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Platefolio vs Many Displays

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Platefolio compared with Many Displays
DetailPlatefolio logo PlatefolioMany Displays logo Many Displays
What it doesAd-free recipe manager for organizing, viewing, and sharing your recipes Mac windows back in place after sleep or unlock, automatically and instantly
StageNot given Established
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Pricing modelFreemium Not given
PricingLine Cook: Free. Head Chef: $12 per year for up to 5 household members. $19 USD one-time payment for one person on up to 3 Macs. Includes one year of updates; last version of that year works forever. Free 14-day trial.
Key features
  • Import recipes from URLs, text, photos, and AI assistants
  • View recipes in five formats: traditional, cook mode, notecard, flowchart, and rails
  • Custom categories and filtering
  • Create and organize cookbooks with covers and chapters
  • Rate and favorite recipes
  • Share recipes publicly via shareable links
  • Pin recipes to Pinterest in multiple formats
  • Household sharing with up to 5 people
  • No ads and no tracking of recipes
  • Print recipes or notecards
  • Automatic window restoration after wake, unlock, login or monitor reconnection
  • Distinguishes identical monitors by system UUID and physical port
  • Fast restore without app communication, around 20ms for hundreds of windows
  • Restores display arrangement including resolution, refresh rate, rotation and HDR
  • Restores windows across all virtual desktops (Spaces)
  • Visual feedback with soft blur and countdown during restore
  • No setup required, learns layout automatically while you work
  • Private by design with no network access or analytics
  • Goes idle with no external displays connected
  • Distinguishes layouts per display combination
What makes it different
  • Five display formats for the same recipe, switchable anytime
  • Import recipes from AI assistants, not just websites
  • Completely free, forever, with no ads
  • Household sharing at $12 per year for up to 5 people
  • Your recipes are never sold or used for AI training
  • Works reliably with identical monitors that macOS cannot distinguish by standard means
  • Fast and never hangs because it reads the window server directly instead of querying each application
  • Open source code published under Functional Source License with MIT conversion after two years
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Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)17 −1 (down) since last check1 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)1713
Citation Flow (Majestic)1823
Referring domains (Majestic)1213

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