Kitchen Timer+ Voice Control vs Recipick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kitchen Timer+ Voice Control
This kitchen timer offers voice control for hands-free operation and background alerts. Its elegant, seasonally inspired design adds beauty to your kitchen, while customizable settings ensure a personalized experience for various timing needs.
- Voice control for start/stop
- Background alerts and alarms
- Seasonal color themes
- Easy-to-read display
- Large, accessible buttons
- Customizable settings
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This Kitchen Timer+ features an elegant design, is easy to read and use, and works in the background. Simply say "Start" or "Stop" to control the timer with your voice. Use it for cooking, studying, working out, napping, or any other timing needs in your daily life. * Beautifully Designed Timer App Inspired by Japan's four seasons, the timer comes in four colors: pink (cherry blossoms in spring), green (young rice sprouts in summer), orange (maple leaves in autumn), and white (snow in winter). Designed with traditional Japanese colors, this timer app adds beauty and harmony to your kitchen, making daily cooking a more enjoyable experience. * Notifies You Even When in the Background Even if the app is running in the background, the timer will notify you when the countdown finishes. It will vibrate and play an alarm sound when the timer reaches zero. * Voice Control for Timer Operation Simply say "Start" or "Stop" to control the timer with your voice, allowing you to operate it hands-free while cooking or exercising. * Easy-to-Read Timer Display Panel We have fine-tuned the timer's readability through repeated iterations to ensure the time is easily visible. The custom-designed large, clean, and bold font is easy to read on your smartphone's screen. * Large, Easy-to-Press Buttons in a Keypad Layout The buttons are arranged in a familiar keypad layout, thoughtfully designed with comfortable spacing and size for easy operation. * Detailed Customization Options You can adjust detailed settings such as alarm volume, vibration on/off, confirmation sounds for button presses, and pre-alarm notifications set to trigger before the timer reaches zero. Customize it according to your preferences for an ideal experience. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Recipick
Easily record your favorite meals and create a personal recipe collection. Share your recipes with family and partners, and simplify daily meal planning with smart tagging and a dedicated menu function. Cloud storage ensures your data is safe.
- Record favorite meals and recipes
- Create and share recipe collections
- Tag recipes for easy meal selection
- Plan daily menus
- Cloud backup for data safety
- Intuitive user interface
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Recipick is a shared recipe keeper for families and couples. Save the dishes you actually love, build your own recipe collection, and decide what's for dinner together. "What do you want for dinner?" "I don't know, anything's fine." Sound familiar? We built Recipick to end that conversation. Instead of one person carrying the mental load every night, everyone can open the app and say "Let's make this!" or "I'm craving this one!" WHAT YOU CAN DO • Save your family's favorite recipes in seconds Jot down dishes you've made or want to try. No long forms, no clutter. Just a collection that fits your household's taste. • Attach links and photos so the recipe is always one tap away Add a URL or a reference image to each dish. Open Recipick and the ingredients and steps are right there. No more digging through screenshots and bookmarks. • Tag recipes your way Create your own tags like "chicken," "15 minutes," "kids love it," or "too hot to cook." Combine multiple tags to narrow things down, and find a dinner that uses up what's in the fridge or what's on sale this week. • Plan meals ahead Use the meal plan feature to choose several days of dinners at once, so you're not starting from zero every evening. • Share with your family or partner and decide together Create a group and everyone sees the same recipe collection. Not in the same room? Text "What sounds good from the pasta tag?" and they can browse and pick from wherever they are. Dinner becomes a shared decision, not one person's job. • Cloud sync keeps your recipes safe Everything is saved to the cloud automatically. New phone, broken phone, no problem. Your recipes are still there, with nothing to transfer. • Simple by design We deliberately kept the feature list short. Recipick does a few things well, so it stays easy to use every day. • No ads Recipick is supported by an optional subscription, not by ads. RECIPICK IS FOR YOU IF • Deciding what to cook every day stresses you out • Auto-generated meal suggestions never quite match what you feel like eating • You keep cooking the same five dishes on repeat • You want a recipe organizer that's easy enough to actually keep using WHAT EARLY USERS SAY "Deciding on dinner got so much easier." "I love that it only has the dishes we actually like." "Once the tags are set up, I can pick meals around leftover ingredients and nothing goes to waste." RECIPICK PREMIUM Recipick is free to use with a limit on the number of saved recipes and tags. Upgrade to Premium with a low-cost monthly or yearly subscription to save unlimited recipes and tags. Download Recipick and stop asking "what's for dinner?" on your own.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Recipick at none against Kitchen Timer+ Voice Control's shown. Recipick also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Kitchen Timer+ Voice Control sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Recipick sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kitchen Timer+ Voice Control ships an update every 5 weeks, Recipick weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kitchen Timer+ Voice Control | Recipick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Springboard Inc. | NANDAKORE LAB |
In-app purchases
Kitchen Timer+ Voice Control
- Monthly Premium Plan$0.491 Month
- Annual Premium Plan$1.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium Access$3.99
Recipick
- Premium Plan$2.991 Month
- Premium Plan (Annual)$29.991 Year
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