Comparison

Scratch Cooking vs Spoon

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

Head to head
About

Scratch Cooking

Discover and share recipes with friends in a social cooking community. Find personalized meal ideas, save your favorites, and connect with other food lovers. Customize your experience with dietary preferences and allergy tracking.

Highlights
  • Personalized recipe feed
  • Recipe sharing with photos
  • Follow favorite cooks
  • Smart search with filters
  • Personal recipe box
  • Dietary preference tracking
  • Social interactions
Features
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Scratch is the social cooking app that connects you and your friends with amazing recipes. Discover new recipes, share your creations, and build a community around the food you love. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVORITE MEAL Browse a personalized feed of recipes from cooks around the world. From quick weeknight dinners to impressive weekend projects, find exactly what you're craving. SHARE YOUR RECIPES Turn your kitchen creations into beautiful recipes with photos. Share your family favorites, original creations, or your special take on classic dishes. CONNECT WITH FOOD LOVERS Follow your favorite cooks and food creators. Build a community of people who share your passion for cooking. SEARCH SMARTER Find recipes by ingredient, cuisine, or dietary needs. Looking for gluten-free Italian? Vegan desserts? Quick 30-minute meals? We've got you covered. YOUR PERSONAL RECIPE BOX Save recipes you want to try later. Build your collection and never lose that amazing dish you found. COOK YOUR WAY Set your dietary preferences and allergies once, and we'll help you find recipes that work for you. Features: - Personalized recipe feed - Beautiful recipe sharing with photos - Follow your favorite cooks - Smart search with filters - Personal recipe box - Dietary preference tracking - Social interactions (comments, shares) Download Scratch today and start cooking with friends

About

Spoon

Organize your saved recipes from various online sources and physical cards. Plan your weekly meals and automatically generate a grocery list to reduce food waste and save money.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from social media and websites
  • Scan and digitize handwritten recipes
  • Organize recipes into custom collections
  • Weekly meal planning
  • Automatic grocery list generation
  • Reduce food waste
  • Save money on groceries
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You see a gorgeous pasta recipe on Instagram. You screenshot it. You screenshot another one from TikTok. Then a YouTube video. Three weeks later you have 47 recipe screenshots buried somewhere between memes and blurry concert photos — and you're still ordering takeout. Meet Spoon. The recipe app that actually makes home cooking happen — because wanting to cook and actually doing it are two very different things. ► WHAT REAL COOKS ARE SAYING ◄ "I scanned my grandma's handwritten recipe cards and honestly cried a little. They're all in Spoon now, safe forever. She would have loved this." - Jordan "I used to panic at 5pm every night asking 'what's for dinner?' Now I plan my whole week on Sunday and just... cook it. My family thinks I became a different person." - Priya "I was throwing out groceries every single week. Now I plan my meals, Spoon builds my list, and I buy exactly what I need. I'm saving $200 a month without even trying." - Aaliyah "Made a recipe book called 'Date Night Dinners.' My partner thinks I'm incredibly organized. The secret is Spoon." - Sophie ► WHY SPOON WORKS ◄ ◆ Actually cook the recipes you've been saving for months ◆ Stop losing your best finds in a sea of screenshots ◆ Eat better without spending hours planning ◆ Spend less at the grocery store, waste nothing ◆ Keep family recipes safe — forever ► FEATURES ◄ Import Recipes From Anywhere You're watching a TikTok and the food looks incredible. Don't screenshot it — import it. Spoon grabs recipes directly from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Pinterest in seconds. Found something on a recipe blog? Paste the link. Have a printed cookbook or Grandma's handwritten index card? Scan it or snap a photo and Spoon extracts every ingredient and step automatically. Never Lose a Recipe Again — Recipe Books One book for "Grandma's Sunday Desserts" filled with her Molten Chocolate Lava Cake and Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake. Another for "Quick Weeknight Dinners" with your go-to Crispy Chicken Tacos and Shin Ramen. Build collections around any theme, occasion, or craving — your recipes, organized exactly how your brain works. Plan Your Entire Week in Minutes No more standing in front of the fridge at 6pm. Open Spoon on Sunday, assign your saved recipes to breakfast, lunch, and dinner slots for each day, and your whole week is decided. That's the last time you'll ever ask "what's for dinner?" Your Grocery List Writes Itself Your meal plan becomes your shopping list automatically. Every ingredient from every recipe, organized by aisle — Produce, Dairy & Eggs, Meat & Seafood, Pantry, and more — so you move through the store in one clean sweep. Check items off as you go. Watch the list disappear. Private & Safe Your recipes and data are yours. We keep everything secure and never sell your information to anyone. *All features described above require a paid subscription* ► CONTACT US ◄ Questions? Recipe disasters to share? spoon@threesixlabs.org ► TERMS, PRIVACY & CONDITIONS ◄ https://getspoon.app/terms https://getspoon.app/privacy https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Scratch Cooking4 screens
Spoon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scratch Cooking at none against Spoon's 7. Scratch Cooking also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Spoon's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days). On price, rating, 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. Spoon sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Scratch Cooking asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Scratch Cooking against 5.0 for Spoon. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratch Cooking has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scratch Cooking ships an update every 11 days, Spoon every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Scratch Cooking versus Spoon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScratch CookingSpoon
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB73 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperScratch App, LLCThreeSix Labs, Inc.

Customer experience

Scratch Cooking

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Spoon

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scratch Cooking

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Spoon

Subscriptions7
  • Spoon Pro$3.991 Month
  • Spoon Pro - Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Spoon Pro - 3 Day Trial1 Month trial$19.991 Year
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  • Spoon Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Spoon Pro$19.991 Year
  • Spoon Pro - 3 Day Trial3 Days trial$19.993 Months
  • Spoon Pro - 1 Month Trial1 Month trial$19.993 Months

Questions

Is Scratch Cooking free?
Scratch Cooking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spoon free?
Spoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scratch Cooking or Spoon?
Scratch Cooking and Spoon are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Scratch Cooking or Spoon have ads?
Spoon shows ads; Scratch Cooking does not.
Which is updated more often, Scratch Cooking or Spoon?
Scratch Cooking ships an update every 11 days, and Spoon every 4 days. Most recently, Scratch Cooking was updated on October 30, 2026 and Spoon on November 5, 2026.

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