Butter vs SmartCook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Butter
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Butter is for people who work all day and still have to eat. You decide dinner once a week, shop once, and every night the app cooks with you so that no minute at the stove is wasted. PLAN THE WEEK IN TWO MINUTES Tell Butter how many people you cook for, how many nights, what you eat and what you never want to see, your budget, and where you shop. It plans five dinners as a set, sharing ingredients across the week on purpose, so the list stays short and nothing goes bad in the fridge. Cheap means chicken thighs, canned goods and frozen vegetables done well. No limit means the good cuts. Either way it is weeknight food, never a project. Portions follow who is home each night, children and guests included, with an extra one for tomorrow's lunchbox if you want it. Simple breakfasts can go on the list too. ONE SHOPPING LIST Quantities are added up across the week and grouped the way you walk the store. Check things off in the aisle. Swipe away what you already have. Cans, jars and packs are counted the way stores sell them, in metric or US units. COOK AS A HOUSEHOLD Share the week with the people you live with. Everyone sees tonight's dinner and the same shopping list, and whatever one of you checks off in the aisle is checked off on everyone's phone. No accounts to make: send a code and they type it in. COOK WITHOUT WAITING This is the part nobody else does. A Butter recipe is not a list to read. The app knows which steps need your hands and which are just timers, and it runs them together: rice simmers on one burner while it tells you to slice the chicken, and when a timer ends it tells you the one thing to do next. When there is nothing to do, it says so and lets you sit down. Every recipe shows honest numbers before you start: total time and time with your hands. Timers keep running when your phone is locked, with the next step and every countdown on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. A Tonight widget keeps the evening's dinner, and when to start it, on your home screen and lock screen. YOUR ROUTINE, NOT OURS The week starts whenever you plan it. A reminder nudges you on Sunday morning by default and moves to any day, or off. Nothing nags, nothing counts streaks. SWAP A NIGHT Plans change. Swap any dinner for three alternatives that reuse what you already bought, or mark a night as eating out. BUTTER+ Your first week is free, with the cooking screen, sharing and two swaps. Butter+ plans every week after that and lets you swap any night. One subscription covers everyone in your household. Monthly and yearly plans, no weekly billing. Recipes are generated for your settings and estimated calories and protein are shown per serving as estimates, not medical advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
SmartCook
Discover recipes based on the ingredients you have by taking a photo. Get step-by-step cooking instructions, create smart shopping lists, and personalize meal suggestions based on your preferences and dietary needs.
- Recipe generation by photo
- Step-by-step cooking mode with voice commands
- Smart shopping list with store section sorting
- Shared shopping lists with family
- Personalized taste profile (allergens, dislikes)
- Favorites and cooking history
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SmartCook подскажет, что приготовить из того, что есть дома. Напишите, какие продукты лежат в холодильнике, или сфотографируйте их — через минуту получите рецепты на ужин. ПРОСТЫЕ РЕЦЕПТЫ НА КАЖДЫЙ ДЕНЬ. Больше 1000 проверенных рецептов с фото: ужины и завтраки, быстрые блюда, в духовке и на сковороде, ПП. Ищите по продуктам и уточняйте фильтрами. Всё из того, что продаётся в обычном магазине. «ЧТО НА УЖИН?» В 17:30 SmartCook напомнит про ужин и предложит идеи из ваших продуктов. Напоминание включается и выключается в профиле. ХОЛОДИЛЬНИК. Отмечайте, что есть дома, — рецепты подберутся из этих продуктов, а недостающее одним касанием уйдёт в покупки. МЕНЮ НА НЕДЕЛЮ. Распланируйте завтраки, обеды и ужины на неделю с учётом того, сколько вас за столом. Список покупок соберётся ровно под меню. СПИСОК ПОКУПОК. Общий список для всей семьи: продукты раскладываются по отделам магазина, список можно отправить ссылкой — у получателя он откроется в приложении. ИЗБРАННОЕ. Сохраняйте понравившиеся рецепты, чтобы вернуться к ним в один тап. СООБЩЕСТВО. Приготовили — покажите. Выкладывайте фото своих блюд, ставьте лайки, пишите комментарии и подписывайтесь на тех, кто готовит вкусно. Каждую публикацию и каждый комментарий проверяет модератор, на любое блюдо или автора можно пожаловаться, а неприятного автора — заблокировать. ГОТОВЬТЕ УДОБНО. Порции пересчитываются сами, видны время и калории. В режиме готовки шаги крупно, а телефон читает рецепт вслух — руки свободны. Рецепты написаны простым языком, шаг за шагом — как рассказала бы мама. Рецепты составлены с помощью ИИ и проверены, но перед приготовлением сверяйте состав с аллергиями. Поддержка: smartcook.dev@inbox.ru — отвечаем в течение 24 часов.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SmartCook at none against Butter's 3. SmartCook also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Butter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. SmartCook asks for nothing beyond the download.
Butter ships an update every 7 months, SmartCook weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Butter | SmartCook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 12+ |
| Developer | Karol Jaworski | Ekaterina Kernasovskaia |
In-app purchases
Butter
- Butter+ Monthly$9.991 Month
- Butter+ Yearly$49.991 Year
- Butter+ Yearly Intro$49.991 Year
SmartCook
No in-app purchases









