Cook vs KitchenOwl
Cook
cooklang.org
KitchenOwl
kitchenowl.orgSide by side
| Figure | Cook | KitchenOwl |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €4.99/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Recipe Apps | 6.3 (#5) | 8.1 (#2) |
| Purpose | Cook is a recipe app for cooking from plain-text Cooklang recipes, with cooking steps, timers, and shopping lists. | KitchenOwl is a grocery list and recipe manager that also supports meal planning and household expense tracking. |
| Shopping lists | Shopping lists can be grouped by aisle or recipe and shared or exported. | Shopping lists support item descriptions, categories, store-based sorting, sharing, and real-time syncing across users and devices. |
| Support | The app page provides feedback and bug-report links for iOS/iPadOS and Android, and links to the app FAQ and Discord. | The documentation directs users to GitHub issues for bug reports and feature requests and lists [email protected] for privacy questions. |
Plans
In their own words
KitchenOwl
KitchenOwl is a free grocery list and recipe manager for households, with meal planning and expense tracking. Household members can collaborate on recipes, shopping lists, plans, and expenses. Lists support descriptions and categories, can be sorted by store, and sync in real time across users and devices. Users can create recipes or import them from popular websites, then add ingredients to shopping lists. Meal plans can use preferences and pantry inventory to generate suggestions and connect with shopping lists. Members can split bills and review monthly expense reports and charts. The apps provide partial offline support for keeping track of grocery lists. KitchenOwl also lists Home Assistant integration for automations and smart home connectivity. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web, with self-hosting supported. The official server installation uses Docker or Docker Compose, and the documentation recommends HTTPS behind a reverse proxy. KitchenOwl is Free Software under the AGPL-3.0 license.