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CookShelf: Search Cookbooks earns about
$148/month
range $81 – $214 · $1.8K/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$5
$3 – $7
Per Week
$34
$19 – $50
Per Month
$148
$81 – $214
Per Year
$1.8K
$974 – $2.6K
Lifetime
$4.4K
$2.4K – $6.4K
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A specific clone-and-improve plan for CookShelf: Search Cookbooks
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Opportunity
75/100
Cloneability
$0
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$3.33/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- faster onboarding · clearer pricing page · richer empty-state
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
CookShelf: Search Cookbooks is at $3.33/mo. Consider going slightly lower with a longer free trial (14 days) to win price-aware users.
🔡 App Store title ideas
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried CookShelf: Search Cookbooks for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why CookShelf: Search Cookbooks costs $3.33/mo when ours costs $2.00"
- "The food & drink app CookShelf: Search Cookbooks won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$3.33/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
12K installs · 11.6% active · 2.3% pay
In-App Purchases 2
- Monthly CookShelf Premium - Monthly $4.99 /month
- Annual CookShelf Premium - Annual $39.99 /year ~$3.33/mo
2 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 1.53.0
- Released
- Aug 7, 2025
- Last Updated
- May 5, 2026
- File Size
- 70.2 MB
- Required OS
- 15.1
- Content Rating
- 12+
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- English
- Developer
- CookShelf Inc
What's new in v1.53.0
- A new and improved flow for marking recipes as cooked where you can add additional details like "would cook again" and recipe tags
- Mark a meal plan entry as cooked right from its menu, no extra steps.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
Fun Numbers - share these
$0
every second
$0
every minute
$0
every hour
$5
every day
- ☕ Buys 1 $5 coffees every day
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 87,788 seconds
12-Month Revenue Trajectory
Modeled from grossing rank, app score, and update cadence. Hover any point to see the value. Real growth depends on retention, marketing, and seasonality.
Estimated Installs
12K
estimated from 214 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
1K
11.6% of installs · default benchmark
Rating
4.50 ★
210 reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$3.33/mo)
Rating Distribution
5★
170
4★
12
3★
14
2★
5
1★
13
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Frequently Asked About CookShelf: Search Cookbooks
How much money does CookShelf: Search Cookbooks make on the App Store? ⌄
CookShelf: Search Cookbooks has an estimated App Store revenue of $148 per month (~$1.8K per year, $5 per day) with a likely range of $81 to $214. This includes earnings from in-app purchases, subscription revenue, ads and any paid downloads - all directional estimates from public App Store signals, not private Apple financial data.
How many App Store downloads does CookShelf: Search Cookbooks get? ⌄
Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (210 reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 12K total iOS downloads for CookShelf: Search Cookbooks - and roughly 1K monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
Is CookShelf: Search Cookbooks a top grossing iOS app and what is its App Store rank? ⌄
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How is CookShelf: Search Cookbooks App Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates CookShelf: Search Cookbooks App Store revenue from public app data: estimated downloads, monthly active users (MAU), the iOS conversion rate to paying users, subscription pricing detected on the listing, in-app purchase tiers, ad monetization (eCPM × impressions × MAU) and the Food & Drink category ARPU benchmark - net of Apple's 15-30% store cut.
What in-app purchases and subscriptions does CookShelf: Search Cookbooks offer on iOS? ⌄
CookShelf: Search Cookbooks offers in-app purchases on the App Store, which can include subscription tiers (weekly, monthly or annual), one-time purchases or virtual currency. Subscription revenue and IAP earnings are a major driver of the monthly revenue estimate above.
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