Cold Stone vs Recipe Hog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cold Stone
Order custom ice cream creations, shakes, or cakes for pickup or delivery. Save your favorite orders, earn rewards, and enjoy exclusive birthday treats through a loyalty program.
- Order ice cream creations, shakes, and cakes
- Pickup at store or delivery to door
- Save favorite orders and re-order easily
- Unlimited customizations
- Earn points and redeem rewards
- Birthday Buy One, Get One FREE offer
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The Cold Stone Creamery® app lets you order our made-fresh Ice Cream in a Creation™, Shake or Cake and have it ready for pickup at your favorite store or delivered right to your door! Sign in to your My Cold Stone Rewards account and you can save favorite orders, earn points and redeem rewards! ABOUT MY COLD STONE CLUB REWARDS + Earn 1 point for every $1 + Receive a $5 Reward with every 50 points + Enjoy a Buy One, Get One FREE on your birthday FEATURES + Order ahead and pick up at the store + Or, get your order delivered right to your door + Easily re-order with favorites and recent orders + Enjoy The Ultimate Ice Cream Experience® in app with unlimited customizations
Recipe Hog
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Give your recipes one place to call home. Recipe Hog brings webpages, handwritten cards, cookbook photos, Safari bookmarks, and your own creations into a recipe library for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. COLLECT RECIPES YOUR WAY • Create a recipe manually or import from a webpage, image, or pasted text. • Export your Safari bookmarks and choose which recipe links to import. • Send a webpage to Recipe Hog from Safari’s share sheet. • Import Recipe Hog files shared by friends or saved from your library. • Review and edit imported recipes before cooking. ORGANIZE WITHOUT FOLDERS • Give each recipe multiple color-coded tags. • Search recipe names, ingredients, instructions, and notes. • Rate recipes privately and keep your collection organized your way. COOK FROM A CLEAR RECIPE VIEW • Adjust the text size and check off ingredients and instructions. • Keep the screen awake while a recipe is open. • Use Hog Heaven to multiply ingredient quantities and run cooking timers. • Read saved recipes offline and sync your library through your private iCloud database when available. SHARE WHAT YOU MAKE • Send recipes by message or email, print them, or share images and links. • Export accessible recipes as Recipe Hog files for another device or another cook. • Select several accessible recipes to share together. FREE TO START New installations include 2 months (60 days) of Hog Heaven access, with no automatic subscription or charge. After that, the free version lets you save and access up to 40 recipes, with unlimited tags. The ingredient multiplier and timers require Hog Heaven. If your library contains more than 40 recipes, the extras remain stored but cannot be opened, edited, or shared without Hog Heaven. The 40 most recently updated recipes remain accessible. HOG HEAVEN Subscribe for unlimited recipes, the ingredient multiplier, and cooking timers. The U.S. price is $1.99 per year; local prices may vary. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm a purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. No separate Recipe Hog account is required. Recipe Hog does not include advertising or third-party analytics SDKs. Web imports, remote content, iCloud sync, and App Store services use an internet connection. Import results and scaled quantities should be reviewed before use; not every website or ingredient format is supported. Privacy Policy: https://gobsmackedapps.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cold Stone at none against Recipe Hog's 1. Cold Stone also leads on chart position (#137 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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. Recipe Hog sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year. Cold Stone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cold Stone ships an update every 3 weeks, Recipe Hog every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cold Stone | Recipe Hog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 19.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #137 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kahala Management, L.L.C. | GOBSMACKED LLC |
Bugs and requests
Cold Stone
Reported bugs
4 issues- Payment processing errors
- Inability to change pickup location
- Rewards not updating properly
- App crashes when trying to add gift cards
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to reorder previous orders
- Option to select custom ice cream flavors
- Integration with mobile wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay)
- Easier way to apply rewards and discounts
- Clearer communication on store closures and order availability
Recipe Hog
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cold Stone
No in-app purchases
Recipe Hog
- Hog Heaven$1.991 Year









