Brokko vs CookDrop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brokko
Easily save recipes from any source, including social media and websites, into a digital cookbook. Automatically generate grocery lists and plan your weekly meals with step-by-step cooking instructions.
- Save recipes from any source
- Automatic ingredient extraction
- Generate grocery lists
- Weekly meal planning
- Step-by-step cook mode
- Calorie and nutrition tracking
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Brokko requires a subscription to use. Start with a 7-day free trial — cancel anytime before it ends. Your recipes deserve better than buried TikTok saves and forgotten screenshots. Brokko lets you save any recipe in 2 taps from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, any website, or even a handwritten card and turns them into a beautiful, organized cookbook you'll actually use. HOW IT WORKS 1. Find a recipe anywhere on your phone 2. Share it to Brokko we extract ingredients & steps automatically 3. Cook, plan your meals, and build your grocery list WHAT'S INCLUDED WITH BROKKO PREMIUM - Save unlimited recipes from any source - Import from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube & websites - Scan handwritten or printed recipes with your camera - Auto-generate grocery lists from any recipe - Plan your full week of meals in minutes - Step-by-step cook mode with built-in timers - Calorie & nutrition tracking per recipe - Organize recipes into collections & cookbooks - No Ads SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Brokko Premium unlocks everything , unlimited recipe saving, meal planning, grocery lists, and cook mode. Available as: - Premium Monthly — $5.99/month (prices may vary by region and currency) - Premium Yearly — $34.99/year, equivalent to $2.91/month (prices may vary by region and currency) Both plans include a 7-day free trial. Your subscription automatically renews at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be charged during your 7-day free trial. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel anytime in: iPhone Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions Terms of Use: https://brokko.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://brokko.app/privacy General support: magloire.ndabagera@gmail.com Legal matters: magloire.ndabagera@gmail.com Privacy concerns: magloire.ndabagera@gmail.com
CookDrop
Easily save recipes from videos, websites, photos, or text. Organize them into cookbooks, plan meals, and generate grocery lists. Recalculate ingredient amounts, convert units, and access cooking instructions in an easy-to-read format.
- Save recipes from videos, websites, photos, and text
- Automatic recipe extraction and formatting
- Adjust servings and convert units
- Organize recipes into custom cookbooks
- Create grocery lists from recipes
- Meal planning functionality
- Step-by-step cooking mode
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CookDrop saves recipes from the places you find them and turns each one into a clean page you can cook from. SAVE FROM A VIDEO Found a recipe in an Instagram Reel, a TikTok, a Facebook post, a YouTube video or a Pinterest pin? Tap Share, choose CookDrop. It reads the caption, listens to what is said in the video, and writes out the title, ingredients with amounts, and numbered steps. You check the result and tap Save. SAVE FROM A WEBSITE Paste the link to any recipe page. CookDrop keeps the ingredients, steps, servings and cook time, and leaves the rest of the page behind. The source link stays on the recipe so you can open the original. SAVE FROM A PHOTO OR FROM TEXT Take a photo of a cookbook page or a handwritten card and CookDrop reads it. You can also paste recipe text from a message or a note, or write a recipe from scratch. COOK FROM IT - Change the servings and every amount is recalculated. - Switch between the original units, metric and US units. - Tick off ingredients as you add them. - Each step shows its ingredients in color, so you do not scroll back to the list. - Cook mode shows one step at a time in large type, with a timer when the step gives a time. - Estimate nutrition per serving from the ingredient list. - Ask a question about the recipe, such as what to use in place of an ingredient. KEEP IT ORGANIZED - File recipes into cookbooks you name. - Search by name, sort the list, pin the ones you make most. - Mark a recipe as cooked, give it a star rating and add a note for next time. - Put recipes on a weekly meal plan as breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack. - Add a recipe's ingredients to a grocery list sorted by aisle, and check items off as you shop. - Browse Discover when you do not know what to cook. NO ACCOUNT There is no sign-up. Your recipes are stored on your iPhone. When you save from a link, a video or a photo, that link or photo is sent to our service to be read and the recipe is sent back to your phone. FREE AND PLUS CookDrop is free for 5 saved recipes a week. Everything you have saved stays available. CookDrop Plus removes the weekly limit: - $39.99 per year after a 7-day free trial - or a 30-day trial for $1.99, then $39.99 per year - or $6.99 per month Prices are for the United States and vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. A subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://cookdropapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://cookdropapp.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: CookDrop at free with in-app purchases against Brokko's subscription. CookDrop also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Brokko's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Brokko sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and CookDrop sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Brokko against 5.0 for CookDrop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Brokko ships an update every 3 weeks, CookDrop every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brokko | CookDrop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magloire NDABAGERA | Learning Phase Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
Brokko
CookDrop
In-app purchases
Brokko
- Brokko Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- Brokko Premium Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
CookDrop
- CookDrop Plus Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
- CookDrop Plus Monthly$6.991 Month
- CookDrop Plus Yearly14 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- CookDrop Plus Yearly Intro1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- CookDrop Plus Yearly Standard$39.991 Year
- CookDrop Plus Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- CookDrop Plus Lifetime$79.99









