Cooktop vs MyRecipesPlus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cooktop
This app simulates a glass ceramic cooktop, allowing users to plan their kitchen layout or use their device as a virtual hob. Interact with the simulated controls using touch gestures or device shaking for entertainment.
- Glass ceramic cooktop simulation
- Virtual hob avatar
- Kitchen planning tool
- Interactive controls
- Pinch and shake gestures
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Simulates a glass ceramic cooktop. Use your device as a hob avatar e.g. for kitchen planning. You can control the hob by pressing the buttons, use the pinch gesture or shake the device. This app is intended for entertainment purposes only and does not provide true glass ceramic cooktop functionality.
MyRecipesPlus
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With MyRecipesPlus keep your cooking recipes close at hand, and synchronized across all your devices that share the same Apple ID. Write your recipe, insert a link to a video, or identify a book with your favorite recipe. Create a shopping list with the ingredients needed for your recipe and share it with anyone you want. Characteristics: • Three types of recipe entry. Write, speak, or scan the text, write or paste a link to a video on the internet, indicating that in which book and page is your favourite recipe. • When doing a scan, it is automatically converted to text. • When dictating your recipe, it is automatically converted into text. (Internet connection required) • In addition to being able to read your recipe, you can now also listen to it while you are cooking. • Search by recipe name or ingredient used. • Share your recipe, either by text message or by email. • Save your recipe as a text file. • Create and share a shopping list with the ingredients needed for your recipe. • Edit your recipe, being able to change your name, your photo, change ingredients, or change your text. • Synchronization of recipes, ingredients and units of measure, between your mobile devices, as long as they share the same Apple ID.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cooktop at Free against MyRecipesPlus's $2.99. Cooktop also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 26.0). MyRecipesPlus's advantage is chart position (#53 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Cooktop is free to download; MyRecipesPlus costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cooktop ships an update every 12 months, MyRecipesPlus every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cooktop | MyRecipesPlus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | — | #53 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | Paulo Correia |
In-app purchases
Cooktop
No in-app purchases
MyRecipesPlus
No in-app purchases





