Comparison

Pinning 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

Pinning

Track important dates and milestones with a visually appealing countdown and calendar app. Organize events with notebooks, add custom icons, and display them on your home or lock screen with widgets. Share events with others via iCloud collaboration.

Highlights
  • Event countdown and count-up
  • Calendar event syncing
  • Birthday and anniversary tracking
  • Event organization with notebooks
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • iCloud collaboration
  • Recurring event notifications
Features
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Pinning keeps the days that matter in view. Count down to trips, birthdays, deadlines and anniversaries, or count up from the moments you want to remember, all in one beautiful timeline. COUNT DOWN, OR COUNT UP • See how long until any date, or how long it’s been • Show time in days, weeks, months or years, the way you think about it • Multi-day events, like trips and conferences, show while they’re happening • Repeat daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or on a schedule of your own BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES • See the age someone turns and the years you’re celebrating • Import birthdays from Contacts, with their photos • Supports the Chinese lunar calendar ORGANIZED YOUR WAY • Group events into notebooks, add tags, and star the ones that matter most • Give every event a symbol, an emoji or your own image • Find anything in a moment with Quick Find SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE • Share a notebook with family and friends over iCloud and plan together • Share any event as a beautiful image NEVER MISS A DAY • Get reminded on the day, or days, weeks or a month before, at the time you choose • See your calendar events and reminders with due dates next to your countdowns • Rewind brings back what happened a month or a year ago today ALWAYS AT A GLANCE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Add an event right from Control Center • Siri and Shortcuts support • Apple Watch app with complications • A native Mac app EVERYWHERE YOU ARE Your events sync through iCloud across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. There’s no account to create, and your events stay in your iCloud. PINNING PRO Try everything free for 7 days. After that, the free plan keeps 7 events. Pinning Pro unlocks: • Unlimited events • Calendars in your timeline • Scheduled reminders • Importing birthdays from Contacts One purchase works across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or buy it once for life, each with or without Family Sharing. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Service: https://pinning.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pinning.app/privacy-policy

About

Recipe Keeper

Organize recipes from the web and create smart, auto-categorized grocery lists. This AI-powered assistant offers hands-free cooking guidance and real-time family sharing for seamless meal planning and shopping.

Highlights
  • AI recipe saving from web
  • Voice-enabled cooking assistant
  • Auto-categorized grocery lists
  • Real-time family sharing
  • Seamless recipe-to-list integration
  • Customizable themes
Features
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Cook smarter with KitchenBot, your all-in-one AI recipe organizer and grocery list. Whether you’re meal planning, shopping, or in the middle of cooking, KitchenBot keeps everything in sync. Smart Recipe Assistant Save any recipe from the web in seconds. While you cook, KitchenBot’s voice-enabled AI helps you follow steps, measure ingredients, and answer questions—just like Alexa or Google Home, but built for your kitchen. Smarter Grocery Lists Create and manage grocery lists with AI that automatically categorizes items (produce, dairy, pantry, etc.) and syncs across your household. No more duplicate items or forgotten ingredients! Your Grocery-Savvy AI Chatbot Add items, check what you need, or plan meals, just ask. KitchenBot's built-in chat assistant knows your shopping list so you can plan smarter, faster. Family Sharing Made Easy Share grocery lists with your family in real time. Everyone stays in the loop, whether they’re at the store or planning dinner at home. Custom Themes & Personalization Style your kitchen command center with themes that suit your taste. A cooking assistant that’s not just smart—it's personal. Seamless Recipe & List Integration When you save a recipe, the ingredients can go straight into your grocery list with a single tap. No more copy-pasting or forgetting key ingredients. Why users love KitchenBot Cook hands-free with voice AI Auto-organized grocery lists Share & sync with family Save and manage any recipe Built-in chatbot knows your list Get KitchenBot today and bring intelligence to your kitchen routine. Cook, shop, and plan,all in one place. Privacy Policy: https://sweltering-cook-968.notion.site/GroceryBot-Privacy-Policy-b9f19149352b455f9d92ba65e8ec913a Terms of Use: https://sweltering-cook-968.notion.site/GroceryBot-Terms-And-Conditions-b8ff8ee5ed6a4e0d8a1432220ea7abc4

Screenshots

Pinning4 screens
Recipe Keeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Recipe Keeper at every 4 days against Pinning's every 4 weeks. Recipe Keeper also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Pinning's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (75% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Pinning sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Recipe Keeper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pinning holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Pinning's written reviews are positive against 67% of Recipe Keeper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pinning ships an update every 4 weeks, Recipe Keeper every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pinning versus Recipe Keeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinningRecipe Keeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (51 ratings) — better4.5 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings51 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnybox LTDJacob Woods

Customer experience

Pinning

All ratings51 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative15.0%

Recipe Keeper

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Pinning

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Monthly (Family Sharing)$2.491 Month
  • Yearly$11.991 Year
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  • Yearly (Family Sharing)$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • Lifetime (Family Sharing)$31.99
2 purchases

Recipe Keeper

Subscriptions2
  • All Access$2.991 Month
  • All Access7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Pinning free?
Pinning 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, Pinning or Recipe Keeper?
Pinning is rated higher. Pinning averages 4.7 out of 5 from 51 ratings, while Recipe Keeper averages 4.5 from 21 ratings.
Do Pinning or Recipe Keeper have ads?
Neither Pinning nor Recipe Keeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pinning or Recipe Keeper?
Pinning ships an update every 4 weeks, and Recipe Keeper every 4 days. Most recently, Pinning was updated on October 27, 2026 and Recipe Keeper on October 21, 2026.

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