Basil: Recipes & Meal Planner

Basil: Recipes & Meal Planner

Cook Book & Grocery Lists

3 ratings
22 reviews
Free
In-App Purchases

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Released
February 18, 2025
Updated
January 29, 2026

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This app helps you manage your recipes by importing them from various online sources or by uploading your own. It also assists with meal planning, generating grocery lists, and detecting allergens. Cook smarter with features like cooking mode and unit conversion.

✓Import recipes from websites and social media
✓Upload your own recipes
✓Generate smart grocery lists
✓Plan meals for the week
✓Detect nutrition and allergens
✓Cooking mode to prevent screen timeout
✓Scale recipes and convert units
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What's New in Basil

2.2

January 29, 2026

Basil is the best app to save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest & more In this release, we made improvements and squashed bugs so Basil is even better for you.

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

Basil Pro+ Monthly

Premium recipes & features, monthly access

$9.991 Month
Price Updates
October 17, 2026→$9.99
September 15, 2025→$3.99
February 24, 2025→$4.99
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User reviews

perfect for weekly meal planning!

I tried weekly meal plan, and it is pretty good! interface is intuitive, and I love how customizable everything is! try it

fast and functional

lightning fast when importing new recipes. Definitely worth downloading for any kitchen enthusiast

great for discovering new dishes

I’m always discovering something new in the recipe bank

Super quick import feature

one of the best features of Basil is how quickly it imports recipes. I can pull in a recipe from a website in seconds

This may not be a working app

The idea is great but the support email bounced. It asks for a subscription but when you sign up it still won’t allow you past the paywall. It claims it provides a bunch of features I’d love to try but I can’t access them without the subscription pay wall popping up.

Response from developer

Thank you for the feedback and we’re really sorry for the frustration you experienced. We’ve just released version 2.0, which is a full redesign with improved subscription handling, fixed paywall issues, and expanded functionality. The issues you described (support email bounce and paywall access) have been addressed in this update. Please update the app to the latest version and try again you should now be able to access all features correctly after subscribing. If you still run into any problems, in-app support is now working reliably and we’re happy to help directly. We truly appreciate you giving the app a try and hope version 2.0 delivers the experience you were expecting.

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Reported Bugs

1 issue

Recipe scanning feature not functioning

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Requested Features

1 request

Dark mode option

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FAQ

What does Basil do?

Basil is a kitchen companion app designed to help you save, organize, and cook recipes. It allows you to import recipes from various online sources, upload your own, create smart grocery lists, plan meals, and even detect nutritional information and allergens.

What are the key features of Basil?

Key features include importing recipes from websites and social media, uploading your own recipes, generating smart grocery lists organized by aisle or recipe, meal planning for daily or weekly schedules, nutrition and allergy detection, a cooking mode that keeps your screen awake, and the ability to scale recipes and convert units.

How much does Basil cost?

Basil offers a free version with core features. A Premium subscription is available for unlimited Smart Imports, private recipe uploads, and advanced meal planning tools. A 3-day free trial of Premium is offered.

What devices is Basil compatible with?

Basil is available on iPhone and iPad, with cloud sync ensuring your recipes are accessible across your devices and securely backed up.

What are common use cases for Basil?

Common use cases include saving recipes you find online, organizing your family's favorite recipes, planning weekly meals to reduce food waste, creating efficient grocery lists based on your meal plan, and easily cooking recipes with features like cooking mode and unit conversion.