Comparison

Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes vs eCookbook

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

Head to head
About

Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes

Explore thousands of tested recipes with step-by-step instructions and photos. Organize your favorites, create shopping lists, and reduce food waste. Get personalized suggestions and save recipes from social media.

Highlights
  • Thousands of tested recipes
  • Step-by-step cooking instructions
  • Smart shopping lists
  • Save favorite recipes
  • Create recipe collections
  • Save social media recipes
  • Reduce food waste tips
Features
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Kitchen Stories is your ultimate digital cookbook, recipe keeper, and meal planner for everyday cooking! Discover thousands of chef-tested recipes, get inspired by culinary creators, and learn new cooking techniques step-by-step. Whether you want a quick weekday meal, healthy dinner ideas, or baking inspiration, Kitchen Stories makes cooking easy, delicious, and perfect for any occasion. ### NEW: THE ULTIMATE SOCIAL MEDIA RECIPE KEEPER Found a brilliant recipe on Instagram or TikTok? With Kitchen Stories Plus, you can save and organize social media recipes from external platforms directly into your personal digital cookbook with just one click. No more chaotic screenshots or lost links. Keep all your food inspiration in one organized space! ### DISCOVER & COOK NEW RECIPE IDEAS * Thousands of guided recipes tailored for every taste, dietary style, and skill level. * From quick 20-minute weekday dinners to healthy meal prep options and festive baking. * Detailed, step-by-step cooking instructions with high-quality photos. ### YOUR PERSONAL DIGITAL COOKBOOK & RECIPE ORGANIZER * Save your favorite recipes and organize them into custom cookbooks and collections. * Keep track of the recipes you loved, the ones you want to try; and create as many cookbooks as you like * Use the recipe manager to import and keep track of everything you love to cook in one place. ### MEAL PLANNING * Effortless meal prep: Find delicious and quick lunch and dinner recipes for the week ahead. * Personalized recipe suggestions tailored to your specific dietary preferences (vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, etc.) and what you have in your pantry * Create a sustainable kitchen: Generate perfect dishes from leftovers to reduce food waste ### CONVENIENT GROCERY LISTS * Shopping lists that aggregate ingredients and quantities for easy grocery shopping. * Access your list on the go, making weekly meal prep completely stress-free. * View your grocery list by recipe or the combined one for all recipes ### WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US: “The most well-thought-out cooking app on the German market.” – STERN “Makes even complicated recipes easy enough for anyone to cook.” – Süddeutsche Zeitung “Finally an app that brings order to recipe chaos.” – BRIGITTE Join millions of home cooks and download Kitchen Stories today to elevate your everyday cooking! Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you at hello@kitchenstories.com Terms of Use: https://www.kitchenstories.com/en/terms/

About

eCookbook

Access and browse your personalized cookbooks on your iPhone or iPad. Search for specific recipes within your created collections. An account with the creator service is required to use this application.

Highlights
  • Read custom cookbooks
  • Search recipes
  • Browse cookbook collections
  • Requires CreateMyCookbook account
  • iPhone and iPad support
Features
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Read cookbook's you made with CreateMyCookbook on your iPhone or iPad. Search the recipes, and browse the full cookbook. Requires account at CreateMyCookbook.

Screenshots

Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes4 screens
eCookbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes at 80% against eCookbook's 20%. Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 33 months). eCookbook's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. eCookbook asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes ships an update fortnightly, eCookbook every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes versus eCookbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen Stories Easy RecipeseCookbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (23K ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 33 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB24 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAJNS New MediaCreateMyCookbook, LLC

Customer experience

Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes

All ratings22,793 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews1,653 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative13.5%

eCookbook

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Bugs and requests

Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Recipes load videos of wrong recipes
  • For You doesn't work
  • App doesn't work
  • New update (no images for recipes)
  • Login screen freezes
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  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Please bring back the shopping list option
  • Needs iPad Split Screen
  • More recipes !
  • Need to be able to save how to videos
  • An alternative page for uncommon ingredients

eCookbook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes

Subscriptions8
  • Plus Subscription7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Plus Subscription$7.991 Month
  • SUMMER SALE - Yearly14 Days trial$17.491 Year
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  • Black Friday Offer - Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Plus Subscription - Special Offer$19.991 Year
  • SALE: Plus Subscription7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Plus Subscription - Special Offer7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Plus Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$79.991 Year
None

eCookbook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes free?
Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is eCookbook free?
eCookbook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes or eCookbook have ads?
Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes shows ads; eCookbook does not.
Which is updated more often, Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes or eCookbook?
Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes ships an update fortnightly, and eCookbook every 33 months. Most recently, Kitchen Stories Easy Recipes was updated on September 24, 2026 and eCookbook on September 9, 2026.

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