Comparison

Breaking Bread+ vs Recipola

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

Head to head
About

Breaking Bread+

Discover new recipes, share your own culinary creations, and connect with friends to explore their favorite dishes. Easily add ingredients to a grocery list for convenient shopping. Join a growing community of food enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Recipe discovery
  • Upload personal recipes
  • Connect with friends
  • Grocery list creation
  • Community sharing
Features
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Cooking made easy. Find your new favorite recipe, upload personal favorites, and connect with friends to try their recipes. Add ingredients to your grocery list to make your next trip to the store a breeze. Join this fast-growing community to see what others have been making!

About

Recipola

Features
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Recipola is not a recipe app. It's a global food-culture platform — one that turns cooking into a complete experience, dish by dish, table by table. Food is a language. We translate it — from Vietnam's pho to Peru's ceviche, from Lebanon's kibbeh to Sweden's kanelbullar — authentic recipes from 40+ countries, presented the way locals would set the table. WHAT MAKES RECIPOLA DIFFERENT • Full tables, not single dishes — every cuisine comes with its main course, side, and dessert already paired • AI-assisted cooking — turn what's in your kitchen into a recipe, or ask for substitutions on the fly • A living pantry — track what you have, get instant recipe matches • One shared shopping list — ingredients from every table you plan land automatically, organized and ready • A cooking journal — track what you've made, build your own culinary map of the world • Dietary filters — vegan and vegetarian options across every cuisine, done right Recipola is built for people who see cooking as exploration, not chore. The global standard for setting a table starts here.

Screenshots

Breaking Bread+4 screens
Recipola4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Breaking Bread+ at none against Recipola's shown. Recipola's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 9 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Breaking Bread+ ships an update every 9 days, Recipola daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Breaking Bread+ versus Recipola: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreaking Bread+Recipola
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB48 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperBraden HicksKadir KIRAN

In-app purchases

None

Breaking Bread+

No in-app purchases

None

Recipola

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Breaking Bread+ free?
Breaking Bread+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recipola free?
Recipola is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Breaking Bread+ or Recipola have ads?
Recipola shows ads; Breaking Bread+ does not.
Which is updated more often, Breaking Bread+ or Recipola?
Breaking Bread+ ships an update every 9 days, and Recipola daily. Most recently, Breaking Bread+ was updated on October 30, 2026 and Recipola on October 29, 2026.

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