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Add to SafariWhen comparing BigOven vs cookbook, the Slant community recommends BigOven for most people. In the question“What are the best recipe manager apps for Android? ” BigOven is ranked 3rd while cookbook is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose BigOven is:
Use a single grocery list and menu plan with multiple accounts.
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Pros
Pro Household grocery list and menu planning sharing
Use a single grocery list and menu plan with multiple accounts.
Pro Can scan in handwritten and printed recipes
Can convert images to text.
Pro Allows ad-free use
With optional membership, lets you get rid of all ads and add unlimited recipes; great free trial model.
Pro Breaks down ingredients into nutritional info
Users can see the nutritional information of any meal based on the contents of the ingredients.
Pro Good grocery list creator
Pro Great organizational options
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.
Pro Can upload your own photos of your typed-in recipes
Pro Offers a big list of recipes to search through and an advanced search
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.
Pro Everything syncs with web and other devices
Pro Offers a free trial
Pro Good menu planner
Pro Reasonable site-clipping
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.
Cons
Con Charges for image scanning
BigOven lets users take pictures of handwritten or typed recipes and have them transcribed. The first 3 are free, and then it costs $20.00 per year for up to 25 additional scans.
Con You can't do very much with the FREE option - you pretty much have to pay the $20/year
Con Limited organizational options
Recipes can be saved to "Try", "Favorites" and "Folder" (creating folders requires a subscription). Additionally there are categories for recipes added and made.
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.
