Comparison

Yakacook vs Snappy

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

Head to head
About

Yakacook

Digitize your cookbooks and cooking websites to easily find, organize, and modify recipes. Adjust ingredient portions, annotate without damaging books, and plan future meals with an integrated shopping list. Batch cook efficiently with multi-recipe support and timers.

Highlights
  • Digitize cookbooks via photo scanning
  • Adjust ingredient quantities for servings
  • Annotate recipes without altering books
  • Plan cooking sessions and sync shopping lists
  • Batch cooking with multi-recipe support
  • Share library and annotations across devices
Features
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Yakacook doesn’t replace your cookbooks — it helps you find them, index them, annotate them without scribbling, adjust portions… and gives you the best of both worlds: paper & digital! (And here, no sneaky subscription draining your bank account every month.) Haven’t you ever thought: - “I’ve made this before, but there’s no way I can find the recipe again among all my cookbooks!” - “I own so many beautiful cookbooks, but in the end I don’t even know what’s inside them.” - “What could I cook with what I have?” - [At the supermarket] “Wait… what ingredients did I need for this dish again?” … Then discover your ideal kitchen companion: a custom mega-index of all your cookbooks and cooking websites, designed to make your life easier before and during your cooking sessions. With Yakacook, find your favorite recipes by name, ingredients, affinities, and more. Create your own collections and organize your upcoming cooking sessions. - Scan recipe pages (or websites) simply by taking a photo. Digitize your cookbooks and find them visually identical in the app, so you always know what the book containing a recipe looks like. - Adjust quantities by number of servings — all ingredients update automatically. - Annotate and personalize recipes without damaging your beautiful books. Perfect for making sure you buy the right quantities at the store (no one carries their whole cookbook library around… except you, thanks to Yakacook). - Plan future cooking sessions. Fill your calendar, sync it with your shopping list, and on the big day… Ya-Ka-Cook! - Manage your shopping list, automatically generated from selected recipes and optionally enriched with extra items. Share it with your roommate or partner, whether they use an iPhone or not. - Find the exact book on your shelf by scanning it with your camera — the app will point it out for you. Cook more efficiently with a clean, synthetic view packed with practical tools — the perfect companion to your cookbook (or your favorite cooking website). - Batch cook effortlessly. During a cooking session, swipe from one recipe to another, manage multiple timers at once, or add new recipes on the fly. - Share your library and all your annotations across multiple users or devices. So now… Ya-Ka-Cook*! * All you have to do is cook

About

Snappy

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How many times have you saved an amazing recipe video on TikTok or Instagram, only to never find it again? Or found it annoying to pause and rewind a video a hundred times while your hands are covered in flour? Welcome to Snappy, your new AI-powered kitchen assistant. Snappy is the ultimate tool for food lovers, busy families, and meal prep fans. Our Artificial Intelligence magically extracts ingredients and step-by-step instructions from any social media video, turning it into a clean, easy-to-read, and ready-to-cook digital recipe. MAIN FEATURES: AI Magic Importer Share any link from TikTok, Instagram (Reels), YouTube, or Facebook directly to the app. In seconds, Snappy’s AI will read the video and generate the title, exact ingredient measurements, and step-by-step instructions. Say goodbye to manual typing! Smart Grocery Lists Add ingredients from your saved recipes directly to your grocery list with a single tap. View your list grouped by general categories or broken down by recipe to make your grocery shopping fast, budget-friendly, and foolproof. Weekly Meal Planner Organize your week without the stress. Assign your saved recipes to specific days in a visual and intuitive interface. Perfect for maintaining a structured diet and reducing food waste. Recipe Folders & Organization The end of the "saved items" chaos. Create custom folders like "Quick Dinners", "Desserts", "Keto", or "High Protein". Keep your entire personal cookbook organized and find any dish instantly with our powerful built-in search. 100% Tailored Experience Set up Snappy to fit your lifestyle. Choose your diet, cooking skill level, and preferred measurement system so the app adapts perfectly to you. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION A subscription is required to use Snappy. It includes: • Unlimited AI recipe imports. • Unlimited custom folders. • Meal planning. Download Snappy today and transform the way you discover, save, and cook your favorite recipes forever! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Yakacook4 screens
Snappy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Snappy at none against Yakacook's shown. Snappy also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Yakacook sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Snappy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yakacook ships an update monthly, Snappy every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Yakacook versus Snappy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYakacookSnappy
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuillaume PelouasSebastian Osorio Carrasquilla

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Yakacook

One-time10
  • Scan Pack 30$0.99
  • Scan Pack 100$1.99
  • Unlock + 30 Scans$4.99
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  • Unlock + 100 Scans$6.99
  • Scan Pack 500$8.99
  • Unlock + 500 Scans$12.99
  • Scan Pack 2000$22.99
  • Unlock + 2000 Scans$24.99
  • Unlock + 10 000 Scans$69.99
  • Scan Pack 10 000$69.99
3 purchases

Snappy

Subscriptions3
  • Snappy Premium Week$9.997 Days
  • Snappy Premium Offer$29.991 Year
  • Snappy Premium Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Yakacook free?
Yakacook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snappy free?
Snappy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Yakacook or Snappy have ads?
Yakacook shows ads; Snappy does not.
Which is updated more often, Yakacook or Snappy?
Yakacook ships an update monthly, and Snappy every 10 days. Most recently, Yakacook was updated on October 11, 2026 and Snappy on October 18, 2026.

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