KptnCook: Cook & Meal Planner Apple

KptnCook: Cook & Meal Planner

Food, Recipe & Cooking Tips

Overview

Rating:
4.60 +1
(471)
Version:
10.0.0
Last updated: 2026-09-08
Ranking
#75,041 ▼ 23
Overall

Features & Capabilities

KptnCook helps home cooks decide what to make, shop efficiently, and cook with confidence. Discover three fresh, handpicked recipes every day, weekly themed collections, step-by-step cooking guides, smart shopping lists, and a personal cookbook with over 4,000 recipes.

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User Growth & Download Statistics

By:
KptnCook GmbH
Rating:
4.60
(471)
1 new ratings
Version:
10.0.0 Last updated: 2026-09-08
Version code:
890954492
Creation date:
2014-01-17
Compatible devices:
Size:
334.47MB
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-09-19
Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

Other platforms

Android
KptnCook: Cook & Meal Planner (v9.19.0)
2,559,849 3.77 (27,949)

Contact the developer

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Developed by:
KptnCook GmbH
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kptncook-cook-meal-planner/id795495986
Website:
http://www.kptncook.com

User Reviews

Overall, users praise KptnCook for its gorgeous visuals, easy, mostly from-scratch recipes, and strong planning tools that help with portioning and shopping. The app shines in meal planning, grocery integration, and personalization to avoid disliked ingredients. However, frequent crashes and bugs plague many reviews. The paywall for many recipes and concerns about value and privacy deter some users. Account/sign-in frustrations, troublesome cancellation options, and partial syncing across devices also pop up. The recipe discovery flow remains limited, with few open options and unreliable collections, detracting from the otherwise strong core features.
Pros
  • Beautiful photography and visual presentation that makes recipes appealing.
  • Easy-to-follow recipes, many from scratch, suitable for beginners and improving cooking skills.
  • Strong meal-planning features with weekly planning options and easy grocery list integration.
  • Automatic ingredient quantity adjustments (portion calculator) to fit servings.
  • Personalization features like dietary dislikes and ingredient filters that streamline recipe selection and shopping.
Cons
  • Frequent crashes and buggy performance, including launch-time crashes and persistent glitches.
  • Many recipes are locked behind a premium paywall, with concerns about value and privacy implications.
  • Account and subscription issues: sign-in problems and difficult cancellation, plus incomplete cross-device syncing.
  • Limited discovery and search: hard to find specific recipes and only a small set of options shown daily.
  • Collections/favorites reliability problems: items not consistently saved and syncing across devices can be inconsistent.
Recent reviews
This app is one that I wanted to love. I’ve given it a very long time to fix the horrendously bad glitches or errors in the app but it’s only gotten worse with time. Example: added items to favorite, then attempted to add to specific collections. Unfortunately collections are broken completely - after you save an item to collections it either may or may not be there and only maybe some of the time. Then to make it even worse this app is a privacy nightmare. Then add in the huge downgrade to the app when ai was added. I’ll never pay for an app that violates privacy or one that has ai knowingly. Ai destroys the planet, jobs, customer service, trust, humanity, ect. The biggest insult? Adding ai when the base app doesn’t even work - pathetic.
by Ny*****, 2026-02-10

I still think this is a great cooking app—easy to follow directions with beautiful illustrations. I have had this app for several years. However, with the introduction of the premium choice, I feel like those who do not wish to upgrade are sent less appealing recipes. In fact, I haven’t seen anything I wish to cook in a while—it’s mostly a repeat of older recipes or bleh recipes. One wonders what the premium people are getting…So, it’s like anything these days…everyone wants your dollar…
by Yi*****, 2025-12-11
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