Comparison

Kitchenbook Pro vs Home Cookery

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

Home Cookery

Easily save, organize, and edit recipes from the web or photos. Features smart parsing, inline timers, and PDF export. Syncs across devices for seamless cooking and meal planning.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from web and photos
  • Smart recipe parsing and formatting
  • Inline timers and time ranges
  • Edit recipes instantly
  • Generate and export recipes to PDF
  • Grocery list creation
  • Sync recipes across devices
Features
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Cookery brings your favorite recipes together in a personal cookbook for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Save recipes from the web, photos, PDFs, or text, then organize, adapt, and cook them with clear ingredients and step-by-step instructions. • Save recipes from the web: Import from supported cooking websites and blogs using Safari or another browser. • Bring printed recipes into your collection: Import photos of cookbook pages, magazine clippings, and recipe cards, plus PDFs and text files. On-device Apple Intelligence helps organize recognized text into ingredients, instructions, and other recipe details. • Review photo imports: See potential text recognition errors alongside a crop of the original image, then choose a suggested correction or make your own. • Scale and convert: Adjust quantities for more or fewer servings and switch between metric and US measurements, including quantities in the instructions. • Follow along as you cook: Tap linked ingredients in recipe steps to see their full details, start timers from cooking times, and mark your progress. On iPhone and iPad, check timers from the Lock Screen. • Find recipes quickly: Search titles, ingredients, and instructions, filter by tags, or find recipes with Spotlight. • Make each recipe your own: Edit ingredients, instructions, and other details, with Undo and Redo when you need them. • Build your grocery list: Add ingredients from saved recipes and manage your shopping list in Cookery. • Print and share with Cookery+: Export recipes as formatted PDFs or plain text for sharing, printing, or keeping a copy. • Keep your cookbook in sync: Use iCloud to keep recipes and grocery lists up to date on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No separate Cookery account required. Start with free import and conversion allowances. One Purchase, No Subscription: Cookery+ unlocks unlimited imports and full-recipe conversions, recipe export, and timers on Mac with a one-time in-app purchase. No subscription required. Photo, PDF, and text import, plus full-recipe conversion and scaling, require iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or macOS 26 or later, with Apple Intelligence enabled on a compatible device.

Screenshots

Kitchenbook Pro4 screens
Home Cookery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Home Cookery at every 3 weeks against Kitchenbook Pro's every 16 months. 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 Home Cookery sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kitchenbook Pro ships an update every 16 months, Home Cookery every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Kitchenbook Pro versus Home Cookery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchenbook ProHome Cookery
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB166 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperChrystian EnriquezPinwheel Development, Inc.

Customer experience

Kitchenbook Pro

Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Home Cookery

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Kitchenbook Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Bronze Member7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Silver Member14 Days trial$17.993 Months
  • Gold Member$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Home Cookery

One-time2
  • Cookery+$1.99
  • Cookery Plus$1.99

Questions

Is Kitchenbook Pro free?
Kitchenbook Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Home Cookery free?
Home Cookery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kitchenbook Pro or Home Cookery have ads?
Neither Kitchenbook Pro nor Home Cookery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kitchenbook Pro or Home Cookery?
Kitchenbook Pro ships an update every 16 months, and Home Cookery every 3 weeks. Most recently, Kitchenbook Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and Home Cookery on October 30, 2026.

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