Comparison

Recipe Cloud 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

Recipe Cloud

Organize, discover, and share your favorite recipes. Plan your meals for the week and generate smart grocery lists. Save recipes from websites or add your own, and create custom digital cookbooks.

Highlights
  • Discover recipes from a vast database
  • Meal planning for the week or month
  • Smart grocery list generation
  • Save recipes from websites and add custom ones
  • Organize recipes into digital cookbooks
  • Share recipes with friends and family
Features
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RECIPE CLOUD: SAVE, ORGANIZE, PLAN & SHOP Recipe Cloud is a recipe saver, recipe organizer, AI recipe scanner, meal planner, and grocery list app for home cooks. Save recipes from websites and social links, digitize paper recipes with a photo, organize your favorites into collections, plan meals for the week, and shop smarter in one app. Build your own digital cookbook with recipes from food blogs, recipe websites, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, your own kitchen, and the Recipe Cloud community. SAVE RECIPES FROM ANYWHERE Import recipes from a URL and Recipe Cloud will help capture the title, image, ingredients, and directions. You can also paste social links from Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok, preview the recipe, and save it to your library. Prefer to add your own? Create custom recipes with photos, servings, timing, grouped ingredients, directions, and private notes. SCAN RECIPES WITH A PHOTO Turn printed recipes, handwritten favorites, recipe cards, and cookbook pages into organized digital recipes with a simple photo. Recipe Cloud uses AI to capture the recipe details so you can review, edit, and save them to your collection. ORGANIZE YOUR RECIPE COLLECTION Keep recipes easy to find with custom collections, also called recipe books. Create collections for weeknight dinners, meal prep, healthy recipes, desserts, family favorites, holidays, or anything else you love to cook. Search your saved recipes, sort your library, and save recipes from other cooks. DISCOVER NEW FAVORITES Explore recipes, categories, and cooks from the Recipe Cloud community. Browse personalized feeds, popular recipes, recently added recipes, and recipes from people you follow. Search for recipes and people, browse popular categories, and filter by ingredients, cuisine, diet, course, and cooking technique. COOK WITH CONFIDENCE Every recipe includes a clean, easy-to-use page with ingredients, directions, timing, servings, author details, and notes. Scale servings from 1 to 100 and ingredient quantities update automatically. Highlight your current step while cooking, keep your screen awake, and open the original recipe in an in-app browser when needed. PLAN MEALS FOR THE WEEK Use the weekly meal planner to organize breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and more. Add meals from saved recipes or collections, edit meal notes, and plan around your schedule. Create a grocery list from this week’s meal plan or choose a custom date range. You can also share or copy your meal plan. SHOP SMARTER Turn recipes and meal plans into a grocery list. Add only the ingredients you need and keep your list grouped by aisle or section. Check off items while shopping, move completed items to history, restore items, edit names and aisles, and share your list as plain text. COOKING IS BETTER WITH FRIENDS Create a profile, follow cooks, browse community recipes, and see when others save your recipes. Discover ideas from home cooks, creators, bloggers, and brands, then save your favorites into your own library. RECIPE CLOUD PLUS Upgrade to Recipe Cloud Plus for more flexibility across your recipe library, meal planner, and grocery list. Recipe Cloud Plus includes: • Unlimited saved recipes • Unlimited recipe books and collections • Unlimited meal planning • Smart grocery list features • Private recipes and private collections • No advertisements • Access on iPhone, iPad, and web ALSO INCLUDED • Save recipe links from Safari and other apps with the share extension • Sync your account with Recipe Cloud on the web • Create and edit your profile • Set dietary and cooking preferences • Manage notification preferences • Report content and block users when needed Whether you are saving recipes from websites, scanning family favorites, planning meals, building a grocery list, or discovering new cooks, Recipe Cloud keeps your cooking life organized from save to shop. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

Recipe Cloud4 screens
Recipe Keeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Recipe Keeper at 30K against Recipe Cloud's 14. Recipe Keeper also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 55%) and chart position (#32 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Recipe Cloud sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.95 per month and Recipe Keeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Recipe Cloud against 4.8 for Recipe Keeper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recipe Keeper has 30K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Recipe Cloud's written reviews are positive against 78% of Recipe Keeper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recipe Cloud ships an update every 10 days, Recipe Keeper every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Recipe Cloud versus Recipe Keeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecipe CloudRecipe Keeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings) — better4.8 (30K ratings)
Positive reviews54.8% of reviews77.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1430K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#32 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.412.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB167 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperRecipe Cloud LLCTudorspan Limited

Customer experience

Recipe Cloud

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive54.8%
Neutral5.5%
Negative39.7%

Recipe Keeper

All ratings29,635 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews1,061 reviews
Positive77.9%
Neutral6.4%
Negative15.6%

User reviews

Recipe Cloud

From 14 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Great recipe organizer
  • 💡 Easy recipe import from web
  • 📝 Ability to add own recipes
  • 🍽️ Useful meal planner
  • 🛒 Grocery list feature

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🚫 Recipe import not working
  • 📉 App instability
  • 😠 Lack of developer response
  • 💸 Subscription model disliked

Recipe Keeper

From 30K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful recipe storage and organization
  • 👍 Easy to import recipes from websites
  • 📷 Ability to add photos to recipes
  • 🍽️ Meal planning and shopping list features
  • 🔁 Syncs across devices

Room to improve

  • 💰 Requires separate purchase for each device
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding and deleting duplicate recipes
  • 🔢 Limited free version with only 20 recipes
  • 📊 Lack of nutrition information or calorie tracking

Bugs and requests

Recipe Cloud

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Recipe import feature no longer works
  • App crashes when saving recipes
  • App crashes when trying to save recipes from online
  • App crashes when opening recipes
  • App crashes when trying to access photos or camera
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  • Recipe import from safari integration not working well
  • Login never works on Mac
  • Edit recipes missing info when saved
  • Can't add new recipes, prompted to upgrade
  • Check off recipe function not working
  • App asks for App Store password on every launch
  • Progress indicator spins forever on splash screen
  • Recipes disappear until app is shut down and reopened
  • Folders don't appear unless app is restarted
  • App shuts down every time you try to access photos or camera
  • Hides next button when entering recipe
  • App shuts down when trying to access photos or camera
  • Blue screen and then crashes
  • Doesn't store manual recipes
  • Progress indicator spins forever

Requested features

11 requests
  • Fix recipe import functionality
  • Address constant crashing issues
  • Improve desktop sign-in
  • Fix bugs and improve functionality
  • Add dark mode
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  • Allow printing of recipe books
  • Search recipes by specific ingredients
  • Add multiple pictures per recipe
  • Improve meal planner with shopping list
  • Allow asking questions and posting tips
  • Bring back old layout

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

2 purchases

Recipe Cloud

Subscriptions2
  • Recipe Cloud Plus (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.951 Month
  • Recipe Cloud Plus (Yearly)7 Days trial$38.951 Year
1 purchases

Recipe Keeper

One-time1
  • Recipe Keeper Pro Upgrade$19.99

Questions

Is Recipe Cloud free?
Recipe Cloud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recipe Keeper free?
Recipe Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Recipe Cloud or Recipe Keeper?
Recipe Cloud is rated higher. Recipe Cloud averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Recipe Keeper averages 4.8 from 30K ratings.
Do Recipe Cloud or Recipe Keeper have ads?
Neither Recipe Cloud nor Recipe Keeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recipe Cloud or Recipe Keeper?
Recipe Cloud ships an update every 10 days, and Recipe Keeper every 3 weeks. Most recently, Recipe Cloud was updated on September 24, 2026 and Recipe Keeper on September 26, 2026.

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