Veggies vs PerfectCook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
PerfectCook
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Stop guessing. Start cooking with precision. Perfect Cook gives you exact cooking times and temperatures for every ingredient — based on your cooking method and how you like it done. Whether you're grilling a steak to medium-rare, boiling eggs to soft, or steaming broccoli until just tender, Perfect Cook tells you exactly what to do and counts it down for you. — PICK YOUR INGREDIENT Browse or search a curated library of ingredients across meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, grains, and pantry staples. Every ingredient is covered. — CHOOSE YOUR METHOD & DONENESS Pan, grill, oven, air fryer, boiling, steam — each method has its own timing. Pick how you like it cooked and get the exact time and heat level, every time. — LET THE TIMER RUN A clean, focused timer counts down your cook. A notification alerts you the moment it's done. No more hovering over the stove. — COOK EVERYTHING AT ONCE Cooking steak, rice, and vegetables together? Add up to 6 ingredients, each with its own method and doneness. Perfect Cook staggers the start times so everything lands on the plate perfectly done at the same moment. — YOUR FAVOURITES Save the ingredients you cook most. One tap to get straight to your go-to cook. — ENGLISH & SPANISH Full localisation in both languages, including ingredient names and cooking tips. ONE PURCHASE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Perfect Cook is a one-time purchase. No monthly fees, no ads, no upsells. Pay once, cook perfectly forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PerfectCook at none against Veggies's 1. PerfectCook also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price 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. Veggies sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PerfectCook asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Veggies | PerfectCook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | PermanentMarkers | Xavier Canchal |
In-app purchases
Veggies
- Egg Clock!$0.99
PerfectCook
No in-app purchases









