Comparison

DishCapture vs Thyme

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

Head to head
About

DishCapture

Effortlessly save recipes from any source, including photos, links, and text. It transforms them into organized, easy-to-follow instructions with ingredients. Never lose a recipe again with this digital cookbook.

Highlights
  • Save recipes from photos
  • Extract recipes from website links
  • Convert screenshots to recipes
  • Organize ingredients and instructions
  • Digital recipe storage
Features
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DishCapture saves recipes from anywhere — an Instagram or Facebook post, a website link, a screenshot, a photo of a cookbook page or a handwritten card, or pasted text — and instantly turns it into a clean, structured recipe with ingredients and step-by-step instructions. No more screenshots buried in your camera roll, links lost in your messages, or cards stuffed in a drawer. Capture it once, and it's saved forever.

About

Thyme

Save recipes from websites and social media into a clean, organized digital cookbook. Features include a cooking mode with large text and timers, a "Up Next" queue for meal planning, and home screen widgets for easy access. Your recipes are private and stored on your device or iCloud.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from websites and social media
  • Organized recipe format with checklists and steps
  • Cook Mode with large text and timers
  • Up Next cooking queue
  • Home screen widgets
  • Private storage on device and iCloud
Features
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See a recipe worth keeping? Send it to Thyme. Share from a cooking website, Instagram, TikTok, Apple Notes, or another supported app. Thyme turns it into a clean recipe with ingredients, directions, and a photo when you're ready to cook. No sign-up. No account. Everything you save lives on your device and your own iCloud, and your cookbook never locks. YOUR COOKBOOK, BEAUTIFULLY KEPT Recipes arrive clean and organized: ingredients as a checklist, directions as steps, photos included. Add your own notes right on the recipe. Scale servings up or down. Moving from another recipe app? Import your whole collection in one file. SHARE A RECIPE Some recipes are too good to keep to yourself. Send a recipe to a friend or group chat and it arrives as a beautiful card, photo and all. One tap adds it to their cookbook. Tags travel too, so you can even start a family recipe collection together. RECIPE TRANSLATE Found a recipe in German, Spanish, Italian, or almost any language? Thyme translates it right on your phone, and the original is always one tap away. COOK MODE Big type for busy hands, step timers, and a screen that stays awake while you cook. UP NEXT Tap the fork and knife on any recipe to add it to your cooking queue. It’s a loose plan for the week without the meal-planning homework. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Rediscover an old favorite with Recipe of the Day, or jump back into something you recently viewed. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No sign-up and no Thyme account. Your cookbook is stored on your devices and syncs through your private iCloud. FREE AND FAIR Keep up to 100 recipes free. Upgrade to Thyme Pro for an unlimited cookbook, with annual and one-time options available. Thyme is an independent app designed and built in California. Your support keeps the stove on. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DishCapture4 screens
Thyme4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DishCapture at none against Thyme's 2. DishCapture also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.5). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Thyme sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $20.00 per year. DishCapture asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DishCapture ships an update weekly, Thyme every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DishCapture versus Thyme: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDishCaptureThyme
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInfinity Holdings Group LimitedThyme Mobile, LLC

Customer experience

DishCapture

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Thyme

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DishCapture

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Thyme

Subscriptions1
  • Thyme Pro$20.001 Year
One-time1
  • Thyme Pro Lifetime$45.00

Questions

Is DishCapture free?
DishCapture is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thyme free?
Thyme is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DishCapture or Thyme have ads?
Neither DishCapture nor Thyme shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DishCapture or Thyme?
DishCapture ships an update weekly, and Thyme every 11 days. Most recently, DishCapture was updated on October 8, 2026 and Thyme on October 15, 2026.

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