Recipe One vs KitchenKeepsake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recipe One
Effortlessly import recipes from links, videos, images, and PDFs into a clean, step-by-step format. Organize your favorite dishes into custom cookbooks with tags and ratings, and share them easily. Enjoy a distraction-free cooking experience with powerful search and filtering options.
- One-tap recipe import from web links, videos, images, and PDFs
- OCR scanning for cookbooks and handwritten recipes
- Distraction-free cooking mode with screen awake
- Search by name, ingredient, cook time, or nutrition
- Filter by dietary needs (keto, vegan, gluten-free)
- Unlimited cookbook creation and tagging
- Export recipes as PDFs and share easily
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Save recipes from any website, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, photo, or PDF in one tap. Recipe One strips away ads, stories, and clutter so you get just the recipe in a clean, easy-to-follow format. IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE • Save recipes from websites, links, videos, images, and PDFs • Import from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, and more • Scan cookbook pages, handwritten cards, and screenshots with OCR • Pull recipes from video even when ingredients are not listed clearly JUST THE RECIPE • Read recipes in a clean, distraction-free view • Follow step by step while you cook • Keep the screen awake during cooking • View ingredients, instructions, and recipe details in one organized place ORGANIZE YOUR COLLECTION • Sort recipes with tags, folders, and cookbooks • Add personal notes, edits, and ratings • Search by recipe name, ingredient, or keyword • Keep all your saved recipes in one place SHARE AND SAVE • Export recipes as beautifully formatted PDFs • Share recipes with friends and family • Sync across your Apple devices • Create simple shopping lists from your recipes Whether you're saving a family recipe, clipping a recipe from a blog, or importing your favorite cooking videos, Recipe One keeps everything organized and easy to use. Download Recipe One and build your personal digital cookbook today. Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
KitchenKeepsake
Digitize and organize your family's cherished recipes. Easily add recipes by photo, link, or typing, then sort, star, and search them. Share your digital cookbook with family members and ensure your culinary traditions are preserved and passed down.
- Digitize recipes via photo, link, or typing
- Organize with categories and starring
- Search by name or ingredient
- Family sharing for collaborative cookbooks
- Automatic iCloud backup and sync
- Recipe scaling (half/double portions)
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Every family has recipes worth keeping. The card in Grandma's handwriting, the dinner everyone asks for, the cookies you only make at Christmas. Kitchen Keepsake gives all of them a home so they stop getting lost in a drawer or buried in a group text. Add a recipe whatever way is easiest for you. Take a photo of a page from a cookbook and the app reads it in for you. Paste a link and it pulls in the title, the picture, and the ingredients. Or just type it the regular way. However it gets there, you can clean it up before you save it. Make it your own. Sort recipes into colorful categories, star the ones you love, and find anything in seconds by name or by ingredient. Cook together. Set up a family and everyone sees the same cookbook. When your mom adds her banana bread, it shows up for the whole family, photos and all. Stop losing recipes. Everything stays backed up in your own iCloud and syncs across your devices, so you are covered even if you lose your phone. One price, no subscription. Start free with up to ten recipes. Pay once to unlock unlimited recipes and family sharing, and it is yours for good. It works with Family Sharing too, so a single purchase covers your whole household. Want to cut a recipe in half, or double it? The app handles that with the click of a button. Save the food your family loves, and pass it on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: KitchenKeepsake at 100% against Recipe One's 59%. KitchenKeepsake also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Recipe One's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (145 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Recipe One sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and KitchenKeepsake sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
KitchenKeepsake holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recipe One has 145 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Recipe One's written reviews are positive against 100% of KitchenKeepsake's.
Recipe One ships an update weekly, KitchenKeepsake every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recipe One | KitchenKeepsake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (145 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 145 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #199 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | oren haliva | GEORGE HENRY REMY |
Customer experience
Recipe One
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In-app purchases
Recipe One
- Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
- Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Pro Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Pro Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Pro Annual1 Month trial$49.991 Year
- 5 Credits$8.99
- Unlimited Intro Offer$19.99
- Unlimited$29.99
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- Unlimited$49.99
KitchenKeepsake
- Unlock Everything$4.99
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