When comparing cookbook vs ChefTap, the Slant community recommends ChefTap for most people. In the question“What are the best recipe manager apps for Android? ” ChefTap is ranked 1st while cookbook is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose ChefTap is:
Recipes can be tagged.
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Pros
Pro Shopping list that shows what you need and for which recipe
Say your buying sugar, it tells you that you need 300 g for cookies and 150 g for pancakes for example. So you how much you need to buy.
Pro Easily share as url,text, image, pdf
Has a great share feature and an import/export feature.
Pro Cooking view
Has an integrated cooking view when cooking for easy instructions/ingredients viewing.
Pro Reasonable organizational methods
Recipes can be tagged.
Pro Good web clipper and import options
Recipes can be added via bookmarks, share functionality or by copying and pasting a url. It's also good about importing existing bookmarks, text files and URLs from Pinterest.
Pro Easy to use recipe search tool
Pro Explains well how it should be used
The app has a good introductory tutorial that explains what's possible with the app and how it should be used. And there are also various explanations throughout the app that help along in using it. There's even a dedicated help section with videos.
Pro Has a free version
ChefTap has a free, ad-supported version that lacks manual entry and unlimited device syncing support.
Cons
Con Lack of a meal planner
Not a problem for me but could be for others. So keep that it mind
Con Can't auto detect recipes using images or AI
Although you can add a link as a recipe, you wont be able to use all cookbook features until you manually add the required information.
Con No grocery list or meal planner
Features are planned for future releases.
Con Price
The Pro version originally cost $11.99, but has since been bumped up to $19.99. With the lack of support and little in the way of improvement, it doesn't make a lot of sense to be paying more for the service.
Con Importing
Ability to "clip" only works sporadically...
Con Lack of support
Has gone downhill...