I’ve been using Paprika for years now. It works really well and has all the features I need. It works with Apple’s family sharing, so other family members can access it, too. Highly recommend.
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I second this. Paprika is especially good if you have other family members who want to share the recipe database.
It also has a not-bad grocery list feature. Again, works well if multiple family members are planning meals.
Paprika is where it’s at. The cloud sync function is phenomenal and no ongoing subscription required.
You can just have it on the desktop and iOS, it’s synced automatically via the Paprika cloud (if you want to, it’s free of charge), and you’re set.
Looking up recipes and annoyed by reading the life story of the blogger? Just browse the site in the inbuilt Paprika browser, hit the download button and everything’s there, ingredients, instructions, the lot. Don’t like the recipe? Don’t save it. Easy.
It’s a game changer for anyone seriously into collecting recipes and building their own database.
You can sort, aggregate, tag and rate your recipes to your heart’s content, and back up your database into a LOCAL backup for peace of mind.
Only Paprika ticked all the boxes I wanted in a recipe app. The non-subscription model is what convinced me and I’m soooo glad I made that leap. You won’t look back.
Paprika doesn’t have an official API, like a public one, but they do have a very simple API that you can backwards engineer if you want to integrate with it, which is nice as well.
Crouton is exceptional.
I love Crouton. The family sharing stuff works well, and it does everything we need it to do.
Just wish the grocery list would share between family members too!
Mela’s good. If you’re looking for a quick JustTheRecipe clone, you can use OnlyRecipe. Works great!
I second that. Been using Paprika for a long time on iOS. Then switched to Mela because it feels so much better for me.
I really liked Mela and really want to switch from Paprika, but I found it really hard to flip back and forth in Mela between the ingredients and the steps.
It can be a little chaotic when I cook. :-)
Agreed. It does everything paprika did for me only it looks and feels a lot nicer. It’s from the guy who makes Reeder.
Pestle is a favorite. It has a good modern look to it while having a good app for the iPad as well
Same here, big Pestle fan! Looks native and I love how easy it is to adjust qty and between measurement units.
Copy Me That is my favorite, copies recipes in to the database super easy from web or mobile. super easy. I really like it and I feel like I tried every recipe app before settling in this a few years ago.
I am fond of Recipe Keeper myself.
Superfood for grocery, recipes with food on hand
Is it called SuperCook?
Ah yeah, that's the one. Thanks
I didn't know about whisk being bought. I'm using it quite a lot, but i'm nearly never check the "communities" or "discover" pages.
The only recent change I didn't like was to add specific sections "breakfast, lunch, dinner" in the meal planner because it add 3 more clicks to correctly put a recipe where you want ...
I'm curious what change make you think it's going downhill ? So far It's still the best option I found for recipe + meal planner + groceries list app.
It’s not unbearable but the desktop website version seems more cluttered than it used to be. Like you mentioned it is also more difficult to add things to the planner as well. These aren’t full deal breakers for sure but things like this usually slowly get clunkier to use over time.