Comparison

café vs Cooking Note

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

Head to head
About

café

This digital magazine offers in-depth coverage of the cafe, sweets, and bakery industries. It features successful professionals and popular establishments, showcasing detailed recipes and global trends. Ideal for both industry insiders and enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Industry insights for cafes and bakeries
  • Profiles of successful professionals
  • Detailed recipes and process guides
  • Global trend reporting
  • Interviews with popular cafe owners
  • Features on French patisseries
Features
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カフェとスイーツ・パンのプロフェッショナル、アマチュアの方々へ。新時代の喫茶業、製菓・製パン業にスポットをあてています! いま人気の職業は、カフェ・オーナー、パティシエ(ケーキ職人)、ブーランジェ (パン職人)。取材対象は、その仕事で成功している人、また単におしゃれなだけ でなく、本当にお客様に支持されている実力店を取り上げます。誌面のほとんど が美しいカラーページで、作り方の詳細なプロセスも惜しみなく披露いただいて おります。日本国内のみならず海外現地取材も行ない、最新のトレンドを紹介。 毎号の強力特集の他、人気カフェのオーナーや本場フランスのパティシエによる 連載もあり、業界の方はもちろん、一般の方にまで男女を問わず広くご好評いた だいている雑誌です。 *出版物のタイトル: café-sweets(カフェ・スイーツ) *発行間隔: 2ヶ月 *定期購読の期間と料金  2ヶ月 1,300円  6ヶ月 3,800円   1年 7,400円 *課金について 定期購読料金はiTunes アカウントにて行われます。 *自動更新時の課金について 自動更新される際の課金については、定期購読期間の終了日の24時間以内に行われます。 *定期購読の確認について 定期購読状況の確認と自動更新の停止は、App Store のApple IDの設定にて行います。 *定期購読のキャンセルについて 定期購読中は、期間の変更やキャンセルをすることができません。

About

Cooking Note

Features
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Cooking Note is an app that allows you to easily take notes from recipe websites! Simply enter the URL of a recipe site to quickly create your own notes. App Details - Recipe Note Creation Feature Just by entering the URL of a recipe site, you can easily create recipe notes! - Automatic Recipe Note Creation Feature Select Cooking Note from the share button in your browser to easily create recipe notes!

Screenshots

café4 screens
Cooking Note3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cooking Note at none against café's 10. Cooking Note also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 9 months). café's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price 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. café sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 2 months. Cooking Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

café ships an update every 9 months, Cooking Note weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
café versus Cooking Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercaféCooking Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHIBATASHOTENKatsuya Sugawara

In-app purchases

10 purchases

café

Subscriptions3
  • cafe-sweets定期購読$9.992 Months
  • cafe-sweets定期購読$29.996 Months
  • cafe-sweets定期購読$69.991 Year
One-time7
  • café-sweets(カフェ・スイーツ) vol.173$6.99
  • café-sweetsvol176$6.99
  • café-sweetsvol178$6.99
Show 4 more
  • cafesweetsvol196$6.99
  • CafeSweets vol233$9.99
  • CafeSweets vol225$9.99
  • patissier$14.99
None

Cooking Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is café free?
café is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cooking Note free?
Cooking Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do café or Cooking Note have ads?
Cooking Note shows ads; café does not.
Which is updated more often, café or Cooking Note?
café ships an update every 9 months, and Cooking Note weekly. Most recently, café was updated on November 1, 2026 and Cooking Note on November 3, 2026.

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