Mela - Recipe Manager 17+

Your personal cookbook‪.‬

Silvio Rizzi

    • 4.9 • 17 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 2.3.1

This update addresses a potential iCloud sync issue.
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What's new in 2.3:

Ready for iOS 17.

Improved on-device machine learning powered importer (requires iOS 17):
- Mela should now provide much better results when importing recipes from sites where it has to use its ML-powered importer.
- Improved web recipe import support for Spanish, Dutch, Danish and Swedish.

Scanner:
- Improved text extraction when scanning recipes

Other:
- Various minor bugfixes and improvements

Ratings and Reviews

4.9 out of 5
17 Ratings

17 Ratings

johan.lejdung ,

Fantastic app

The application is absolutely amazing! The only thing i would like is if it was possible to add you own measurements (eg Swedish “tablespoon” abbreviation msk is not automatically detected).

The pricing is also a huge reason why I prefer this over all others. Syncing a few recipes that you infrequently access should never justify a subscription. If you make large additions to the app i will happily pay for a new version though :)

AndreasXPS ,

So close being perfect!

It’s a great app with very intuitive interface. Importing recipes from external browser or built in works perfect, so good, but…

This app is missing one crucial function, the possibility to create an account and share recipes with friends and family within the app.
Sync weekly meal plan, grocery shopping list etc with my second half. Right now I have to use yet another app for that. Please, add this function and take it to perfection!

So close…

Museyfied ,

Fantastico!

Been looking for an app like Mela for a long time, and it doesn’t disappoint. The automatic recognition and import of recipes from ad-ridden websites is an absolute godsend, and the ability to add RSS Feeds and grocery reminders are a welcome bonus. Worth every penny. Get this app!

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 based on, for example, 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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