Kitchen Substitute
Ingredient swaps with ratios
Only for iPhone
$0.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Import a recipe, choose your dietary preferences, and review ingredient swaps with updated cooking steps. Save it in your own folders. No account.
Find practical ingredient swaps and adapt the recipes you already cook. Kitchen Substitute combines a curated substitution guide with recipe import, dietary preferences and a local recipe library.
Take a photo, import a screenshot, paste recipe text or a website link, or share a recipe from another app. Check and edit the imported ingredients and directions before saving. Website support varies; some pages need Safari sharing or pasted text.
Choose Vegan, Vegetarian or Pescatarian, then add ingredients to avoid: gluten, dairy, eggs, nuts, peanuts, soy, sesame, fish, shellfish or alcohol.
Review each replacement beside its original ingredient, including mixtures with more than one component. Ingredient groups and numbered directions keep the recipe easy to follow. Supported conversions update the actual cooking steps, including preparation and timing where needed. Ingredients or methods that need more work remain clearly marked for review.
Save recipes in folders, find them later and share their text. Keep the original ingredients, directions and website link alongside your reviewed version. Saved recipes stay as you reviewed them until you choose to edit them.
Need a quick substitute? Search 155 ingredients and 363 substitution options. See US and metric amounts for supported swaps, preparation instructions, trade-offs and limits.
Photo recognition and recipe conversion run on your device. Recipes are saved locally. Optional Apple Intelligence ingredient reading runs on supported devices when available; the core guide and editing work without it. Substitution amounts and cooking rules come from curated information.
Ingredient lookups and your saved library work offline. Links, content updates and photos stored only in iCloud need internet access. There are no accounts, subscriptions or in-app purchases, and no advertising or analytics SDKs. One purchase includes the app's features.
Review every converted recipe before cooking. Not every recipe or dietary combination can be completed automatically. Check product labels and cross-contact risks; suggestions do not certify a dish as allergy-safe.
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Bring recipes in from website links, pasted text, screenshots and the iPhone Share menu.
Choose an eating style and ingredients to avoid in a simpler dietary menu. Review original ingredients beside their replacements, with clearer ingredient groups and numbered cooking steps.
Supported conversions now update the directions as well as the ingredients. Unresolved ingredients and cooking methods stay clearly marked.
Improved on-device ingredient reading, website import, photo layout recognition and saving. Keep your originals, organize recipes in folders and share your reviewed version.
The developer, Norman Zeng, 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.
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Information
- Seller
- Norman Zeng
- Size
- 2.9 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
16+
- 16+
- Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Contains
Unrestricted Web Access
- Copyright
- © 2026 Norman Zeng
