Plate2Pan: Photo to Recipe
Snap a dish, cook it tonight
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New: photograph a restaurant dish and Plate2Pan writes the whole recipe - steps, timers, substitutions. Import from TikTok, cook from your pantry.
Photograph any dish and Plate2Pan writes you the recipe: every ingredient, numbered steps with timers, and the technique notes that make it taste the way it tasted out.
Paste a TikTok, Instagram or YouTube link and the recipe lands in your collection, cleaned up and ready to cook.
Scan your fridge, then ask what you can make tonight.
THE DISH YOU CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT
That plate from Friday night — photograph it. Plate2Pan reverse-engineers it into a complete recipe: the ingredient list, numbered steps with timers built into each one, technique notes for the parts that actually decide the outcome, nutrition estimates, a wine pairing, and substitutions for the things your kitchen doesn't stock. Still unsure about the sauce? Plate2Pan asks sharpening questions and rewrites the recipe around your answers, so the second version is closer than the first.
EVERY RECIPE YOU'VE SAVED, FINALLY IN ONE PLACE
• Import from TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube or any recipe blog
• Share a link straight from the app you're already scrolling, or paste it in
• Plate2Pan reads captions, subtitles, spoken audio, comments and on-screen text
• Photograph handwritten cards, cookbook pages and screenshots to digitize them
The short video with no written recipe, the comment where the creator finally lists the quantities, your grandmother's index card — all of it comes out the other side as a structured recipe you can cook from.
PAN RAID: COOK WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE KITCHEN
Photo-scan your shelves and fridge and Plate2Pan builds a pantry inventory. Then ask what you can make right now: Pan Raid ranks dish ideas by how much of each one you already have and writes the full recipe for whichever you pick. Cook it, and your quantities update — so the pantry stays honest without you keeping a spreadsheet.
HANDS ON THE FOOD, NOT ON THE PHONE
• Cook Mode walks you through each step, voice-controlled on iOS
• Apple Watch keeps your timers and steps on your wrist
• Second Act turns last night's leftovers into a new meal
• Adapt any recipe to your diet or allergies without losing the dish
• Weekly meal planning, plus grocery lists that merge duplicates and export to PDF
• Discover what other cooks are making, and search the web for recipes
QUIET BY DESIGN
No ads. No tracking SDK. Your dish photos are used to analyze the dish and are not retained afterward.
PLANS
Plate2Pan is free to download and use, with 3 AI credits per month — recipe search included. Home Chef raises that to 30 AI credits per month and adds video import and the cooking assistant, for $6.99 per month or $59.99 per year.
Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage your subscription or turn off auto-renewal in Account Settings after purchase. Prices may vary by region.
Terms of Use: https://plate2pan.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://plate2pan.app/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
API call limit fix
The developer, David Piearcy, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Abounding Media Limited Company
- Size
- 30.1 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 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. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Contains
User-Generated Content
Social Media
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Home Chef Annual $59.99
- Home Chef Monthly $6.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Abounding Media Limited