Tamarin vs Kitchen Stories
Both help you cook at home, in different ways. Everything below about Kitchen Stories comes from its own store listings and pages, checked on Nov 7, 2026, with a source for every claim.
Polished, professionally tested recipes with HD videos and step photos, from an app with an Apple Design Award and Editors’ Choice on both stores.
About 25M downloads across platforms (its owner’s figure); 4.8★ from 23K ratings on the US App Store.
Cooking hands-free: it reads each step aloud and answers your voice, then plans the week, builds a shopping list anyone can open from a link, and reminds you before pantry food expires.
Free (with ads) · PRO $6.99 a month. New accounts get PRO free for 5 cooks or 60 days.
Feature by feature
“Not listed” means we couldn’t find it in Kitchen Stories’s store listings or help pages, not that it’s missing.
| Feature | Tamarin | Kitchen Stories |
|---|---|---|
| Reads the steps aloud | Yes PRO | Not listed Not mentioned on the store listings or its own pages Source |
| Hands-free voice commands | Yes PRO · “read step”, “next step”, “go back”, “show ingredients” | Not listed Not mentioned Source |
| Step-by-step cook mode | Yes Step-by-step view free; guided “Let’s Cook” mode is PRO | Yes Cooking mode with step photos and timers Source |
| Built-in recipe catalogue | Yes 800 recipes, priced and with nutrition | Yes 7,500–10,000+ recipes, with video Source |
| Import a recipe from any website | Yes PRO | Yes With Plus: save from the web, Instagram or TikTok Source |
| Meal planner | Yes PRO | Partly Weekly recipe suggestions; no calendar is documented Source |
| Shopping list you can share | Yes PRO · share a link; others check items off without an account | Partly Shopping list combined across recipes; sharing isn’t documented Source |
| Pantry with expiry reminders | Yes PRO · a reminder before anything expires | Partly Plus suggests recipes from what’s in your fridge; no expiry reminders documented Source |
| Nutrition per recipe | Yes Calories and macros on every recipe; full breakdown is PRO | Unconfirmed Search by nutritional preferences; no nutrition panel found on recipes Source |
| Cost per recipe or serving | Yes Free · estimated ingredient cost on every recipe | Not listed Not mentioned Source |
| Platforms | iPhone and Android | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro and Android |
| Price | Free (with ads) · PRO $6.99 a month. New accounts get PRO free for 5 cooks or 60 days. | Free (contains ads) · Kitchen Stories Plus €7.99 a month or €79.99 a yearSource |
Where Kitchen Stories is stronger
- A far bigger catalogue: 7,500–10,000+ recipes against Tamarin’s 800 (its own pages give different figures).
- HD video and photos for every step, produced in-house.
- More Apple platforms, including Mac, Apple TV and Vision Pro.
Where Tamarin is different
- Tamarin reads each step aloud and answers voice commands while you cook. Kitchen Stories doesn’t mention either.
- Tamarin’s pantry tracks what you have and reminds you before it expires. Kitchen Stories Plus suggests recipes from what’s in your fridge, but doesn’t document an inventory or reminders.
- Tamarin shows each recipe’s estimated ingredient cost, for free.
How Tamarin’s recipes are built
Steps you can follow at a glance
Every recipe is rewritten into short steps in cooking order, one action each. The prep the ingredient list asks for, like chopping, rinsing or softening, comes first as your mise en place. Code checks every number in a step against the original recipe, so the quantities, times and temperatures are the recipe’s own.
The ingredients, in the step that uses themPRO
In guided cooking, each step names its ingredients and shows them beside the step with the amount that step needs. Swap an ingredient for an alternative and the swap follows you through every step.
RemindersPRO
Plan a meal and Tamarin reminds you when it’s time to cook it. Keep a pantry and it reminds you before something expires.
Cost and nutrition, worked out ingredient by ingredient
Each recipe’s estimated cost and nutrition are added up from its ingredient lines, and when some lines couldn’t be counted, the recipe says how many it was based on. An ingredient whose nutrition had to be estimated is marked, and says how. The cost is free on every recipe; the full nutrition breakdown is PRO.
Which should you choose?
Choose Kitchen Stories if you want beautifully produced, tested recipes with video, and you cook on Apple devices beyond the phone. Choose Tamarin if you want to cook without touching your phone, with each step read aloud and your voice answered, and keep your meal plan, shopping list and pantry in the same app.
Questions
- Does Kitchen Stories read recipes aloud?
- Reading steps aloud: not listed in Kitchen Stories's store listings or help pages. Voice commands: not listed in Kitchen Stories's store listings or help pages. Tamarin reads each step aloud and answers commands such as “next step”, “go back” and “show ingredients”, with PRO.
- How much does Kitchen Stories cost?
- Free (contains ads) · Kitchen Stories Plus €7.99 a month or €79.99 a year. Tamarin is free with ads; PRO is $6.99 a month, and new accounts get PRO free for 5 cooks or 60 days.
- Does Kitchen Stories have a meal planner and a shared shopping list?
- Meal planner: partly. Weekly recipe suggestions; no calendar is documented. Shopping list: partly. Shopping list combined across recipes; sharing isn’t documented. Tamarin has both with PRO, and its list opens from a link for anyone, with no account needed.
- Which has more recipes, Tamarin or Kitchen Stories?
- Kitchen Stories: yes. 7,500–10,000+ recipes, with video. Tamarin has 800 recipes, each with an estimated ingredient cost and nutrition, and it imports recipes from any website with PRO.
Sources
Checked on Nov 7, 2026.
- Kitchen Stories on the App Store (US)
- Kitchen Stories on Google Play
- Kitchen Stories Plus
- Kitchen Stories app page
- turi2 on the FUNKE acquisition
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