Comparison

DoRecipe vs Kitchen Timer

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

Head to head
About

DoRecipe

This kitchen assistant helps you save recipes, plan meals, and cook along with step-by-step instructions. It features AI recipe import, hands-free navigation, and smart timers. Manage your shopping lists and cooking history all in one place.

Highlights
  • AI recipe import from links or photos
  • Hands-free, gesture-controlled cooking mode
  • Smart timers with Lock Screen integration
  • Calendar view for meal planning and shopping lists
  • Recipe filtering by preferences and dietary needs
  • iCloud sync across devices
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DoRecipe is your family kitchen assistant—from saving recipes and planning your day, to cooking along at the stove and reviewing what you made, all in one seamless flow. 【Companion Mode · Cook Along, Even With Greasy Hands】 • Card-based cooking: ingredient prep, step-by-step visuals, and a completion page—one card per screen, large and easy to read • Hands-free page turns: camera gesture recognition—wave left or right to flip pages • Smart timers: detects durations like “10 minutes” or “half an hour”—tap to start; supports Live Activity so you can see remaining time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Customize companion colors for a unique vibe every time you cook 【The Full Cooking Flow · Today at a Glance】 • Calendar view for to-cook items, shopping list, and cooking history • Shopping list, to-do schedule, servings, and cooking times • Apple Calendar sync: separate reminders for to-cook items and prep work—tap to open the app • Automatic reminders for cooking logs and prep tasks (thawing, marinating, and more) 【AI Import · No Manual Typing】 • Paste a recipe link—automatically fetch images and text, then AI parses the dish name, ingredients, and steps • Take or choose photos + add notes—OCR and one-tap recipe generation • Copy a link and get a prompt to import 【More Useful Tools】 • Recipe wheel to pick what to eat today • Filter by family member preferences and dietary restrictions • Tag filtering, to-do templates, and iCloud sync across devices • Optimized for iPad’s large screen Free users get full recipe management and core companion cooking features. Membership unlocks higher AI usage limits, automatic timer detection, calendar sync, custom companion colors, and more. DoRecipe — Collect · Plan · Cook Along · Record. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Kitchen Timer

Features
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Cooking three things at once while the oven clock tracks only one? KitchenTime is a kitchen timer built for real cooking: pasta, rice, tea and eggs counting down side by side, each with its own loud alarm. Most timer apps hand you a single countdown. KitchenTime hands you a board: up to 12 timers running at the same time, each with its own name, a big readable countdown and an alert that fires even when your phone is locked or the app is closed. WHAT YOU GET • Dinner where the pasta, the sauce and the roast veg all land together — up to 12 timers running side by side • A soft egg at exactly 6:00 from one tap — 10 kitchen presets covering pasta, rice, eggs, tea, steak rest and proofing dough • Your own “Roast chicken — 45 min” saved once, started in one tap every week after • An alarm that still rings with the screen off, the app closed, or even after your phone restarts • Start all and Pause all for the moment everything hits the stove at once • Countdown digits big enough to read from across the kitchen with wet hands PERFECT FOR • Home cooks juggling three pots and an oven • Parents lining up dinner, homework and bath time • Tea and coffee drinkers steeping more than one cup • Meal preppers batch-cooking a whole Sunday afternoon WHY NOT JUST THE CLOCK APP? The built-in timer runs one countdown and calls it “Timer”. When the rice, the eggs and the tea all need watching, one nameless countdown is how dinner burns. KitchenTime names every timer, runs them all at once, and tells you exactly which one just finished. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account, no sign-up, no tracking. Your timers and presets live on your phone and nowhere else. FULL ACCESS KitchenTime requires a Full Access purchase: an auto-renewing weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Full Access opens the entire app — up to 12 simultaneous timers, all 10 kitchen presets, custom timers up to 3 hours, and your own saved presets. Put a name and a countdown on everything you cook — get KitchenTime and run your first full board tonight. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

Screenshots

DoRecipe4 screens
Kitchen Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DoRecipe at every 9 days against Kitchen Timer's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DoRecipe sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Kitchen Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DoRecipe ships an update every 9 days, Kitchen Timer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
DoRecipe versus Kitchen Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoRecipeKitchen Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer飞洋 韩LEAN ASIA CO., LTD

In-app purchases

4 purchases

DoRecipe

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Membership1 Year trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • AI Fuel Pack (100)$0.99
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99
3 purchases

Kitchen Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Egg Boil Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Chef Presets Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tea Brew Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is DoRecipe free?
DoRecipe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kitchen Timer free?
Kitchen Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DoRecipe or Kitchen Timer have ads?
Neither DoRecipe nor Kitchen Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DoRecipe or Kitchen Timer?
DoRecipe ships an update every 9 days, and Kitchen Timer every 4 months. Most recently, DoRecipe was updated on October 25, 2026 and Kitchen Timer on October 31, 2026.

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