Use our curated list of recipe sites to inspire ideas for dinner, then create a shopping list, and keep it all ticking with a stylish kitchen timer on your Lock Screen.
Everything you love about The Recipe Box has been lovingly frosted with swirls of vanilla mirror glaze and dark chocolate ganache, making every pixel glisten. The joy of cooking with our app is infectious, bringing smiles and delight to host and guest alike. We curated every mint sprig and dollop of raspberry purée to add elegant simplicity to the virtual plate. We hope you enjoy the scrumptious the new look, and of course we are tickled about our cheerful kitchen timer. It slices; it dices.
Ok, enough hyperbole (we're really excited!!). Our new timer feature will start a countdown with a tap on the recipe step. Control it from within the app, or from your iPhone's home screen. Switch between recipe timers with ease. We've been setting off timers just to listen to the chime.
Import recipes from the web (it's addictive!) - with expanded external browser support. Look for that signature ripe raspberry icon in any other web browser to import instantly.
You'll love sharing your recipes with friends and family, keeping those flavors of home circulating generation after generation.
Developed by foodies who love their Apple devices, this 21st-century cooking tool helps you get your recipes into a quickly-sorted, easily shared format that can’t be misplaced, covered in stains, or catch on fire. When recipes are easy to collect, easy to retrieve and easy to read, you can focus on the pleasures of preparing delicious food.
A word on our in app purchases: We're not gatekeeping - We don't charge subscriptions, track your whereabouts, sell your info, or make you watch ads, and we plan to keep it that way. But of course, we think this upgrade deserves a tip of the hat. If we've added more value to your life than our purchase price, consider a top-up once in a while. We appreciate it.
"The perfect tool for serious cooks" — @AppStore
“Attention to small details makes The Recipe Box stand apart from its competition.” — PadGadget
“The Recipe Box is easily the best cooking tool app on the market today.” — AppAdvice.com
“For home cooks… a welcome addition to the iPad’s kitchen repertoire” — iPad 'n Gravy
New and Noteworthy, Staff Favorite — iTunes App Store
EASY ENTRY
• One-touch Instant Import from more than 100 catalogued recipe sites, plus innumerable uncatalogued sites
• Capture data from any unsupported website quickly and easily
• Fully flexible entry fields allow for imperial or metric units
• Use The Recipe Box Keyboard to tap in shortcuts for cooking terms
• Write notes while you cook without leaving the display screen
• Add your own photo using your iPad camera, or choose from your photo album
POWERFUL MANAGEMENT
• Swap and sync with other Recipe Box users on other devices with Recipe Link
• Search for multiple ingredients simultaneously
• Cross-reference recipes in multiple categories
• Rate recipes
• Email ingredients as a clickable shopping list
• Email import/export and printing
• Access your recipes without an Internet connection
• Back up recipes with a locally stored file
IN-APP SUPPORT
• FAQ
• Feature maps
• Tutorials
New over the last year:
• Tip Jar
• Dozens more curated recipe sites on bookmarks list — and they import even more instantly in app, or in your browser's share menu
• Swipe up to see recipe contents
• Timers in recipe directions - with a cheerful chime that won't curdle your hollandaise
• Swipe to delete recipes from Browse view
• Liquid Glass buttons - They morph and glow!
• Groovy backgrounds - To complement the new iOS 26 look and feel
• Layout and navigation enhancements - Bigger photos and more screen space for recipe text = less scrolling! Keep your screen (relatively) free of butter and flour
• New icon - Juicier!
• Instant Import buzzes when it finds a recipe and lights up to get your attention
• Improved Dark mode
• Recipe Link status symbol animations
• Capture selected web text via context menu for easy basic importing
• Zoomier navigations help you feel connected to the app
I’m really pleased to see the app has had an update (12mths ago now) as I was concerned it was just going to die a slow death by iOS update. I’m still hoping for iCloud support to be added though to allow all devices to sync and backup. iTunes backup is apparently an option but I can’t remember the last time I used iTunes, is it still a thing?This is a really good ‘one-device’ app but it fails to take advantage of iCloud support so your recipes can be seamlessly updated on other devices. There is a wifi transfer link feature to share recipes with other devices but in my experience it is not reliable and rarely functions. It’s a good app but it could be so much better.
Using for over 10years!
ThrooGrace
This is by far the BEST recipe App I’ve had the pleasure of using!We’ve been restaurant owners for over 30 years. I’m a baker and love constructing my own recipes. The Recipe Box has made recording my recipes super easy and following them when baking, even easier. When I find a recipe I like on the web, this app makes it super easy to copy and paste it! There’s no praise high enough to give to this App…I suggest giving it a go to find out for yourself🤗
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Happy Nanna1
This is a fantastic app. I used the one for iPad for many years and the recent update has made it easier to use. I love that you can now see a larger picture of what you are cooking. I now also have the mobile phone version which is very convenient when grocery shopping to double-check required ingredients. I have about 400 recipes saved. Well done to the app designers.
Love it!!!
Tracey itunes
Have been using this app for years and love it! Easy to use and access and really easy to copy new recipes into. Have read negative comments here but really don’t understand them as I’ve never had a problem with it? Highly recommend
Bug fixes
Version 7.0.7
The developer, Kathleen Tafel, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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