This app provides a comprehensive guide to kosher living, featuring lists of recommended certifications, a logo scanner for instant identification, and detailed product information. It also offers resources for food and non-food items, Kashrus alerts, and local kosher restaurant information.
- Recommended Hechsherim lists
- Hechsher logo scanner
- Food & beverage product lists
- Kashrus alerts
- Chicago-area kosher restaurants
- Ask the Rabbi feature
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The cRc Kosher app is your comprehensive resource for everything kosher. Featuring an enhanced design and improved user experience, with the ability to search across all lists within the app for quick access to the information you need. Features of the cRc Kosher app: - Recommended Hechsherim: See a list of recommended Hechsherim from across the United States and around the world. - Hechsher Logo Scanner: See a Kashrus logo you don’t recognize? Scan logos to get detailed information about the certification agency. - Food & Beverage Product Lists: Alcoholic Beverages, Beverages, Food, Fruits & Vegetables Checking Guide, Slurpees, and Starbucks products. - Other Essential Resources: Medicine, Non-Food products, Berachos guide, Tevilas Keilim and Kashering guide. - Kashrus Alerts: Stay up-to-date with the latest Kashrus alerts directly on your phone. - Chicago-Area Restaurants: Explore local establishments with an interactive, location-based map. - Audio Library: Listen to shiurim on kosher topics anytime, anywhere. - FAQ: Find answers to popular questions all in one place. - Policies: Access a list of general cRc policies. - Ask the Rabbi: Submit questions directly to a Kashrus Rabbi for personalized guidance. - Pesach Information: Seasonal updates for Pesach-related resources. The cRc Kosher app – your go-to source for all things kosher!
Bishul
Struggling with meal decisions? This app offers a curated selection of over 400 kosher recipes from 21 cuisines. It learns your preferences over time, suggesting dishes you'll love and avoiding those you dislike. Recipes include detailed ingredients, cooking steps, nutritional information, and kosher dietary tags.
- Recipe picker with preference learning
- Over 400 kosher recipes
- 21 diverse cuisines
- Detailed ingredient checklists
- Step-by-step cooking instructions
- Nutritional flags and kosher tags
- Shabbat and fast-day specific notes
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Can't decide what's for dinner tonight? Then Bishul is the app for you! Tap once. Get a meal! Bishul's built-in picker spins through hundreds of recipes and lands on one you'll actually want to make. Favorite a dish, like it, or dislike it. Your favorites surface more often, dislikes never come up. With no preferences set, every roll is fair. The more you use it, the better it gets at reading your taste. Over 400 hand picked recipes from 21 cuisines and growing! Italian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, Indian, French, Thai, Mexican, Eastern European, Latin American, Fusion, and more! Every recipe is kosher, every method has been cross-checked against multiple authoritative sources, and every dietary tag is honest. Halachic care, built in. Recipes are clearly tagged fleishig, dairy, pareve, or fish-with-dairy. Shabbat-appropriate dishes on Fridays, fast-day notes when relevant, and Pesach-friendly recipes during Chag. Tap a recipe to see: • Ingredients as a checklist, tick items off as you shop or cook! • Method broken into clear steps • Nutrition flags (high-protein, gluten-free, dairy-free, low-carb, and gentle warnings for fat, sodium, sugar, or carb-heavy dishes) • Kosher notes specific to that dish Independent and ad-free. Bishul is built and maintained by one developer. No ads. No analytics. No accounts. No data leaves your device. Your favorites and settings live only on your phone. If you delete the app, every trace is gone with it. For everyday cooks and Shabbat hosts. Whether you're staring into the fridge on a Tuesday or planning Friday-night dinner for ten, Bishul gives you a place to start and a method to follow. The recipes are written to be made, not just read. May we merit to have a beautiful table like the table Abraham Avinu, and may our Hachnasat Orchim bring us to increase our Ahavat Chinam. May we merit to bring the Geula speedily in our days!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bishul at fortnightly against cRc Kosher's every 3 months. Bishul also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). cRc Kosher's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Bishul holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: cRc Kosher has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of cRc Kosher's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bishul's.
cRc Kosher ships an update every 3 months, Bishul fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cRc Kosher | Bishul |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (37 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chicago Rabbinical Council | Omri Toren |
Customer experience
cRc Kosher
Bishul
In-app purchases
cRc Kosher
No in-app purchases
Bishul
No in-app purchases









