Comparison

Recipe Please vs Spoon Simple

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

Head to head
About

Recipe Please

This app extracts recipes from any website, presenting them in a clean, easy-to-read format. Save your favorite recipes to a personal cookbook that builds itself and can be searched by dish or ingredient. Access your saved recipes offline.

Highlights
  • One-tap recipe extraction
  • Clean, cook-ready recipe cards
  • Save recipes to personal cookbook
  • Search by dish or ingredient
  • Offline access to saved recipes
  • Private by design, no account needed
  • Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Features
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Every recipe online is buried under a life story, a photo essay, and forty ads. Recipe Please puts a quiet "View Recipe" button on every recipe page in Safari — one tap, and dinner surfaces as a clean, beautiful, cook-ready card. No pop-ups. No autoplay videos. No scrolling past someone's trip to Tuscany with onion hands. Just the recipe. THE ONE-TAP CARD Tap "View Recipe" on any recipe website and get the whole thing, beautifully plated: title, servings, prep and cook times, every ingredient with its quantities, and every step in order. Works on virtually any recipe site — big publishers, tiny family blogs, and everything in between. YOUR COOKBOOK BUILDS ITSELF Love it? Tap Save. The recipe lands in your collection with the dish's photo, cook times, and the site it came from. The recipe box your grandmother kept — minus the shoebox. FIND IT IN A HEARTBEAT Search your collection by dish, by ingredient, or even by the website it came from — "chicken" finds every chicken dinner you've ever saved. Browse as big cards, a tight grid, or a fast list. One tap to switch. THE RESCAN BUTTON A site with chaotic formatting? Tap Rescan and Recipe Please re-reads the entire page, deeper — so even the messiest blog gives up its recipe. WORKS OFFLINE Saved recipes — photos included — are stored right on your device. Cook at the cabin, on a plane, or long after the blog that published it goes dark. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no analytics on your appetite. The pages you read stay between you and your stove. EVERYWHERE YOU COOK One free download covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac — native on every screen. Share any recipe as clean text, and jump back to the original site any time. Credit where credit's due. ACTUALLY FREE No subscription. No in-app purchases. No ads. Your only cost is the groceries. HOW IT WORKS Turn on Recipe Please in Safari's extension settings — the app takes you straight to the switch. Open any recipe page and tap "View Recipe." Tap Save to keep it. That's the whole tutorial. Somewhere out there is tonight's recipe, buried under 1,400 words. Go get it in one tap.

About

Spoon Simple

Features
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Spoon Simple helps busy families plan dinner, shop smarter, and cook with confidence — without recipe-blog spam. No ads. No popups. No life stories before the ingredients. Just clean, family-friendly recipes with ingredients listed in the exact order you use them. We’re here to make cooking fun again — and take the fuss out of dinner. Tell us what you already have, and we’ll help you find a recipe that works. Plan, shop, and cook — as Spoon Simple as possible. PLAN • Weekly meal planner — build your menu or fill the week in minutes • Tonight’s dinner — see what’s on the plan and start cooking fast • Meal ideas — find dinner from just a few ingredients you already have SHOP • Smart grocery lists — add ingredients from any recipe, organized by aisle • Shop on Instacart — send ingredients from a recipe to checkout in one tap • Share lists — copy or share your grocery list anytime COOK • Hundreds of weeknight dinners — air fryer, slow cooker, meal prep, kid-friendly, and more • Clear recipe cards — prep, cook, total time, and servings at a glance • Save favorites — bookmark recipes and sync when you sign in • Track your kitchen — mark recipes as cooked and see your stats on Profile WHY SPOON SIMPLE Most recipe apps and sites are built for ad revenue, not for cooking. Spoon Simple is built for your kitchen: fast to scan, easy to follow, and respectful of your time. Perfect for busy parents, meal preppers, and anyone who wants dinner on the table without the scroll. FREE TO USE Browse recipes, plan meals, and build grocery lists at no cost. Sign in with Apple or Google to sync saved recipes, meal plans, and kitchen stats across devices. PRIVACY FIRST We do not sell your data. No ad trackers. See our privacy policy at spoonsimple.com/privacy. Questions? hello@spoonsimple.com

Screenshots

Recipe Please4 screens
Spoon Simple4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Spoon Simple at every 10 days against Recipe Please's every 5 weeks. Spoon Simple also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recipe Please ships an update every 5 weeks, Spoon Simple every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Recipe Please versus Spoon Simple: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecipe PleaseSpoon Simple
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.2 GB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDouble5Media LLCJaxily LLC

In-app purchases

None

Recipe Please

No in-app purchases

None

Spoon Simple

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recipe Please free?
Recipe Please is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spoon Simple free?
Spoon Simple is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Recipe Please or Spoon Simple have ads?
Neither Recipe Please nor Spoon Simple shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recipe Please or Spoon Simple?
Recipe Please ships an update every 5 weeks, and Spoon Simple every 10 days. Most recently, Recipe Please was updated on November 3, 2026 and Spoon Simple on October 31, 2026.

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