Comparison

顺时通书 vs CookWhat

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

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顺时通书

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顺时通书 - 纯净黄历与传统择吉工具 App 核心定位 顺时通书是一款主打极致简洁、零广告干扰、本地纯净运行的传统黄历工具 App,深度传承中华传统历法文化,以「顺天时而行,通古历而知」为核心理念。在精准黄历查询基础上,新增桌面小组件与奇门遁甲寻物功能,为用户提供全方位、无打扰的传统择吉与生活指引服务,让千年传统文化智慧真正融入现代日常。 核心优势(四大核心亮点) 1. 极致简洁,去繁就简 无冗余设计:界面遵循传统中式美学,布局清晰直观,首页仅保留核心黄历信息,无复杂菜单、无多余弹窗,打开即用,3 秒获取当日宜忌、时辰吉凶等关键信息。 新增桌面直达:支持黄历桌面小组件,无需打开 App,锁屏即可查看今日宜忌、吉时与运势,一键获取核心信息。 轻量化体验:安装包体积小巧,运行流畅不卡顿,低内存占用,适配全系列 iOS 机型,老人、长辈也能轻松上手。 自定义适配:支持默认视图切换、字体大小调节、一周起始日设置、深色模式跟随系统,满足不同用户的使用习惯。 2. 零广告纯净,隐私安全 全场景无广告:彻底告别开屏广告、插屏广告、信息流广告,全程无任何广告干扰,专注黄历查询与传统文化服务本身,无付费诱导、无套路解锁。 本地数据存储:所有黄历数据、用户设置、寻物记录均存储在设备本地,不收集任何用户个人信息,不向第三方传输数据,彻底保障隐私安全。 无第三方服务:不接入任何第三方分析、广告、数据服务,纯净运行,无后台偷跑、无信息泄露风险。 3. 深度本地化,专业精准 传统黄历全维度覆盖:完整包含公历 / 农历双历、干支纪年、宜忌事项、胎神方位、五行纳音、冲煞信息、星宿、彭祖百忌、吉神方位、时辰吉凶等传统黄历核心内容,数据精准权威。 本土文化适配:标注元宵节、天穿节、填仓节、中和节、春社等传统民俗节日,贴合本土生活习俗,传承中华历法智慧。 双视图自由切换:支持月视图总览整月黄历、日视图查看当日详情,两种详情页风格(传统 / 精简)可选,满足不同使用场景。 4. 传统文化延伸,实用升级 新增奇门遁甲寻物:基于传统奇门遁甲理论,结合现代使用场景,提供科学合理的寻物建议,帮助用户快速找回遗失物品。 多场景择吉支持:不仅覆盖日常嫁娶、出行、祭祀、开工等传统择吉需求,更延伸至生活实用场景,全方位服务现代生活。 核心功能 1. 黄历桌面小组件 支持多种尺寸小组件,适配不同桌面布局 实时显示今日宜忌、吉时与运势解读 无需打开 App,锁屏即可查看核心黄历信息 点击小组件一键跳转至 App 详情页 2. 奇门遁甲寻物 基于传统奇门遁甲排盘理论,操作简单便捷 提供遗失物品的方位、时间、状态等多维度建议 记录历史寻物信息,方便回溯查看 附带寻物小贴士,提高找回概率 3. 黄历详情查询 每日宜忌、时辰吉凶一键查看,清晰标注宜 / 忌事项,帮你择吉避凶,合理安排日常事务 完整呈现胎神、五行、冲煞、星宿、彭祖百忌、吉神方位等专业黄历信息 搭配通俗易懂的今日运势解读,新手也能快速看懂 4. 月历总览 整月黄历一目了然,标注传统节日、二十四节气 快速查看每日黄历状态,方便提前规划日程、择选吉日 支持上下滑动切换月份,操作流畅自然 5. 个性化设置 支持默认视图、字体大小、一周起始日自定义 深色模式跟随系统或手动切换 传统 / 精简两种详情页风格可选 打造专属于你的个性化使用体验 6. 隐私保障 严格遵循隐私政策,不收集任何个人信息 所有数据本地存储,不联网传输 无后台运行,无权限滥用 使用安心无顾虑 适用人群 注重传统习俗、需要择吉避凶的用户 追求简洁实用、讨厌广告干扰的用户 重视隐私安全、拒绝信息泄露的用户 对中华传统历法与奇门遁甲文化感兴趣的爱好者 有日常择吉、日程规划需求的全年龄段用户 需要快速查看黄历信息的忙碌上班族 经常遗失物品、需要寻物指引的用户

About

CookWhat

Discover home-style Chinese dishes based on ingredients you already have. Snap a photo of your fridge or manually enter items to get recipe suggestions. Follow step-by-step instructions and customize for your taste preferences.

Highlights
  • Photo recognition of ingredients
  • Manual ingredient entry
  • AI-generated recipe suggestions
  • Step-by-step cooking instructions
  • Customizable taste preferences
  • Offline recipe library
  • Save favorite dishes
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Not sure what to cook today? Snap a photo of your fridge or countertop, or simply type what you have, and get home-style Chinese dishes you can make right now. The app interface is currently in Simplified Chinese. COOK WITH WHAT YOU HAVE • Photo recognition: snap your fridge or cutting board, or pick a photo from your library • Manual entry: type several ingredients at once, or tap common ones to add them • Confirm before cooking: tap to rename, tap × to remove, and add anything that was missed • No ingredients recognized in a photo? Switch straight to typing instead of retaking it ONLY THE INGREDIENTS YOU HAVE • Dishes use only your list plus pantry basics such as salt, sugar, soy sauce, scallion, ginger and garlic, so there's no extra shopping trip • Each dish shows how many pans and steps it takes, and whether it's a one-pot meal • "Add one more": a tip for one extra ingredient that would take the dish up a level • Not in the mood? Get a fresh batch of ideas STEPS YOU CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW • Step-by-step instructions with amounts (grams, spoons, pieces), heat and timing • Portions scaled to the number of people you're cooking for GETS TO KNOW YOUR TASTE • Set your spice level, dietary restrictions or allergies, and servings once • Restricted ingredients are checked twice, when dishes are created and again in the results, and you're warned before generating if your list contains one (please double-check ingredients if you have a severe allergy) • Rate a dish Tasty, OK or Flopped after cooking and suggestions drift toward your taste; this taste memory is saved on your phone and can be cleared anytime RECIPE LIBRARY & FAVORITES • Classic home-style recipes built in, browsable by category, even offline • Save the dishes you love and come back to them anytime FREE TRIAL & LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP • Free to download, with 3 free tries of AI dish suggestions; the recipe library and favorites are always free • A one-time Lifetime Membership purchase unlocks 30 AI dish suggestions per day • Lifetime Membership is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, and never renews; after reinstalling or switching phones, tap Restore Purchases in Settings Works on iPhone and iPad. No sign-up required. Photo recognition and AI dish suggestions need an internet connection.

Screenshots

顺时通书4 screens
CookWhat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CookWhat at Free against 顺时通书's $0.99. 顺时通书's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CookWhat is free to download; 顺时通书 costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

顺时通书 ships an update every 9 days, CookWhat every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
顺时通书 versus CookWhat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter顺时通书CookWhat
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer志涛 刘剑锋 易

Customer experience

顺时通书

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CookWhat

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

顺时通书

No in-app purchases

None

CookWhat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 顺时通书 free?
顺时通书 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CookWhat free?
CookWhat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 顺时通书 or CookWhat have ads?
Neither 顺时通书 nor CookWhat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 顺时通书 or CookWhat?
顺时通书 ships an update every 9 days, and CookWhat every 2 months. Most recently, 顺时通书 was updated on November 5, 2026 and CookWhat on October 31, 2026.

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