Comparison

Receptly vs Aptit

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

Head to head
About

Receptly

Easily import and organize all your recipes from websites, social media, photos, or handwritten notes. Create smart shopping lists and share recipes instantly. Stop losing recipes and start cooking smarter with a clean, searchable collection.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from websites and social media
  • Organize recipes from photos and handwritten notes
  • Create structured, searchable recipes
  • Generate smart shopping lists
  • Share recipes and shopping lists
  • Build a personal recipe collection
Features
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All your recipes in one place. Receptly lets you import recipes from websites, TikTok, Instagram, photos or your camera in seconds. No more screenshots. No more messy bookmarks. Just clean, structured recipes ready to cook. Whether you discover a new dinner idea online or want to save a handwritten family recipe, Receptly turns it into a clear, organized format automatically. Ingredients are structured, steps are easy to follow, and everything is searchable. Create smart shopping lists from your recipes and share them instantly with family or friends. You can also share full recipes in seconds, making it easy to cook together or pass on your favorites. Keep everything organized, edit recipes your way, and build your own personal recipe collection that’s always easy to find. Stop losing recipes. Start cooking smarter. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Aptit

Features
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Aptit helps you plan the week's meals in minutes. Import recipes from a link or snap them straight out of a cookbook — Aptit structures them for you. Then share the household's recipes, weekly plan and shopping list in real time. COLLECT ALL YOUR RECIPES Paste a link, type out a recipe or take a photo from a cookbook or magazine. Aptit turns it into a clean recipe with ingredients, steps and servings — ready to cook. PLAN THE WHOLE WEEK Lay out breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, Monday through Sunday. Fill the week in one go with suggestions for favorites and things you haven't had in a while, or repeat last week. Choose how many you're cooking for and move meals when plans change. YOU CHOOSE WHAT GETS BOUGHT Check off the planned meals you're actually going to cook, and Aptit puts the ingredients on the shopping list — sorted by aisle. Nothing lands on the list unless you chose it, and the staples you always have stay off it. At the store, store mode gives you big rows, and the list works even offline. The whole household sees the same list at the same time. COOK AT THE STOVE Cook Mode shows one step at a time in large text, with the amounts right in the steps. Start the timer and it rings like an alarm, even when your phone is locked. COOK TOGETHER Invite up to five people to a household. You share recipes, the weekly plan and the shopping list in real time. One person plans dinner, another shops — without a single text back and forth. WHAT'S IN THE FRIDGE? Type in what you've got at home and get recipe ideas for what to cook. No more "there's nothing to eat" fifteen minutes before dinner. RECIPE BOOKS Start with Everyday Recipes from Aptit — simple dinners for the whole week. Then collect your favorites in your own recipe books — weeknight dinners, Friday favorites, baking — and share them with the household. REMINDERS WHEN YOU NEED THEM Aptit nudges you to plan the week, reminds you on shopping day and lets you know when it's time to cook. Never too many, never spammy. Aptit is built in Sweden — and right at home in American kitchens. Cups, ounces and °F included. Whet your appetite. SUBSCRIPTION Aptit Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. By subscribing you agree to Apple's Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ and Aptit's Privacy Policy: https://olleakerman.github.io/aptit-web/en/privacy/

Screenshots

Receptly4 screens
Aptit4 screens

Verdict

The call

Receptly and Aptit are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Receptly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Aptit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Receptly ships an update every 3 days, Aptit every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Receptly versus Aptit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReceptlyAptit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristoffer NihlenOLLE NILS ERIK AKERMAN

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Receptly

Subscriptions2
  • Recept Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Recept Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Receptly pro lifetime$79.99
2 purchases

Aptit

Subscriptions2
  • Aptit Pro14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Aptit Pro$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Receptly free?
Receptly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aptit free?
Aptit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Receptly or Aptit have ads?
Neither Receptly nor Aptit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Receptly or Aptit?
Receptly ships an update every 3 days, and Aptit every 4 days. Most recently, Receptly was updated on October 25, 2026 and Aptit on October 25, 2026.

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