Cooked vs Soviet Secrets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cooked
Easily save recipes from any source, organize them, and share your cooking journey with a vibrant community. Connect with other food lovers, get real-time advice, and discover new dishes.
- Universal Recipe Import
- Smart Recipe Organization
- Interactive Cooking Experience
- Social Discovery
- Community Feedback System
- Personalized Recipe Notes
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Turn every meal into a shared experience with Cooked, the social cooking platform that brings recipes and food lovers together. With our Universal Recipe Import feature, you can easily save recipes from any website, cookbook, or source into your personal collection. Keep all your favorite recipes in one place with Smart Recipe Organization, perfectly formatted and easy to access whenever inspiration strikes. Share your cooking progress, modifications, and final results with our interactive cooking experience. Explore what others are cooking, find inspiration, and connect with fellow food enthusiasts through Social Discovery. Add your personal touches, substitutions, and cooking notes to any recipe, then get real-time advice, share success stories, and learn from other cooks' experiences through our vibrant community feedback system. Whether you're a seasoned chef or just starting your culinary journey, Cooked makes cooking more collaborative and fun. Import that family recipe, share your weekend baking adventure, or discover new dishes from our growing community of food lovers. Cooked is the perfect companion for home cooks who love trying new recipes, food bloggers sharing their culinary adventures, recipe collectors wanting to digitize their collection, social butterflies who love sharing their kitchen victories, and anyone looking for cooking inspiration and community. Download Cooked today and join a community where every recipe tells a story, and every meal is an opportunity to connect.
Soviet Secrets
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Soviet Secrets is a digital library of rare Soviet recipe books, faithfully restored and translated, with everything you read kept side by side in Russian and English. A Premium subscription unlocks the whole shelf: THE 1981 STATE LIQUEUR & VODKA FORMULARY The official internal book of liqueurs, cordials, punches, aperitifs, bitters, balsams and vodkas — 246 authentic formulations with blends, physico-chemical specifications and ingredient norms. MILK-VEGETARIAN COOKERY (1965) Over 654 home recipes — salads, borsches and shchi, soups, vegetable and egg dishes, curd and cheese dishes, soufflés, puddings, desserts and pastries. 20+ MORE RARE SOVIET BOOKS The collection keeps growing, with new vintage editions added regularly. FEATURES Instant Russian ⇄ English switch on every page — same page, shared bookmarks and progress. A beautiful page-turning reader with bookmarks, table of contents and search. Every recipe as its own card with photo, ingredients and method. Community: like, dislike and favourite recipes, and discuss them — share your own photo of the dish. Works offline once a book is open. A clean, editorial design inspired by the original printed editions. SUBSCRIPTION Soviet Secrets Premium is an auto-renewable subscription: Monthly — $6.99 Yearly — $59.00 Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cooked at none against Soviet Secrets's 2. Cooked also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Soviet Secrets's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads 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. Soviet Secrets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Cooked asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cooked ships an update every 2 weeks, Soviet Secrets every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cooked | Soviet Secrets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Angelo Girardi | Artem Riabets |
In-app purchases
Cooked
No in-app purchases
Soviet Secrets
- Soviet Secrets Monthly$4.991 Month
- Soviet Secrets Monthly$39.991 Year









