Comparison

InStock Kitchen vs Recipe Keeper

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

Head to head
About

InStock Kitchen

Turn your existing groceries into delicious meals with smart inventory tracking and recipe suggestions. Scan items, get freshness estimates, and follow recipes hands-free. Enjoy a privacy-first experience with no accounts or ads.

Highlights
  • Smart grocery inventory
  • Recipe matching
  • Hands-free Cook Mode
  • Barcode scanning
  • AI Photo Scan (Pro)
  • Custom recipe import (Pro)
  • Private iCloud sync
Features
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Cook from the food already in your kitchen. InStock Kitchen helps you see what you have, what to use first, and what you can cook now. Add groceries with Photo Scan, barcode scanning, or manual entry. Track freshness, build aisle-organized shopping lists, and match your kitchen with 233 built-in recipes. RUN YOUR KITCHEN - What Can I Make? shows meals ready now and close matches that need only a few items. - Smart Inventory highlights ingredients to use first and estimates freshness. - Cook Mode keeps step-by-step directions easy to follow while the screen stays awake. - Shopping List groups items by aisle, includes a Household section, and offers Shop Mode for grocery trips. - Share recipes with friends by link. MEAL PLANNING — INSTOCK PRO Plan up to 14 days of meals and get suggestions for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snacks. Review your plan, choose different recipes, and add missing ingredients to your shopping list. ON YOUR APPLE DEVICES - Private iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad. - A companion app for your paired Apple Watch shows your shopping list, ready-to-cook recipes, and Cook Mode steps on your wrist. - Siri and Shortcuts integration. INSTOCK PRO: ONE-TIME PURCHASE - Multi-item Photo Scan. - Browse the full built-in recipe catalog. - Create, import, edit, and share custom recipes from a URL, pasted text, a photo, or the Share Sheet. - Saved lists, reusable templates, trip history, and Buy Again. Pro includes three online Photo Scans and three online recipe imports each day. Optional consumable credit packs add more uses after either daily allowance is exhausted. Purchased credits do not expire. No subscription. No recurring charge. YOUR PRIVACY - No account required, no ads, and no cross-app tracking. - Your content is not sold, used for advertising, or used to train models. - Inventory, recipes, and lists sync through your private iCloud database. - Privacy Mode keeps supported photo and recipe processing on your device after the optional on-device model is downloaded. With Privacy Mode off, selected photos or recipe text are securely processed by InStock Kitchen's service to deliver the requested feature. Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Stock. Scan. Savor. Cook what you already have and waste less.

About

Recipe Keeper

Features
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Type a recipe once, find it forever — searchable cards with ingredients, steps and a star for the keepers. • Ingredients and steps on one card • 10 recipes free, unlimited in Pro • Photo per card and tag filters (Pro) • Shopping-list export (Pro) • Search across every recipe Who it's for For home cooks tired of screenshotting recipes into a folder that never gets opened again. Subscription Premium is available as a weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription, with pricing shown in the app before you buy. Subscriptions auto-renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can cancel anytime in your Apple ID Subscription Settings — no charge on the first day if you cancel during the introductory window. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy: everything stays on your device by default. No analytics SDKs, no cross-app tracking. Privacy policy at https://bestpaid.app/legal/privacy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

InStock Kitchen4 screens
Recipe Keeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: InStock Kitchen at none against Recipe Keeper's shown. InStock Kitchen also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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. InStock Kitchen sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Recipe Keeper sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

InStock Kitchen ships an update every 2 weeks, Recipe Keeper monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
InStock Kitchen versus Recipe Keeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInStock KitchenRecipe Keeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndres OliverVasilii Polovnikov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

InStock Kitchen

One-time3
  • 10 Photo Scans + 10 Recipe Imports$1.99
  • 25 Photo Scans + 25 Recipe Imports$3.99
  • InStock Pro$5.99
4 purchases

Recipe Keeper

Subscriptions3
  • Premium · 1 week$0.997 Days
  • Premium · 1 month$1.991 Month
  • Premium · 1 year$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium · Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is InStock Kitchen free?
InStock Kitchen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recipe Keeper free?
Recipe Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do InStock Kitchen or Recipe Keeper have ads?
Recipe Keeper shows ads; InStock Kitchen does not.
Which is updated more often, InStock Kitchen or Recipe Keeper?
InStock Kitchen ships an update every 2 weeks, and Recipe Keeper monthly. Most recently, InStock Kitchen was updated on November 9, 2026 and Recipe Keeper on November 5, 2026.

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