Comparison

Mangerate Recipe Manager vs Stirly

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

Head to head
About

Mangerate Recipe Manager

Save, organize, and share recipes from websites or your own creations. Enjoy a distraction-free cooking experience with hands-free mode and smart grocery lists. Your recipes are private and synced across all your Apple devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Save recipes from websites
  • Organize into personal or shared collections
  • Hands-free cooking mode with read-aloud
  • Smart grocery lists and tags
  • Import and export recipes
  • Multilingual support
Features
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WHERE DID I PUT THAT RECIPE? Your inbox? An old message? Somewhere on Instagram? With Mangerate, your recipes are already there when you need them. The recipes you discover today. The ones you’ve made for years. The family favorites you want to keep forever. Give them all a home. FOUND A RECIPE YOU WANT TO KEEP? Instagram. TikTok. Your favorite recipe website. Share it with Mangerate and import it in seconds. No copying, no rewriting. Just save it and move on. PRESERVE YOUR FAMILY RECIPES. Grandma’s handwritten recipe cards. Recipes scribbled on scraps of paper. The dishes you’ve been making for years. Take a photo, and Mangerate turns them into recipes you can organize, search, cook from, and share. No retyping required. READY TO COOK? MANGERATE IS READY FOR YOU. Clean steps. No clutter. Hands-free when you need it. HEADED TO THE STORE? Turn any recipe into a grocery list in seconds. Tick items off as you shop. PLANNING YOUR MEALS? Keep track of what you want to cook and when. Schedule recipes for specific days, or add them to your Up Next list until you’re ready. FAMILY RECIPES SHOULDN’T LIVE IN TEXT MESSAGES. Keep them in a shared collection. Always there. Available to everyone. No need to ask. RECIPES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES? Keep recipes in their original language, with headings that match. Recipes imported from Instagram and TikTok are saved in your current Mangerate language. NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO ACCOUNT. YOUR RECIPES ARE YOURS. Mangerate is free to try. Upgrade to Plus for unlimited personal recipes and imports, or Pro for unlimited family sharing. Both are one-time purchases. No monthly fees. Ever. No registration. No email address to provide. No account to create. Your recipes are stored on your devices and in your personal iCloud account, not on our servers. We don’t collect your recipes to build a profile of you. We don’t sell your information or use it to target you with advertisements. Mangerate is simply a home for your personal recipe collection. Your recipes are yours. That’s how it should be. WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH MANGERATE: • Import recipes from Instagram, TikTok, and websites • Turn handwritten and printed recipes into digital recipes • Organize recipes into private or shared collections • Plan meals and keep an Up Next list • Sync across your Apple devices with iCloud • Cook with step-by-step instructions • Scale recipes and convert units • Create grocery lists from any recipe • Add notes, tags, ratings, and favorites • Export recipes as PDF or share with others

About

Stirly

Create a digital cookbook to save, organize, and share your favorite recipes. Preserve family traditions and connect with loved ones by sharing your culinary creations. It offers a serene and visually appealing space for all your cooking needs.

Highlights
  • Digital cookbook creation
  • Recipe organization
  • Recipe sharing with friends and family
  • Preserve family recipes
  • Modern and beautiful interface
Features
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Stirly is a modern personal cookbook for saving, organizing, and sharing the recipes you love. Build your own digital cookbook, keep family recipes alive, and connect cookbooks with friends and family. A calm, beautiful home for everything you cook.

Screenshots

Mangerate Recipe Manager4 screens
Stirly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stirly at none against Mangerate Recipe Manager's 2. Mangerate Recipe Manager's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (16 vs 26.5). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Mangerate Recipe Manager sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Stirly asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mangerate Recipe Manager against 5.0 for Stirly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mangerate Recipe Manager ships an update weekly, Stirly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mangerate Recipe Manager versus Stirly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMangerate Recipe ManagerStirly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPyxus Consulting LLCKevin Kromer

Customer experience

Mangerate Recipe Manager

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stirly

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mangerate Recipe Manager

One-time2
  • Mangerate Plus$2.99
  • Mangerate Pro$4.99
None

Stirly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mangerate Recipe Manager free?
Mangerate Recipe Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stirly free?
Stirly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mangerate Recipe Manager or Stirly?
Mangerate Recipe Manager and Stirly are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Mangerate Recipe Manager or Stirly have ads?
Neither Mangerate Recipe Manager nor Stirly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mangerate Recipe Manager or Stirly?
Mangerate Recipe Manager ships an update weekly, and Stirly every 6 weeks. Most recently, Mangerate Recipe Manager was updated on October 30, 2026 and Stirly on October 31, 2026.

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