Comparison

CookDiary vs Batch Recipe Box

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CookDiary

Log and track every dish you cook with photos, notes, and ratings. Build a personal cookbook, import recipes, and visualize your cooking progress over time. Get friendly feedback on your creations.

Highlights
  • Log dishes with photos and notes
  • Rate cooking attempts
  • Build a personal cookbook
  • Import recipes from websites
  • Track cooking improvement
  • Visualize cooking history
  • AI feedback on dishes
Features
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YOUR COOKING DIARY Every cook deserves a record. Log any dish in seconds — just a name and a photo is enough. Add notes, rate your attempt, and build a diary of every meal you've ever made. The tweaks that worked. The versions you'll make again. The ones you're still figuring out. All of it, yours forever. WATCH YOURSELF IMPROVE CookDiary tracks every attempt at every dish. See your proficiency grow with each cook, compare your first attempt to your best, and understand exactly what changed. Your cooking history tells a story — CookDiary makes sure you can read it. YOUR PERSONAL COOKBOOK Every recipe you've tried, saved, and made your own lives here. Write recipes from scratch, or import from TikTok, Instagram, or any website. Your cookbook builds itself one cook at a time. CRUMBIE — YOUR COOKING COMPANION Upload a photo of your finished dish and get honest, friendly feedback from Crumbie. What worked, what could be better, and what to try next — like a sous-chef who's always on your side. YOUR COOKING YEAR See your entire cooking history mapped out. Every dish, every week, every streak. Tap any day to see exactly what you made. Watch your cooking life take shape over time. NEVER FORGET A GREAT MEAL That pasta you accidentally nailed. The brownies everyone asked for. The version that finally worked. CookDiary exists for those moments — the ones worth remembering Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Batch Recipe Box

Easily save recipes from any source, including social media and text messages. Organize your cooking with a hands-free cook mode, integrated grocery lists, and a weekly meal planner. Share recipes as vintage cards or collaborate with family.

Highlights
  • Save recipes from any source
  • Hands-free cook mode
  • Automatic grocery list generation
  • Weekly meal planning calendar
  • Shareable vintage recipe cards
  • Family sharing and collaboration
Features
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Description Batch is a recipe box built for how people actually cook today pulled from TikTok, Instagram, a friend's text, or your own kitchen notes. SAVE ANY RECIPE Add a title, ingredients, and step-by-step instructions. Attach photos to the finished dish or to individual steps. Paste text you copied from anywhere and Batch automatically splits it into a clean ingredient or instruction list — no retyping bullet points by hand. COOK MODE Step through a recipe hands-free with large, easy-to-read steps, photos for each stage, and built-in timers. Batch notifies you the moment something's ready, even if your phone is locked. GROCERY LIST Pull ingredients straight from any saved recipe into one shopping list. Check items off as you shop, edit anything by hand, and clear the list when you're done. MEAL SCHEDULE Plan your week across an actual calendar view — pick recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, Monday through Sunday. SHARE A RECIPE Turn any recipe into a vintage-styled recipe card you can save, text to a friend, or print. FAMILY MODE Share your entire recipe box, grocery list, and meal calendar with up to 4 people, live — perfect for a household planning meals together. Everyone sees the same recipes and the same week, updated in real time. Prefer to keep things private? Solo Mode keeps everything on your device only, no account needed. Batch is free to use, in both modes.

Screenshots

CookDiary4 screens
Batch Recipe Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Batch Recipe Box at none against CookDiary's 3. Batch Recipe Box also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CookDiary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Batch Recipe Box asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CookDiary ships an update weekly, Batch Recipe Box every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CookDiary versus Batch Recipe Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCookDiaryBatch Recipe Box
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVolga TechnologyIAN JOSEPH CHIODO

Customer experience

CookDiary

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Batch Recipe Box

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CookDiary

Subscriptions3
  • Full Access (1 week)14 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • CookDiary Pro Access14 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • CookDiary Full Access14 Days trial$69.991 Year
None

Batch Recipe Box

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CookDiary free?
CookDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Batch Recipe Box free?
Batch Recipe Box is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CookDiary or Batch Recipe Box have ads?
Neither CookDiary nor Batch Recipe Box shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CookDiary or Batch Recipe Box?
CookDiary ships an update weekly, and Batch Recipe Box every 2 days. Most recently, CookDiary was updated on October 30, 2026 and Batch Recipe Box on October 31, 2026.

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