Scan and collect recipes, schedule your meal planning and find all the recipes for your next dinner party in one place with Mela.

What we love: Use the app’s text-recognition feature to scan recipes from your favourite cookbooks. Or easily save dishes you find while browsing social media. Head to the Feed tab to browse your favourite blog’s latest recipes in an elegant, streamlined list. Once you’ve picked the entrée you’ll whip up, you can have Mela add ingredients you need to your grocery list.

Quick tip: Use Cook Mode to display cooking instructions in a large font so each step is easy to follow as you’re cruising around the kitchen. Tap any cooking times in a recipe to start an in-app timer.

Meet the creator: Silvio Rizzi is the solo developer. He says he works on Mela “at a table I share with my wife (a teacher who also does a lot of her work at home) and our two kids, who are often busy with homework, drawing or playing with their toys.”