Comparison

Recipe Search App vs Cooking Note

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

Head to head
About

Recipe Search App

Discover a vast collection of recipes from around the world. Search by ingredients, cooking time, or dietary needs. Bookmark your favorites and access them easily, even with voice commands in the kitchen.

Highlights
  • Global recipe search
  • Search by keywords (ingredients, season, method)
  • Filter by cook time and calories
  • Bookmark and tag recipes
  • Voice control for recipe browsing
  • YouTube recipe search integration
  • Customizable search site and language
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Need more recipes? Here is the ANSWER what you want! Recipe Search for iPad can search recipes from web sites throughout the world. (Possibly )This is the No.1 iPad App. in terms of number of recipe searches. [Added a Youtube search fonction] [Added the 'Site' as search option.] RecipeSearch can use 'recipe site' as search option. [The language select function was added. ] It enabled it to choose the language of a search target site. [Added the tag function to clarify bookmarks] Please register a tag from a setting first.Β  Rresponding to the custom URL scheme You can launch Recipe Search with the custom URL scheme from Safari and Other Apps. An example for the custom URL Scheme for Recipe Search is: recipeSearch-iPad:q=Tomatoes Onions Voice Control ! We added the voice control capability in the recipe page. With your voice, RecipeSearch operates zooming and panning . Even when your hands are wet and/or dirty in the kitchen, you can operate the screen on your iPad without any touch! *The commands available for operation are: UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LARGE and SMALL. *App. Feature Searching recipes with various type of keywords, such as recipe name, season, methods of cooking and/or kitchen utensils, as well as food ingredients. Please try to search recipes with keyword 'summer', and Recipe Search for iPad shows various recipes suitable for 'summer'. (related to 'summer.') *How to Search When you have beef and onion( in the refrigerator), Please enter 'beef onion', then click Search button. Furthermore, to get ready for dinner within 15 minutes, please try search option 'Cook time', then click Search button. As for search options, Cook time and Calories are available. *Usage Tips 1.To begin with, try to search with various key words you are looking for. 2.Cheking the search results、the recipes that you are interested in can be registered in Book Mark using [+] button. 3.After looking over the search results, transfer to Book Mark and browse details of the recipes you register.. 4.You can delete recipes from Book mark, when they becomes not necessary. 5.You can register recipes in Book mark as your favorite ones, and easily possible to access recipe web page later. *Warning(achtung) Internet Connection via WiFi( recommended) or 3G is required. * Disclaimer of Liability and Warranties. RECIPE SEARCH FOR iPad (hereinafter called 'THIS APPLICATION'), DESIGN ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THIS APPLICATION.

About

Cooking Note

Features
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Cooking Note is an app that allows you to easily take notes from recipe websites! Simply enter the URL of a recipe site to quickly create your own notes. App Details - Recipe Note Creation Feature Just by entering the URL of a recipe site, you can easily create recipe notes! - Automatic Recipe Note Creation Feature Select Cooking Note from the share button in your browser to easily create recipe notes!

Screenshots

Cooking Note3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cooking Note at weekly against Recipe Search App's every 3 weeks. Cooking Note also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Recipe Search App's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recipe Search App ships an update every 3 weeks, Cooking Note weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Recipe Search App versus Cooking Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecipe Search AppCooking Note
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews76.9% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly β€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedβ€”
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS12.0 β€” better15.1
Further details β€” not scored
Size51 MB82 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMedia Circuit Co., Ltd.Katsuya Sugawara

In-app purchases

None

Recipe Search App

No in-app purchases

None

Cooking Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recipe Search App free?
Recipe Search App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cooking Note free?
Cooking Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Recipe Search App or Cooking Note have ads?
Both Recipe Search App and Cooking Note show ads.
Which is updated more often, Recipe Search App or Cooking Note?
Recipe Search App ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cooking Note weekly. Most recently, Recipe Search App was updated on October 23, 2026 and Cooking Note on October 17, 2026.

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