Cooking with Dr. Toast vs First Fork

The toasty way for kids to learn their way around the kitchen. Meet Dr. Toast, your family's pun-loving chef. Cooking with Dr. Toast turns screen time into real time at the counter, walking kids through actual recipes with playful steps they'll want to repeat. For kids Cook along, step by step. Dr. Toast shows each move in a bright, friendly kitchen, with clear visual guides for whisking, folding, chopping, and kneading. Every step is its own little game. The motion matches the task: stir in circles, swipe to spread, tap to sprinkle, press and hold to pour. Heat steps add a "heat judge," where kids watch the food brown and pull it off at the golden moment. The Great Ingredient Hunt. Prep becomes a scavenger hunt, so kids find and check off every ingredient before the cooking starts. Earn your stripes. Collect stars and XP, keep a weekly cooking streak, and climb from Dishwasher all the way to Executive Chef as skills grow. Make a Chef Card. Snap a photo with Dr. Toast at the end of a cook and turn it into an "I made it" card to share with family. Messy-hands mode. Simple voice commands move kids through a recipe without smudging the screen. Practice Kitchen. Quick skill drills for extra stars between cooks. For parents Allergy and dietary setup. Flag allergies and dietary needs up front, and recipe suggestions adjust to suit your family. A curated cookbook. A small, hand-picked library of recipes kids can actually make, from Vegan Chocolate Covered Cookie Dough to easy weekend breakfasts. Save the ones your family loves. The Chef's Journal. Your child's progress, skill badges, and their wall of cooking photos, all in one place. No ads, and no third-party tracking. Just Dr. Toast and your young cook. Ready to cook? Download Cooking with Dr. Toast and get toasty. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.boxfort.co/cooking-privacy-policy

50 real recipes. Big, beautiful step photos. Designed for kids who want to cook and parents who want to let them. First Fork turns cooking into something your kids can actually do. Every recipe is broken into simple visual steps with real photos, so even non-readers can follow along. No walls of text. No guessing. Just clear, photo-guided cooking that builds confidence one step at a time. WHAT MAKES FIRST FORK DIFFERENT • Visual step-by-step format — Every step has a large, clear photo showing exactly what to do • Built for ages 2-12 — Recipes scaled by skill level, from no-heat snacks to real stovetop meals • Allergen safety — Set your family's allergies once, and recipes with those ingredients are filtered out automatically • Real food, not games — These are actual recipes your kids will eat, not cartoon cooking simulators • Optimized for iPhone and iPad — larger cards and text on iPad for easy kitchen use RECIPES YOUR KIDS WILL LOVE • Quick Snacks — Rainbow Fruit Skewers, Guacamole, Apple Nachos • Easy Meals — Build-Your-Own Tacos, Quesadillas, Veggie Fried Rice • Morning Bites — Pancake Stacks, French Toast Sticks, Smoothie Bowls • Sweet Treats — Cookie Decorating, Frozen Yogurt Bark, Banana Ice Cream • Drink Lab — Berry Milkshake, Watermelon Slushie, Strawberry Lemonade LEARN WHILE YOU COOK • Fun Bites — bite-sized nutrition facts and food science woven into every recipe • Healthy foundations — real ingredients, balanced meals, no ultra-processed shortcuts • Kids discover why foods are good for them, not just how to make them SAFE FOR YOUR FAMILY • 9 major allergens supported (dairy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat/gluten, soy, fish, shellfish, sesame) • Set allergens once during setup, filtered everywhere automatically • No ads. No social features. No data collected from children. • Designed with COPPA compliance in mind FREE TO TRY 15 recipes free. Unlock all 50 with First Fork Pro ($4.99/mo or $39.99/yr): • Full recipe library with new recipes added regularly • Grocery list — add ingredients with one tap, organized by aisle • Priority access to new features Built by a dad whose family has always cooked together, who couldn't find an app that actually helped kids cook. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://firstforkapp.com/privacy