Epicurious vs Only Recipe
Epicurious
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
App Store
$156.3K/mo
~$1.88M/yr · 10.9M installs
VS
Only Recipe
Nikhil Jain
App Store
$5/mo
~$58/yr · 650 installs
Revenue winner
Epicurious wins
+3126160% vs other
Installs winner
Epicurious wins
+1678822% vs other
MAU winner
Epicurious wins
+1346062% vs other
Rating winner
Epicurious wins
+23% vs other
Why Epicurious is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Epicurious earns roughly 31263× more per month than Only Recipe - $156.3K vs $5.
- Premium pricing. Epicurious charges $4.99/mo vs Only Recipe's $2.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. Epicurious has ~10.9M lifetime installs vs Only Recipe's ~650 - 16789.2× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Epicurious sits at 4.73★ vs 3.85★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Epicurious
vs
Only Recipe
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$156.3K
◀
$5
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.88M
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$58
Lifetime installs (est.)
10.9M
◀
650
Monthly active users (est.)?
971K
◀
72.15
App Store rating
4.73★
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3.85★
Total ratings
99K
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13
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
◀
$2.99
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
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4 tiers
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 24, 2009
- Last updated
- Feb 16, 2026
- File size
- 136.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 7.3.22
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 29, 2021
- Last updated
- Feb 3, 2026
- File size
- 38.2 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 1.1.20
- Languages
- English
Epicurious trajectory
Only Recipe trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Epicurious or Only Recipe? v
Epicurious earns about $156.3K per month, while Only Recipe earns about $5. That is a 31262.6× revenue gap (~$156.3K more per month for Epicurious). Annual revenue: Epicurious ≈ $1.88M/year, Only Recipe ≈ $58/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Epicurious or Only Recipe? v
Epicurious leads with about 10.9M estimated downloads vs 650 for Only Recipe - a 16789.2× gap. Epicurious's App Store downloads are estimated from 99K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Only Recipe's App Store downloads are estimated from 13 ratings.
Are Epicurious and Only Recipe in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Food & Drink category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Epicurious and Only Recipe offer? v
Epicurious: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Only Recipe: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Epicurious runs a "Subscription (~$4.99/mo)" monetization model; Only Recipe runs "Subscription (~$2.08/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Epicurious or Only Recipe? v
Epicurious edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 3.8 (gap of 0.9 stars). Rating volume: Epicurious 99K ratings, Only Recipe 13 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Epicurious vs Only Recipe revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $156.3K for Epicurious and $5 for Only Recipe are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Food & Drink) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Epicurious or Only Recipe to a different App Store app? v
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