Comparison

Cook's Illustrated Magazine vs Thrive Fields

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

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About

Cook's Illustrated Magazine

Access foolproof recipes, expert kitchen tips, and unbiased reviews of equipment and ingredients. Enjoy ad-free content with videos and step-by-step photos to guarantee success in the kitchen.

Highlights
  • Foolproof recipes
  • Kitchen tips and tricks
  • Unbiased equipment reviews
  • Ingredient taste tests
  • Recipe videos
  • Step-by-step photo guides
  • Ad-free content
Features
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The Cook’s Illustrated Magazine app is your go-to source for foolproof recipes, kitchen tips, and reviews of the best kitchen equipment and supermarket ingredients. Download our free app and select the issue you’d like to buy, or subscribe to receive each new issue as it is released and save 52% off the single issue price. Each issue of Cook’s Illustrated magazine on this app features everything found in the print issue – every recipe, every kitchen quick tip, every equipment review, and every ingredient taste test, all without a single page of advertising so you get unbiased information on every page. In addition, each app issue includes additional app-only features to help guarantee foolproof results in the kitchen, including: •Recipe videos for EVERY article which walks you through each recipe’s critical steps •“Cooking Mode” Slide Shows – large step-by-step color photos showing you the critical aspects of each recipe, designed to be easy to read and understand when you’re cooking in the kitchen •Expanded review charts for all equipment reviews and ingredient taste tests •Plus much more FEATURED IN EVERY ISSUE •Foolproof recipes for everything from appetizers and side dishes to entrees and desserts •Step-by-step illustrations that demonstrate the right way to prepare a recipe •Quick Tips for everything from no-mess tomato chopping to sting-free seeding of hot peppers •Unbiased reviews of cookware, gadgets, and supermarket ingredients •Not a single page of advertising! Cook’s Illustrated Magazine subscriptions available: -1-month subscription available for $1.99 (includes a 7-day Free Trial), automatically renewed until canceled -1-year subscription available for $19.99 (includes a 30-day Free Trial), automatically renewed until canceled -A single issue for $6.99 (non-subscription) All subscriptions start at the end of the applicable free trial period. Payment for your purchase will be charged to your iTunes account after your free trial period. Your subscription will auto-renew unless you turn off auto-renewal from your iTunes account at least 24 hours before the end of your current subscription period. No cancellation of the current issue is allowed during an active subscription period. Free trials are only available upon an initial subscription. Please view our Terms of Use: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/corporate-pages/terms-of-use And our Privacy Policy: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/corporate-pages/privacy-policy About Cook’s Illustrated Cook’s Illustrated, launched in 1993, is located just outside Boston where a team of more than three dozen test cooks, editors, and cookware specialists work in a 2,500-square-foot test kitchen. Our mission is to test recipes over and over again until we understand how and why they work and until we arrive at the “best” version of a particular recipe. The result, we hope, is the best version of a particular recipe, but we realize that only you can be the final judge of our success (or failure). As we like to say in the test kitchen, “We make the mistakes so you don’t have to.” Along with developing recipes, our test kitchen team exhaustively tests kitchen equipment and does blind tastings of supermarket ingredients to tell home cooks which brands to buy…and which to avoid. More than one million Cook’s Illustrated readers rely on Cook’s Illustrated reviews to make smarter decisions about which cooking products and ingredient brands to buy. Cook’s Illustrated recipes, testings, and tastings can be found in Cook’s Illustrated magazine and cookbooks, online at CooksIllustrated.com, or featured on our public television show, America’s Test Kitchen.

About

Thrive Fields

Features
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Thrive Fields: Harvesting Nature’s Best Experience the convenience of shopping for premium natural products with Thrive Fields. Our app connects you to high-quality, nature-inspired essentials designed to support your healthy lifestyle. Pure & Natural – Sourced with care to bring you the best that nature has to offer. Seamless Shopping – Browse and purchase with ease, right from your phone. Fast & Reliable Delivery – Get your favorite products delivered straight to your door. Simplify your journey to a healthier, more natural lifestyle. Download Thrive Fields today!

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thrive Fields at none against Cook's Illustrated Magazine's 11. Thrive Fields also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Cook's Illustrated Magazine sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Thrive Fields asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cook's Illustrated Magazine versus Thrive Fields: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCook's Illustrated MagazineThrive Fields
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB93 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAmerica's Test Kitchen LPBLUE BIRD MEDIA & MARKETING SOLUTIONS, INC.

Bugs and requests

Cook's Illustrated Magazine

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to download latest issues
  • App not compatible with newer iOS versions
  • Saved recipes and content disappearing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to save and organize favorite recipes
  • Print and sharing options for recipes
  • Syncing across devices for subscriptions
  • Free access for print/online subscribers

Thrive Fields

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Cook's Illustrated Magazine

Subscriptions2
  • Cook's Illustrated Magazine7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Cook's Illustrated Magazine1 Month trial$19.991 Year
One-time9
  • Cook’s Illustrated May & June 2012$6.99
  • Cook's Illustrated July & August 2012$6.99
  • Cook's Illustrated September & October 2012$6.99
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  • Cook's Illustrated November & December 2012$6.99
  • Cook’s Illustrated January & February 2013$6.99
  • Cook’s Illustrated March & April 2013$6.99
  • Cook's Illustrated May & June 2013$6.99
  • Cook's Illustrated November & December 2013$6.99
  • Cook's Illustrated July & August 2013$6.99
None

Thrive Fields

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cook's Illustrated Magazine free?
Cook's Illustrated Magazine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thrive Fields free?
Thrive Fields is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cook's Illustrated Magazine or Thrive Fields have ads?
Neither Cook's Illustrated Magazine nor Thrive Fields shows ads.

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