ChefBook
ChefBook: A mobile recipe organizer that links saved recipes to meal plans and grocery lists. Ranked #37 of 68 in Recipe Apps by our editors (5.1/10); pricing: Free plan; best for mobile recipe scanning and planned grocery lists.
At a glance
- Editor score5.1 / 10
- PricingFree plan
- Best forMobile recipe scanning and planned grocery lists
- Free planYes
- Recipe importYes
- Facts checked5 Oct 2026
Where it wins
- Imports recipes from website links, social posts, and scanned recipe pages
- Turns recipes or planned meals into grocery lists
- Offers meal scheduling, guided cooking, serving scaling, and offline access
Where it doesn't
- Available on mobile devices only
- Premium features require a weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription
- Free access to premium AI features is limited to five uses per week
Our verdict on ChefBook
ChefBook is a recipe organizer and meal-planning app for home cooks who want to collect recipes and carry them through to cooking and grocery shopping. It is available for iPhone, iPad, and Android phones and tablets. Recipes can be imported from website links and social posts, or scanned from handwritten recipe cards and cookbook pages into structured recipes. Saved recipes can be organized into cookbooks, scheduled into weekly breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack slots, and used to generate grocery lists. That combination suits people who want recipe capture and weekly planning in one mobile app, rather than a desktop-based kitchen tool.
The planning features connect directly to cooking: ChefBook can create a grocery list from individual recipes or planned meals, scale servings and ingredient quantities, and show recipes in a step-by-step cooking mode with screen-awake support. It also suggests recipes based on ingredients on hand and provides estimated nutrition information per recipe. Saved recipes are available offline, which can help when a connection is unavailable. The published description emphasizes personal recipe organization and household meal planning; it does not describe broader collaboration or desktop access, so cooks who need those capabilities may prefer another option.
ChefBook uses a freemium model, with a free plan and Premium weekly, monthly, and yearly subscriptions. The free tier includes five uses per week of premium AI features; the listed subscription plans identify Premium access, but do not specify additional feature differences. Consider it if recipe scanning, import options, planned grocery lists, and mobile cooking access are the priorities. It is less suitable for someone seeking a web or desktop experience, or for a buyer who wants a more detailed comparison of subscription benefits before choosing a tier. Support is offered by email.
ChefBook pricing
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ChefBook fact sheet
| Free plan | Yes |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Not verified |
| Recipe import | Yes |
| Meal planning | Yes |
| Guided cooking | Yes |
| Recipe library size | Not verified |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets |
| Grocery lists | Yes |
| Deployment | Mobile |
| Platforms | iOS, Android |
| Support | |
| Built for | Solo, Small business (editorial estimate) |
| Pricing | Free plan (source) |
| Website | chefbook.net |
| Facts checked | 5 Oct 2026 |
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