Best recipe apps for iPhone

By the rule below, the best recipe app for iPhone is Pestle (24 of 24 points), if you want a design-led recipe manager with an Apple Watch app and a Chrome extension, and you are fine paying for Pro. Next are Saucepan (our app) (23 of 24 points), if you want to save from Instagram, TikTok and websites, fill a Pantry by scanning your receipt, and cook with timers that ring, on iPhone; and Crouton (22 of 24 points), if you use a Mac or an Apple Watch in the kitchen, or you want SharePlay cooking, and you keep everything on iCloud. 22 apps qualify.

For anyone who wants one app on iPhone to save recipes, plan, shop and cook. Checked November 4, 2026.

The ranking

  1. Pestle

    Apple Watch 앱과 Chrome 확장 프로그램이 있는 디자인 중심 레시피 관리 앱을 원하고, Pro 유료 결제가 괜찮다면.

    24 of 24 points4.7 (1.8K ratings) on the US App Store

    Price. Free for 15 recipes. Pestle Pro is $24.99 a year, with a 14-day trial. The App Store also lists a monthly plan and lifetime purchases. App Store

  2. Saucepan our app

    You want to save from Instagram, TikTok and websites, fill a Pantry by scanning your receipt, and cook with timers that ring, on iPhone. It is new: it launches November 13, 2026.

    23 of 24 pointsNo ratings yet

    Short of full marks: Apple Watch (partly).

    Price. Free to use, with no ads. Saucepan+ is $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. Saucepan

  3. Crouton

    주방에서 Mac이나 Apple Watch를 쓰거나, SharePlay 요리를 원하고, 모든 것을 iCloud에 보관한다면요.

    22 of 24 points4.8 (2.9K ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube (not found).

    Price. Free with limits. The App Store lists Crouton Plus at $24.99 and Crouton Discover at $1.99 a month or $14.99 a year. App Store

  4. AnyList

    장보기 목록이 정말 필요한 것이고, 파트너와 공유하고, 레시피는 좋은 덤이에요.

    20 of 24 points4.9 (81K ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube (not found), Scan cookbook pages and cards (not found).

    Price. Free. AnyList Complete is $9.99 a year for one person or $14.99 a year for a household. App Store

  5. Samsung Food

    iPhone뿐 아니라 Android와 웹에서도 공유 목록으로 무료 식단 계획을 원한다면요.

    18 of 24 points4.8 (6.4K ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (no), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. Free for saving recipes, planning and shared lists. Samsung Food+ is $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year, with a 7-day trial. App Store

  6. Deglaze

    무료 가족 공유, 웹 앱과 안드로이드, 그리고 유료 요금제로 ChatGPT와 Claude에 연결하는 커넥터를 원하신다면요.

    18 of 24 points4.9 (4.1K ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Widgets (not found), Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (no).

    Price. Free: 20 imports, then 5 a week, with household sharing. Pro is $49.99 a year, with a 7-day trial. App Store

  7. Honeydew

    iPhone과 Android에서 모든 것을 공유하는 가족을 원하고 Plus 요금을 낼 의향이 있다면.

    18 of 24 points4.8 (1.8K ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (no), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. Free with a limited number of saves. Plus is $6.99 a month or $39.99 a year. App Store

  8. CookNest

    공유가 가능한 무료 플랜, Android와 웹, 또는 레시피를 인쇄한 요리책이 필요하다면요.

    18 of 24 points4.8 (45 ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Timers (not found), Widgets (not found), Live Activities (not found).

    Price. Free with 3 automatic imports a week and no card. The App Store lists PRO purchases from $3.99 to $29.99, with periods not shown. cooknest.app

  9. Paprika

    한 번만 결제하고 싶거나, Apple Watch로 요리하거나 Windows를 쓰거나, 라이브러리가 이미 Paprika에 있다면요. Paprika 4는 베타 중이며, 나중에 프리미엄 기능에 구독이 필요하다고 해요.

    17 of 24 points4.9 (54K ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube (partly), Scan cookbook pages and cards (partly), Shared with a household (partly), Widgets (partly), Live Activities (not found), Siri and Shortcuts (partly).

    Price. iPhone and iPad $4.99, once. Mac $29.99. Each version is sold separately. paprikaapp.com

  10. Plan to Eat

    내 레시피 상자에서 캘린더로 한 주 전체를 계획하고, 웹과 Android도 원한다면 해당해요. 무료 요금제는 없어요.

    17 of 24 points4.8 (6.1K ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Widgets (not found), Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (no), Siri and Shortcuts (partly).

    Price. No free plan. $5.95 a month or $49 a year, with a 14-day trial and no card. The App Store lists a one-year membership at $54.99. plantoeat.com

  11. Recipe Keeper

    한 번 결제하고 싶거나, 가족이 Android나 Windows를 쓰거나, 종이 레시피가 많이 밀려 있다면 고르세요.

    15 of 24 points4.8 (31K ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Cook mode (partly), Timers (not found), Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (no), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. Free download. Pro Upgrade is $19.99, once, on iPhone and iPad. The Mac version is $29.99. Each platform is a separate purchase. App Store

  12. Foodie

    가족 장보기 목록도 함께 쓰는 새 iPhone 앱을 원한다면요. 아직 출시된 지 얼마 안 되어 App Store 평점이 적어서 점수를 보여 줄 수 없어요.

    15 of 24 points

    Short of full marks: Scan cookbook pages and cards (partly), Widgets (not found), Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (no), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. Free: 3 AI imports and 5 chef messages every 7 days. Premium is $6.49 a month or $44.99 a year. foodie.chewable.fit

  13. ReciMe

    가장 널리 쓰이는 소셜 영상 저장 앱을 원하고, Android도 쓰며, 팬트리는 필요 없다면.

    13 of 24 points4.8 (325K ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Shared with a household (partly), Timers (not found), Widgets (not found), Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (no), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. Free with 5 imports a week. In the US the yearly plan is $39.99, with a 7-day trial. recime.app

  14. Umami

    iPhone, 안드로이드, 웹에서 작동하고, 레시피를 열린 형식으로 돌려받을 수 있는 저렴한 관리 앱을 원하신다면요.

    13 of 24 points4.8 (482 ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube (partly), Timers (not found), Widgets (not found), Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (no), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. 30-day trial, then a subscription or lifetime purchase to add recipes. You can still view and export. The App Store lists $0.99 or $3.99 a month, $9.99 or $19.99 a year, $19.99 or $59.99 lifetime. App Store

  15. BigOven

    Apple Watch 앱과 공유 장보기 목록이 있는, 오래 쓸 수 있는 레시피 및 식단 계획 앱을 원하시나요.

    12 of 24 points4.7 (14,222 ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube (not found), Cook mode (not found), Timers (not found), Widgets (not found), Live Activities (not found), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. Free download. The App Store lists BigOven Pro at $2.99, $19.99 and $24.99, with periods not shown, and credit packs. App Store

  16. SideChef

    You want a big catalog of guided recipes with a photo or video at every step, and you order groceries from Walmart, Instacart or Amazon Fresh.

    12 of 24 points4.7 (1,672 ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube (not found), Scan cookbook pages and cards (not found), Shared with a household (no), Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (no), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. Free to download and use. Recipes, meal plans and grocery ordering do not need a subscription. SideChef Premium adds 800+ cooking classes and premium recipes for $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, after a 7-day free trial. sidechef.com

  17. Eat This Much

    You want a planner that picks your meals to hit exact calorie and macro targets, on iPhone, Android or the web.

    11 of 24 points4.7 (22,184 ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube (not found), Scan cookbook pages and cards (not found), Grocery list (partly), Timers (not found), Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (no), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. Free for planning one day at a time. Premium is $59.99 a year ($5 a month) or $14.99 month to month, with a 14-day trial. help.eatthismuch.com

  18. Cookpad

    You want a large community of home-cook recipes with photos from people who cooked them, on iPhone, Android and the web.

    10 of 24 points4.4 (7,335 ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Shared with a household (not found), Cook mode (not found), Timers (not found), Widgets (not found), Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (no), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. Free, with no ads. The App Store lists Premium Service at $4.99 and $1.99. Premium puts the most popular recipes first in search, allows unlimited imports and adds advanced filters. App Store

  19. Copy Me That

    주로 웹사이트에서 레시피를 저장하고, 가장 저렴한 가격을 원하며, 휴대폰보다 브라우저를 더 많이 쓰는 분.

    10 of 24 points4.6 (1.2K ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Scan cookbook pages and cards (not found), Shared with a household (partly), Cook mode (partly), Timers (not found), Widgets (not found), Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (no), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. Free up to 40 recipes. $0.99 a month for unlimited recipes, or $65 for lifetime. App Store

  20. Cooklist

    연결된 미국 소매점에서 장을 보고, 팬트리를 멤버십 계정으로 채우고 싶다면 해당해요.

    9 of 24 points4.7 (11K ratings) on the US App Store

    Short of full marks: Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube (partly), Scan cookbook pages and cards (not found), Cook mode (not found), Timers (not found), Widgets (not found), Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (no), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. Free with ads. The App Store lists Pro at $7.99 a month and $49.99 a year. App Store

  21. Mela

    조용한 Apple 전용 라이브러리를 iCloud에 두고 싶고, 일회성 가격과 Mac 앱이 필요하다면 적합합니다. 마지막 App Store 업데이트는 2025년 6월입니다.

    20 of 24 points4.6 (884 ratings) on the US App StoreNot updated since June 2025

    Short of full marks: Apple Watch (no), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. Free to download. Mela+ is a one-time unlock: $6.99 on iPhone and iPad, $14.99 on Mac, bought separately. App Store

  22. Pepperplate

    이미 쓰고 있고 여전히 잘 작동해요. iPhone 앱은 2023년 4월에 마지막으로 업데이트되었고, 미국 App Store에서 평가 54개를 받았어요.

    8 of 24 points3.0 (54 ratings) on the US App StoreNot updated since April 2023

    Short of full marks: Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube (not found), Scan cookbook pages and cards (not found), Shared with a household (not found), Cook mode (not found), Widgets (not found), Live Activities (not found), Apple Watch (not found), Siri and Shortcuts (not found).

    Price. Free download. The App Store lists an auto-renewing monthly membership at $2.99. App Store

Partly qualify, so not ranked: Kitchen Stories (Import from any website or blog via the share sheet, with Kitchen Stories Plus only, on iOS only for now. Free users can save Kitchen Stories recipes to cookbooks).

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Best recipe apps for iPhone: features by app
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AnyList찾지 못함예찾지 못함예예예예예예예예예
Samsung Food예예예예예예예예예찾지 못함아니요찾지 못함
Deglaze예예예예예예예예찾지 못함찾지 못함아니요예
Honeydew예예예예예예예예예찾지 못함아니요찾지 못함
CookNest예예예예예예예찾지 못함찾지 못함찾지 못함예예
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Plan to Eat예예예예예예예예찾지 못함찾지 못함아니요부분적으로
Recipe Keeper예예예예예예부분적으로찾지 못함예찾지 못함아니요찾지 못함
Foodie예예부분적으로예예예예예찾지 못함찾지 못함아니요찾지 못함
ReciMe예예예예예부분적으로예찾지 못함찾지 못함찾지 못함아니요찾지 못함
Umami부분적으로예예예예예예찾지 못함찾지 못함찾지 못함아니요찾지 못함
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SideChef찾지 못함예찾지 못함예예아니요예예예찾지 못함아니요찾지 못함
Eat This Much찾지 못함예찾지 못함예부분적으로예예찾지 못함예찾지 못함아니요찾지 못함
Cookpad예예예예예찾지 못함찾지 못함찾지 못함찾지 못함찾지 못함아니요찾지 못함
Copy Me That예예찾지 못함예예부분적으로부분적으로찾지 못함찾지 못함찾지 못함아니요찾지 못함
Cooklist부분적으로예찾지 못함예예예찾지 못함찾지 못함찾지 못함찾지 못함아니요찾지 못함
Mela예예예예예예예예예예아니요찾지 못함
Pepperplate찾지 못함예찾지 못함예예찾지 못함찾지 못함예찾지 못함찾지 못함찾지 못함찾지 못함

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How we ranked

Saving, planning and cooking, plus the iPhone extras that show outside the app: widgets, Live Activities, Apple Watch and Siri.

  • To qualify, an app must have “Save from websites” (Yes, not Partly). Closed apps and general tools like Apple Notes and Notion are left out.
  • Score: 2 points for Yes, 1 for Partly, 0 for No, Not found or Coming, over 12 features: Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Save from websites, Scan cookbook pages and cards, Meal plan, Grocery list, Shared with a household, Cook mode, Timers, Widgets, Live Activities, Apple Watch and Siri and Shortcuts. Most is 24.
  • Apps with no App Store update since November 2025 go below the ones that are kept up.
  • Ties go to the app with more US App Store ratings. Saucepan has none yet, so it goes below any app it ties with.
  • “Not found” scores zero: we credit only what an app’s own pages show. That can undercount an app that does more than its pages say.

Saucepan is our app. It is scored from its own feature list by the same rule.

질문

What is the best recipe app for iPhone?

By the rule below, the best recipe app for iPhone is Pestle (24 of 24 points), if you want a design-led recipe manager with an Apple Watch app and a Chrome extension, and you are fine paying for Pro. Next are Saucepan (our app) (23 of 24 points), if you want to save from Instagram, TikTok and websites, fill a Pantry by scanning your receipt, and cook with timers that ring, on iPhone; and Crouton (22 of 24 points), if you use a Mac or an Apple Watch in the kitchen, or you want SharePlay cooking, and you keep everything on iCloud. 22 apps qualify.

How did you rank these apps?

To qualify, an app must have “Save from websites” (Yes, not Partly). Closed apps and general tools like Apple Notes and Notion are left out. Score: 2 points for Yes, 1 for Partly, 0 for No, Not found or Coming, over 12 features: Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Save from websites, Scan cookbook pages and cards, Meal plan, Grocery list, Shared with a household, Cook mode, Timers, Widgets, Live Activities, Apple Watch and Siri and Shortcuts. Most is 24. Apps with no App Store update since November 2025 go below the ones that are kept up. Ties go to the app with more US App Store ratings. Saucepan has none yet, so it goes below any app it ties with. “Not found” scores zero: we credit only what an app’s own pages show. That can undercount an app that does more than its pages say.

Which of these have a free plan?

Pestle, Saucepan, Crouton, AnyList, Samsung Food, Deglaze, Honeydew, CookNest, Recipe Keeper, Foodie, ReciMe, BigOven, SideChef, Eat This Much, Cookpad, Copy Me That, Cooklist and Mela. Free plans have limits; each app’s line above says what it is.

Which of these work on Android?

AnyList, Samsung Food, Deglaze, Honeydew, CookNest, Paprika, Plan to Eat, Recipe Keeper, ReciMe, Umami, SideChef, Eat This Much, Cookpad, Copy Me That and Cooklist, as their own pages say.

Is Saucepan on this list because you make it?

Saucepan is our app, so we score it by the same rule from its own feature list, and say so on the list. It ranks #2 of 22 here. It launches on November 13, 2026 and has no ratings yet.

When was this checked?

Feature marks were read from each app’s App Store listing, website and help pages on November 1, 2026, and prices, platforms and update dates on November 4, 2026. Apps change often.