Mela - Recipe Manager 17+

Your personal cookbook‪.‬

Silvio Rizzi

    • 5.0 • 12 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Mela is a simple, elegant and modern recipe manager that syncs with iCloud.

SYNC
Sync your recipes with iCloud, either privately (default) or by sharing a recipe library with other iCloud users.

IN-APP BROWSER WITH LIVE PREVIEW
Quickly save a recipe while browsing: If Mela detects a recipe on the currently viewed page, it will be displayed in Mela's native recipe viewer*, on the same screen on the iPad and a swipe-left away on the iPhone. Want to add or view a recipe from outside of Mela? No problem, just use Mela's sharing extension.

FEEDS
Subscribe to your favorite recipe blogs to view all the recipes in Mela's native recipe viewer*.

COOK MODE
The cook mode makes it easy to follow all steps while cooking, displayed using a larger font to make sure everything stays readable even when you're not right in front of your device. You can add multiple recipes to the cook mode, easily letting you switch between them.

TIMERS
No need to switch to another app for setting up a timer. When in cooking mode, Mela let's you easily create and manage timers.
Timers come with support for Live Activities (iOS 16.1+).

SCANNER
Scan a recipe from a book: With the help of text recognition, you can just add it to your personal collection and view it in Mela's native recipe viewer, as any other recipe.

GROCERIES
Mela uses the Reminders.app to manage your grocery list. This has the advantage that you’re always able to access your grocery list on all your devices even if Mela is not installed on a specific device.

CALENDAR
Do your meal planning by using Mela's built-in calendar. It's managed by Calendar.app which also has the advantage that you're always able to access it on all your devices. There's also a widget, showing you the next planned meal from your calendar.

ORGANIZING
Recipes can be organized in categories, marked as “Favorite” or as “Want to Cook”.

PRINTING
Of course, Mela supports printing in case there’s a recipe you want to have on paper or save as PDF.


Please note:
If iCloud Sync is enabled (default), Mela will sync these items with iCloud:
- Recipes
- Browser bookmarks
- Subscription list (feeds)
Not synced:
- Feed recipe entries
- Browser history
Groceries are always stored in Reminders.app

Mela is free to download but will require a one-time purchase to unlock all features.


* Extracting recipes only works for websites that support this, most of them do.

What’s New

Version 2.3.2

NEW
- Added kagi.com as a search engine option

FIXED
- Some issues with widgets and previews (QuickLook)
- Sync issues

Ratings and Reviews

5.0 out of 5
12 Ratings

12 Ratings

JeffCGD ,

Bonkers Good - I only wish I'd bought it even sooner

When you find a developer who echoes your aesthetic and taste, take notice when they release something new. The same usability and refined user experience shines through in this stunningly competent first version.
No longer shall I bury recipes in a Read Later App (never to be seen again), or Bookmark then in some deep folder.
The recipe parser is superb, and should you find some website that defies it, manual recipe input is elegant and straightforward.
A deeply impressive and delightful piece of software. I never thought I'd be excited to be managing recipes.

Josh Petyt ,

Excellent app

I love the app but wish the search field was sticky and stayed at the top of the screen. Scrolling all the way to the top of my library is painful. A bit more fine tuning to the scaling feature would be useful too - I often want to adjust a recipe to maximise a single ingredient that I may have and find it difficult with Mela

enriquenz ,

Pretty good

It helps me to manage all my favourite recipes in one place. The parser works magically, very handy to add new recipes. Searching is case sensitive on my iPhone 14 Pro, not sure whether it’s intentional.

App Privacy

The developer, Silvio Rizzi, 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 Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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