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.
Features evolve fast
Swoodie ships new features regularly, so this page may not reflect the very latest. The homepage is always up to date — check there for everything Swoodie does today.
See the latest on the homepage →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 | 10 free one-time uses, no card | No AI features |
| AI photo calorie / meal scan | Trial — 10 free uses, then Premium | |
| Multi-photo / multi-dish scan | Trial — 10 free uses, then Premium | |
| Barcode scanner | Trial — 10 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 | |
| Packaged-product quality score (0–100) | Free — scan, score & breakdown · Premium: better swaps + Ask AI | |
| Blood-sugar impact read on a scanned meal | Blood Sugar Score — Free: steady / moderate / spiky, estimated from carbs & fibre | No meal logging exists |
| One-tap steadier swap for a spiky meal | Smart Swaps — Premium | |
| 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 — 10 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 |
| Built-in kitchen tools (converters, scaler, cook times) | Kitchen Tools — Free: 6 offline tools (unit, oven & air-fryer converters, scaler, cook times, safe temperatures) | Serving scaling; cook time & temp run on the Thermomix |
| Multi-day meal planner (1/3/7-day) | Trial — 10 free uses, then Premium | Weekly planner |
| AI-built meal plan | Trial — 10 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: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Shared meal plan | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Separate macro targets per person | Free | |
| Multi-person session (family / friends) | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Intermittent fasting tracker | Tracker: Free · Coach quips: Premium | |
| Paired wellness accountability (2-person daily score) | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Shareable meal report card | Meal Report Card — Free | Annual recap only |
| Calorie & macro goal setting | Free | |
| BMR / TDEE auto-calculation | Free | |
| Body-stat & weight tracking | Free — on-device | |
| Diet-style macro targets (keto / low-carb / high-protein) | Free | Keto/low-carb are recipe collections, not targets |
| Custom macro targets (set your own grams) | Premium | Diet & allergy filters only |
| Daily insight drawn from what you logged | Coach Ollie — daily insight: Free · Pattern insights: Premium | Recipe recommendations, not an intake insight |
| 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.
Prefer paying once? Swoodie Lite is a $9.99 one-time purchase that unlocks the whole app except the AI features.
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
- Swipe-to-choose recipe UX
- Real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together)
- Multi-person session (family / friends)
- Paired wellness accountability (2-person daily score)
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.
Made up your mind? Start free.
Swoodie plans the week, tracks what you eat and lets two people pick dinner together. The recipe library and tracking are free, no account needed — every scan carries a Blood Sugar Score, six Kitchen Tools work offline, and Premium is free for 7 days on the yearly plan.
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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