Comparison

Cooked vs Soviet Secrets

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Universal Recipe Import
  • Smart Recipe Organization
  • Interactive Cooking Experience
  • Social Discovery
  • Community Feedback System
  • Personalized Recipe Notes
Features
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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.

About

Soviet Secrets

Features
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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/

Screenshots

Cooked4 screens
Soviet Secrets4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Cooked versus Soviet Secrets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCookedSoviet Secrets
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB123 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAngelo GirardiArtem Riabets

In-app purchases

None

Cooked

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Soviet Secrets

Subscriptions2
  • Soviet Secrets Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Soviet Secrets Monthly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Cooked free?
Cooked is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Soviet Secrets free?
Soviet Secrets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cooked or Soviet Secrets have ads?
Neither Cooked nor Soviet Secrets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cooked or Soviet Secrets?
Cooked ships an update every 2 weeks, and Soviet Secrets every 2 days. Most recently, Cooked was updated on October 11, 2026 and Soviet Secrets on October 12, 2026.

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