Skip to the shop floor

Spoon Simple vs Pendictive

A side-by-side comparison built from both listings. Blank cells mean the company has not given that detail; we never guess.

Spoon Simple compared with Pendictive
DetailSpoon Simple logo Spoon SimplePendictive logo Pendictive
What it doesPlan, shop, and cook family dinners with confidence Write, read, and reflect in one calm space
StageNot given Startup
FoundedNot given 2025
Based inNot given SE
Pricing modelFree Freemium
PricingNot given Free: Read, write, and publish stories at no cost. Plus: $8.99/month for unlimited publishing, full personal tools, and monetization. Pro: $14.99/month for everything in Plus with reduced 5% fees instead of 10%.
Key features
  • 500+ family recipes with no ads or blog stories
  • Filter recipes by time, diet, and cuisine
  • Meal planning with weekly dinner organization
  • Grocery lists generated from recipes
  • Chrome extension to pull ingredients from any recipe site
  • Ingredients listed in order of use
  • Scale servings for household size
  • Instacart integration for one-list shopping
  • Smart recipe suggestions based on ingredients
  • 16 content types: novels, novellas, short stories, flash fiction, comics, webtoons, poems, haiku, screenplays, essays, speeches, quotes, and more
  • Private journal with mood tracking and gratitude practice
  • Digital pen-pal letter writing
  • Daily habit tracker with streaks and calendar visualization
  • Three specialized readers for novels, comics, and webtoons
  • Author earnings with majority revenue share
  • Personalized recommendations and discovery
  • Scheduled publishing and series support
  • Circles for reading and writing together
  • Over 67,000 public-domain classics in free library
What makes it different
  • No ads or blog stories, just recipes and clear instructions
  • Ingredients listed in the order you use them
  • Chrome extension works with any recipe site including AllRecipes and NYT Cooking
  • One combined Instacart list from multiple dinners
  • Free web app and mobile apps with no paywalls
  • Algorithm-free discovery—readers choose what to read with no ranking or boosting
  • Authors keep 90–95% of earnings, not algorithm-driven promotion
  • Never trains AI on user work—standing pledge to protect author rights
  • One platform for writing, reading, journaling, letters, and habits
  • Calm, distraction-free design focused on the work, not metrics
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)8 +1 (up) since last check10 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)176
Citation Flow (Majestic)2617
Referring domains (Majestic)863

4 details filled in for both companies.

More alternatives to Spoon Simple More alternatives to Pendictive

Support