Cookestra: Cook & Recipes
Meal Planner & Cooking Guide
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Make tonight effortless. Explore 1,279 recipes and cook hands-free. Chef+ plans your week, builds balanced menus, and coordinates every dish.
Cookestra is a decision-first cooking companion that turns your mood, time, preferred cuisine and ingredients on hand into one confident answer for the table. DECIDE WHAT TO COOK • Follow a short editorial survey for a personal recommendation. • Search by dish or ingredient, explore 12 cuisines, or choose Surprise Me. • Start with what is already in your kitchen and find compatible recipes. • Explore 1,279 carefully authored recipes, including 378 Chef+ editions. COOK WITH CONFIDENCE • Follow clear, step-by-step cooking instructions. • Listen to spoken guidance and move through steps with Siri when your hands are busy. • Keep timers visible with Live Activities and Dynamic Island. • Control an active cooking session from Apple Watch. • Switch between authored metric and imperial measurements. • Review allergens, critical temperatures and food-safety notes without a paywall. COMPLETE THE TABLE WITH CHEF+ Chef+ brings planning, technique and service into one quiet, premium workspace: • The Week creates a varied seven-dinner plan and consolidated shopping list. • The Table composes a coherent guest menu around time, budget and dietary needs. • The Service coordinates several dishes, parallel timers and spoken cues so every plate finishes together. • Build tasting menus, study progressive Mastery programs, open technique and plating guides, and discover curated Editions. • Let My Kitchen remember trusted substitutions, household tastes, serving preferences and your own cooking notes. PERSONAL, NOT INTRUSIVE Cookestra has no ads and does not track you across apps or websites. Personal cooking data is protected on device. Optional Cookestra Cloud sync uses your private iCloud database so favorites, plans, progress and kitchen memory can follow you between devices. The free edition includes recipe search, cuisine discovery, favorites, basic personalized recommendations, Cook with What You Have, single-recipe cooking mode, spoken steps, timers and accessibility tools. Chef+ is an optional auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription. A seven-day trial is available with the annual plan when Apple shows your account as eligible. Prices, currencies, trial dates and renewal terms are displayed by Apple before purchase. Manage or cancel at any time in your Apple subscription settings. Available in English, Turkish, French, German and Spanish. Cook with confidence. Serve with calm.
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Information
- Seller
- Burak Akbay
- Size
- 512.8 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 9.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 4 more
- English, French, German, Spanish, Turkish
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Chef+ Monthly $9.99
- Chef+ Annual $59.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Burak Akbay