KL ‑ Recipe Studio vs Recipe Kit ‑ Blog Post Recipes
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 5, 2026 for KL, Nov 8, 2026 for Recipe Kit.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for KL and $25/month for Recipe Kit.
- Recipe Kit lists 12 features KL’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI generation, Analytics, Article tags.
Head to head
Beautiful, SEO optimized & shoppable blog post recipes
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Australia
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Starter
- · Auto-generated SEO schema
- · Basic recipe views counter
- · Beautiful recipe post templates
- · Customer star ratings
- · Up to 3 active recipes
- · Up to 5 product links per recipe
Basic
- · 20 AI generations/translations
- · 5 web recipe imports per month
- · Add all ingredients to cart
- · Custom out-of-stock product rules
- · Customer star ratings
- · Recipe page views & click stats
Advanced
- · 50 AI generations/translations
- · CSV recipe data export
- · Click-through rate analytics
- · Everything in the Basic plan
- · Priority customer support
- · Sales and conversion tracking
Free Plan
- · 3 recipe nutrition analyses included
- · 4 beautiful recipe designs
- · Add Shopify products to ingredients
- · Auto-generated, SEO-rich snippets
- · Blog tag filters
- · Social media sharing
Essentials Plan
- · 3 recipe nutrition analyses included
- · 4 beautiful recipe designs
- · Add Shopify products to ingredients
- · Auto-generated, SEO-rich snippets
- · Blog tag filters
- · Social media sharing
Growth Plan
- · 25 recipe nutrition analyses included
- · AI generated recipes
- · Add-to-cart buttons in ingredients
- · Everything in Essentials
- · Multi-language recipes
- · Multiple direction images
Enterprise Plan
- · 1-on-1 consultation call with our team
- · Custom recipe card styling changes
- · Everything from Growth
- · First access to new features
- · Multi-language recipes
- · Priority support
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureWe empower food brands and creators to build premium, interactive recipe posts that drive sales. Create SEO-optimized recipes instantly using AI, and map ingredient lists directly to your store products. Customers can add all ingredients to their cart with one click. Gain key insights into views, ingredient click-through-rates, and conversion analytics right from your dashboard.
Recipe Kit helps food brands, bloggers, and CPG stores publish shoppable recipe cards on their Shopify blog. Every recipe includes automatic recipe schema for Google results, nutrition labels, and add-to-cart buttons that link ingredients to your products. Track views, prints, shares, and sales per recipe in the built-in analytics dashboard. Choose templates or match your theme with custom styling.
- Map ingredients directly to store products to drive instant checkouts.
- Custom layout designs to showcase culinary recipes to cooks and chefs.
- Auto-inject JSON-LD recipe markup to improve search traffic and visibility.
- Monitor recipe page views, ingredient clicks, and conversion performance.
- Create beautiful recipe blog posts that help you sell more products, easily
- Automatic SEO optimized rich recipe snippet schema for Google Search Results
- Choose from 4 gorgeous recipe blog post designs, or customize your own with code
- Recipe cards integrated directly & natively into your Shopify blog posts
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  KL |  Recipe Kit |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 545 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | +5 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 5 |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | 22% |
| Top store categories | Not published | Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Home & Garden, Health & Beauty |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States, United Kingdom, Australia |
Reviews
| Measure | KL | Recipe Kit |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 4.9 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 106 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 2 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 79% |
Pricing
| Measure | KL | Recipe Kit |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9.99/month(ahead) | $25/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | KL | Recipe Kit |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #70 | #6(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #2 in Blogs |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Jul 23, 2026 | May 11, 2020 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Krivalabs | Bolle Apps |
FAQ
KL and Recipe Kit: common questions
- Is KL or Recipe Kit cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for KL and $25/month for Recipe Kit. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- KL lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Featured posts, Keyword optimization. Recipe Kit lists 12 the others don’t mention, such as AI generation, Analytics, Article tags, Custom code. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Nov 5, 2026 for KL, Nov 8, 2026 for Recipe Kit; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Nov 5, 2026 for KL, Nov 8, 2026 for Recipe Kit. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.