CookSync vs Cooking Time Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CookSync
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Track pasta, rice and oven dishes with separate cooking timers in one clear view. CookSync helps you follow several dishes while you prepare the rest of your meal. CHOOSE A DISH OR SET YOUR OWN TIME Browse 34 dishes and 102 cooking presets across seven categories. Pick a cooking method, adjust the duration, or name a quick timer and set hours, minutes and seconds. SEE WHAT IS COOKING Track multiple countdowns, pause and resume each timer, and remove timers you no longer need. Live Activities show the countdown on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island on supported devices. MADE FOR YOUR KITCHEN Search dishes, filter categories and use light or dark appearance. On iPad, the catalog and timers can appear side by side. The interface supports 10 languages, including Ukrainian. ALERTS AND AVAILABILITY On iOS 26 or later, allow system alarms for locked-screen alerts. Earlier systems use notifications, which follow your sound and Focus settings. Live Activities require iOS 16.2 or later, or iPadOS 17 or later, on compatible devices. Preset times are a guide. Adjust them to your ingredients and check your food before serving. No account required.
Cooking Time Planner
This app helps you plan meals with multiple dishes, ensuring everything finishes cooking at the same time. It generates a smart timeline and sends reminders for when to start each dish, reducing kitchen stress.
- Smart cooking timeline generation
- Start-time reminders for each dish
- Support for multi-step dishes
- Save and reuse meal combinations
- Intuitive design with dark mode
- Privacy-focused with no account required
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Stop guessing when to start each dish! Cooking Time builds a smart timeline so everything finishes together. Cooking a meal with multiple dishes is stressful: - One dish finishes too early - Another isn’t ready yet - Mental math while cooking Cooking Time fixes that. How it works 1. Set your target finish time 2. Add dishes and cooking times. Optionally you can break each dish into multiple steps for precise timing. 3. Get phone reminders when it’s time to start each dish Why you’ll love it - Everything finishes at the same time - No more mental math - Less stress in the kitchen Key features Smart cooking timeline: Automatically schedules dishes to finish together Start-time reminders: Alerts exactly when each dish should begin Multi-step dishes: Break recipes into stages for precise timing Saved meals: Reuse your favorite dinner combinations Clean, intuitive design: Dark mode, haptics, easy-to-read timeline Real example Dinner at 5:00 PM: Turkey: 3h → start 2:00 PM Potatoes: 45m → start 4:15 PM Green beans: 20m → start 4:40 PM Rolls: 15m → start 4:45 PM Everything finishes at 5:00 PM. No stress, no cold dishes. Privacy-first - No account required - No tracking - All data stays on your device Download Cooking Time today and enjoy perfectly timed meals every time!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CookSync at none against Cooking Time Planner's 1. Cooking Time Planner's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Cooking Time Planner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CookSync asks for nothing beyond the download.
CookSync ships an update every 5 months, Cooking Time Planner every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CookSync | Cooking Time Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maksym Kiryanov | Taylor Ballenger |
In-app purchases
CookSync
No in-app purchases
Cooking Time Planner
- Cooking Time Planner Pro$1.99
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