Placette
Your recipe assistant.
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Turn any recipe — even a TikTok — into a calm, bowl-by-bowl cooking plan. Prep once, cook one step at a time, hands-free. Free for 14 days.
Even with a great recipe, cooking can feel overwhelming.
Let's be real: some recipes read like novels. The ingredient list runs a page and a half. Step 1 is a paragraph with eleven sentences. Step 7 drops the real bomb: you simply must marinate the chicken for "at least 24 hours (preferably 48)." (Funny story — your guests arrive in 45 minutes.) That kind of recipe can leave you feeling lost in the woods without a compass.
Chefs have had a fix for this for well over a century: mise en place — French for "putting in place." It's less a technique than a philosophy for staying sane in the kitchen. A good mise en place means reading the recipe end to end to catch any sneaky time-traps (like long marinades), gathering your tools, and prepping every ingredient — all before you turn on the stove. It takes a little patience, but the payoff is a calm, error-free cooking experience that quietly builds your confidence.
Placette is your mise en place coach. Share a recipe from any app, paste a URL, or snap a screenshot of a cookbook page, and Placette reads the entire recipe so you're never holding it all in your head. It surfaces time-traps like that 24-hour marinade before you start — so "guests arrive in 45 minutes" never becomes a crisis. It breaks those marathon paragraphs into single, one-thing-at-a-time steps you can move through at your own pace. And it builds an intelligent ingredient-prep sequence that keeps the dirty dishes to a minimum: if the garlic, onion, oregano, and thyme all hit the pan at the same moment, they get prepped into one bowl — not four.
Placette is free to download. A subscription is required to analyze and cook recipes. A free trial is available.
Other AI-powered features help you feel like a pro in the kitchen:
• hands-free voice control — say "next," "back," or "start timer" so you never touch the screen with messy hands
• substitution recommendations for any ingredient — including vegetarian alternatives for any animal protein
• per-serving nutritional analysis with a full macronutrient breakdown
• save your favorite recipes for speedy loading later
Maybe you're a busy parent tuning out the noise to get a fast weekday dinner on the table, someone with ADHD who could use a little help focusing on the task in the moment, or a novice looking to score a few culinary wins — Placette has your back.
Placette. Everything in its place.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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- User Content
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Information
- Seller
- Eric Knowles
- Size
- 15.6 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.2 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Yearly $44.99
- Monthly $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Eric D. Knowles
