Comparison

The Recipes App vs Spoonify

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

Head to head
About

The Recipes App

Features
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Create Recipes Your Way Collect and create recipes however you like: search the web, ask AI for inspiration, snap a photo, or dictate with your voice. The Recipes App even finds matching images automatically, so your recipes always look delicious. All Your Recipes in One Place Organize your personal recipe collection with ease. Keep private recipes just for yourself or make them public to share with friends and family. Smart Shopping Lists Turn recipes into shopping lists in seconds. Share them with your family, collaborate and it stays in sync with Apple’s Reminders app. Stay Organized & Flexible Group recipes and collaborate with friends and family Sync seamlessly across all your devices through our secure cloud backend Keep everything available offline when you need it most Your perfect recipe collection starts here.

About

Spoonify

This app allows users to create, organize, and share recipes in a digital cookbook. Discover new dishes from friends and creators, and follow recipes step-by-step with a dedicated cook mode. It offers a clean, photo-first experience for food lovers.

Highlights
  • Create recipes with photos and videos
  • Organize recipes into custom cookbooks
  • Step-by-step cook mode
  • Social feed for friends and creators
  • Discover trending recipes
  • Search recipes and creators
Features
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Spoonify is a social recipe app for people who love to cook and discover new dishes. Create beautiful recipes, organize them into personal cookbooks, and share them with friends or followers. From Grandma’s lasagna to your latest sourdough, Spoonify turns cooking into something you can capture, share, and come back to. WHY YOU'LL LOVE SPOONIFY NO ADS OR AI No ads. No AI training on your recipes. Just cooking. BUILD YOUR DIGITAL COOKBOOK Capture every recipe you make — ingredients, steps, photos, and videos — in one beautifully designed place. Organize everything into custom cookbooks like "Weeknight Dinners", "Mum's Classics", or "Sunday Baking". Paste a recipe from anywhere to pull in ingredients and steps automatically. FOLLOW FRIENDS & CREATORS See what your friends and the chefs you follow are cooking in a live activity feed. Like and save their recipes, or send a friend request to share cookbooks privately. DISCOVER NEW RECIPES Explore trending dishes, fresh picks, and creators picked for you. Browse curated cookbooks, find rising chefs, and search with filters for category, country, and tags until you find exactly what you're craving. SUPPORT THE CREATORS YOU LOVE Subscribe to your favorite chefs — monthly or with a one-time lifetime pass — to unlock subscriber-only recipes and cookbooks. BECOME A CREATOR Publish your own recipes and cookbooks, offer subscriber-only content, and track views, saves, and followers with built-in analytics. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED FOR FOOD A clean, photo-first experience built specifically for recipes — not adapted from a generic social feed. PERFECT FOR - Home cooks who want all their recipes in one place - Friends who love sharing meal ideas - Food creators building an audience - Anyone tired of scrolling through long blog posts to find a recipe FEATURES AT A GLANCE - Create recipes with photos, step photos and videos, ingredients, and instructions - Link featured videos from TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube - Paste a recipe to import ingredients and steps - Organize recipes into custom cookbooks with privacy controls - Save and like recipes and cookbooks - Activity feed from friends and people you follow - Explore trending dishes, fresh picks, and personalized recommendations - Search recipes and creators with category, country, and tag filters - Add friends, follow chefs, and manage requests - Subscribe to creators with monthly or lifetime access - Push and in-app notifications for activity and updates

Screenshots

The Recipes App4 screens
Spoonify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spoonify at none against The Recipes App's 2. Spoonify also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. The Recipes App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Spoonify asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Recipes App ships an update every 6 weeks, Spoonify every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
The Recipes App versus Spoonify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Recipes AppSpoonify
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB72 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMELANIE RITA DR., NAGELCallie Braithwaite

In-app purchases

2 purchases

The Recipes App

Subscriptions2
  • Recipes Pro$0.991 Month
  • Recipes Pro$5.991 Year
None

Spoonify

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Recipes App free?
The Recipes App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spoonify free?
Spoonify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Recipes App or Spoonify have ads?
Neither The Recipes App nor Spoonify shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Recipes App or Spoonify?
The Recipes App ships an update every 6 weeks, and Spoonify every 2 days. Most recently, The Recipes App was updated on October 5, 2026 and Spoonify on October 10, 2026.

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