Dumpling vs My Recipe Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dumpling
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Dumpling is a recipe lab notebook for home cooks who keep improving what they make. Instead of overwriting a recipe after every test cook, save a new version. Compare what changed, restore an older version as a draft, and keep cooking notes so the next batch starts from what you learned. Build your cooking loop: Save ingredients, steps, photos, links, tags, categories, servings, prep time, and cook time. Track every version with change notes and compare it with the latest recipe. Cook step by step with built-in timers. Save satisfaction and a cooking memo after you finish. Add recipe ingredients to a shopping list. Track stored ingredients, quantities, units, locations, and expiration dates. Use quick kitchen timers and review timer history. Store recipe files locally or in iCloud Drive. Dumpling is made for people who learn by trying: adjust the sauce, change the timing, swap an ingredient, and keep the version worth making again. Start free with 5 recipes and 20 stored ingredients. A one-time purchase unlocks unlimited personal recipes and stored ingredients. Your recipe files remain yours. --- Privacy Policy: https://www.appgarage.app/apps/dumpling/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://www.appgarage.app/apps/dumpling/terms/
My Recipe Notes
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That pasta you saw on YouTube — where did you save it? The link went to a chat with yourself. The photo is somewhere in your camera roll. Mum's recipe is a screenshot. And when you finally start cooking, you can't find any of them. Paste the link. We'll turn it into one clean recipe, ingredients and steps included. ◆ One screen for the whole 30 minutes · Two timers, right under the recipe — boil the pasta and reduce the sauce without switching apps · Chef Mode gives you up to four. Rice, soup and a braise at once · The screen stays awake while you cook · Ingredients and steps together, so you stop scrolling back and forth ◆ Everything you saved, in one notebook · Paste a YouTube, Instagram or TikTok link and it becomes a recipe · Photograph a cookbook page or a handwritten card; upload a chat screenshot · AI pulls out the ingredients and steps, and you can edit anything before saving · Leave your own note on any step — "lower the heat next time" · Attach photos and video to individual steps ◆ Chef Mode — when a recipe becomes a business · Scaling: turn a 2-serving recipe into 4, with quantities recalculated · Costing: enter unit prices once and see total and per-serving cost · Margin: set a selling price and read your margin and food cost % · Prices are saved and apply to your next recipe automatically · Four timers, no ads · Not a subscription. Buy once, keep it ◆ Honest about the price · Writing recipes yourself, timers, notes and search are free. They stay free · Only AI import spends a "note". Your first three are on us · If the result isn't usable, we don't charge a note. Failures are returned · Servers and AI genuinely cost us money, so we ask for the minimum ◆ No account, on your device · No sign-up, no login. Open the app and start · Recipes and photos stay on your iPhone · You only sign in with Apple when you buy, so your purchase is protected · No tracking. Ads are non-personalised banners, and Chef Mode removes them The warmth of a paper recipe book, for the half hour you spend cooking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Recipe Notes at none against Dumpling's 1. My Recipe Notes also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 27.0). Dumpling's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Dumpling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. My Recipe Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dumpling ships an update weekly, My Recipe Notes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dumpling | My Recipe Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | App Garage | Ganguk Kim |
In-app purchases
Dumpling
- Dumpling Unlimited$9.99
My Recipe Notes
No in-app purchases







