CookZone vs Open Plate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CookZone
Effortlessly collect recipes from any source, including cookbooks, websites, and videos. Organize your collection with smart tags, plan meals, generate grocery lists, and cook with step-by-step guidance. Features AI assistance for recipe modifications and translations.
- Scan cookbooks and import recipes
- Save recipes from websites and social media
- AI-powered recipe transcription
- Organize with collections and tags
- Weekly meal planner and grocery list generator
- Step-by-step cook mode
- Recipe translation and AI assistance
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Scan a cookbook page or save a link, and CookZone turns it into a clean, editable recipe. It is the recipe organizer for everything you cook from: printed cookbooks and magazines, recipe websites, blogs, PDFs, photos, and the recipes you find on Instagram or YouTube. The AI reads the ingredients, steps, times and servings for you. No typing. GET RECIPES IN FROM ANYWHERE • Scan cookbooks: photograph a page with the built-in scanner; several pages become one recipe. • Save from the web: paste or share a link from any recipe website, including sites that block other apps. • Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Pinterest with the share button. Videos are transcribed, so the recipe from the clip lands in your collection as text. • Import photos and PDFs from your library, paste plain text, or type a recipe yourself. YOUR RECIPE COLLECTION, ORGANIZED • Collections and tags: cuisine, meal and diet tags are added automatically; add your own. • Search by title, tag or ingredient, offline too. • Rate your recipes, add notes, link a sauce to its main dish. • Nutrition on tap: calories, protein, fat and carbs estimated for any recipe. • Translate recipes into 15 languages. • Ask the AI kitchen assistant for a swap, a vegetarian version or a different pan size. MEAL PLANNER & GROCERY LIST • Weekly meal planner: drag recipes between days, with breakfast, lunch and dinner. • Turn the week into a grocery list in one tap, scaled to your servings. • The shopping list sorts itself by aisle and works offline. • Share a list with your family or roommates and check things off together. COOK MODE • Step-by-step cooking with the ingredients for each step right there. • Run several timers at once; they keep ringing even on silent. • Change the servings and every amount is recalculated. • The screen stays on while you cook. EVERYWHERE YOU COOK • Phone, tablet and web at my.cookzone.app, always in sync. Scanning and social imports happen on your phone. • Share any recipe with a link; no account needed to read it. • 16 languages, dark mode, and your recipes readable offline. Free to try: every new account starts with 100 recipe imports. CookZone Pro adds a monthly import allowance and more AI credits. Questions or ideas? support@cookzone.app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Open Plate
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Open Plate is your personal food diary. Discover restaurants through tips from friends you trust, log your visits, share favorites, and never forget what you ate. Taste everything, forget nothing. Features: - Log restaurant visits and homemade meals - Share favorites with friends - Discover new places through your network - Save and revisit your food memories - Personal food diary with photos and notes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Open Plate at none against CookZone's 3. CookZone's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence 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. CookZone sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Open Plate asks for nothing beyond the download.
CookZone ships an update every 4 days, Open Plate every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CookZone | Open Plate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EichGnomies GmbH & Co. KG | Rick Spooren |
In-app purchases
CookZone
- Monthly subscription$3.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
- Lifelong Access$59.99
Open Plate
No in-app purchases









