Comparison

openRCP vs eKitchen

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

Head to head
About

openRCP

Discover and organize thousands of recipes from across the web in an ad-free experience. This smart kitchen companion features an AI assistant to help with dietary needs, ingredient swaps, and meal planning.

Highlights
  • 15,000+ curated recipes
  • Import recipes from the web
  • Organize recipes into custom collections
  • AI-powered kitchen assistant (Sous)
  • Adjust recipes for dietary needs/serving sizes
  • Ingredient swap suggestions
Features
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openRCP brings together the internet’s best recipes — over **15,000 curated dishes**, all in one simple, ad-free app. Browse our library or add and save your own favorites from across the web without the clutter of blogs and popups. It’s more than a recipe box — it’s your smart, personal kitchen companion. **What you can do with openRCP:** - Explore **15,000+ high-quality, curated recipes** across all cuisines - **Import any recipe** from the internet — stripped of ads, formatted to cook - **Organize your recipes** into custom collections (e.g., Weeknight Dinners, Baking, Vegetarian) - Get help from **Sous**, your AI-powered kitchen assistant: - Adjust recipes to your **dietary needs or serving sizes** - Offer **ingredient swaps**, answer cooking questions, or help plan a meal - All with a natural, conversational interface Say goodbye to messy tabs and noisy recipe pages. openRCP is built for cooks who want a modern, intuitive place to find and keep the meals they love.

About

eKitchen

Manage your home pantry and discover recipes you can make with what you have. It helps you build shopping lists and guides you through cooking with step-by-step instructions. Track your culinary journey and get personalized recommendations.

Highlights
  • Pantry inventory management
  • Recipe discovery by ingredients
  • Customizable shopping lists
  • Step-by-step cooking mode
  • Recipe import from web/social media
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Cooked recipe tracking
Features
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Saving a recipe is easy. Actually cooking it is a different story. You don't know what you have at home, you're not sure what you need to buy, and by the time you figure it out, you've already ordered takeout. eKitchen was built to close that gap. Tell it a little about your kitchen. It doesn't have to be exact. Just knowing you've got eggs, olive oil, and some pasta gives eKitchen enough to start showing you recipes you can make right now, and recipes that are only an ingredient or two away. Find new recipes by cuisine, difficulty, or cook time. Import recipes you find online, on TikTok, or Instagram. They all land in your cookbook, ready to go. Pick one recipe or pick five. eKitchen checks what you need against what you have and builds a shopping list with prices that fit your budget. Your kitchen grows with every trip to the store. Step-by-step cooking mode walks you through each recipe. When you're done, rate it, leave a tip, and track what you've cooked. eKitchen gets smarter about what to recommend next. Your saved recipes and your kitchen are finally on the same page.

Screenshots

openRCP4 screens
eKitchen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: eKitchen at 15.1 against openRCP's 17.6. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for openRCP against 5.0 for eKitchen. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
openRCP versus eKitchen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteropenRCPeKitchen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings55
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTiny Co Holdings, Inc.Ramiz Arif

Customer experience

openRCP

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

eKitchen

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

In-app purchases

None

openRCP

No in-app purchases

None

eKitchen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is openRCP free?
openRCP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is eKitchen free?
eKitchen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, openRCP or eKitchen?
openRCP and eKitchen are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do openRCP or eKitchen have ads?
Neither openRCP nor eKitchen shows ads.

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