Comparison

Recipe Keeper vs WhatDish

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

Head to head
About

Recipe Keeper

Effortlessly save, organize, and access your favorite recipes from various online sources. This app cleans up cluttered recipe pages and offers hands-free cooking assistance. It also helps with meal planning and grocery lists, ensuring you never lose a recipe again.

Highlights
  • One-tap recipe saving from blogs and social media
  • Ad-free recipe display
  • Hands-free cooking with voice assistants
  • Permanent recipe saving
  • Centralized recipe organization
  • Smart meal planning and grocery lists
  • Recipe sharing and community features
Features
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Tired of scrolling through 8 pages just to find the recipe? Cook’n pulls recipes from blogs, Pinterest & more—ad-free and clean. Save your first recipe in seconds—Try Cook’n free today! There’s a better way to save, organize, and cook your favorite recipes—ad-free, distraction-free, and frustration-free. Meet Cook’n, the game-changing app that pulls recipes off long blogs and Pinterest pins in seconds—automatically and beautifully formatted so you can just cook. Why You’ll Love Cook’n: • One-Tap Recipe Saving Found a great recipe on Pinterest, Facebook, TikTok, or Instagram? Save it instantly. No ads. No popups. Just your recipe—clean and easy. • Ad-Free Recipes No more hunting through 8 pages of someone’s life story. Cook’n strips out the clutter so you get right to the ingredients and instructions. • Hands-Free Cooking Go hands-free with Alexa or your Apple Watch. Cook’n reads your recipes step-by-step—perfect for messy fingers and multitasking. • Stop Losing Recipes 38% of web pages disappear over time—including recipes! Cook’n saves your recipes forever so you’ll never lose another favorite. • All Your Recipes, One Place Snap a pic of Grandma’s recipe card, import from Pinterest, or dictate your own. Everything is saved, organized, and searchable in seconds. • Smart Meal Planning & Shopping Auto-generate grocery lists organized by aisle. Plan meals faster and shop smarter. • Discover & Share Share your creations with the Cook’n community, rack up likes, and climb the Leaderboard to become a Cook’n Influencer! Bonus Features You’ll Brag About: • Save recipes with photos or voice • AI meal suggestions based on your taste • Create a printed cookbook • Nutrition info (on desktop) • Sync across all your devices • Works offline • Screen stays on while cooking • Trusted by 7 million+ users • Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars Try Cook’n Free Today Download now and save your first recipe in seconds. No ads. No popups. Just cooking. Subscription Information: Cook'n offers optional auto-renewing subscriptions that unlock additional features. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.dvo.com/privacy/

About

WhatDish

Features
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See a dish you love? Make it your next meal. That restaurant meal you keep thinking about. A dish you discovered on holiday. The food photo you saved because it looked too good to forget. With WhatDish, a photo is the start of a recipe you can cook at home. Snap a dish or choose a photo from your phone, and AI creates a complete recipe with ingredients, quantities, and step-by-step instructions. Save it for later or head straight to the kitchen. Snap a dish. Get inspired. Get cooking. 1. Snap it Take a photo of a dish or pick one from your camera roll. 2. Get the recipe Turn your photo into a recipe inspired by the dish, with ingredient amounts and clear cooking steps. 3. Make it yours Save it, adjust it, and cook it whenever the craving comes back. From “that looks good” to “I made this” • Keep your favorites together. Organize recipes into cookbooks so the meals you want to make are easy to find. • Adapt the recipe. Ask WhatDish to change the portions, swap an ingredient, or create a vegetarian version (coming soon). • Cook one step at a time. Follow along in a dedicated cooking view that keeps the next instruction easy to see. • Share something delicious. Send a recipe link to friends and family so they can make it too. Bonus: Snap your fridge Have ingredients but no dinner idea? Take a photo of what's in your fridge and discover recipes that use what you have. A little inspiration for the food already waiting in your kitchen. Try it with free snaps Get started with free snaps and see what your next food photo could become. Subscription options are available in the app when you're ready for more. Your next favorite recipe could already be in your camera roll. Snap it. Cook it. Enjoy it. End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms & Conditions: https://whatdish.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://whatdish.app/privacy

Screenshots

Recipe Keeper4 screens
WhatDish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Recipe Keeper at 3.7K against WhatDish's 2. Recipe Keeper also leads on chart position (#86 vs unranked). WhatDish's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Recipe Keeper sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and WhatDish sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WhatDish holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recipe Keeper has 3.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recipe Keeper ships an update every 4 days, WhatDish daily. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Recipe Keeper versus WhatDish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecipe KeeperWhatDish
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.7K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.7K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#86 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size342 MB182 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperDVO EnterprisesKitchen Copilot Inc

Bugs and requests

Recipe Keeper

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Syncing issues between desktop and mobile versions
  • Missing or incorrect recipe details after import
  • Compatibility problems with newer device updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to upload recipe photos
  • Improve recipe organization and categorization
  • Enhance shopping list and meal planning features
  • Provide better integration with other apps and services

WhatDish

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Recipe Keeper

Subscriptions10
  • Basic Membership$4.991 Month
  • Basic (intro price)3 Months trial$4.991 Month
  • Standard Membership$9.991 Month
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  • Standard (intro price)3 Months trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Membership$14.991 Month
  • Premium (intro price)3 Months trial$14.991 Month
  • Basic Membership (Annual)$49.991 Year
  • Standard (intro price)1 Year trial$99.991 Year
  • Standard Membership (Annual)$99.991 Year
  • Premium Membership (Annual)$149.991 Year
4 purchases

WhatDish

Subscriptions4
  • Snap a dish monthly$3.991 Month
  • Snap your fridge monthly$3.991 Month
  • Both monthly$6.991 Month
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  • WhatDish yearly subscription$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Recipe Keeper free?
Recipe Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WhatDish free?
WhatDish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Recipe Keeper or WhatDish?
WhatDish is rated higher. Recipe Keeper averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.7K ratings, while WhatDish averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Recipe Keeper or WhatDish have ads?
Neither Recipe Keeper nor WhatDish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recipe Keeper or WhatDish?
Recipe Keeper ships an update every 4 days, and WhatDish daily. Most recently, Recipe Keeper was updated on November 6, 2026 and WhatDish on November 6, 2026.

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