#1 app to save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, websites and photos, then Ask CookBook for dinner ideas, recipe help, trending recipes, meal plans and grocery lists.
Stop screenshotting dinner ideas. CookBook turns recipes from Instagram, TikTok, websites and photos into meals you can plan, shop and cook.
CookBook is a smart recipe keeper loved by thousands of home cooks. Save recipes from anywhere, organize them into a private digital cookbook, plan meals, create grocery lists, track nutrition and cook with clear steps across iPhone, iPad, Mac and web. Start free, with a 14-day trial.
SAVE RECIPES FROM ANYWHERE
Import recipes from Instagram, TikTok, websites, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest and links. Use the AI recipe scanner to turn photos of handwritten recipe cards, cookbook pages, screenshots and clippings into editable recipes.
ASK COOKBOOK
Ask CookBook is your AI cooking companion for dinner ideas, recipe creation, ingredient swaps, leftover inspiration, meal planning help and cooking questions. Ask what to cook with what you have, how to adapt a recipe or how to make a dish suit your diet.
ORGANIZE YOUR DIGITAL COOKBOOK
Keep every recipe easy to find with tags, favourites, ratings, notes, filters and search. Find recipes by name, ingredient, tag, source, cook time or nutrition.
PLAN MEALS
Use CookBook as a flexible meal planner for days, weeks or months. Plan from recipes you already love, scale servings, add notes and make weekly meal prep easier.
SHOP SMARTER
Create smart grocery lists from recipes or meal plans. CookBook merges ingredients, sorts groceries by aisle and syncs your shopping list across devices.
COOK WITH CONFIDENCE
Scale servings, convert units, use cooking timers, keep your screen awake and follow clean, readable recipe steps while you cook.
TRACK NUTRITION
Calculate recipe nutrition, view estimated calories and macros, and plan meals around your goals.
WORKS ACROSS DEVICES
Plan on your computer, shop on your phone and cook from your tablet. CookBook syncs your private recipe library across devices and the CookBook Web App.
BEST FOR HOME COOKS WHO:
• Save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, websites and food blogs
• Replace screenshots, bookmarks and notes with one recipe manager
• Use a meal planner with automatic grocery lists
• Scan family recipes, handwritten cards and cookbooks
• Organize recipes with tags, filters and favourites
• Get AI recipe help while keeping control of their own recipes
QUESTIONS
What is CookBook?
CookBook is a private recipe keeper, recipe manager and meal planner for saving, organizing, planning, shopping and cooking from your own recipes.
How do I import recipes from Instagram?
Save the recipe to CookBook and turn it into a clean, editable recipe with ingredients and steps.
Can I import recipes from TikTok?
Yes. CookBook can help you import recipes from TikTok and other social recipe sources into your private recipe library.
Can I scan handwritten recipes?
Yes. CookBook can scan handwritten cards, cookbook pages and printed recipes into editable digital recipes.
Does CookBook make shopping lists?
Yes. Add recipes to your meal plan or shopping list and CookBook creates a smart grocery list sorted by aisle.
Does CookBook help with meal planning?
Yes. CookBook includes flexible meal planning for days, weeks and months, with shopping lists created from your planned meals.
Is CookBook private?
Yes. CookBook is a private digital cookbook for your own recipe collection, meal plans and shopping lists.
QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK?
Email team@cookbookmanager.com - we'd love to help!
PRICING & TERMS
CookBook is free to download. Store 20 recipes and use 20 smart imports free. Yearly plans include a 14-day trial where eligible. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in App Store account settings. Unused portions of a free trial or subscription period are non-refundable.
Terms: https://www.cookbook.company/policies/terms
Privacy: https://www.cookbook.company/policies/privacy
I love the ease of adding recipes on my ipad and finding them easily.
Developer Response
Thanks Loopielucy! We’re so glad you're loving CookBook. Thanks so much for the 5 stars and the lovely review. Happy Cooking! 🍳😊
Good app overall
Ex-fan 1000000
I’ve been using this app for over a month now and I still think it is a great one overall. There is room for improvement though, which is the reason I am giving it 4 stars out of 5:- search does not really deliver on expectations, when I read in the description that you could literally just type what you have in the fridge, I got very excited, but actually the app does not live up to this claim; you can only search by a single keyword at a time, there is no option to get recipes that contain more than one keyword- you can create custom tags, but you cannot delete a tag: when things are organized this way, you would expect that unused tags are automatically deleted, but that does not happen and with time my tag list gets polluted with a lot of tags with spelling mistakes or tags that I’ve changed my mind aboutplanning meals only covers a specific scenario in which someone goes to the store only once a week; I don’t plan my meals a week ahead and I would appreciate more flexibility and for god sake, the option to delete an entire recipe ingredients from the shopping listThere is no option to export all recipes in the app, or just a selected set of them, PDF option to export does not include the images and you have to export recipe by recipeNo option to add more than 1 image per step or simply more images to the recipeAgain, not a bad app overall, and still I would expect the above points to be addressed before I decide to use it as my main recipe reference.
Developer Response
Thanks so much for your detailed review! If you would like to include & exclude ingredients from your fridge you will need to use the filter feature not just the search bar. When you're on your 'all recipes' page, tap on the filter icon in the top right hand corner to the left of the search magnifying glass. From here you can type in as many ingredients that you would like to include and exclude. You can edit and rename tags as much as you like - CookBook is your own personal recipe book! Simply go into any recipe, tap edit, tap 'add tags', if you would like to edit or delete a tag tap on the 'edit' icon to the right hand side of the tag name, from hear you can then either rename it or just delete it.Thanks for your feedback on the meal planner, we are working on some enhancements for a future update so that you will have a little more flexibility with what you can do. CookBook offers a bulk export feature where you can export all of your recipes into a Zip of HTML or YAML formatted recipes. You can access this under the side menu of the CookBook app on in settings. To add more than one image per step please go into the recipe you would like to update, hit edit, then tap method in the bottom bar. At the top you will see you have 'text editor' highlighted, please tap on 'detailed editor'. As you you can see you can add an additional photo for every single step you have in your recipe, simply tap 'add photo' and chose whether you want the image from your library or to take a new one with your camera.Please do check our our FAQ https://thecookbookapp.freshdesk.com/support/home for other helpful articles, tips and tricks.Please also feel free to contact us at hello@thecookbookapp.com if you would like help to use any of the above features.
Scummiest Business Ever
JonathanToewssss
I purchased the app.Then, 2 years later, they revoked my purchase and are now requiring a subscription.Is this even legal?
Developer Response
Hi Jonathan, just wanted to reply again as we haven't heard from you, please pop us a message to support@thecookbookapp.com We'd like to provide you with a solution to resolve this so please reach out to us. We want more than anything for our legacy users to be happy with the release of 2.0 and are doing what we can to make this happen. Unfortunately your CookBook account details are not linked to your review, so we are unable to reach out to you that way.
I paid for the app, I should be able to keep having it for free
Kibranoz
I paid for the app and to have unlimited scans and receipts back when it was a paid app. Now I will get a one year subscription to have the same features and more. After that I will have to pay for the same features I bought. This is flat out theft.
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Information
Seller
CookBook Co. Pty Ltd
Size
243.2 MB
Category
Food & Drink
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.3 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.