Roast Manager vs CookBookMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roast Manager
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Roast Manager is a simple app for home coffee roasters. With it you can manage your: • green coffee • roasting profiles • coffee roasts • coffee containers The app is kept relatively simple, but everything has a comment field where additional content can be entered. Data is automatically synced across all your devices via iCloud. Additionally, the app features NDEF-compatible NFC tag support, allowing you to easily identify and manage your coffee storage containers (on devices with NFC support).
CookBookMate
Save, organize, and access your favorite recipes from anywhere. Share culinary creations with loved ones and discover new dishes. A dedicated cooking mode simplifies following recipes step-by-step.
- Save recipes from the web
- Organize recipes into collections
- Share recipes with friends and family
- Searchable recipe library
- Distraction-free Cook Mode
- Personal and social cooking companion
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CookBookMate is a personal and social cooking companion for home chefs. Keep your favorite recipes preserved, searchable, and always at your fingertips: whether you’re cooking at home or planning your next meal. Save recipes from around the web, organize them into collections, and share them with friends and family. CookBookMate helps you learn, experiment, and grow together through a shared cooking experience. When it’s time to cook, switch to Cook Mode to focus on each step with fewer distractions, making it easier to follow recipes from start to finish..
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Roast Manager at every 8 days against CookBookMate's every 2 months. CookBookMate's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Roast Manager ships an update every 8 days, CookBookMate every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roast Manager | CookBookMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guido Scheffler | Nexoro labs LLC |
In-app purchases
Roast Manager
No in-app purchases
CookBookMate
No in-app purchases
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