BiteBook vs Dead Simple Cookbook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BiteBook
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BiteBook — your personal cookbook Collect all your favourite recipes in one place! BiteBook is designed for those who appreciate the convenience and warmth of homemade cookbooks. Keep your notes just like our mothers and grandmothers did, but with modern convenience. What BiteBook can do: - Convenient storage of recipes by category - A ‘Favourites’ section for your most cherished and tried-and-tested dishes - Addition of ingredients to your shopping list - Quick search for the recipe you need - Achievements for growing your recipe collection - Beautiful and simple interface without unnecessary clutter Now your favourite dishes are always at your fingertips — from grandma's apple pie to your signature dessert. Create your own unique recipe collection with BiteBook!
Dead Simple Cookbook
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A minimalistic iOS app to manage your personal recipes. No ads, no fuss. Just cooking. ORGANIZE Create, organize, and store your recipes—simple as that. Add ingredients, cooking instructions, categorize and/or tag by e.g. meal type, and search through everything instantly. COOK Set serving sizes and scale ingredients up or down with a tap. Bookmark the recipes you need for tonight and keep them within reach while you cook. IMPORT Select a JSON file with your recipes and the app handles the rest. There's a template you can export to see the exact format. You can also use Apple Shortcuts to import recipes programmatically from images or websites! SHARE & EXPORT Tap the share button on any recipe and send it via AirDrop, Messages, Mail—whatever works. Recipients with the app can import it directly. Or export your entire collection as a JSON file and import it back in whenever needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dead Simple Cookbook at weekly against BiteBook's every 3 months. BiteBook's advantage is iOS requirement (17 vs 26.1). 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.
BiteBook ships an update every 3 months, Dead Simple Cookbook weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BiteBook | Dead Simple Cookbook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anastasiia Malinina | Jacob Stahl |
In-app purchases
BiteBook
No in-app purchases
Dead Simple Cookbook
No in-app purchases
Questions
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