Comparison

Souschef | Recipe Keeper vs Ultra

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

Head to head
About

Souschef | Recipe Keeper

This app helps you organize recipes from across the web and social media, create smart grocery lists, and simplify cooking. It features automatic transcription of video recipes, unit conversion, and a cooking mode with timers.

Highlights
  • Save recipes from web and video
  • Auto-transcribe video recipes
  • Smart, categorized grocery lists
  • Unit conversion and quantity adjustment
  • Cooking mode with timers
  • Cloud backup and sync
  • Share recipes and lists
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Souschef is a recipe keeper for saving the dishes you love, organizing them into collections, planning meals, shopping from recipes, and cooking step by step. All cooking and organization features are free. Save recipes, edit them, search your collection, build grocery lists, use Cooking Mode, keep a cooking journal, and share recipe lists without paying. Souschef Plus is optional and gives you unlimited recipe imports. Save recipes from the places you already find them: - Websites - Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest - Photos and screenshots - Pasted text - Manual entry Cook with less friction: - Cooking Mode keeps your screen awake while you follow a recipe - Detected timers are easy to start while cooking - Adjust servings and convert common units - Translate recipes into supported languages - Search your own saved recipes by name, ingredient, or tag Stay organized: - Collections for family favorites, weeknight meals, baking, holidays, and more - Grocery lists created from saved recipes - Meal planning for your weekly cooking - Private cooking journal entries with notes and photos - Shared recipe lists for planning with family or friends Souschef helps you build a personal cookbook that stays useful in the kitchen, not just a folder of links you forget about. Free plan: - Full cooking and organization features - 5 saved recipe imports per rolling 7 days - Existing saved recipes remain available Souschef Plus: - Unlimited recipe imports - Monthly or annual subscription options Terms of Use: https://www.trysouschef.com/toc

About

Ultra

Features
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Wondering whether a packaged food is ultra-processed? Ultra-Processed? scans an EAN or UPC barcode and shows the product's available NOVA processing group with a short, plain-language explanation. Features: - Scan a packaged-food barcode with the camera or enter it manually. - Search by product name and choose from matching product variants. - See whether available Open Food Facts data places the product in NOVA group 4. - Understand all four NOVA processing groups in plain language. - Review the ingredient list directly below the NOVA result. - Open source-supplied NOVA 4 markers for a short explanation. - See up to three verified category-based NOVA 1–3 comparisons when available. - Review the product name, brand, source date, and data-quality warnings when available. - Open the source record on Open Food Facts. - Get an honest "Unknown" result when the source does not provide usable data. NOVA describes the nature and purpose of food processing. It is not a nutrition score, medical diagnosis, or medical advice. Open Food Facts is community-maintained, so records may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect. Product lookup requires an internet connection. Ultra-Processed? has no account, advertising, developer analytics, tracking, or developer-stored scan or search history. Camera recognition happens on your iPhone. Product searches, barcode lookups, marker explanations, and alternative-product requests are sent securely to Open Food Facts. Open Food Facts may log the request and network information under its own privacy policy.

Screenshots

Souschef | Recipe Keeper4 screens
Ultra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Souschef | Recipe Keeper at Free against Ultra's $0.99. Ultra's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Souschef | Recipe Keeper is free to download; Ultra costs $0.99 up front. Souschef | Recipe Keeper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Ultra asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Souschef | Recipe Keeper ships an update every 2 weeks, Ultra every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Souschef | Recipe Keeper versus Ultra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSouschef | Recipe KeeperUltra
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (107 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings107 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNekonote Limited Liability CompanyMats Amlie

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Souschef | Recipe Keeper

Subscriptions2
  • Souschef Plus (monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Souschef Plus (yearly)$24.991 Year
None

Ultra

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Souschef | Recipe Keeper free?
Souschef | Recipe Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ultra free?
Ultra costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Souschef | Recipe Keeper or Ultra have ads?
Neither Souschef | Recipe Keeper nor Ultra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Souschef | Recipe Keeper or Ultra?
Souschef | Recipe Keeper ships an update every 2 weeks, and Ultra every 4 days. Most recently, Souschef | Recipe Keeper was updated on October 30, 2026 and Ultra on October 31, 2026.

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