BlueList vs SmartCook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlueList
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Your recipe book and your shopping list, finally in the same app. Save your recipes, send the ingredients to your shopping list in one tap, plan the week's menu and carry your supermarket loyalty cards on your iPhone. RECIPES YOUR WAY • Create recipes with a cover photo, time, servings, ingredients with amount and unit, and numbered steps. • Split a recipe into parts (dough, filling, sauce) when things get serious. • Import by pasting a link: BlueList reads recipe pages and YouTube videos and fills in the fields for you with AI. • Search by name or by ingredient — and find your recipes straight from iOS search too. NUTRITION, PER SERVING • Calories, protein, carbs, fat and fibre, shown as a ring on the recipe. • Three sources, and BlueList tells you which one it used: read from the source website when you import, typed in by hand, or estimated from the ingredients. • Approximate values: they don't replace labelling or professional advice. A SHOPPING LIST YOU'LL ACTUALLY USE • Send a recipe's ingredients to a list in one tap: all of them, or only the part you're missing. • Catalogue with more than 340 everyday products in 14 categories, with search and per-item notes ("brand X", "the big one"). • Tick off what's already in the trolley and watch the progress: pending and bought. • Give each list its supermarket's logo and recognise it at a glance: more than 300 chains across Europe, the US, Latin America and Asia. COOKBOOKS AND WEEKLY MENU • Group your recipes into cookbooks with a photo or colour cover. • Plan breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks in the calendar, by week or by month. LOYALTY CARDS • Scan the barcode of your supermarket loyalty cards, or type the number in by hand. • Show them full screen at maximum brightness: the scanner catches them first time. ON YOUR WATCH (Apple Watch) • Open your shopping lists on the watch and tick off what you pick up. • Show the barcode of your supermarket cards on your wrist. SHARE WITH WHOEVER COOKS WITH YOU (Premium) • Send a recipe, a cookbook or a shopping list as a link. • Shared lists update in real time: when someone at home ticks off the milk, you see it. • Receiving and importing what other people share with you is free. FREE AND PREMIUM, NO SMALL PRINT Free: unlimited recipes, lists, cookbooks, calendar and cards, stored on your iPhone, plus up to 100 AI imports a month, shared between recipes and list photos. Zero ads, always. Premium: up to 500 AI imports a month (recipes and list photos), cloud backup and sync across your devices, and sharing recipes, cookbooks and lists. THE AI IMPORT, IN DETAIL Paste the link of a recipe page or a YouTube video and BlueList fills in the title, the photo, the time, the servings, the ingredients with their amounts and the numbered steps. The reading is done by a cloud AI, through our servers: it only receives the page's text, never your name or your email; it doesn't use that text to train models and deletes it within 30 days. It works on every compatible iPhone and iPad with an internet connection, and the app tells you how many imports you have left this month. ALSO 19 languages, light or dark theme, Siri shortcuts to open your lists or add an item, and not a single ad in any version. A free account is required (email, Google or Apple). You can delete it, with all your data, from inside the app. BlueList Premium has two plans: EUR 1.99/month or EUR 14.99/year in Spain, a 37% saving (the app shows the price for your country before you buy). Both renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage or cancel them in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://bluelist.uk/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://bluelist.uk/privacy-policy
SmartCook
Discover recipes based on the ingredients you have by taking a photo. Get step-by-step cooking instructions, create smart shopping lists, and personalize meal suggestions based on your preferences and dietary needs.
- Recipe generation by photo
- Step-by-step cooking mode with voice commands
- Smart shopping list with store section sorting
- Shared shopping lists with family
- Personalized taste profile (allergens, dislikes)
- Favorites and cooking history
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SmartCook подскажет, что приготовить из того, что есть дома. Напишите, какие продукты лежат в холодильнике, или сфотографируйте их — через минуту получите рецепты на ужин. ПРОСТЫЕ РЕЦЕПТЫ НА КАЖДЫЙ ДЕНЬ. Больше 1000 проверенных рецептов с фото: ужины и завтраки, быстрые блюда, в духовке и на сковороде, ПП. Ищите по продуктам и уточняйте фильтрами. Всё из того, что продаётся в обычном магазине. «ЧТО НА УЖИН?» В 17:30 SmartCook напомнит про ужин и предложит идеи из ваших продуктов. Напоминание включается и выключается в профиле. ХОЛОДИЛЬНИК. Отмечайте, что есть дома, — рецепты подберутся из этих продуктов, а недостающее одним касанием уйдёт в покупки. МЕНЮ НА НЕДЕЛЮ. Распланируйте завтраки, обеды и ужины на неделю с учётом того, сколько вас за столом. Список покупок соберётся ровно под меню. СПИСОК ПОКУПОК. Общий список для всей семьи: продукты раскладываются по отделам магазина, список можно отправить ссылкой — у получателя он откроется в приложении. ИЗБРАННОЕ. Сохраняйте понравившиеся рецепты, чтобы вернуться к ним в один тап. СООБЩЕСТВО. Приготовили — покажите. Выкладывайте фото своих блюд, ставьте лайки, пишите комментарии и подписывайтесь на тех, кто готовит вкусно. Каждую публикацию и каждый комментарий проверяет модератор, на любое блюдо или автора можно пожаловаться, а неприятного автора — заблокировать. ГОТОВЬТЕ УДОБНО. Порции пересчитываются сами, видны время и калории. В режиме готовки шаги крупно, а телефон читает рецепт вслух — руки свободны. Рецепты написаны простым языком, шаг за шагом — как рассказала бы мама. Рецепты составлены с помощью ИИ и проверены, но перед приготовлением сверяйте состав с аллергиями. Поддержка: smartcook.dev@inbox.ru — отвечаем в течение 24 часов.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SmartCook at none against BlueList's 2. SmartCook also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). On price, update cadence, ads 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. BlueList sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SmartCook asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlueList | SmartCook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pedro Antonio Flores Casquet | Ekaterina Kernasovskaia |
In-app purchases
BlueList
- BlueList Premium$1.991 Month
- BlueList Premium Annual$12.991 Year
SmartCook
No in-app purchases









