CookShelf: Search Cookbooks

CookShelf: Search Cookbooks

Love your cookbooks more

461 ratings
109 reviews
#11 in top-grossing Food & Drink
🍔 Food & Drink
📚 Books
Free
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  • Released
  • Updated
  • August 7, 2025
  • July 15, 2026
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Discover recipes within your physical cookbook collection. Search by ingredient, dish, or craving to find exactly what you need and where to find it. Track your cooking progress, set goals, and reduce food waste by using ingredients you already have.

Search across personal cookbooks
Find recipes by ingredient
Track cooking progress
Set cooking goals
Bookmark favorite recipes
Add photos and notes to recipes
Reduce food waste
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What's New in CookShelf

1.78.0

July 15, 2026

- You now have the ability to curate and share your Profile with friends so they can see what you've been cooking! - Threaded comments are here! Join the conversation on recipes and cook logs, and reply to others to keep threads organized. - Like the comments you enjoy with a quick thumbs-up. - Various fixes and improvements, including a fix for a crash when liking a cook.

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Subscription plans

CookShelf Premium - Monthly

Full access to CookShelf, paid monthly

$4.991 Month
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Top Grossing

📊 11

Food & Drink

The app has maintained its position at 11 recently.

Last updated on July 20, 2026.

User reviews

Not worth it

This app came highly recommended by a friend so I gave it a chance. I should have done better research. It’s basically just a glorified search of (some of) your cookbooks. Not all of mine were indexed. I know how to use a table of contents, so I don’t need this app. I incorrectly assumed my phone would replace my cookbooks, and that I could view recipes on my phone. I don’t want both my phone and a cookbook, it’s just an extra unneeded step. Unless you have a ton of similar cookbooks, save your money and just scan your the indexes and tables of contents in your books with your eyes instead of your phone.
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Best tool ever for cooks

My cooking life changed when I started using this app. I have about 250 cookbooks. I love them on my shelf, love the kindle versions, love everything about them. Except when I cant remember which one had that recipe that I now can find. Has not happened since I started using this app. And I’ve rediscovered some books that I forgot all about. It’s perfect for ensuring I get the best use out of all my cookbooks, as well as keep track of what I’ve cooked, my favorites and notes.
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Subscription/Rental

I absolutely refuse to rent software, especially at $50/year. They lost me during the sign up process when they asked which rental plan I wanted. Apple really needs to start saying which apps are purchase and which are subscription based. Could be a cool app otherwise. The FOK recipe app was $2 for a lifetime (purchase!) and they continuously add new recipes and allow you to search by ingredients.
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Sold!

I’ve been looking for an app that does exactly this! I have more than 100 cookbooks, and it has always been so time-consuming to flip through them trying to find the perfect recipe. This app is a total game changer. It makes it so easy to search across all of my cookbooks and quickly find exactly what I’m looking for. I highly recommend it to anyone with a large cookbook collection!
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Life Altering!

I cannot believe how wonderful this app is, and they're adding cookbooks all the time. That said, 62 of ours were already in there, and to be able to search all of them at once is incredible! I'll be using my cookbooks so much now. This also has a meal planning calendar and a grocery list tab, so you can plan your week ahead. I have 155 cabbage recipes to select from--oh, the joy, the wonderful joy.
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Eliminate multiple entries of the same book in the database

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What does CookShelf do?

CookShelf helps you make the most of your physical cookbook collection. It allows you to search for recipes within your books by ingredient, dish type, or what you're craving. The app also lets you track your cooking progress, set goals, and reduce food waste by using ingredients you already have.

How do I find recipes in my cookbooks?

You can easily find recipes by searching for specific ingredients, dish types, or any other term you're looking for. CookShelf will then show you exactly which cookbook contains the recipe and the page number.

Is CookShelf free to use?

CookShelf offers a free version that allows you to add up to 5 cookbooks and use all of its features for those books, including search, bookmarking, cooking goals, and tracking. For unlimited cookbook access and searching across over 15,000 indexed titles, a Premium subscription is available.

What are the benefits of the Premium subscription?

The Premium subscription unlocks your full cookbook library by allowing you to add unlimited cookbooks. It also provides access to search across your entire personal library and over 15,000 indexed online cookbook titles, offering a much broader range of recipe discovery.

Can I track the recipes I cook?

Yes, you can track your cooking progress within CookShelf. The app allows you to bookmark recipes, mark them as cooked, add photos and personal notes, and view a timeline of everything you've made. This feature helps you revisit favorite meals and monitor your cooking journey.