Comparison

Kitchenbook Pro vs Recipe Book

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

Head to head
About

Kitchenbook Pro

Organize and manage your entire recipe collection with this powerful culinary app. Designed by chefs, it offers detailed recipe structuring, advanced search, and iCloud syncing for seamless access across devices. Ideal for both home cooks and professional kitchens.

Highlights
  • Unlimited recipe storage
  • Detailed recipe structuring (details, ingredients, directions, ratings, notes)
  • Advanced search with 4 filters
  • iCloud synchronization across devices
  • Professional text editor for directions
  • Multi-tasking support
Features
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Kitchenbook is a powerful solution to store all of your recipe collection. It’s designed by experienced Chefs and made for all people who enjoy cooking. It represents the Standard for all mobile culinary applications. INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY! Kitchenbook is build to display the most important and essential details of a recipe while displaying it’s content in a fast and efficient manner, resulting in a boost of productivity that is ideal for industrial or home kitchen work. NEW iCLOUD SUPPORT iCloud allows you to sync your Kitchenbook recipes across all of your iOS devices. Personal Chefs and Cooks can sync their recipes without the need to type them again. This will save them time and effort while boosting productivity. REVOLUTIONIZING THE CONTEMPORARY KITCHEN Corporate Kitchens can benefit from iCloud by creating a single iCloud account and share it with all their Cooks. This will allow Chefs to send instant changes or add new recipes to their staff in a matter of seconds, resulting in lower personnel costs, higher quality of products and unique recipe control by Chefs. Kitchenbook is a Universal App and features the following: • Unlimited storage of recipes • Unique recipe design: Your recipe is divided in the 5 most important aspects: details, ingredients, directions, ratings & notes. Pass through them in a quick & attractive way using page animation • DETAILS include: Storage of two different photos per recipe, recipe name, recipe type, dish type, cuisine, season, occasion, chef, cooking method, yield, date added, cooked before & favorites • INGREDIENTS features the classic iPhone tableview system, making it more simple than ever to add/edit/remove ingredients any time while keeping a clean, minimalist view • DIRECTIONS gives you the freedom & power of a professional text editor for your recipe • RATINGS stores six important attributes for each recipes: taste, price, healthy, aspect, difficulty & overall • NOTES keeps all that extra information you want to keep for each recipe • Advanced search system with 4 different filters: recipe, type, chef & ingredient • Indexed tableview for fast recipe search • Categories for all your recipes • Save your most favorite recipes • Look for your most recent recipes • New minimalist design (both iPhone and iPad) • New iCloud support • Support for Slide Over and Split View functionality • Support Multi-tasking • Available in 7 languages Thank you for rating Kitchenbook, it will help us continue development and support. ** Suscriptions ** New Pro version auto-renew subscriptions: - 1 year (Gold) | 3 month (Silver) | 1 month (Bronze) subscriptions - Unlimited Recipes registrations - Full access to app • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. • Terms of use URL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hjq0tztzgvgw6ud/terms-of-service.pdf?dl=0 • Privacy Policy URL: https://www.privacypolicies.com/live/740e52ed-580f-4b72-9a16-53cab2ec6397

About

Recipe Book

Consolidate all your recipes into a secure, user-friendly application. Digitize printed recipes with your camera, organize them by category, and back them up with iCloud. Share your culinary creations publicly or privately with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Organize and store recipes
  • Categorize recipes
  • Scan printed recipes
  • Public recipe sharing
  • Public and private chat
  • iCloud backup and sync
Features
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Recipe Book brings all your recipes together in one secure, easy-to-use app. Effortlessly organize recipes with categories, scan printed recipes to digitize them, and keep everything safe with iCloud backup. The latest update adds powerful sharing features: you can publish recipes for everyone to see, join public chats to exchange ideas with fellow cooking enthusiasts, or send recipes directly to friends via private chat. Best of all, Recipe Book is built around your privacy: other members only ever see the display name you choose, never your email address, and your recipes stay in your own iCloud unless you decide to share them. • Organize and store your recipes: Create, edit, and save all your personal recipes with ease. • Categorize: Sort your recipes by category (appetizers, mains, desserts, etc.) for quick access. • Scan recipes: Use your camera to scan printed or handwritten recipes in seconds and convert them to digital format. • Share publicly: Publish your favorite recipes to inspire the community. • Public chat: Join in-app conversations with other cooking enthusiasts in public chat rooms. • Private chat: Securely share recipes and messages one-on-one with friends and family. • iCloud backup & sync: Automatically back up and sync your recipes across all your devices via iCloud. • Lightweight & efficient: Enjoy a fast app optimized for minimal storage use, even with a large recipe collection. • Privacy first: Other members only ever see the display name you choose, never your email address. Your recipes remain yours, unless you choose to share them.

Screenshots

Kitchenbook Pro4 screens
Recipe Book4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Recipe Book at every 2 months against Kitchenbook Pro's every 16 months. Recipe Book also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 44%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kitchenbook Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Recipe Book sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kitchenbook Pro ships an update every 16 months, Recipe Book every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 20, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Kitchenbook Pro versus Recipe Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchenbook ProRecipe Book
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB31 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperChrystian EnriquezNORMAND MARTIN

Customer experience

Kitchenbook Pro

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%

Recipe Book

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral22.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Kitchenbook Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Bronze Member$7.991 Month
  • Silver Member$17.993 Months
  • Gold Member$49.991 Year
1 purchases

Recipe Book

One-time1
  • Unlock Book$1.99

Questions

Is Kitchenbook Pro free?
Kitchenbook Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recipe Book free?
Recipe Book is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kitchenbook Pro or Recipe Book have ads?
Neither Kitchenbook Pro nor Recipe Book shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kitchenbook Pro or Recipe Book?
Kitchenbook Pro ships an update every 16 months, and Recipe Book every 2 months. Most recently, Kitchenbook Pro was updated on July 20, 2026 and Recipe Book on September 10, 2026.

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