Comparison

Kitchenbook Pro vs Recipe Keeper

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 Keeper

Organize all your recipes in one place, import from websites, scan handwritten notes, and plan your meals. Automatically generate shopping lists and share your culinary creations with others.

Highlights
  • Recipe import from websites
  • Scan recipes with OCR
  • Meal planning calendar
  • Automatic shopping list generation
  • Recipe sharing
  • Cookbook creation
  • Hands-free cooking with Alexa
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Recipe Keeper is the easy to use, all-in-one recipe organizer, shopping list and meal planner available across all of your devices. ADD RECIPES QUICKLY AND EASILY Enter your recipes with as much or as little information as you like. Copy and paste recipes from your existing documents or apps. Categorize your recipes by course and category. Add photos, rate your recipes and flag your favorites. IMPORT RECIPES FROM WEBSITES Search for recipes on the web and add them straight to your collection. Hundreds of popular recipe websites supported. Customize imported recipes to suit your needs. SCAN FROM COOKBOOKS, MAGAZINES AND HANDWRITTEN RECIPES Scan recipes using your phone's camera or from your existing photos and PDF files. OCR technology automatically converts images to text. Keep all your favorite family recipes safe forever. FIND ANY RECIPE INSTANTLY Quickly lookup your recipes by name, ingredient or directions or simply browse your recipes by course, category and rating. Got leftovers in the fridge? Search for a recipe to use them up. Cook more of your favorite meals and rediscover those long-forgotten recipes to make mealtimes interesting again. SHARE RECIPES WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY Share your recipes by email and to your favorite social networks. Create a shared family recipe collection. Add recipes from other Recipe Keeper users with a single tap. CREATE BEAUTIFUL COOKBOOKS Create cookbooks from your recipes for printing or sharing as a PDF with cover page, table of contents, custom layouts and more. UNEXPECTED GUESTS? Adjust a recipe serving size up or down and let Recipe Keeper automatically recalculate your ingredients for you. PLAN AHEAD AND STAY IN CONTROL Integrated weekly and monthly meal planner allows you to plan your meals in advance. Add all your meals to your shopping list in one step. Recipe Keeper can even create a random meal plan for you based on your hints and suggestions. Get rid of that "what should I cook tonight?" feeling. MAKE SHOPPING SIMPLER Fully featured shopping list that automatically groups your items by aisle. Save money by only buying what you need. No more trips back to the store for that one thing you forgot. AVAILABLE ACROSS ALL OF YOUR DEVICES Share your recipes, shopping lists and meal planner across all your iPhones, iPads, Macs, PCs and other mobile and tablet devices (separate purchase required for other platforms). "ALEXA, ASK RECIPE KEEPER FOR COOKIE RECIPES." Search your recipes, cook hands-free with step-by-step instructions and add items to your shopping list using the Recipe Keeper skill for Amazon Alexa, (English language only). TRANSFER YOUR EXISTING RECIPES Transfer your recipes from other apps such as Living Cookbook, MasterCook, MacGourmet, BigOven, Cook'n, My Cookbook, My Recipe Book, Paprika Recipe Manager, Pepperplate, OrganizEat, Recipe Box and many more. AND MORE! • Choose from 25 different color schemes, light & dark modes • Format recipes using bold and italics • Customizable recipe collections, courses and categories • Add nutrition information and search for recipes by nutritional amounts • Check off ingredients while cooking, highlight the current direction • Adjustable text size when viewing recipes - great for reading recipes across the kitchen • Convert recipes between US/Imperial and Metric units • Link related recipes together • Add links to online videos • Pin your favorite recipes to the home screen for quick access • Works offline - take your recipes with you wherever you go • Bulk update multiple recipes at once • Screen lock disabled while viewing recipes - no more messy fingers on screen trying to wake your device • Available in 15 languages GREAT SUPPORT We love hearing from you! If you need any help, have a question, or want to suggest a new feature, please email us at support@tudorspan.com Cook more. Eat healthier. Shop smarter. Try Recipe Keeper free today!

Screenshots

Kitchenbook Pro4 screens
Recipe Keeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Recipe Keeper at 78% against Kitchenbook Pro's 40%. Recipe Keeper also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 16 months) and chart position (#24 vs unranked). 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 Keeper 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 Keeper every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Kitchenbook Pro versus Recipe Keeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchenbook ProRecipe Keeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (31K ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—31K — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#24 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB167 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperChrystian EnriquezTudorspan Limited

Customer experience

Kitchenbook Pro

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

Recipe Keeper

All ratings29,635 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews1,087 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative15.6%

Bugs and requests

Kitchenbook Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Recipe Keeper

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Issues with recipe import accuracy, especially for handwritten recipes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Import recipes from Instagram and other social media
  • Pantry inventory management
  • Ability to add notes and instructions to meal plans
  • Day view option in meal planner
  • Automatic ingredient adjustments for recipe scaling

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
1 purchases

Recipe Keeper

One-time1
  • Recipe Keeper Pro Upgrade$19.99

Questions

Is Kitchenbook Pro free?
Kitchenbook Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recipe Keeper free?
Recipe Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kitchenbook Pro or Recipe Keeper have ads?
Neither Kitchenbook Pro nor Recipe Keeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kitchenbook Pro or Recipe Keeper?
Kitchenbook Pro ships an update every 16 months, and Recipe Keeper every 3 weeks. Most recently, Kitchenbook Pro was updated on October 29, 2026 and Recipe Keeper on November 1, 2026.

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