Comparison

Recipe Manager vs Pitada

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

Head to head
About

Recipe Manager

This app helps you save, organize, and discover recipes, creating a personalized digital cookbook. Manage your grocery lists, share recipes with others, and access your collection offline across your devices. Enjoy features like custom categories, interactive notes, and photo zoom.

Highlights
  • Custom recipe categories
  • Grocery list management
  • Recipe sharing
  • Multi-device sync
  • Offline recipe access
  • Categorized recipe browsing
  • Save photos and notes
Features
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Kale: Your Personal Cookbook Ever feel overwhelmed trying to keep track of recipes? Struggling with scattered notes or scrolling endlessly through photos of past meals? That’s why I created the Kale recipe app, your ultimate recipe-saving tool. Kale makes it simple to save, organize, and discover recipes, turning your collection into a digital cookbook tailored to you. Whether at home or on the go, you’ll always have your favorite recipes at your fingertips. Looking to preserve family recipes or experiment with new dishes? The Kale recipe app has you covered. Features: • Custom Categories: Add, delete, and personalize recipe categories to make the app truly your own. • Grocery List Management: Save and organize your grocery list in the dedicated Groceries tab. • Recipe Sharing: Share detailed recipes with friends and family directly from the app. • Multi-Device Sync: Access your recipes seamlessly across all your iOS devices. • Offline Mode: View your collection without internet access—perfect for any kitchen. • Categorized Recipes: Enjoy a Netflix-style layout to browse and organize your recipes. • Enhanced Recipe Saving: Save photos, websites, and personalized notes for every recipe. • Recipe Stats: Track your saved recipes and gain insights via the stats section in Settings. • Interactive Notes: Add and link notes directly to your recipes for easy updates. • Photo Zoom: Pinch or double-tap to zoom into recipe photos for a closer look. • Dark Mode: Optimize your cooking experience with support for Dark Mode. Start curating your own personalized cookbook with the Kale recipe app today! Fun fact: The app icon is inspired by a unique drawing by Kat Zorz on Dribbble.

About

Pitada

Effortlessly save recipes from videos, photos, or websites directly into your digital cookbook. Recalculate ingredients, use cook mode, and plan your meals with an auto-generated grocery list sorted by aisle. Unlock unlimited saves with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Save recipes from videos, photos, and websites
  • Automatic ingredient recalculation
  • Cook Mode with timers and screen lock
  • Meal planning calendar
  • Auto-generated, aisle-sorted grocery lists
  • Recipe translation
Features
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That recipe you saw on Reels is not getting lost again. Share the video with Pitada and get the ingredients and steps written down in your cookbook in seconds. No typing, no screenshots piling up. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE - From a video: Instagram and TikTok. We watch, we listen, and we write it all down for you. - From a photo: grandma's notebook, the back of the box, that magazine page. - From a website: paste the link and you're done. YOUR COOKBOOK, YOUR WAY - Your recipes are private, saved right on your phone. - Change the servings and every quantity recalculates on its own. - Real kitchen language: cups, tablespoons, a pinch, to taste. - Cook Mode: giant steps, timers, and the screen stays on. - Saved a recipe in another language? Pitada shows it in English. YOUR WEEK, SOLVED - Build your Meal Plan: tap a day, pick a recipe, and it stays there. - Send it to your Grocery List and it adds up repeated ingredients. (Two recipes with onions become "3 onions," not two separate lines.) - Sorted by aisle, so you're not zigzagging across the store. PITADA+ - On the free plan, you save 5 recipes a month. - Pitada+ removes the limit: save as many as you want. - Auto-renewing subscription. The price and billing period are shown on the purchase screen before you confirm. Cancel anytime in your iPhone Settings, and you keep access until the end of the period you already paid for. Privacy: https://pitada.app/en/privacy Terms of Use: https://pitada.app/en/terms Made in Brazil, for real kitchens everywhere.

Screenshots

Recipe Manager4 screens
Pitada4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Recipe Manager at 93% against Pitada's 0%. Recipe Manager also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Pitada's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, in-app purchases, 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recipe Manager ships an update every 9 days, Pitada every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Recipe Manager versus Pitada: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecipe ManagerPitada
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB77 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperZoumite Franck Armel MamboueIngrid Victoria Santos Borges

Customer experience

Recipe Manager

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

Pitada

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Recipe Manager

No in-app purchases

None

Pitada

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recipe Manager free?
Recipe Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pitada free?
Pitada is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Recipe Manager or Pitada have ads?
Pitada shows ads; Recipe Manager does not.
Which is updated more often, Recipe Manager or Pitada?
Recipe Manager ships an update every 9 days, and Pitada every 4 days. Most recently, Recipe Manager was updated on October 27, 2026 and Pitada on October 25, 2026.

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