Comparison

Plum Recipe Saver vs KitchenKeepsake

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

Head to head
About

Plum Recipe Saver

Easily save recipes from various online platforms and cookbooks into a step-by-step format. Enjoy cooking with features like screen lock prevention, automatic timers, and smart meal planning. Generate grocery lists and find recipe inspiration based on your ingredients.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from social media and blogs
  • Scan printed recipes
  • Step-by-step cooking mode
  • Automatic timers
  • Meal planning and suggestions
  • Grocery list generation
  • Ingredient substitution help
Features
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Turn recipes from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and blogs into step-by-step instructions. Cook without the screen turning off and automatic timers. Scan recipes from printed cookbooks.  Plan meals with suggestions and create grocery lists with just a tap. FEATURES: - Import unlimited recipes from blogs, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest. Cleanly formatted, with no backstory and no ads. - Save recipes from ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude - Save handwritten family recipes and share with your friends and family - Share recipes and cookbooks with friends who doesn't have the app via email, SMS, WhatsApp, or Airdrop - Find new recipes based on your preferences with ad-free recipe search and browsing - Craft and adjust new recipes based your ingredients - Re-watch recipe videos from within the app as you cook, no screen lock. - Plan meals in seconds with suggestions based on your mood for the week.  - Cook confidently with step-by-step cooking mode. Check off ingredients as you go.  - Set timers with a single tap based on each recipe step - Search for recipes by ingredients in your fridge or pantry, reduce food waste by making creative use of what you have - Print recipes and cookbooks - Get instant answers for ingredient substitutions, preparation, or scaling as you cook - Save time at the store with grocery lists organized by aisle. Grocery lists are synced with your Reminders app so you can check them off on your Apple Watch. Save time, eat better. No subscriptions. If you're happy, consider becoming a member of the Plum+ club with one-time upgrade to fund new features. Happy cooking!

About

KitchenKeepsake

Digitize and organize your family's cherished recipes. Easily add recipes by photo, link, or typing, then sort, star, and search them. Share your digital cookbook with family members and ensure your culinary traditions are preserved and passed down.

Highlights
  • Digitize recipes via photo, link, or typing
  • Organize with categories and starring
  • Search by name or ingredient
  • Family sharing for collaborative cookbooks
  • Automatic iCloud backup and sync
  • Recipe scaling (half/double portions)
Features
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Every family has recipes worth keeping. The card in Grandma's handwriting, the dinner everyone asks for, the cookies you only make at Christmas. Kitchen Keepsake gives all of them a home so they stop getting lost in a drawer or buried in a group text. Add a recipe whatever way is easiest for you. Take a photo of a page from a cookbook and the app reads it in for you. Paste a link and it pulls in the title, the picture, and the ingredients. Or just type it the regular way. However it gets there, you can clean it up before you save it. Make it your own. Sort recipes into colorful categories, star the ones you love, and find anything in seconds by name or by ingredient. Cook together. Set up a family and everyone sees the same cookbook. When your mom adds her banana bread, it shows up for the whole family, photos and all. Stop losing recipes. Everything stays backed up in your own iCloud and syncs across your devices, so you are covered even if you lose your phone. One price, no subscription. Start free with up to ten recipes. Pay once to unlock unlimited recipes and family sharing, and it is yours for good. It works with Family Sharing too, so a single purchase covers your whole household. Want to cut a recipe in half, or double it? The app handles that with the click of a button. Save the food your family loves, and pass it on.

Screenshots

Plum Recipe Saver4 screens
KitchenKeepsake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: KitchenKeepsake at 5.0 against Plum Recipe Saver's 4.2. KitchenKeepsake also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%). Plum Recipe Saver's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Plum Recipe Saver sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and KitchenKeepsake sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KitchenKeepsake holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plum Recipe Saver has 69 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Plum Recipe Saver's written reviews are positive against 100% of KitchenKeepsake's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plum Recipe Saver ships an update fortnightly, KitchenKeepsake every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Plum Recipe Saver versus KitchenKeepsake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlum Recipe SaverKitchenKeepsake
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (69 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#192 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhu NguyenGEORGE HENRY REMY

Customer experience

Plum Recipe Saver

All ratings69 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral5.8%
Negative15.9%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral7.9%
Negative14.3%

KitchenKeepsake

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Plum Recipe Saver

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Cannot import recipes from Facebook
  • Recipes not saving or loading indefinitely
  • Instagram import is buggy and often fails
  • App crashes on startup
  • Recipes lost after updates
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  • App spins when saving from Instagram
  • Unable to use between devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to alphabetically sort cookbook tabs
  • More filter options, especially for recipes not in a cookbook
  • Add to meal plan option from recipe interface
  • Long press to mass add recipes to cookbooks
  • Duplicate option for meal plan items
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  • Premium update for sharing with spouse

KitchenKeepsake

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Plum Recipe Saver

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Annual Pro Sub$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Plum+$9.99
  • Lifetime Pass$34.99
1 purchases

KitchenKeepsake

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$4.99

Questions

Is Plum Recipe Saver free?
Plum Recipe Saver is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KitchenKeepsake free?
KitchenKeepsake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plum Recipe Saver or KitchenKeepsake?
KitchenKeepsake is rated higher. Plum Recipe Saver averages 4.2 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while KitchenKeepsake averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Plum Recipe Saver or KitchenKeepsake have ads?
Neither Plum Recipe Saver nor KitchenKeepsake shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plum Recipe Saver or KitchenKeepsake?
Plum Recipe Saver ships an update fortnightly, and KitchenKeepsake every 5 weeks. Most recently, Plum Recipe Saver was updated on October 25, 2026 and KitchenKeepsake on October 24, 2026.

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