Very al Dente
All your recipes in one place
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Save a recipe from a video, a blog or a cookbook page. It comes back written out, every ingredient in the step that needs it. Or take one from the Explore tab.
Recipes from anywhere, all in one place. Save your own, or take one of ours.
Save a recipe from anywhere: TikTok, Instagram, a cookbook. Get it back ready to cook.
Or don't bring one at all. The Explore tab has recipes chosen by hand, from published cookbooks and independent cooks.
Very al Dente takes what you saved and turns it into one recipe you can cook from, the same way every time.
• Save from anywhere: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, a blog, or a photo of a cookbook page
• Recipes chosen by hand. The Explore tab has a different selection every day, from cookbooks and independent cooks.
• Cookbook recipes, without the cookbook. Recipes from published books, with a link to find the book itself.
• A video becomes a recipe. The ingredients and steps, written out.
• No flipping back to the ingredient list. Everything you need, right where you cook.
• Cook for six or four, in cups or grams. Change the servings and the amounts change with them.
• Nothing left unexplained. Tap any ingredient or tool to see what it is and what to use instead.
• Reads in your language. English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish and Italian, with translation between them.
• One tap starts the timer. Know how long you wait, and what to look for.
• Know what you need before you start. Every pan, bowl and tool the recipe calls for, listed up front.
• A shopping list from any recipe. Check what you need and it lands in Reminders.
• See which recipes need an overnight marinade before you commit to one.
• Nothing to file. No folders, no tags. Find a recipe by ingredient, by cuisine, or by how long it takes.
• Everything you've saved works offline.
• No account, no sign-up, no subscription. Nothing to unlock.
Explore
A second tab beside your library, with recipes picked by hand and changed through the week. Adding one takes a tap and none of the usual wait. Swipe or use the pill at the bottom to move between the two.
Recipes open faster
Opening a recipe used to catch for a moment, longer ones worst of all. That's gone.
From the book
A recipe that came out of a cookbook now credits it, and the cover opens if you tap it.
Smaller things
Units are back in Settings. There's a weekly reminder you can switch on. French speaks as tu throughout, the way the rest of the app always did. Photos from your camera roll appear straight away when you're adding one.
The developer, Joost Van der Ree, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Joost Van der Ree
- Size
- 35.1 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 5 more
- English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
- Copyright
- © 2026 Joost van der Ree
