Cooking-Timer
Cooking-Timer is a utility app for iOS that calculates synchronized start times for multiple dishes to ensure they finish simultaneously.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app removes the cognitive friction of manual scheduling during complex meal preparation, a task that becomes increasingly difficult as the number of dishes grows.
For Home cooks managing complex meal preparation for events like Christmas dinner, Sunday roasts, or batch cooking.
What does it look like?
Key features
Calculates start times for multiple ingredients to ensure all items finish simultaneously.
Generates push notifications for individual ingredient start times to prevent overcooking.
How much does it cost?
Monetization relies on Google AdMob ad-inventory, with no paid-tier gates or subscriptions identified.
Velocity
Dormant developmentUX improvementsShow more...
The app has been inactive for approximately 5.5 months, falling well outside the threshold for active development. With only a single release provided in the history, there is no evidence of a recurring cadence or ongoing maintenance. The development status is classified as zombie due to the lack of updates since December 2025.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
Read the full review analysisCompetition
Competitive landscape for Cooking-Timer
How's the Food & Drink market?
Cooking-Timer operates as a specialized utility in the Food & Drink category, focusing on timing rather than content discovery. Its lack of recent updates contrasts with the active release cadence of rivals like Recipe Fox, which threatens its long-term relevance.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Flavorish
Flavorish competes for the same home-cooking audience by positioning itself as the central hub for recipe management and meal planning.
- Leverages AI to automatically extract and format recipes from any website or social media link
- Integrates meal planning and grocery list generation to solve the end-to-end kitchen workflow problem
- Maintains high user engagement through frequent updates and a massive, established library of saved content
My Recipes - CookbookContender
Recipe Fox - Recipe SaverContender
BraiseryContender
Recipe Storage - RepiRepiContenderUnlock the head-to-head verdict: where this rival wins, and where it loses.
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Key takeaways for Cooking-Timer
Where is it heading?
The home-cooking utility market is consolidating around platforms that offer end-to-end workflows, from recipe discovery to active cook-time support. Cooking-Timer's static feature set leaves it exposed to these integrated rivals, signaling a likely decline in relevance unless the app expands beyond its current timing-only scope.
- The lack of feature updates for over five months suggests a maintenance-only lifecycle, which limits the app's ability to compete with active rivals.
- Competitors like Flavorish and Braisery are capturing the end-to-end kitchen workflow, which will likely drain Cooking-Timer's user base into the next quarter.
The SWOT
- Specialized synchronization logic solves complex meal scheduling
- Integrate recipe import tools to reduce manual entry
Next best moves
Integrate web-based recipe import because manual entry is a high-friction barrier compared to rivals → increase user retention
The counter-intuitive read
The app's lack of recipe storage is actually…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Universal recipe import tool (available in Recipe Fox but missing here) +1
Since the last report: Market outlook shifted from stable to declining as the app's static feature set fails to keep pace with rivals offering integrated end-to-end kitchen workflows. The competitive landscape now centers on Flavorish and Braisery rather than the previous focus on Cookmate.
Bottom line
Cooking-Timer provides a clear utility for meal synchronization, but its lack of feature expansion leaves it exposed to broader recipe platforms. Integrating automated recipe import would address the manual entry friction that currently drives users toward more comprehensive rivals.
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Is Cooking-Timer free to use?
How does Cooking-Timer compare to Flavorish?
What is a good alternative to Cooking-Timer?
Sources
- [1] App Store
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