CookShelf: Search Cookbooks

CookShelf: Search Cookbooks

Love your cookbooks more

784 ratings
195 reviews
#26 in top-grossing Food & Drink
🍔 Food & Drink
📚 Books
Free
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Released
August 7, 2025
Updated
October 28, 2026
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Easily find recipes within your existing cookbook collection using ingredient searches or dish types. Track your cooking progress, set goals, and reduce food waste by utilizing ingredients you already have. Connect with a community of home cooks and rediscover your favorite recipes.

✓Search recipes by ingredient
✓Find recipes across multiple cookbooks
✓Track cooking progress and set goals
✓Discover community cooking inspiration
✓Reduce food waste
✓Bookmark favorite recipes
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What's New in CookShelf

2.17.0

October 28, 2026

- Links you tap while signed out now open after you sign in or create an account - Home refreshes after time away and skips cooks you’ve already seen - Fewer pop-ups asking you to rate the app - Bug fixes and performance improvements

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

CookShelf Premium - Monthly

Full access to CookShelf, paid monthly

$4.991 Month
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Top Grossing

📊 26

Food & Drink

The app has maintained its position at 26 recently.

Last updated on October 31, 2026.

User reviews

If you have cookbooks you need this.

This might be the only app I’ve ever written a review for, and it’s because I really love this app. If you have a bunch of cookbooks and you find yourself wanting to cook from them more, but maybe aren’t home, or you’re at work and dont know whats in them, then this app is for you. When I’m at work thinking about what to do for dinner, I use this to plan, then I hit the grocery store on the way home. It has made it soooo much easier to cook out of the books that I love and has gotten me away from using online recipes where you need to either print them out or read from your phone/tablet. This is one of the few apps I willingly pay for and will keep paying for.
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We love this app

This apps unlocks the power of our 90 odd cookbooks. We love how we can search by ingredients. No more flipping through indexes or leafing through cookbooks with no indexes. We have started using most of our cookbooks again. We wish it was offered at a more affordable price point. We think it is overpriced; however now that we have it we definitely use it multiple times every week.

I do, however, wish they would stop asking me to review the app…once was enough!
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Response from developer

Hi there, thanks for your review - we're glad that CookShelf is helping you reconnect with your cookbooks! Regarding the review prompts, thanks for bringing this to our attention - this was a bug. We've found and fixed the issue so we don't repeatedly prompt people for reviews. (While we do appreciate getting positive reviews, we don't want to get in the way of cooking with your cookbooks.) We're really sorry for the annoyance.

Love this App!!!

Changed the way I cook - I can so easily look up a recipe for an excess ingredient I have. I would spend hours looking through all my ottolenghi books for where that 1 bean recipe was and no I can find it in an instant, and also pull new recipes out of some of my encyclopedic books!!!

Very Useful!!

This is the best way I have found to make use of my cookbook addiction! I really love using this app to help me find recipes!!

Brilliant concept

Thanks to CookShelf, I am cooking out of my cookbooks more than ever before! It’s a brilliant concept. I wish ingredient quantities were included so this could be a helpful resource while grocery shopping vs only at my home, but I also understand why that’s not the case. Overall I find a lot of value in it. Really appreciate the responsiveness to feedback, the new update restores everything I appreciated about the original version I downloaded!
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Eliminate multiple entries of the same book in the database

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FAQ

How many cookbooks can I add to CookShelf for free?

The free version of CookShelf allows you to add up to 5 cookbooks. You can use all of its features, including search, bookmarking, and cooking goals, for these books.

What are the benefits of CookShelf Premium?

CookShelf Premium unlocks your full cookbook collection by allowing you to add an unlimited number of cookbooks. It also provides search access across your entire library and over 15,000 indexed titles.

Does CookShelf offer a free trial for Premium?

Yes, CookShelf offers a free trial for its Premium subscription. You can choose between a 7-day free trial for the monthly plan or a 14-day free trial for the annual plan.

How do I cancel my CookShelf Premium subscription?

You can cancel your CookShelf Premium subscription by disabling the automatic renewal. You will retain full access to Premium features until the end of your current paid period. Deleting the app does not cancel your subscription.

Is CookShelf available on Android devices?

Based on the provided data, CookShelf is supported on iPhone and iPad. Information regarding Android availability is not specified.

How often is CookShelf updated?

The latest version of CookShelf is 2.17.0, and it was last updated on October 28, 2026. This suggests a relatively frequent update schedule.

What do users like most about CookShelf?

User reviews indicate strong positive sentiment, with users praising its 'instant gratification,' calling it a 'fav kitchen companion,' and a 'game changer.' Many appreciate its ability to help them 'eat their produce' and consider it their 'Go-To Kitchen App!'

What is the age rating for CookShelf?

CookShelf has an age rating of 12+, making it suitable for users aged 12 and older.