Comparison

ReciPics vs Cook.it

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

Head to head
About

ReciPics

Effortlessly capture and organize your favorite recipes from anywhere. Scan ingredients, identify dishes from photos, or use voice commands to create structured recipes. Generate smart grocery lists and adapt meals to dietary needs with an AI assistant.

Highlights
  • Scan ingredients and identify recipes
  • Extract recipes from photos
  • Voice-guided cooking instructions
  • Generate organized grocery lists
  • AI-powered recipe adaptation
  • Editable recipe details
  • Multiple user profiles
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ReciPics is your smart recipe saver. Save, organize, and revisit recipes you love — all in one place. Use ReciPics to scan ingredients, identify recipes, and extract recipes instantly. ReciPics helps you store and manage your personal recipe collection without effort. Instead of typing or copying recipes manually, ReciPics lets you capture recipes from the real world and turn them into a structured, easy-to-use cookbook. With ReciPics, you can extract recipes by scanning ingredients with your camera, identify recipes from photos of finished dishes, or simply ask by voice. ReciPics understands what you have and what you want to cook, then turns it into clear, usable recipes. ReciPics makes adding recipes fast and intuitive. Take a photo of ingredients to get recipe suggestions, scan a cooked dish to identify the recipe and explore variations, or speak ingredients or meal ideas to create recipes instantly. ReciPics removes friction from recipe creation and saving. Every recipe in ReciPics includes practical cooking details such as estimated cooking time, difficulty level, estimated calories, and dish origin. Ingredient lists are clear and editable, with options to swap ingredients and adjust serving sizes. Step-by-step cooking instructions keep everything easy to follow, with optional voice guidance while cooking. ReciPics is designed for real people and real households. Create multiple profiles for yourself or your family, set allergies, dietary preferences, and health considerations, and activate profiles for each recipe generation. ReciPics takes them into account in every recipe; always check ingredients yourself if you have allergies. Your recipe library in ReciPics grows with you. Save favorite recipes, quickly access recently cooked dishes, and keep everything organized in one place. ReciPics is built to be your long-term recipe keeper, not just another recipe browsing app. Need a grocery list? ReciPics builds one for you. The new grocery list is organized into store-friendly sections (produce, dairy, pantry, and more), so you can shop without backtracking. Share your list with family or roommates in one tap — no account, no friction. Check items off as you go, edit on the fly, and keep your list in sync with your saved recipes. Found a recipe you want to keep? ReciPics imports it in one tap. Paste any recipe link, or share directly from your browser or social apps — ReciPics reads the page, caption, or video description and turns it into a fully structured recipe with ingredients, steps, and photo, ready to cook and organize alongside everything else in your cookbook. Every saved recipe is now fully editable. Change ingredient names, amounts, and units — even down to ½ and ¼ portions — rewrite or reorder steps, and update nutrition or the description by hand. Stuck mid-recipe? Ask the in-recipe AI assistant by text or voice to swap an ingredient, adapt for a diet, or fix a step that isn't working, and it applies the change directly to your recipe. When you're done, choose to overwrite the original or save your edit as a new copy. FREE AND PREMIUM ReciPics is free to download and includes a limited free allowance of AI recipes. Unlimited AI recipes need ReciPics Premium (weekly or yearly). Only the yearly plan has a 3-day free trial, for eligible new subscribers; it then renews as a paid yearly subscription unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. The weekly plan has no trial. Prices are shown in the app and in the App Store for your region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://recipics.app/privacy-page.html Feedback: https://recipics.app/contact-page.html

About

Cook.it

This smart kitchen assistant suggests delicious recipes based on the ingredients you already have. Simply photograph your fridge or pantry to receive personalized meal ideas tailored to your dietary needs and cuisine preferences, helping you reduce food waste.

Highlights
  • Instant recipe suggestions from photos
  • Smart dietary matching
  • Customizable cuisine preferences
  • Food waste reduction
  • Utilize existing ingredients
Features
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Cook.it – Your Smart Kitchen Assistant Transform your cooking experience with Cook.it, the intelligent cooking companion that turns your available ingredients into delicious meals. No more staring at a full fridge wondering what to make! Key Features: • Instant Recipe Suggestions - Just snap a photo of your fridge or pantry to get personalized recipe ideas • Smart Dietary Matching - Perfect for vegans, gluten-free, low-sugar, or any dietary preference • Cuisine Preferences - Choose from Asian, Italian, Low-Carb, and more to match your taste • Waste Reduction - Get smart suggestions to use what you already have • No Grocery Trips Needed - Create amazing meals with ingredients you already own Perfect for: • Busy professionals who want quick meal ideas • Health-conscious individuals with specific dietary needs • Anyone looking to reduce food waste • Home cooks who want to make the most of their ingredients Download Cook.it now and transform your cooking experience! Note: Cook.it is only available in countries where AI services are supported.

Screenshots

ReciPics4 screens
Cook.it4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cook.it at none against ReciPics's 2. Cook.it also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). ReciPics's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, review sentiment 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. ReciPics sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Cook.it asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ReciPics ships an update weekly, Cook.it monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ReciPics versus Cook.it: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReciPicsCook.it
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB15 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVladimir SkromnyGilbert Anwar

Customer experience

ReciPics

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cook.it

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ReciPics

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Cook.it

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ReciPics free?
ReciPics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cook.it free?
Cook.it is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ReciPics or Cook.it have ads?
Cook.it shows ads; ReciPics does not.
Which is updated more often, ReciPics or Cook.it?
ReciPics ships an update weekly, and Cook.it monthly. Most recently, ReciPics was updated on November 5, 2026 and Cook.it on October 30, 2026.

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