Comparison

Recipe Haven vs CookDrop

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

Head to head
About

Recipe Haven

Features
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Recipe Haven is the easiest way to save, organize and cook every recipe you love — no matter where you found it. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Grab any recipe in seconds. Paste a link from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest or any food blog, and Recipe Haven pulls out the ingredients and steps for you automatically. Found a recipe in a cookbook or on a handwritten card? Just snap a photo and it's saved as a clean, organized recipe. STAY ORGANIZED Keep all your recipes in one beautiful place. Sort them into your own collections, mark your favourites, and add personal notes. Create a free account and your recipes sync securely across all your devices, so you never lose them. SMART CHEF — YOUR KITCHEN SIDEKICK Not sure what to cook? Tell Smart Chef what's in your fridge and get a full recipe in seconds. Turn last night's leftovers into something new, ask any cooking question, or make any recipe healthier with a single tap. PLAN & SHOP Plan your meals for the week and build your shopping list automatically from the recipes you've chosen. COOK WITH EASE Follow along with a clean, step-by-step Cook Mode and a built-in timer. TRY IT FREE Start with a 7-day free trial of Recipe Haven Pro (new subscribers). After the trial, a subscription is $4.99 per month or $44.99 per year (prices may vary by country). Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase, and your subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Save any recipe, from anywhere. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.havenofrecipes.com/privacy-policy/

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Recipe Haven4 screens
CookDrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Recipe Haven at none against CookDrop's shown. CookDrop's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. Recipe Haven sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recipe Haven ships an update monthly, CookDrop every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Recipe Haven versus CookDrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecipe HavenCookDrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHAVEN OF RECIPES LLCLearning Phase Labs Inc.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Recipe Haven

Subscriptions2
  • Recipe Haven Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Recipe Haven Pro Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year
7 purchases

CookDrop

Subscriptions6
  • 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
One-time1
  • CookDrop Plus Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Recipe Haven free?
Recipe Haven is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CookDrop free?
CookDrop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Recipe Haven or CookDrop have ads?
CookDrop shows ads; Recipe Haven does not.
Which is updated more often, Recipe Haven or CookDrop?
Recipe Haven ships an update monthly, and CookDrop every 4 days. Most recently, Recipe Haven was updated on October 29, 2026 and CookDrop on October 31, 2026.

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