The Recipe Box

Name: The Recipe Box
Price: 3.99 USD
Rating: 4.8 (1456 reviews)
Author: Kathleen Tafel

The Original Kitchen Companion

$3.99 · In‑App Purchases

1.5K Ratings
Ages

16+
Years
Category

Food & Drink
Developer

Kathleen Tafel
Language

EN
English
Size

44.3
MB

iPad

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 iPad'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

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

1.5K Ratings

Love it! And Love the Update!
12/25/2023

AGR72
Updated review: I was so excited to see this app get updated and be supported again! I have used this app for years for my recipes and to help meal plan, but over time it had lost the ability to transfer recipes between the app on my iPhone and my iPad. The “instant import” feature had also stopped working (as far as I could tell), but I could still manually import recipes from websites and blogs so I made the best of it and it was still a mostly useful app. But NOW, with the update, everything is back and even better than before. The transfer between my phone and iPad works again. Even better, instant recipe import is even better than before!! I just imported a recipe from a food blog with the touch of a button! So amazing and way easier than the manual import I used to do. I love it and will go back to recommending this app to friends. *********Great app! So easy to upload recipes from websites. I have it on both my iPad and iPhone and sync recipes between them. I use the app as a way to brainstorm dinner ideas. Before each grocery store trip, I browse the dinner recipes and select which one I'm going to make that week. So nice to have them all in one place and not rummaging through all of my cookbooks, magazines, and random scraps of paper for ideas.
Love it! And Love the Update!
12/25/2023

AGR72

Updated review: I was so excited to see this app get updated and be supported again! I have used this app for years for my recipes and to help meal plan, but over time it had lost the ability to transfer recipes between the app on my iPhone and my iPad. The “instant import” feature had also stopped working (as far as I could tell), but I could still manually import recipes from websites and blogs so I made the best of it and it was still a mostly useful app. But NOW, with the update, everything is back and even better than before. The transfer between my phone and iPad works again. Even better, instant recipe import is even better than before!! I just imported a recipe from a food blog with the touch of a button! So amazing and way easier than the manual import I used to do. I love it and will go back to recommending this app to friends. *********Great app! So easy to upload recipes from websites. I have it on both my iPad and iPhone and sync recipes between them. I use the app as a way to brainstorm dinner ideas. Before each grocery store trip, I browse the dinner recipes and select which one I'm going to make that week. So nice to have them all in one place and not rummaging through all of my cookbooks, magazines, and random scraps of paper for ideas.
No support
11/21/2023

Soitseams
EDIT: as of 11/23 it has now been updated but there is no way to reach developer as link in app does not work, also, the change to interface is horrible, instead of having the info bar with measurements over the keyboard area in a straight line, it has been moved to both sides of the screen which takes up most of the room on the recipe. I do not like this change at all and support is sadly lacking as it was before. Too bad as this app had the makings of a great one.I caution anyone thinking of using this app as apparently it is no longer supported by the developer due to personal issues. I spent a lot of time over the years putting in my recipes and although I can use them NOW I fear that in the future this app will be useless. It is next to impossible to import recipes and using the copy and paste feature is a joke. I am extremely disappointed as I loved this app and paid good money for it. I will no longer add recipes and will start copying the ones I have over into another app. It was great while it lasted.

Developer Response
Sorry the keyboard feature is not meeting your expectations. We updated the app to be flexible with a variety of iPad sizes, but agree that the keyboard extra takes up a lot of space in landscape orientation. That's why we added a hid button to the right side of the autocorrect bar. Hope that helps.
No support
11/21/2023

Soitseams

EDIT: as of 11/23 it has now been updated but there is no way to reach developer as link in app does not work, also, the change to interface is horrible, instead of having the info bar with measurements over the keyboard area in a straight line, it has been moved to both sides of the screen which takes up most of the room on the recipe. I do not like this change at all and support is sadly lacking as it was before. Too bad as this app had the makings of a great one.I caution anyone thinking of using this app as apparently it is no longer supported by the developer due to personal issues. I spent a lot of time over the years putting in my recipes and although I can use them NOW I fear that in the future this app will be useless. It is next to impossible to import recipes and using the copy and paste feature is a joke. I am extremely disappointed as I loved this app and paid good money for it. I will no longer add recipes and will start copying the ones I have over into another app. It was great while it lasted.
Developer Response 11/25/2023
Sorry the keyboard feature is not meeting your expectations. We updated the app to be flexible with a variety of iPad sizes, but agree that the keyboard extra takes up a lot of space in landscape orientation. That's why we added a hid button to the right side of the autocorrect bar. Hope that helps.
Importing & Editing
12/13/2023

KS - Lake Lanier GA
Love the updates and the link between iPad and iPhone is great. One thing I discovered, if you EDIT a current recipe on one device, you need to delete the old recipe on the other device before you link the devices and “share” the recipes. It’s a simple fix, but if you don’t delete the old recipe it will not update your edits!The new import feature from the web is great….just play with it and you’ll love it….beats typing long recipes. I’ve had this original app on my iPhone for several years….it’s great when you bring one of your items to a party and someone wants the recipe….you can text the recipe from the the app or email it, both work very well. It’s like having my personal recipe collection in my pocket at all times.
Importing & Editing
12/13/2023

KS - Lake Lanier GA

Love the updates and the link between iPad and iPhone is great. One thing I discovered, if you EDIT a current recipe on one device, you need to delete the old recipe on the other device before you link the devices and “share” the recipes. It’s a simple fix, but if you don’t delete the old recipe it will not update your edits!The new import feature from the web is great….just play with it and you’ll love it….beats typing long recipes. I’ve had this original app on my iPhone for several years….it’s great when you bring one of your items to a party and someone wants the recipe….you can text the recipe from the the app or email it, both work very well. It’s like having my personal recipe collection in my pocket at all times.
Best Recipe Keeper!
12/09/2023

pradewan
I have used The Recipe Box for years and loved it. But, guess what? They just made it even better! It’s so easy to find and store recipes. Just search for what you want to make, decide which recipe you like best and save it with one click. So easy!When I first started using the app, I looked up some of my very old recipes by name and the magazine name and was able to find and save many of them. Or, you can type in recipes that you can’t find. Over the years I have added so many recipes from magazines, food blogs and friends.The app is also easy to cook with. You can store your recipes in categories so they are easy to find. One recipe can be stored in several categories. For example: vegetarian, soup, easy or pasta, chicken and other poultry, make ahead. They are listed in alphabetical order in each category by default but you can change that with a couple of clicks. The app stays on while you are viewing or using the recipe. It’s a snap to share or delete recipes, too.There is so much more-I can’t write it all in a short review. Just try this app-I know you will love it!
Best Recipe Keeper!
12/09/2023

pradewan

I have used The Recipe Box for years and loved it. But, guess what? They just made it even better! It’s so easy to find and store recipes. Just search for what you want to make, decide which recipe you like best and save it with one click. So easy!When I first started using the app, I looked up some of my very old recipes by name and the magazine name and was able to find and save many of them. Or, you can type in recipes that you can’t find. Over the years I have added so many recipes from magazines, food blogs and friends.The app is also easy to cook with. You can store your recipes in categories so they are easy to find. One recipe can be stored in several categories. For example: vegetarian, soup, easy or pasta, chicken and other poultry, make ahead. They are listed in alphabetical order in each category by default but you can change that with a couple of clicks. The app stays on while you are viewing or using the recipe. It’s a snap to share or delete recipes, too.There is so much more-I can’t write it all in a short review. Just try this app-I know you will love it!

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 support Recipe Link animations that signal status updates Capture selected web text via context menu for easy basic importing Zoomier navigations help you feel connected to the app environment Tip jar Bug fixes

Version 7.0.5

10/06/2025

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