Comparison

MasterCook vs Podsque

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

Podsque

Features
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NEVER GUESS WHICH POD IS WHICH AGAIN. Podsque is a free coffee catalog and inventory tracker for pods, capsules, whole beans, and ground coffee. Scan a pod sleeve or a bag of beans and see exactly what you have, how many shots you can still pull, what each one tastes like, and when it's time to restock - all on your phone. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Scan & Identify - Point your camera at a pod sleeve or bean bag and instantly see flavor notes, roast level, intensity, origin, caffeine, and recommended cup size. - Track Inventory - Always know how many pods or grams of beans are left in your stash, broken down by brew method: espresso, lungo, americano, milk drinks. - Works With Your Machine - Supports the major capsule and pod systems, plus whole bean and ground coffee. - Rate & Review - Mark your favorites, log tasting notes, and build a personal coffee library. - Beans Too - Log whole-bean and ground coffee, track freshness by roast date, and get a low-stock alert before you run out. - Shared Households - Everyone in the house sees the same stash, updated in real time. - Personalized Discovery - See your coffee habits over time and find new pods or beans matched to your taste. WHO IT'S FOR - Home baristas with a growing pod or bean collection - Bean drinkers dialing in grind size, freshness, and the perfect shot - Multi-machine households running both pod and bean setups - Anyone tired of cupboards full of unlabeled silver capsules - Roasters, retailers, and coffee brands showcasing and tracking their range WHY PODSQUE Loose pods are anonymous. Beans go stale. Most kitchens have a coffee drawer that looks like a slot machine. Podsque was built by people who love coffee enough to want it organized, tracked, and beautiful - without the spreadsheets. PRIVACY Your coffee history stays yours. We collect only what's needed to make the app work, encrypt your data in transit and at rest, and let you delete your account and data anytime. Full details at https://www.podsque.com/privacy Questions? support@podsque.com Web: https://www.podsque.com

Screenshots

MasterCook4 screens
Podsque4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Podsque at none against MasterCook's 1. Podsque also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads 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. MasterCook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Podsque asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MasterCook versus Podsque: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMasterCookPodsque
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size265 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperValusoft Finance, LLCPodsque

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

Podsque

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MasterCook

One-time1
  • MasterCook One Year Subscription$99.99
None

Podsque

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MasterCook free?
MasterCook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Podsque free?
Podsque is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MasterCook or Podsque have ads?
Neither MasterCook nor Podsque shows ads.

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