Raya vs Simmer Recipes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Raya
A private global community for finding meaningful connections, whether for dating, friendship, or professional networking. Membership is application-based and curated by a committee to foster trust and respect.
- Private global community
- Dating, friendship, and professional networking
- Application-based membership
- Daily Recommendations
- Maps and Directory
- Member-controlled visibility
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Raya is a private global community designed to help members discover meaningful connections anywhere in the world. Whether you're looking for dating, friendship, or professional networking, Raya aims to bring together interesting and kind people looking to connect beyond their existing circles. Membership is available by application only. Applications are reviewed by our global committee on an ongoing basis. Based on a number of factors, application review can range from days to months. Accepted members may choose a 1, 6, or 12 month membership. Through features like Daily Recommendations, Maps, and Directory, members can discover and connect with people nearby or across the world. Trust, respect, and privacy are central to the Raya experience. Members control their visibility within the community, personal information is carefully protected and never shared, and accounts may be suspended or terminated for behavior that does not reflect our community guidelines. Memberships are offered as auto-renewing subscriptions. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time. — For more, please see our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://www.rayatheapp.com/terms https://www.rayatheapp.com/privacy
Simmer Recipes
Organize your favorite recipes from across the web into custom collections. View recipes with clear, step-by-step directions and easily manage your grocery lists. Discover new culinary inspiration by following other users and sharing your own creations.
- Import recipes from websites
- Create custom recipe collections
- Step-by-step cooking directions
- Consistent ingredient formatting
- Follow other chefs and friends
- Discover new recipes via feed
- Share recipes with others
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Simmer lets you import recipes from all your favorite websites and save them into collections, view those recipes in a consistent format with step by step directions, and discover new recipes by following your friends, family, or other chefs. Features: - Import and save recipes from food blogs, websites, and other apps. - Easily create your own recipes. - View the ingredients for a recipe in a consistent format to make grocery shopping easier. - View recipes with step by step directions to make cooking and baking easier. - Easily keep track of your recipes by saving them into collections so that they are easy to find. - Follow your friends or other chefs to see what recipes they are cooking. - Discover new recipes through your news feed. - Share recipes with your friends or family. - Bookmark recipes that others have added.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simmer Recipes at 80% against Raya's 14%. Simmer Recipes also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Raya's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 36) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price and ads 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. Raya sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Simmer Recipes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simmer Recipes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Raya has 17K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Raya's written reviews are positive against 80% of Simmer Recipes's.
Raya ships an update every 3 days, Simmer Recipes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Raya | Simmer Recipes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (17K ratings) | 4.7 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #6 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raya App Inc | jordan nelson |
Customer experience
Raya
Simmer Recipes
Bugs and requests
Raya
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes and freezes
- Issues with uploading photos
- Incorrect age displayed
- Unable to cancel subscription
Requested features
4 requests- Allow users to update profile information
- Improve location-based matching
- Add more filtering options
- Enhance messaging and communication features
Simmer Recipes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Raya
- Membership2 variants$24.991 Month
- Raya+ Membership$49.991 Month
- Membership$113.996 Months
- 1 Direct Request$4.99
- Skip the Wait$7.99
- 30 Extra Likes$10.99
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- 3 Direct Requests$12.99
- 3 Skip the Waits$19.99
- 5 Skip the Waits$29.99
Simmer Recipes
No in-app purchases
