RecipeDB vs Salt & Straw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RecipeDB
Organize your recipes, track ingredient costs, and manage your pantry inventory. Generate shopping lists based on your current supplies.
- Recipe creation and management
- Ingredient cost tracking
- Pantry inventory management
- Shopping list generation
- Cost analysis
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RecipeDb allows you to create and manage recipes along with their ingredient cost. Additionally you can manage a rolling instance of your inventory of ingredients using the pantry as well as generate shopping lists based on current amounts.
Salt & Straw
Earn points on every purchase to unlock rewards like free cones and discounts. Order ahead for convenient pickup and enjoy special birthday offers. Reorder favorites with a single tap and share your feedback.
- Earn loyalty points on purchases
- Redeem points for free cones and scoops
- Order ahead for pickup
- Birthday discounts on ice cream cakes
- One-tap reordering of favorites
- Share feedback on your experience
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Welcome to Salt & Straw Loyalty Craft Made. Curiously Delicious Ice Cream. Our loyalty program is here to make your ice cream runs even more magical. Earn 1 point for every $1 you spend and unlock delicious rewards—like free waffle cones, scoops, birthday cake discounts, and surprise offers you won’t want to miss. Here’s what you get with the app: Tasty Rewards – Turn every purchase into points and cash them in for cones, scoops, and more. Order Ahead – Order your scoops and pay right in the app. Pickup your prepaid order directly from the pint freezer. Celebrate You – Get $10 off any ice cream cake on your birthday. One-Tap Reordering – Got a favorite? Reorder it in seconds. Tell Us Everything – Share your thoughts with a tap and help us get better with every scoop. Terms & conditions apply. We’re Salt & Straw. We make ice cream with big heart, using ingredients that tell a story. There’s something new every month, so keep your spoon ready.
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Verdict
RecipeDB and Salt & Straw both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of RecipeDB's written reviews are positive against 50% of Salt & Straw's. Salt & Straw's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (473 vs 1). On rating, 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
Salt & Straw is free to download; RecipeDB costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RecipeDB against 4.9 for Salt & Straw. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Salt & Straw has 473 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of RecipeDB's written reviews are positive against 50% of Salt & Straw's.
RecipeDB ships an update every 2 months, Salt & Straw fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RecipeDB | Salt & Straw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (473 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 473 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Stimbert | Salt & Straw, LLC |
Customer experience
RecipeDB
Salt & Straw
In-app purchases
RecipeDB
No in-app purchases
Salt & Straw
No in-app purchases
