Comparison

MasterCook vs GrownHere

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

Head to head
About

MasterCook

Organize your recipes and create shopping lists with this app. It allows you to import recipes online, scale ingredients automatically, and search your collection. Collaborate with others by creating private group cookbooks.

Highlights
  • Import recipes online with one click
  • Organize recipes into custom cookbooks
  • Automatically scale recipe ingredients
  • Add recipes to shopping lists
  • Search recipes by cookbook, category, and title
  • Create private group cookbooks for collaboration
Features
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Chefs, culinary schools, restaurants, home cooks, and foodservice companies have trusted the MasterCook products for over 27 years. Let MasterCook organize your recipes and shopping lists in your private online account. A FREE 30-day trial allows you to store up to 25 recipes in your online account with full functionality of features. A paid subscription allows you to store up to 100,000 recipes in your online account until your subscription expires. Here’s what you can do with the MasterCook App: • Download recipes online with just 1 click! View a recipe in a web browser and use the Share button to send it to your MasterCook app. • Organize recipes into custom cookbooks. • Scale a recipe to change its servings, and MasterCook will adjust the ingredient amounts automatically. • Add a recipe to a shopping list. • Search your recipes based on cookbook, category, and recipe title. • Create private group cookbooks to collaborate with friends and family. Use the MasterCook mobile app on its own or use it in conjunction with the MasterCook Windows product to access even more tools like adding recipes to menus and meal plans and performing nutritional and cost analysis of your recipes and menus and meal plans. Learn more at https://www.mastercook.com/learn-more If you have any questions, contact MasterCook Support and receive a timely reply.

About

GrownHere

Discover locally grown produce and connect with urban farms in your community. Farmers can advertise their available items to reach a broader audience. This tool supports local food systems and fresh ingredient sourcing.

Highlights
  • Discover locally grown produce
  • Connect with urban farms
  • Search for ingredients
  • Farmers advertise produce
  • Support local food systems
Features
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GrownHere here is a tool for discovering locally grown produce, connecting the community to fresh food and the farmers that grow it! Browse and search for your favorite ingredients while supporting urban farms in your town or city! For farmers, advertise your available produce and reach a wider audience! This application is currently in alpha and new accounts can only be created for farmers by reaching out to the Florence Fang Community Farm in San Francisco, California.

Screenshots

MasterCook4 screens
GrownHere4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GrownHere at none against MasterCook's 1. GrownHere also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). MasterCook's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MasterCook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GrownHere asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MasterCook against 5.0 for GrownHere. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MasterCook has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MasterCook ships an update every 5 weeks, GrownHere every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MasterCook versus GrownHere: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMasterCookGrownHere
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews31.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size265 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperValusoft Finance, LLCGregory Jean-Baptiste

Customer experience

MasterCook

All ratings41 ratings
Positive46.3%
Neutral7.3%
Negative46.3%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive31.8%
Neutral12.1%
Negative56.1%

GrownHere

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

MasterCook

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • App crashes when opening
  • Cannot register/login
  • Text invisible or unreadable
  • Editing fails with error message
  • Recipes not saving
Show 16 more
  • App closes randomly
  • Recipes not importing correctly
  • Syncing issues
  • Cannot export app recipes to PC
  • Search function not working
  • App crashes on search for non-existent item
  • System error on login
  • Cannot delete app
  • Display issues after upgrade
  • Cannot see cookbook names
  • Ingredients not recognized for nutritional info
  • Cannot move between recipe edit screens
  • Keyboard covers input field
  • App not opening after upgrade
  • App not recognizing online status
  • Login credentials shown for another user

Requested features

11 requests
  • Search by ingredient
  • Print recipes and shopping lists
  • Copy/paste functionality
  • Improve UI/reduce whitespace
  • Direct web import on tablet
Show 6 more
  • Meal planning feature
  • Search function for recipes
  • Sort by category
  • Pantry functionality
  • Landscape mode for iPad
  • Ascending sort for downloaded recipes

GrownHere

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MasterCook

One-time1
  • MasterCook One Year Subscription$99.99
None

GrownHere

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MasterCook free?
MasterCook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GrownHere free?
GrownHere is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MasterCook or GrownHere?
MasterCook and GrownHere are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do MasterCook or GrownHere have ads?
Neither MasterCook nor GrownHere shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MasterCook or GrownHere?
MasterCook ships an update every 5 weeks, and GrownHere every 2 months. Most recently, MasterCook was updated on October 24, 2026 and GrownHere on October 15, 2026.

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