Cookidoo alternative — recipes, tracking and couples without the appliance
Cookidoo is the Thermomix's recipe brain — superb if you own the machine. Swoodie works in any kitchen and adds calorie tracking, AI scanning and a couples mode.
The bottom line
This is less a rivalry than a boundary: Cookidoo is hardware-bound and stops at the recipe; Swoodie is hardware-free and goes from deciding (Swipe Together) through cooking (Chef AI, Cooking Mode) to tracking (AI scan, macros, weight). Thermomix households often run both — Cookidoo drives the machine, Swoodie tracks what comes out of it.
Cookidoo is the official Thermomix platform: 100,000+ recipes engineered for guided cooking on the device, a weekly planner and a synced shopping list. With a Thermomix on the counter, it's the machine's natural other half.
Without the machine, the equation flips — guided cooking is moot, and Cookidoo stops at the recipe: no calorie tracking, no AI scanning, no macro goals, no couples mode. Swoodie covers discovery, AI cooking tools, nutrition tracking and shared decisions in any kitchen, no $1,500 appliance required.
Feature by feature
| Feature |  Swoodie | Cookidoo |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent free plan (not a trial) | Free — $0 forever | Limited free account; 30-day trial |
| Annual price | $39.99 / year | ~$65/yr |
| Start without creating an account | Free — guest mode | Account required |
| AI features without paying | 5 free one-time uses, no card | No AI features |
| AI photo calorie / meal scan | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | |
| Multi-photo / multi-dish scan | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | |
| Barcode scanner | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | |
| Log a meal you ate ("ate it") | Free — basic calorie logging | |
| Meal journal / food diary | Free: last 3 days · Premium: full history | |
| Recipe discovery / browse | Free — 8,000+ recipe library | 100,000+ recipes (device-built) |
| Swipe-to-choose recipe UX | Free | |
| Filter recipes by ingredients you have | Free — Discover Mode | |
| AI recipe generation (Chef AI) | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | |
| Import a recipe from a video / social post | Trial — 5 free saves, then Premium | |
| Hands-free voice cooking mode | Free | Guided cooking — on the Thermomix |
| Multi-day meal planner (1/3/7-day) | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | Weekly planner |
| AI-built meal plan | Trial — 5 free uses, then Premium | |
| Auto-generated shopping list | Trial — built with the plan | |
| Shopping list merges duplicate ingredients | Trial — built with the plan | |
| Real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together) | Host: Premium · Join: Free | |
| Shared meal plan | Premium | |
| Separate macro targets per person | Premium | |
| Multi-person session (family / friends) | Host: Premium · Join: Free | |
| Intermittent fasting tracker | Tracker: Free · Coach quips: Premium | |
| Paired wellness accountability (2-person daily score) | Free — core pairing + score | |
| Calorie & macro goal setting | Free | |
| BMR / TDEE auto-calculation | Free | |
| Body-stat & weight tracking | Free — on-device | |
| iOS app | ||
| Android app | ||
| Web app | Full web platform |
Cost over time
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Over 2 years, Swoodie costs $79.98. Cookidoo costs $130.00 — you save $50.
Swoodie is $39.99/year — about $3.33/month billed yearly. Regional pricing varies (~£50/€60). Requires a Thermomix (~$1,500) for guided cooking; new buyers get bundled free months.
Cookidoo pricing verified June 2026 · source
Where Cookidoo wins
If you own a Thermomix, Cookidoo is genuinely unbeatable at what it does: 100,000+ recipes that drive the machine itself — weights, times and temperatures, step by step — with reliable results and strong per-country recipe catalogs. Many Thermomix households sensibly run Cookidoo for the machine and a tracker for the nutrition side.
Honest scorecard
Where Swoodie wins
- Multi-photo / multi-dish scan
- Swipe-to-choose recipe UX
- Filter recipes by ingredients you have
- Import a recipe from a video / social post
- Hands-free voice cooking mode
- Shopping list merges duplicate ingredients
- Real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together)
- Shared meal plan
- … and 4 more on the full matrix above
The verdict
Switch to Swoodie if…
you cook in a normal kitchen, want calorie and macro tracking with AI photo scanning alongside your recipes, or decide dinner with a partner.
Stay with Cookidoo if…
you own a Thermomix and cook on it most nights — recipes that drive the machine itself have no substitute.
We put these comparisons together from publicly available information and each app's own website. Prices and features change — if you spot anything inaccurate or out of date, email support@swoodie.app and we'll correct it. We want this comparison to stay fair.
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