BigOven vs The CookBook App

Use a single grocery list and menu plan with multiple accounts.

Can convert images to text.

With optional membership, lets you get rid of all ads and add unlimited recipes; great free trial model.

Users can see the nutritional information of any meal based on the contents of the ingredients.

Great use of Folders -- can set them up for occasions, people you cook for, and more. Also the separate "Favorite" and "Try" list let you keep track of things that you'd like to try apart from those that are truly your favorite.

Has over 350.000 recipes to search through and an advanced search that allows setting dietary restrictions, ingredients to be added or excluded and what categories to search through.

Free built in OCR support to take images of paper recipes and turn them into digital recipes

CookBook can import recipes and has a long list of supported websites. The import feature isn't wonderful though, and even when using the supported sites there is no guarantee that the full recipe is imported.

Automatically stores your recipe information within the cloud to enable access from the mobile applications and website

Syncs seamlessly between devices and platforms (iOS, Android and web!)

Usually respond within a matter of a day and keen to fix bugs and improve the app

Convert ingredients from the original measure type to your preferred US, Imperial and Metric measures.

They have made the app really personable by being able to add descriptions and upload an image to each step for your recipe.

Unlike a lot of other apps you only pay for the app once, there is no recurring subscription.

Built in Cooking mode that reads your recipe to you while you cook. It also lets you mark ingredients and steps as completed so you know where you are in the recipe.

The app links to their website where you can log in to see, edit and import recipes. Personally I found importing through this site works better than using the app.

Will recalculate the amount of each ingredient needed based on the number of servings you choose.

Partners, roommates and so on can share an account and access the same recipes, shopping list and other functions of the app. The only exception is the "extra items" on shopping lists, which are items that are not a part of a recipe, like bread or milk.

Create recipe timers automatically from detected instructions or enter a timer manually to alert you when you are needed in the kitchen

Create a meal plan, print the planner or generate an interactive shopping list for your recipes. The grocery list also notes what recipe the ingredient is used in.

The user interface of the app is great and easy to use.

Recipes can be searched for by ingredients, the recipe name or other keywords. You can also filter recipes by ingredients (either included or excluded), time, favourite status and tags, and sort by name or last updated. This is handy if you have a lot of recipes.

Has a surprise me feature which randomly selects a recipe for you. Note that this will show you any recipe, you can't sort it do only show dinners for example.