Comparison

Recipe Search vs Recipe Swipe

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

Head to head
About

Recipe Search

Discover a world of recipes from various websites and YouTube videos. Organize your favorites with tags and access them easily. Control the app hands-free with voice commands while cooking.

Highlights
  • Global recipe web search
  • YouTube recipe video search
  • Language selection for search sites
  • Bookmark organization with tags
  • Custom URL scheme integration
  • Voice control for navigation
  • Hands-free kitchen operation
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Need more recipes? Here is the ANSWER what you want! Recipe Search for iPhone can search recipes from web sites throughout the world. Recipe Search is an App that allows you to find the recipes from recipe site a lot at a time. [Added the YouTube videos search] It is able to search for YouTube recipe videos. [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.  [responding 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-iPhone:q=Tomatoes Onions Added link to the assistant service to view web pages designed only for PC. Please push an upper right arrow on a recipe page. And, Choose "Open with Instapaper". 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 iPhone 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 iPhone 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. *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 IPHONE (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

Recipe Swipe

Discover delicious recipes with a fun, interactive swiping interface. Each swipe reveals a mouth-watering food photo and a step-by-step cooking guide. Get started on your culinary adventure today.

Highlights
  • Interactive recipe swiping
  • Mouth-watering food photos
  • Step-by-step recipe instructions
  • Easy and fun to use
Features
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Swipe. Click. Cook. Recipe Swipe is easy and fun- Swipe right to get a bunch of mouth watering food photos each containing its own step to step recipe. Start recipe swiping!

Screenshots

Recipe Search4 screens
Recipe Swipe3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Recipe Search at 5.0 against Recipe Swipe's 4.0. Recipe Swipe's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Recipe Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recipe Swipe has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Recipe Search's written reviews are positive against 75% of Recipe Swipe's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recipe Search ships an update every 3 weeks, Recipe Swipe every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Recipe Search versus Recipe Swipe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecipe SearchRecipe Swipe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB31 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMedia Circuit Co., Ltd.Alon Horovitz

Customer experience

Recipe Search

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Recipe Swipe

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Recipe Search

No in-app purchases

None

Recipe Swipe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recipe Search free?
Recipe Search is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recipe Swipe free?
Recipe Swipe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Recipe Search or Recipe Swipe?
Recipe Search is rated higher. Recipe Search averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Recipe Swipe averages 4.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Recipe Search or Recipe Swipe have ads?
Recipe Search shows ads; Recipe Swipe does not.
Which is updated more often, Recipe Search or Recipe Swipe?
Recipe Search ships an update every 3 weeks, and Recipe Swipe every 2 weeks. Most recently, Recipe Search was updated on October 6, 2026 and Recipe Swipe on October 15, 2026.

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