Simmer It vs Simmer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simmer It
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All Your Recipes Saved In One Place. Simmer It is the ultimate recipe-saving companion for food lovers. Whether you're browsing Instagram, scrolling through TikTok, watching YouTube food vlogs, or spotting delicious ideas on Reddit or Facebook — just share the recipe to Simmer It, and we’ll save it neatly for you. No more screenshots. No more endless bookmarks. Just your personal recipe collection, beautifully organized and always accessible. Key Features: - Save recipes directly from Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, and more. - Smart link detection to pull the right content fast. - Preview images, titles, and descriptions at a glance. - Search your saved recipes anytime. Perfect for home cooks, foodies, and content creators who want to collect and revisit amazing recipes from across the internet. Download Simmer It and never lose track of a great recipe again!
Simmer
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Tired of scrolling through life stories, pop-ups, and ads just to find a recipe? Simmer extracts the recipe from any website and saves it to your personal, clutter-free library. SAVE RECIPES IN SECONDS Paste a recipe URL or share it directly from Safari — Simmer automatically extracts the title, ingredients, steps, cook times, and photo. No account needed, no sign-up required. HANDS-FREE COOKING MODE Enter full-screen cooking mode with large, easy-to-read step cards. Swipe through steps while your hands are covered in flour. Turn on auto-speak and let your phone read each step aloud using natural-sounding iOS voices. SMART QUANTITY ADJUSTMENT Cooking for more or fewer people? Tap a multiplier and every ingredient quantity updates instantly. Fractions stay clean and readable — "1 ½ cups" not "1.5 cups." READ STEPS ALOUD Tap the speaker icon on any step to hear it read aloud. Simmer intelligently pronounces fractions, temperatures, and abbreviations so "½ tsp" becomes "one half teaspoon" and "350°F" becomes "350 degrees Fahrenheit." YOUR RECIPES, YOUR DEVICE All recipes are stored locally on your device. No cloud accounts, no tracking, no data collection. Your recipes stay private. ADD FAMILY RECIPES BY HAND Not every great recipe lives on a website. Use manual entry to type in grandma's secret recipe with ingredients, steps, and cook times. FEATURES • Extract recipes from any website with one tap • Share directly from Safari, Chrome, or any browser • Full-screen cooking mode with swipe navigation • Text-to-speech with natural iOS voices • Auto-speak mode for truly hands-free cooking • Adjust servings — all quantities scale instantly • Search your recipe library • Favorite your best recipes • Dark mode support • Works on iPhone and iPad • No account required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Simmer at weekly against Simmer It's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simmer It ships an update every 3 months, Simmer weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simmer It | Simmer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Sidwell | Parent-AI LLC |
In-app purchases
Simmer It
No in-app purchases
Simmer
No in-app purchases








