CookDrawer vs Recipe Scrap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
CookDrawer
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Turn recipes from social posts, websites, and paper into your own recipe collection, with ingredients and steps together. CookDrawer helps you import, edit, and organize recipes, then turn ingredients into shopping lists. Keep family favorites and new discoveries ready for the next time you cook. IMPORT RECIPES YOU FIND Create editable recipes from public Instagram and TikTok captions, YouTube descriptions, and compatible webpages. You can also paste text or recognize recipe text with the camera, an image, or a screenshot. REVIEW AND MAKE IT YOURS Preview ingredients and directions before saving. When you import a single recipe, choose Save and edit to adjust its ingredients, steps, and notes right away. FIND RECIPES WITH TAGS AND SEARCH Organize by quick meals, meal prep, favorites, and more. Search your collection and choose a list or grid view. TURN INGREDIENTS INTO SHOPPING LISTS Review the destination list and ingredient count before adding. Create a new list or add everyday shopping items by hand. BACK UP TO ICLOUD DRIVE Back up and restore recipes, tags, and shopping lists. Image files themselves are not included in backups. FREE FEATURES AND IMPORT ALLOWANCES Manually adding, viewing, and editing recipes, organizing with tags, and using shopping lists are free. Eligible devices can try 3 imports as a one-time offer. Registering again or reinstalling the app does not grant another trial on the same device. Camera, image, and screenshot text recognition is free. Creating a recipe from recognized text uses your import allowance. OPTIONAL PURCHASES โข Monthly Plus An automatically renewing subscription with 50 imports each month while active, plus all Plus features. Your first purchase permanently unlocks Plus features, which remain available after the subscription ends. The monthly import allowance ends, but unused trial imports and purchased imports remain. โข Lifetime Plus features A one-time payment unlocks Plus features permanently, with no automatic renewal. This purchase does not add any imports. โข 10 extra imports Buy 10 imports when you need them, with no automatic renewal or expiration. Available to both free and Plus users. Connecting your account with Apple is required before purchasing. This purchase does not unlock Plus features. Plus features include serving-size adjustments (including steps of 0.5), CSV export, color customization, and keeping the screen awake while cooking. See the app for prices and purchase details. IMPORT NOTES Even public posts may be unavailable because of age verification or access restrictions. YouTube imports use the video description. If recipe text appears in a video or comment, try recognizing it from a screenshot. Review imported content and edit it as needed. Keep every recipe you want to cook again within easy reach.
Recipe Scrap
This app helps you save and organize recipes from online posts and videos. It extracts only the essential ingredients and steps, making cooking easier. Recipes are stored locally on your device.
- Save recipes from share button or URL
- Extracts only ingredients and steps
- Marks unclear amounts for review
- Search recipes by dish or ingredient
- Organize recipes into folders
- Kitchen mode with large text and step-by-step view
- Stores recipes locally on device
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You saved a great recipe, and now you can't find it. Recipe Scrap ends the "where was that recipe?" problem. The app is in Japanese only. Its screens, buttons and notifications are not translated. It works best with Japanese recipe posts. Share a post you found on social media or a recipe site, and Recipe Scrap removes the long intro and promotions, keeping only the ingredients and steps in a clean, fixed format. SAVE FROM THE SHARE BUTTON Open a post, tap Share and choose Recipe Scrap. The app opens automatically and starts importing. You can also paste a URL. ONLY INGREDIENTS AND STEPS Chatty intros, plugs for other posts and unrelated talk are removed, leaving just what you need to cook. NO GUESSED AMOUNTS If an amount is not written in the original post, the app does not make one up. Unclear parts are marked "check", with the reason shown. Open the original post or edit it yourself. SEARCH BY DISH OR INGREDIENT Search "chicken" and every recipe that uses chicken appears. Sort recipes into your own folders. BIG TEXT WHILE COOKING Kitchen mode shows one step at a time in large text and highlights the ingredients for that step. The screen stays on while you cook. TWO DISHES IN ONE POST A post with two dishes can be saved as two separate recipes, or you can pick just one. YOUR RECIPES STAY ON YOUR DEVICE Saved recipes are stored only on your iPhone. No sign-up, no name or email needed. PRICING Import up to 10 recipes a month for free. Search, folders and kitchen mode are free for everything you save. Premium (monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription) raises the limit to 150 imports a month. The price is shown in the App Store before you buy. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://motytools.com/recipescrap/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://motytools.com/recipescrap/privacy/ NOTE Extracted content may differ from the original recipe. Always check the original before cooking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Recipe Scrap at weekly against CookDrawer's every 4 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. CookDrawer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Recipe Scrap sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CookDrawer ships an update every 4 weeks, Recipe Scrap weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CookDrawer | Recipe Scrap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | โ | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | โ | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 15.1 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Morikawa Tatsunosuke | SHUNSUKE KIMOTO |
In-app purchases
CookDrawer
- Plus Plan$1.991 Month
- Plus Permanent$0.99
Recipe Scrap
- ใใฌใใขใ ๏ผๆ้ก๏ผ$4.991 Month
- ใใฌใใขใ ๏ผๅนด้ก๏ผ$34.991 Year









