Recipe vs TempSpike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recipe
Organize all your favorite recipes in one place. Group recipes by category, add photos, and easily share them via email, SMS, or social media. Includes helpful unit conversion tools for ingredients, weight, and temperature.
- Manage recipe categories with photos
- Add detailed recipe information
- Share recipes via email, SMS, and social media
- Print recipes
- Unit conversion for ingredients, weight, and temperature
- Customizable font styles and sizes
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Recipe Manager is created to help you keep all your favourite recipes in one spot. The recipes will be grouped based on the category you choose with options to print (single copy, multiple copies, or page range), post on Facebook, SMS or email to your friends. There are four functions available: Manage Categories - Enter the categories (eg. appetizers, soup, etc) for the recipes. Category details include category name and category photo. You can select the category photo from your photo album, delete the selected photo or take a new photo. To search for a category, simply enter the name and the photo will be shown. You can then change the Category photo if you wish. You can also delete unwanted categories. Deleting a category will also delete all recipes under that category. Manage Recipes - Enter recipe details. Details entered for a recipe includes category, recipe name, recipe photo, description, preparation time, cook time, servings, ingredients and instructions. You can choose the recipe photo from your photo album, delete selected photo or take a new photo. You have the option to change the fonts, font size and colour when entering ingredients and instructions. To search for a recipe, simply enter the recipe name and the recipe details will be displayed. You will also be able to change the details and the recipe photo. Touch the photo to view a large image of the recipe photo. You can also delete unwanted recipes. Show Recipes - Display a chosen recipe. You can either print the recipe to an iphone compatible printer, display the PDF file, SMS the recipe, post on Facebook or email the recipe. A pdf file of the recipe will be attached to the email and a copy of the recipe will be displayed in the email body. The Facebook post will include the recipe and a photo. The pdf file can also be sent to WhatsApp, Messenger, iBooks, Yahoo Mail, Evernote, Notes, Viber, iCloud Drive, etc. Unit Conversion - A 'Unit Conversion' option is provided that gives you a further three functions for conversion: Ingredient Measurement (Cup, Tablespoon, Teaspoon, Millilitre and Fluid Ounce), Weight (Metric or Imperial) and Temperature (Celsius, Celsius (Fan-Forced), Fahrenheit and Gas Mark). There is also a 'Help' button to guide you in using this app. I have included a few categories and sample recipes as examples.
TempSpike
Monitor your barbecue's temperature and time remotely using a wireless Bluetooth connection. Receive immediate alerts when your food reaches the set temperature or time.
- Wireless Bluetooth connectivity
- Remote temperature monitoring
- Remote time monitoring
- Instant alerts
- Set custom temperatures
- Set custom times
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TempSpike is a wireless bluetooth barbecue temperature and time monitoring program, connected to wireless bluetooth, you can remotely set the temperature or time, when the temperature reaches the specified time, it will remind you immediately
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TempSpike at Free against Recipe's $2.99. TempSpike also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 1). On ads, 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
TempSpike is free to download; Recipe costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TempSpike holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TempSpike has 2.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Recipe ships an update every 3 months, TempSpike every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recipe | TempSpike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (2.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 42.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jessica Tunnicliffe | iTronics Co., Limited |
Customer experience
Recipe
TempSpike
Bugs and requests
Recipe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TempSpike
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes after recent update
- Probe color identification reversed in app
- Cooking progress not saved when app is closed
- Estimated time remaining feature not working
- Issues with adding new cooking profiles
Requested features
5 requests- Add widget support for quick temperature checks
- Allow more flexibility in setting temperature alarms
- Improve data export functionality
- Enhance cooking graph to show real-time data
- Add support for more meat types and cooking profiles
In-app purchases
Recipe
No in-app purchases
TempSpike
No in-app purchases
