Build your weekly menu and generate your shopping list automatically, straight from the recipe. Add only what's missing. Less waste, more time for you.
Not sure what to cook tonight? Cookpad recommends: search by ingredient or by dish across thousands of authentic recipes from a global community of home cooks — all verified by the people who have actually cooked them.
WHAT SHOULD I COOK TONIGHT?
Tell us what's in the fridge and we'll tell you what to make with it. Chicken, salmon, ground beef, half a box of lasagna noodles: every recipe we put in front of you has already been cooked by someone before you, who left a photo of how it turned out (Cooksnap) and wrote up how it went. It isn't a list of recipes to scroll — it's a recommendation for tonight's dinner, with the proof that it works.
RECIPES VERIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY
Trustworthy recipes, written by the people who cook them every day, not by an editorial team. Every Cooksnap is a photo from someone who made it before you, with comments on how it went: where it goes wrong, whether the measurements add up, how long it really takes. That's how we know what to recommend — no editor decides it, the person who cooked it proves it.
IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE, INCLUDING INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK
Write your own recipes or import your favorites from any website, from Instagram, from TikTok, from a book or from a handwritten notebook. Build your own biggest recipe collection, all in one place.
Tap Share and the recipe is added straight to your collection — ingredients and steps separated, ready to follow. No more screenshots lost in your camera roll. Save them as drafts and finish them whenever you want.
AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION
Find a recipe in Spanish, Italian or Japanese and read it in English: the translation is automatic.
AD-FREE. ALWAYS.
No ads, not even in the free version. No banner to close with flour on your hands, no video starting up while you're reading the measurements.
YOUR DIGITAL RECIPE BOX, ALL IN ONE PLACE
Your recipe keeper, cookbook and cooking app — all in one. Save cooking recipes from anywhere and find them again in seconds.
• Import & Scan: Import any recipe from a website or a social post in one tap. Snap a photo of a handwritten recipe or cookbook page: AI turns it into a digital recipe.
• Create with AI: Write your own recipes with the AI Recipe Assistant, without forgetting a single step. Save the draft and finish it whenever you have time.
• Organize & Plan: Sort everything into private folders by theme — chicken, desserts, gluten-free, breakfast. Build your weekly menu in a few taps and let your shopping list build itself from your recipes: you only add what's missing.
• Cook What You Have: Cook with what's already in your fridge or pantry. Save money, use your leftovers and reduce food waste.
FOR EVERY TASTE AND NEED
Quick and easy weeknight dinners, chicken and salmon, filet mignon and scallops, soups and chili, breakfast and lunch, baking and desserts — plus cuisines from around the world: Mexican, Italian, Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Indian.
Filters for vegan, vegetarian, keto, gluten-free, dairy-free and baby-led weaning. Tools and methods: air fryer, slow cooker, Instant Pot, bread maker.
SHARE YOUR COOKING
Share recipes with friends, family and the community — or keep them private, just for you. Upload photos of the dishes you've made (Cooksnaps) and tell everyone how it went. Follow home cooks and food creators from around the world and ask for tips whenever you need them.
JOIN A COMMUNITY THAT COOKS EVERY DAY
For everyone — from beginners to experienced cooks — for weeknight dinners or special occasions.
PREMIUM
With Premium you get even more tools to cook your way:
• The most popular recipes at the top of every search.
• Import unlimited recipes.
• Advanced filters to match every recipe to your preferences.
Premium is available in the United States and 22 other countries.
Empty the fridge and find tonight's dinner.
Get in touch: help@cookpad.com
I’ve just started using this app, and it has become my go-to for finding new recipes, some of them very unique. I’ve bookmarked many of them for future meal ideas. The only downside I’ve found for me is that you can only “like/react” (😋👍🏼 etc.) to a recipe from the main feed. I’ve gone into individual people’s pages and found many that I would really like to try or sound delicious, but there is no way to do this on the actual recipe page itself. (note to developers: I would probably rate this app 5-star if you could.)
I wish they had country specific apps or versions
nhetland
I like to add recipes to share and be able to go back and have them all in one place, however I don’t use it to find other recipes, because most of what I see is in a language I don’t speak or know. There isn’t a way for me to convert the recipe to my language (English)…. Therefore I don’t understand the recipe. I am not sure why most of my feed is not English, but I wish there was a version for specific languages, or measurements, and you can choose to search out based on country/language, measurements, etc. rather than it being on your feed automatically. I would like to be able to set my preferences for what I see on my feed. The other option I would like, is something that allows translation. If I want to search a recipe from India for example, I would like to be able to translate it into English, with the measurements I know and use. Having recipes in other languages, and measurements that I’ve never used, doesn’t do anything for me. I am unable to use them or follow them, because I have no idea what they are. Therefore I only post recipes to my app, but I’ve never really used it to find recipes. I do wish it was also more social. There isn’t very much interacting going on between users. Last, not very many people know about the app or use it. I do believe if there was some adjustments, specifically with the language part, more options for member interactions, preference settings, translation opportunities only when you want to use it, and more advertising on social media for the app, there would be more use and more traffic within the app, to make it more appealing and popular to others.
Developer Response
Hello! I'm sorry to hear we haven't ticked all the boxes for you, but we really appreciate your feedback. If you are finding recipes are not in your preferred language, you can change your region by going to settings on your profile and selecting 'Region' - our active English regions currently include the US, the UK and India.We have taken your other points into consideration, and are actively working on making global recipes more accessible across language barriers. We are also building our social media presence to make our app more socially active! If you have any further questions, concerns, or feedback, we would love to hear your thoughts at help@cookpad.com. Thanks for taking the time to leave a review, we hope you stick around to allow us to improve your experience!
I 🫶🏼 Cookpad!!!
Marichusi
I’ve known about Cookpad since 2018. I’ve been living in the U.S. since 2014, and it was my first time living on my own, no longer with my parents. Whenever I wanted to cook something like a stew, I didn’t know how to make it, so I would search for the recipe on Google. A Cookpad link would always come up, and there I would find the recipe explained in detail, with all the ingredients, measurements, cooking times, and well-explained steps! That’s how I found you! I created an account on Cookpad Spain since that’s my home country, and I cook the way we do there. At first, I made the account just to look up recipes, but since I love baking, I eventually started uploading my own recipes too! Now, I’ve just created an account here in the U.S. to share my cooking with the country I’ve been living in for 10 years and a half. Of course, I also want to learn new recipes, since this is home to people from many different nationalities with amazing culinary traditions.
Developer Response
Thanks for sharing your story (and your recipes) with us!! With our recent update, we've made it even easier to change between regions and languages so you can make the most of our global network with the same account! We're super proud of the diversity of food cultures that are shared on our platform - thanks for sticking with us, so excited to keep learning and sharing with you! 🧡
Frustrating App for Logging in
Pizzaparty2026
Sunday I was trying to upload a recipe and was told that I could try again the next day so I came back on the next day and it showed I had been logged out and won’t allow me to log back in says “Sorry, we’re unable to log you in right now.”Tried another email and had no problem creating an account with that email and logging in…Decided to try again with my original email and no luck still the same error message.I used Sign in with Apple so I Don’t understand why it’s having issues signing in. It’s not like I forgot my password or anything.The help online says to click “forgot my password” but each time I try to log in that option is not there. Very frustrating!
Developer Response
We’re sorry you’ve had such a frustrating experience trying to get back into your account. Please email us at [help@cookpad.com](mailto:help@cookpad.com) and mention the email used to create your account and that you originally signed in with Apple. That will help our team locate your account and look into what’s preventing you from logging in.
Your recipe collection starts here. Try it now → tap + and import your first recipe from Instagram in just a few taps.
- Weekly menu and shopping list
Build your weekly menu and the shopping list writes itself from the recipes — you only add what's missing.
- Import your favorite recipes
Save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, X, and any website directly to Cookpad. Tap + → Import Recipe → paste the link. Or use Share in any app and select Cookpad.
- Photo → Recipe
Photograph a handwritten recipe or one from a book: AI helps convert it into a digital recipe.
- Drafts
Start writing a recipe and save it as a draft — post it when you're ready.
- Folders
Add a recipe to a folder the moment you save it · Remove a recipe from multiple folders at once · Sort by name or creation date · Image preview to quickly recognize folders
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Version 2026.38.1
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