Krispy Kreme ® vs Tastemaker Recipes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Krispy Kreme ®
Earn rewards and get free treats with a loyalty program. Order your favorite doughnuts for pickup or delivery. Discover exclusive offers and find nearby locations.
- Krispy Kreme Rewards program
- Earn points for free treats
- Welcome and birthday rewards
- Order ahead for pickup
- Delivery ordering
- Exclusive offers and updates
- Shop locator with Hot Light notifications
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Welcome to the Krispy Kreme® app! The best thing since our hot doughnuts. Download now to experience the easiest way to get free treats with the Krispy Kreme Rewards program, plus enjoy easy ordering for pickup and delivery. Krispy Kreme Rewards Join today to start earning points toward free treats with every bite and sip. Earn a reward in as little as one visit and redeem your points for your Krispy Kreme favorites. Enjoy a welcome treat when you join, plus we’ll make your birthday extra sweet! Your Order, Your way Skip the line and order ahead with pickup or delivery so you can enjoy your treats even faster. Stay in the Dough Be the first in line for exclusive offers, access to our new limited time doughnuts and fresh updates! Enable push notifications and never miss out on any sweet offers. Shop Locator Find the nearest Krispy Kreme shop wherever you are so you can always know when hot, fresh doughnuts are coming off the line with Hot Light notifications.
Tastemaker Recipes
Record every dish and drink you prepare, complete with ratings and notes for future reference. Easily save recipes from the web or cookbooks, and generate organized shopping lists for the week. Discover your cooking habits and patterns.
- Log and rate every dish
- Save recipes from web or camera
- Generate organized shopping lists
- Track cooking patterns and streaks
- Cocktail mode for home bars
- AI recipe image generation
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Tastemaker is your kitchen's memory: every dish and drink you make, rated and ready for next time. TRACK WHAT YOU COOK Log each cook with a rating out of 5, what you changed, and what you'd do differently. Future-you, standing in the kitchen wondering whether that shortcut worked last time, will be grateful. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Share a recipe to Tastemaker straight from Safari and it lands on your to-make list with the ingredients already extracted. Cooking from a paper cookbook? Point your camera at the page and the dish imports itself. PLAN THE WEEK Flag dishes for this week, then compile every ingredient across every recipe into one tidy shopping list, organized by store section. SEE YOUR PATTERNS Cooking streaks, top-rated dishes, favorite sources, and a heatmap of every night you cooked. TASTEMAKER PRO Cocktail mode (a whole parallel universe for your home bar), compiled shopping lists, camera scanning, and AI recipe images are part of Tastemaker Pro: $2.99/month or $24.99/year after a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your App Store account settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Core recipe tracking is free, forever. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tastemaker.recipes/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tastemaker Recipes at 100% against Krispy Kreme ®'s 8%. Tastemaker Recipes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Krispy Kreme ®'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (39K vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. Tastemaker Recipes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Krispy Kreme ® asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tastemaker Recipes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Krispy Kreme ® has 39K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Krispy Kreme ®'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Tastemaker Recipes's.
Krispy Kreme ® ships an update fortnightly, Tastemaker Recipes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Krispy Kreme ® | Tastemaker Recipes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (39K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #69 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation | JACOB GALGINAITIS BARRETT |
Customer experience
Krispy Kreme ®
Tastemaker Recipes
Bugs and requests
Krispy Kreme ®
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes frequently
- Login and account issues
- Rewards and points not tracking properly
Requested features
3 requests- Allow adding and using gift cards in the app
- Improve mobile ordering and pickup experience
- Provide better rewards and loyalty program
Tastemaker Recipes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Krispy Kreme ®
No in-app purchases
Tastemaker Recipes
- Tastemaker Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Tastemaker Pro — Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
Questions
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