Recipes

At a glance

• Editor score
  3.0 / 10
• Pricing
  Free plan · paid from $0.99/mo
• Best for
  Apple users saving recipes with lightweight cooking tools
• Free plan
  Yes
• Paid from
  $0.99/mo
• Recipe import
  Yes
• Facts checked
  5 Oct 2026

• Where it wins

  • Imports recipe titles, ingredients, and steps from websites
  • Builds categorized grocery lists from saved recipe ingredients
  • Syncs through iCloud and keeps saved recipes available offline

• Where it doesn't

  • Available only on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
  • Paid in-app purchases do not specify which features they unlock
  • Meal planning and scheduling are not confirmed

Our verdict on Recipes

Recipes is a digital cookbook for home cooks who want to save recipes from websites and keep them organized on Apple devices. It extracts titles, ingredients, and steps, then lets users sort saved recipes into custom folders. Search, offline access, and step-by-step cooking instructions support finding and following recipes without turning the app into a broader meal-management system.

Its feature set centers on personal recipe keeping: users can create grocery lists from saved recipe ingredients and categorize list items. The app syncs a recipe collection through iCloud across Apple devices, and offers light and dark modes. It is available for iPhone and iPad, and the vendor says it runs on Mac with Apple silicon. This makes Recipes a reasonable fit for someone who already works within Apple's ecosystem and wants a compact organizer rather than a cross-platform service.

Recipes is free to download, with optional in-app purchases listed at $0.99 per month or $9.99 per year. The published descriptions do not tie specific features to either purchase, so buyers should view those as optional paid tiers rather than assume they unlock a particular capability. Pick Recipes for importing, organizing, and cooking from a personal collection on Apple devices; choose another app if you need Android support or confirmed meal scheduling.

Recipes pricing

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Recipes fact sheet

Recipes integrations

Recipes lists 1 integrations on its own site.

• iCloud

Alternatives to Recipes

• NCNYT CookingA paid recipe service pairing a 20,000-recipe library with guided cooking and grocery lists.9.2
• CCookpadA community recipe library with searchable personal collections and optional Premium tools.9.0
• FFood.comA free recipe catalog for browsing, saving favorites, and sharing cooking notes.8.8

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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Last updated 9 Oct 2026 · How we research and update