# Cookpad recipes, homemade food

> Recipe app: quick & easy chicken, soup, chili, baking. Write and import. No ads.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.cookpad.android.activities](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.cookpad.android.activities)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.cookpad.android.activities`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Cookpad Inc.
- **Category:** FOOD\_AND\_DRINK
- **Downloads:** 24,613,305
- **Rating:** 4.18 / 5 (119,883 ratings)
- **Version:** 26.38.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-14
- **First published:** 2011-01-14
- **Publisher country:** JP
- **Size:** 53 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cookpad.android.activities)
- **Website:** [https://cookpad.com/](https://cookpad.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://cookpad.com/jp/privacy](https://cookpad.com/jp/privacy)

## Description

**Cookpad** is an ad-free recipe app and digital cookbook featuring millions of homemade recipes from a global community of home cooks. Search by ingredient, dish, cuisine, diet, or cooking method to find quick weeknight dinners, breakfasts, baking ideas, desserts, and more.

Import recipes from websites, Instagram, TikTok, books, or handwritten notes. AI can scan recipes into digital formats, while automatic translation helps you follow recipes in other languages. Save recipes to private folders, create weekly meal plans, generate shopping lists, and find ideas for using ingredients already in your pantry.

Share your own recipes, follow cooks, and post Cooksnaps with helpful comments and photos. Cookpad also includes AI-assisted recipe creation and optional Premium features such as unlimited imports, advanced filters, and popular recipes at the top of search results.

## Rankings

- #6,273 — Overall
- #38 — Food and drink (Gross)

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.cookpad.android.activities.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Users praise Cookpad as a large, easy-to-use recipe hub with strong storage, sharing, and social features, offering inspiration and global recipes. However, recurring problems include login failures, posting/saving bugs, and paywalls that gate features, along with overall reliability concerns and subscription management frustrations.

### Pros

- Huge global recipe library with many dishes
- Easy to store, publish, and share recipes
- Useful for inspiration and meal planning
- Social features: add friends and connect with others
- Many features available without premium / good value even without subscription

### Cons

- Login issues: users report inability to log in
- Posting/saving bugs prevent adding or publishing recipes
- Paywall and subscription requirements for features like sorting or access to more recipes
- General reliability issues / app not working or crashing
- Cancellation/subscription management difficulties (can't cancel)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.cookpad.android.activities)