Recipe Box by WeeChef vs KitchenKeepsake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recipe Box by WeeChef
Easily scan, save, and organize recipes from any source, including handwritten cards and websites. The app uses AI to extract details and allows you to create custom recipe books and plan meals.
- Scan recipes from various sources
- AI recipe data extraction
- Organize into custom recipe books
- Meal planning functionality
- Handwritten recipe card support
- Fast search and clean design
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Never lose Mom's handwritten recipe cards again. WeeChef reads them, plus your screenshots, cookbook pages, and photos, and turns them into one searchable cookbook. Scan and import unlimited recipes, free forever. No paywall, no import limits. SCAN ANY RECIPE Capture recipes from: - Handwritten recipe cards - Cookbook pages - Printed recipes - Websites and recipe blogs - Instagram Reels - Screenshots of recipes from TikTok & Pinterest - Photos Now scan multi-page recipes too. Cookbook spreads, long recipes, or both sides of a handwritten card get combined into one complete recipe. WeeChef automatically pulls out the ingredients, instructions, cooking times, and servings. No typing required. BUILD YOUR RECIPE BOOKS Organize recipes into beautiful Recipe Books for every cuisine, occasion, or family tradition. Search instantly, browse easily, and keep everything exactly where you want it. You can also share a Recipe Book with family, so everyone can add, save, and cook from the same collection. PLAN YOUR WEEK Drop recipes into any day of the week and build your whole weekly plan from your own collection. See everything at a glance, Sunday through Saturday. COOK HANDS-FREE Follow any recipe in Cooking Mode. Your screen stays awake, so you're not tapping with messy hands while you cook. WHY YOU'LL LOVE WEECHEF - Scan and import unlimited recipes, free forever, no paywall, no import limits - Import recipes directly from Instagram Reels - Reads handwritten recipe cards other apps can't - Save from screenshots, cards, cookbooks, and the web - Scan multi-page recipes and double-sided cards into one - Organize into beautiful Recipe Books - Plan your week day by day, Sunday through Saturday - Cook hands-free with a screen that stays awake - Every ingredient and step, saved automatically Never lose another recipe again. Download free and actually keep it!
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 in-app purchases: Recipe Box by WeeChef at none against KitchenKeepsake's 1. Recipe Box by WeeChef also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (17 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. KitchenKeepsake sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Recipe Box by WeeChef asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Recipe Box by WeeChef against 5.0 for KitchenKeepsake. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recipe Box by WeeChef has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Recipe Box by WeeChef ships an update every 4 days, KitchenKeepsake every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recipe Box by WeeChef | KitchenKeepsake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tan Su | GEORGE HENRY REMY |
Customer experience
Recipe Box by WeeChef
KitchenKeepsake
In-app purchases
Recipe Box by WeeChef
No in-app purchases
KitchenKeepsake
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