Comparison

Cooking Together vs Recidex

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

Head to head
About

Cooking Together

Features
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Cooking Together keeps every recipe you love in one place, helps you decide what to make tonight, and lets you cook it with the people you love. SAVE ANY RECIPE, FROM ANYWHERE • Saw a recipe on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or YouTube? Share it to the app and it's saved, ingredients and steps included • Bring in recipes from any website, a photo of a cookbook page, or text you paste • Moving from another app or a folder of files? Bring your collection over on our website • Organize your recipes into folders, keep them private, or share them KNOW WHAT TO COOK TONIGHT • Dinner ideas for tonight, starting with recipes you already saved • Plan your week and turn it into a shopping list in one tap • Ask Cook AI anything: swaps, timing, "what can I make with what I have?" COOK TOGETHER • Cook the same recipe live with friends and family, each from their own kitchen • Cook several dishes at once with all your timers in one place • Cooking mode keeps your screen on and every step easy to follow MADE FOR FAMILIES • A family space with one shared shopping list everyone can add to • Can't decide on dinner? Send a quick vote and let the family pick • Keep the family's recipes together in one place GET INSPIRED • Bites: short cooking videos; tap one to get the full recipe • Follow cooks you love, join communities, and share what you made MY PLATE • Log meals by photo, from your recipes, or in a few words, and see calories and macros • Set a goal and get daily targets that fit you • Private to you, for everyday wellness, not medical advice FREE TO USE Cooking Together is free, and the free plan covers occasional recipe imports and Cook AI questions. Premium is for heavy use: import and ask as much as you cook, plus Nutrition Analysis, Smart Scaling, Ingredient Alternatives, video in Stories and hardly any ads. Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Hebrew and Arabic. Made for phone, tablet and iPad. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cookingtogether.app/privacy

About

Recidex

Digitize family recipes with AI, plan meals, and create grocery lists. Cook hands-free with step-by-step instructions and offline access. Share recipes privately or publicly.

Highlights
  • AI recipe scanning
  • Household recipe syncing
  • Pantry-based recipe suggestions
  • Private and public recipe sharing
  • Cook Mode with step-by-step instructions
  • Offline access
Features
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Recidex is your family's cookbook. Keep the recipes you actually cook, the handwritten cards, the "Mom, what's the recipe again?" ones, and turn them into tonight's dinner and this week's groceries. SAVE EVERY FAMILY RECIPE • Snap a photo of a recipe card or cookbook page and Recidex types it up for you, even handwriting • Paste a link from any recipe site, TikTok or YouTube • Share a photo or screenshot to Recidex from any app, like an Instagram caption • Type it yourself, or paste the text • Recipes in another language stay in the original, with an English version one tap away A COOKBOOK, NOT A DATABASE • Organize recipes into cookbooks: Grandma's Kitchen, Weeknight Dinners, Holiday Baking • Print any recipe as a page of your family cookbook • Share recipes with family, or keep them private PLAN THE WEEK FROM YOUR OWN RECIPES • Drop recipes onto the days of the week, or let Recidex pick dinners that share ingredients • Everyone in your household sees the same plan THE GROCERY LIST WRITES ITSELF • Your week's recipes become one list, sorted by aisle, with duplicates combined • Shared with your household, updated live • Order it for delivery in one tap, or take it to the store • A weekly reminder on your shopping day COOK WITHOUT THE MESS • Hands-free cook mode with built-in timers • Scale servings and switch between US and metric Every feature is free. Recidex earns a small commission when you order groceries through the app, at no extra cost to you.

Screenshots

Cooking Together4 screens
Recidex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Recidex at none against Cooking Together's 3. Recidex also leads on ads (none vs shown). Cooking Together's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cooking Together sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Recidex asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cooking Together ships an update every 2 days, Recidex monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Cooking Together versus Recidex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCooking TogetherRecidex
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB1 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOfer GranitNicholas Robertson

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Cooking Together

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$59.991 Year
None

Recidex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cooking Together free?
Cooking Together is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recidex free?
Recidex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cooking Together or Recidex have ads?
Cooking Together shows ads; Recidex does not.
Which is updated more often, Cooking Together or Recidex?
Cooking Together ships an update every 2 days, and Recidex monthly. Most recently, Cooking Together was updated on October 24, 2026 and Recidex on October 24, 2026.

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