Comparison

Ohako vs MarkMao

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

Head to head
About

Ohako

Organize all your recipes in one digital cookbook. Easily add recipes by photo or URL, with AI assistance for analysis and translation. Create shopping lists, share with family, and track your cooking progress.

Highlights
  • AI recipe analysis from photos/URLs
  • Automatic recipe translation
  • Categorized shopping lists
  • Family recipe sharing
  • Cooking journey tracking
  • Weekly cooking reminders
  • Search by recipe or ingredient
Features
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"Where did I save that recipe?" โ€” never again. Collect scattered recipes into one place. Snap a photo, AI creates the recipe. Perfect your cooking with Ohako. No account needed to get started. Open the app and start recording recipes, running AI analysis, and building your shopping list right away. Sign up later when you want to publish, like, or share with family โ€” your recipes carry over seamlessly. โ–  Start Without an Account Recording, AI analysis, shopping list, and cooking logs work from the moment you open the app. Sign up later with email, Apple, or Google for community features โ€” every recipe stays with you. โ–  Record Recipes Beautifully - Add multiple photos per recipe - Manage ingredients and quantities at a glance - Organize ingredients with headers (e.g. "Seasonings," "Main Ingredients") - Record step-by-step cooking instructions - Track cooking time, servings, and tastiness (5-star rating) - Categorize with tags (Japanese, Western, Chinese, Main, Side, etc.) โ–  Easy Registration with AI Paste a URL or photo and AI analyzes the recipe automatically. Websites, recipe services, handwritten notes, and cookbook photos all work. Foreign recipes are translated automatically. โ–  Shopping List Add ingredients from any recipe with a single tap. Items are sorted into categories โ€” vegetables, meat, seafood, seasonings โ€” and identical items merge quantities automatically. Share the list with notes and source recipes included. โ–  Family Sharing Share recipes with your family or people you cook with. Create a family group with an invite code and share your favorite recipes privately. Check the latest cooking activity on the timeline. โ–  Cooking Journey Record photos and notes every time you cook the same dish, and look back from your first attempt to your latest. Review cards show your progress. โ–  Cook Mode Tap "Start Cooking" on a recipe to see each step one at a time in large text. The screen stays awake while you cook. On iPad, an ingredient checklist sits alongside the steps. โ–  Kitchen Report (Pro) Your cooking count, streaks, genre trends, monthly activity, and most-cooked recipes โ€” all in clean charts. Switch between this month, 3 months, 1 year, and all time. โ–  Weekly Reminder A gentle notification every Sunday at 8:30 PM to look back on this week's dishes. Build the habit of saving what you cooked. Toggle anytime in settings. โ–  Search by Recipe Name or Ingredient Search recipes not only by name but also by ingredient. Finds what you're looking for quickly and easily. โ–  Organize with Folders Classify and manage recipes by folder. Create your own categories like "Weekday Quick Meals" or "Party Dishes." โ–  Discover Your Signatures Mark dishes you've mastered as your "Signature." Your list of signature dishes grows naturally. Track how many times you've cooked with the "Made It!" button. โ–  Community Signatures Share your signature recipes and discover other users' dishes for inspiration. A New Recipes section highlights just-shared dishes, and likes you receive show on your recipe list. Copy any recipe and make it your own. โ–  Favorite Chefs Browse a user's profile to see all their signature dishes and add them to your Favorites for quick access. โ–  Like Rankings Popular recipes ranked by likes, in a cookbook-style layout: photos, ingredients, and steps. โ–  Made for iPad View list and details side by side in two panes. Organize with drag and drop, plus keyboard shortcuts and trackpad support. โ–  Multi-Language Support Available in Japanese, English, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified), following your device language. AI results appear in your language too. โ–  Pro Plan 10 photos per recipe, 100 AI analyses per month, Kitchen Report, recipe image export, unlimited family groups, and more. Choose between the monthly plan or the annual plan (~17% off, 2 months free). First-time users get a 2-week free trial. Terms of Use: https://legal.ohakomeshi.app/#terms Privacy Policy: https://legal.ohakomeshi.app/#privacy

About

MarkMao

Features
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MarkMao is not just a Markdown text box. It is built for writers, product makers, developers, and content creators who want to turn Markdown drafts into polished pieces that are ready to publish, share, and archive. Core workflow: - Write Markdown drafts in a focused editor - Preview the final article with 20 built-in visual themes - Add cover images, dates, signatures, and callouts with canvas overlays - Export as a long image, paginated images, or an HTML ZIP package - Sync the article library through iCloud Documents - Import historical notes from flomo ZIP files - Bring text and images in from other apps with the Share Extension - Use Home Screen widgets to start a draft or revisit writing memories MarkMao focuses on the full path from draft to published output. Keep the structure clean while writing, choose a visual theme while previewing, then finish the piece with canvas layout and export tools. Good for blog posts, newsletters, social long-form images, technical notes, product documentation, reading notes, travel writing, daily journals, and turning flomo fragments into structured articles. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ohako4 screens
MarkMao4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MarkMao at none against Ohako's 2. Ohako's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Ohako sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MarkMao asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ohako ships an update every 3 days, MarkMao every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Ohako versus MarkMao: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOhakoMarkMao
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 days โ€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFreemiumโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size77 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichiru SekiLi Wei

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ohako

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Plan14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Plan (Annual)14 Days trial$22.991 Year
None

MarkMao

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ohako free?
Ohako is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MarkMao free?
MarkMao is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ohako or MarkMao have ads?
Neither Ohako nor MarkMao shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ohako or MarkMao?
Ohako ships an update every 3 days, and MarkMao every 2 months. Most recently, Ohako was updated on November 9, 2026 and MarkMao on October 31, 2026.

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