When comparing Copy Me That vs The CookBook App, the Slant community recommends Copy Me That for most people. In the question“What are the best recipe manager apps for iOS?” Copy Me That is ranked 3rd while The CookBook App is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Copy Me That is:
Each recipe can be categorized by tags in order to find the appropriate meal.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Recipes can be organized via tags
Each recipe can be categorized by tags in order to find the appropriate meal.
Pro Great web clipper
Copy Me That is a Great app for grabbing recipes from the web. After they are downloaded, they are automatically formatted for simplicity.
Pro Active community
Copy Me That has a community built around food. The community is for sharing and receiving recipes, and even providing feedback.
Pro Easy shopping list generator
This app will dissect the ingredients required and break them down into an organized shopping list.
Pro Excellent browser algorithm
The excellent browser algorithm can grab recipes from even the worst ad-garbled web pages, with no errors.
Pro Allows adjustments and notes
Any attribute of a recipe can be changed, and notes can be added as reminder for the future.
Pro Cookbook creator and Direct publish feature
You can design, create, and even publish and order your own cookbook from within the app.
Pro Functions as an add-on
The Copy Me That add-on can grab recipes from a browser and sync them with the iOS app.
Pro Drag and drop meal planner
Users can drag and drop meals from one day to another day using this app's built in calendar.
Pro Supports multiple users on different devices
A meal can be added by one user, and then the recipe can be viewed by another. This way, coordinating meals between multiple people can be very simple - especially for shopping purposes.
Pro Community ratings for recipes
The community rates shared recipes on a scale of 1-5.
Pro Intelligent item system
Intelligent item system allows you to edit items on your shopping list, combines items from multiple recipes, and organizes items by store location. Forget an item? Hit the “Add Item” button, type in oranges, item is immediately added to your list under the “Produce” section.
Pro Multiple platforms
IOS (iPhone & iPad), Android, and browser support.
Pro Allows importing recipes
Cookbook can import recipes and has a long list of supported websites.
Pro Sleek and easy to use design
The user interface of the app is great and easy to use.
Pro Automatic Measure Conversion
Convert ingredients from the original measure type to your preferred US, Imperial and Metric measures.
Pro Syncs across devices
Syncs seamlessly between devices and platforms (iOS, Android and web!)
Pro Generate a grocery list and meal plan
Create a meal plan, print the planner or generate an interactive shopping list for your recipes!
Pro Upload and show images per step
They have made the app really personable by being able to add descriptions and upload an image to each step for your recipe.
Pro Cooking Mode
Built in Cooking mode that reads your recipe to you while you cook!
Pro OCR Support
Free built in OCR support to take images of paper recipes and turn them into digital recipes
Pro Free Cloud Storage
Automatically stores your recipe information within the cloud to enable access from the mobile applications and website
Pro Timer detection
Create recipe timers automatically from detected instructions or enter a timer manually to alert you when you are needed in the kitchen
Pro iPhone X Compatible
Pro Active support team
Usually respond within a matter of a day and keen to fix bugs and improve the app
Cons
Con Clunky interface
Con iPad Interface unbecoming to some users
Con Recipe detection limited to english
This app automatically reformats recipes for easy reading based on the contents of the text. If the text isn't in English, Copy Me That won't detect the recipe.
Con Directions and ingredients are on separate screens - but you can pop out the ingredients screen when in the steps screen.
Directions and ingredients are on separate screens, makes it hard to cook when you need to flip back to the ingredients to see what the quantity is and then back to the instructions to see what to do with the ingredients.
