grug vs CookNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
grug
Receive a daily dose of simple, profound wisdom to help you navigate life's challenges. This app offers straightforward truths and accompanying artwork to inspire personal growth and contentment. It focuses on mindfulness and taking small steps each day.
- Daily wisdom sharing
- Accompanying artwork
- Home screen widget
- Customizable themes
- Light and dark modes
- No login or tracking
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grug know: big scary just many small rock wearing fur coat. every sunrise grug share one wisdom. help you break today rock into small piece. no fancy word. no complicated. just simple truth that work. **what grug do:** - share daily wisdom when sun rise - draw grug dream on wisdom - share with other grug - widget show wisdom on cave - grug work in light and dark cave or give grug shiny color grug not guru. grug just know: small step every day make mountain move. perfect never come. better start with broken stick today than wait for perfect stick tomorrow. wisdom come from real life. fear work love pain growth. grug speak simple but truth hit deep. like "fear just smoke. real but not solid.” and "wanting make poor. grateful make rich." each day different wisdom. truth waiting. grug help see: you already enough. just need pick up one small rock today. app simple like grug brain. open. read wisdom. maybe draw feeling. that all. no login. no cloud. no follow. just you and today truth. remember. tomorrow not here. only today real. grug help make today count. Terms of Service: https://ocho.so/terms Privacy Policy: https://ocho.so/privacy
CookNotes
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CookNotes is your kitchen helper for saving recipes from different sources, organizing them clearly, and actually cooking from them later. Save recipes from links, text, screenshots, and even handwritten notes, in whatever language they come in. Keep everything tidy with folders, subfolders, tags, and search. Adjust servings, manage pantry items, build grocery lists, and keep recipe details easy to use while cooking. CookNotes also supports richer recipe instructions with notes and media, built-in timers, and split view so you can keep recipes and planning side by side. You do not need an account to get started. You can keep your recipe collection, grocery lists, and pantry data local on your device. If you sign in later, your local data can sync with your account. We also want to be clear about pricing. Premium features currently include Smart Recipe Import, Recipe Translation, and Pantry Scan. These features require a CookNotes account and use credits per use. New accounts receive 10 free starter credits after email signup.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: grug at Free against CookNotes's $0.99. grug also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). CookNotes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0).
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
grug is free to download; CookNotes costs $0.99 up front. CookNotes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. grug asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | grug | CookNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 96.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ocho | Joy Ngen Jiaxi |
In-app purchases
grug
No in-app purchases
CookNotes
- 20 CookNotes Credits$1.99
- 50 CookNotes Credits$3.99
- 100 CookNotes Credits$7.99









