Comparison

Veggies vs CookSync

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

Head to head
About

Veggies

This app provides instant cooking times for a wide variety of vegetables, including common and less common types. It offers guidance for boiling, steaming, and microwaving, with times optimized for an 'al dente' result. Basic information and cooking tips are also included for each vegetable.

Highlights
  • Instant cooking time lookup
  • Boiling, steaming, and microwave methods
  • Covers common and uncommon vegetables
  • Al dente cooking time optimization
  • Basic vegetable information and tips
  • Microwave cooking guidance
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Veggies. A simple and effective app that provides you with the cooking times of vegetables. Instantly learn how long your vegetables need to cook in either boiling water, the steamer or the microwave. Included are everyday vegetables such as broccoli and carrots but also less common vegetables such as, for example, okra and parsnip. The cooking times are based on today's taste, so "al dente" if possible. Veggies also provides some basic information or cooking tip for each kind of vegetable. Veggies is particularly useful when using your microwave, as the cooking time depends heavily on the amount of vegetables and the power of your microwave. Using veggies you can quickly and easily prepare a healthy meal with fresh vegetables! For more information: http://www.permanentmarkers.nl/veggies.html

About

CookSync

Features
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Track pasta, rice and oven dishes with separate cooking timers in one clear view. CookSync helps you follow several dishes while you prepare the rest of your meal.

CHOOSE A DISH OR SET YOUR OWN TIME
Browse 34 dishes and 102 cooking presets across seven categories. Pick a cooking method, adjust the duration, or name a quick timer and set hours, minutes and seconds.

SEE WHAT IS COOKING
Track multiple countdowns, pause and resume each timer, and remove timers you no longer need. Live Activities show the countdown on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island on supported devices.

MADE FOR YOUR KITCHEN
Search dishes, filter categories and use light or dark appearance. On iPad, the catalog and timers can appear side by side. The interface supports 10 languages, including Ukrainian.

ALERTS AND AVAILABILITY
On iOS 26 or later, allow system alarms for locked-screen alerts. Earlier systems use notifications, which follow your sound and Focus settings. Live Activities require iOS 16.2 or later, or iPadOS 17 or later, on compatible devices.

Preset times are a guide. Adjust them to your ingredients and check your food before serving. No account required.

Screenshots

Veggies4 screens
CookSync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: CookSync at 2 against Veggies's —. On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Veggies versus CookSync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeggiesCookSync
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 months
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPermanentMarkersMaksym Kiryanov

In-app purchases

None

Veggies

No in-app purchases

None

CookSync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Veggies free?
Veggies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CookSync free?
CookSync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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