Comparison

Mealspace vs Hazel's Recipes

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

Head to head
About

Mealspace

Discover and organize recipes from websites and cookbooks. Share your own culinary creations with a community of food lovers. Perfect for both beginners and experienced cooks looking to expand their recipe collection.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from websites and cookbooks
  • Organize and manage personal recipes
  • Share culinary creations with the community
  • Discover diverse recipes from other users
  • Intuitive interface for easy navigation
Features
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Stop screenshotting recipes. Start cooking. Ever found a incredible recipe online, saved it, and then spent 20 minutes trying to find it again? Welcome to Mealspace - the smart, seamless way to import, organize, and share your favorite meals. Whether you’re a seasoned home chef or just trying not to burn the noodles (who knows how?!!), Mealspace turns recipe chaos into culinary magic. Why you'll love Mealspace: * Import in a Snap: Grab recipes from your favorite websites, blogs, or grandma's well-loved physical cookbook sitting on your counter. * Zero Clutter, No Long Stories: Skip the 10-page backstory about someone’s summer in Tuscany. Get straight to the ingredients and instructions. * Share & Discover: Connect with a community of food lovers. Swap weeknight go-tos, discover exotic new flavors, and showcase your best creations. * All Your Recipes, One Place: Beautifully organized, effortless to search, and ready whenever hunger strikes. Ditch the endless bookmarks and messy index cards. Download Mealspace today and make cooking fun again! By using the app, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, which can be found at https://mealspace.app/terms and https://mealspace.app/privacy

About

Hazel's Recipes

Organize and share your favorite recipes digitally. Create new recipes by typing or scanning, add photos, and view them while cooking. Share custom PDFs with friends and family. Start with 10 free recipes.

Highlights
  • Save, organize, and share recipes
  • Create new recipes by typing or scanning
  • Add photos to recipes
  • View recipes while cooking
  • Generate custom PDF recipe documents
  • Start with 10 free recipes
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Save, organize, and share your favorite recipes with family and friends—all in one personal recipe book. Hazel's Recipes allows you to keep your own digital recipe book with all those tasty recipe memories and secrets. Create your own "new" recipes with a few button clicks and by typing or scanning your favorites from books, magazines, and photos right from your phone. Customize them the way you want and save them. Update them when desired. Add our sample recipes to up your culinary game. Flip and search through your own personal online cookbook and view your recipes while cooking. Share with family and friends by creating custom PDF documents to text or email. Start with 10 free recipes without needing a subscription - add, update, delete. They're yours to keep or change. There is no time limit or trial period. Then, if you would like more, go "Pro" with a Hazel's Recipes subscription where you can save more recipes, share directly with other Hazel's Recipes friends, maximize your potential, and minimize your stress. Hazel's Recipes is fun, fast, and simple to use! No annoying ads! Bon appétit! Main Features: - Create, update, and delete recipes with ease - Capture text with your phone camera or from a photo - Save photos with your recipes - Try our delicious sample recipes - Mark your recipe "favorites" - Search your recipe book by name or category - Easily view your recipe while cooking - Create beautiful PDFs to print/save or share with friends/family via text, email, etc. - Start with 10 free recipes without a subscription. They're yours to keep, update, and share. It's up to you! There is no time limit or trial period. Then, if you want to save even more recipes and to share recipes directly, consider trying one of our subscription options. Hazel's Recipes was created for my family. Now, I'd like to share it with yours. For more information concerning licensing please see Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (“Standard EULA”) at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Mealspace4 screens
Hazel's Recipes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hazel's Recipes at none against Mealspace's shown. Mealspace's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Mealspace sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Hazel's Recipes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 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 — 5.0 for Mealspace against 5.0 for Hazel's Recipes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mealspace ships an update every 3 weeks, Hazel's Recipes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mealspace versus Hazel's Recipes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMealspaceHazel's Recipes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB134 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKollin MurphyKaren Mathes

Customer experience

Mealspace

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hazel's Recipes

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mealspace

Subscriptions1
  • Mealspace Plus$1.991 Month
2 purchases

Hazel's Recipes

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$7.991 Year

Questions

Is Mealspace free?
Mealspace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hazel's Recipes free?
Hazel's Recipes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mealspace or Hazel's Recipes?
Mealspace and Hazel's Recipes are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Mealspace or Hazel's Recipes have ads?
Mealspace shows ads; Hazel's Recipes does not.
Which is updated more often, Mealspace or Hazel's Recipes?
Mealspace ships an update every 3 weeks, and Hazel's Recipes every 2 weeks. Most recently, Mealspace was updated on November 4, 2026 and Hazel's Recipes on October 30, 2026.

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