Comparison

食疗菜谱之补肾食谱 vs CookWhat

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

Head to head
About

食疗菜谱之补肾食谱

Discover a comprehensive collection of recipes focused on kidney health and strengthening. This app provides dietary guidance for wellness, emphasizing that all medical information should be confirmed with a professional doctor.

Highlights
  • Kidney health recipes
  • Dietary guidance
  • Chinese cuisine
  • Wellness focus
  • Recipe collection
Features
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补肾食谱大全-中华食疗菜谱系列之补肾食谱大全 注:本应用所展示食谱均不应用于诊断或治疗任何疾病,所有医学知识最终以专业医生指导建议为准!

About

CookWhat

Discover home-style Chinese dishes based on ingredients you already have. Snap a photo of your fridge or manually enter items to get recipe suggestions. Follow step-by-step instructions and customize for your taste preferences.

Highlights
  • Photo recognition of ingredients
  • Manual ingredient entry
  • AI-generated recipe suggestions
  • Step-by-step cooking instructions
  • Customizable taste preferences
  • Offline recipe library
  • Save favorite dishes
Features
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Not sure what to cook today? Snap a photo of your fridge or countertop, or simply type what you have, and get home-style Chinese dishes you can make right now. The app interface is currently in Simplified Chinese. COOK WITH WHAT YOU HAVE • Photo recognition: snap your fridge or cutting board, or pick a photo from your library • Manual entry: type several ingredients at once, or tap common ones to add them • Confirm before cooking: tap to rename, tap × to remove, and add anything that was missed • No ingredients recognized in a photo? Switch straight to typing instead of retaking it ONLY THE INGREDIENTS YOU HAVE • Dishes use only your list plus pantry basics such as salt, sugar, soy sauce, scallion, ginger and garlic, so there's no extra shopping trip • Each dish shows how many pans and steps it takes, and whether it's a one-pot meal • "Add one more": a tip for one extra ingredient that would take the dish up a level • Not in the mood? Get a fresh batch of ideas STEPS YOU CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW • Step-by-step instructions with amounts (grams, spoons, pieces), heat and timing • Portions scaled to the number of people you're cooking for GETS TO KNOW YOUR TASTE • Set your spice level, dietary restrictions or allergies, and servings once • Restricted ingredients are checked twice, when dishes are created and again in the results, and you're warned before generating if your list contains one (please double-check ingredients if you have a severe allergy) • Rate a dish Tasty, OK or Flopped after cooking and suggestions drift toward your taste; this taste memory is saved on your phone and can be cleared anytime RECIPE LIBRARY & FAVORITES • Classic home-style recipes built in, browsable by category, even offline • Save the dishes you love and come back to them anytime FREE TRIAL & LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP • Free to download, with 3 free tries of AI dish suggestions; the recipe library and favorites are always free • A one-time Lifetime Membership purchase unlocks 30 AI dish suggestions per day • Lifetime Membership is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, and never renews; after reinstalling or switching phones, tap Restore Purchases in Settings Works on iPhone and iPad. No sign-up required. Photo recognition and AI dish suggestions need an internet connection.

Screenshots

食疗菜谱之补肾食谱1 screens
CookWhat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CookWhat at none against 食疗菜谱之补肾食谱's shown. 食疗菜谱之补肾食谱's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 食疗菜谱之补肾食谱 against 5.0 for CookWhat. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

食疗菜谱之补肾食谱 ships an update every 10 days, CookWhat every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
食疗菜谱之补肾食谱 versus CookWhat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter食疗菜谱之补肾食谱CookWhat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer浩杰 姬剑锋 易

Customer experience

食疗菜谱之补肾食谱

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CookWhat

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

食疗菜谱之补肾食谱

No in-app purchases

None

CookWhat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 食疗菜谱之补肾食谱 free?
食疗菜谱之补肾食谱 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CookWhat free?
CookWhat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 食疗菜谱之补肾食谱 or CookWhat?
食疗菜谱之补肾食谱 and CookWhat are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do 食疗菜谱之补肾食谱 or CookWhat have ads?
食疗菜谱之补肾食谱 shows ads; CookWhat does not.
Which is updated more often, 食疗菜谱之补肾食谱 or CookWhat?
食疗菜谱之补肾食谱 ships an update every 10 days, and CookWhat every 2 months. Most recently, 食疗菜谱之补肾食谱 was updated on November 4, 2026 and CookWhat on October 31, 2026.

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