# CookWithFriends — Recipes, shared lists & trips

> Collaborative kitchen app for recipes, meal planning, and shared shopping lists. (iPhone/iPad app by Jeffrey Vanderkley.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cookwithfriends/id6785688675 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jeffrey Vanderkley](https://appshunter.io/developer/6779816316)
- Category: Food & Drink, Social Networking
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 48 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-10
- Data updated: 2026-08-25
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cookwithfriends/id6785688675/reviews.md

## What is CookWithFriends?

CookwithFriends is the kitchen app built for the group — the roommates splitting the grocery run, the friends packing for a cabin weekend, the group whose potluck needs a plan. One app for the whole kitchen, because cooking is more fun with your people.

BRING YOUR WHOLE COOKBOOK WITH YOU
Switching from another recipe app? Moving over is easy — nothing gets left behind. Build a real cookbook: organized, tagged, searchable, and full of your own photos:

→ Paste any recipe link and get just the ingredients and steps — no ads, no ten-paragraph life story.
→ Snap a photo of a cookbook page or Grandma's handwritten card and watch it turn into a recipe — scanned right on your device.
→ Browse your favorite cooking sites inside the app and tap Save.
→ Pull recipes straight from reels, TikToks, and YouTube videos.
→ Import your whole backup file from another app in one go.

Every import becomes a recipe you can edit, tag, favorite, scale, and time.

SHOP AS A TEAM, IN REAL TIME
No more "can you grab milk?" texts. Share a grocery list and watch it update live as everyone adds and checks off items — sorted by aisle. Keep separate lists for the house, the party, and the week, and switch in a tap.

PLAN TRIPS WITHOUT THE CHAOS
Heading away for the weekend? Build a trip day by day. Pick a recipe or note for each meal, say who's making what, and CookwithFriends rolls every ingredient into one list. Everyone sees the plan, and nobody buys three tubs of butter.

HOST POTLUCKS THAT ACTUALLY WORK
Claim a dish, see what's still missing, and coordinate the spread in one place — so you get mains, sides, AND dessert, not five bowls of pasta salad.

END THE "WHAT'S FOR DINNER?" STANDOFF
Drop recipes onto a 7-day meal planner and build the week's shopping list in one tap. Keep a simple pantry so nothing gets bought twice — then let the app suggest what to cook tonight.

COOK HANDS-FREE
Cook Mode walks you through one step at a time on a full-screen card that never sleeps mid-recipe. Tap any time in a step to start a timer, run several at once, scale servings, and switch US ↔ metric.

MEET SOUS SPROUT, YOUR AI SOUS-CHEF
Ask Sous Sprout. Your AI kitchen helper can simplify any recipe, swap hard-to-find ingredients, scale for a crowd, convert US ↔ metric, and give an instant nutrition and allergen breakdown — all in a quick chat. It can even read a recipe from a photo or a cooking video. (Part of Premium+.)

MAKE IT A HOBBY YOU SHARE
Post your cooks to a photo feed, give a Chef's Kiss, and swap tips in the comments. Message friends and groups directly, and drop a recipe into the chat. Add friends with a friend code, start a Cooking Group, take on monthly challenges, and relive your top recipes with Year in Flavors.

FAMILY SECRETS, KEPT SECRET
Grandma's recipe stays in the family. The Family Secrets vault protects recipes right on your device, with optional passphrase encryption.

Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese.

FREE TO START
CookwithFriends is free — build a cookbook, import from the web and social, share live grocery lists, and plan trips and potlucks. Free cookbooks hold up to 10 recipes.

Premium unlocks unlimited recipes, recipe sharing, and cross-device sync.

Premium+ adds Sous Sprout, your AI sous-chef — recipe simplification, instant nutrition and allergen info, conversational scaling and conversion, and AI import from videos and photos. It includes everything in Premium.

Premium is an auto-renewing subscription or a one-time purchase (which unlocks Premium for as long as the app remains available and supported); Premium+ is an auto-renewing subscription. Renewal charges your Apple ID within 24 hours before the period ends unless auto-renew is off at least 24 hours prior. Manage or cancel in Settings > your Apple ID > Subscriptions.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://cookwithfriends-3b40e.web.app/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://cookwithfriends-3b40e.web.app/privacy.html

## Key features

- Import recipes from links, photos, and videos
- Real-time shared grocery lists
- Trip planning with consolidated ingredient lists
- Potluck coordination
- 7-day meal planner
- Hands-free Cook Mode
- AI sous-chef for recipe assistance

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cookwithfriends/id6785688675/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Nice app for recipes and lists

*2026-08-01*

I love being able to pull only the recipe details from annoying recipe websites. I also really love the ability to make my custom grocery shopping lists 🤩

## Frequently asked questions about CookWithFriends

### How do I import recipes into CookWithFriends?

CookWithFriends allows you to import recipes by pasting links from websites, snapping photos of cookbook pages or handwritten cards, saving directly from cooking sites, or even pulling from reels, TikToks, and YouTube videos. You can also import your entire backup file from another recipe app.

### Can I use CookWithFriends offline?

While the app's collaborative features like shared lists and trip planning require an internet connection to sync in real-time, many core functionalities such as viewing and editing your imported recipes, using the meal planner, and accessing Cook Mode are available offline.

### What is Sous Sprout in CookWithFriends?

Sous Sprout is an AI sous-chef feature within CookWithFriends that can simplify recipes, suggest ingredient swaps, scale recipes for groups, convert measurements, and provide nutrition and allergen information. It can also read recipes from photos or videos and is part of the Premium+ subscription.

### How does the shared grocery list work in CookWithFriends?

You can create shared grocery lists that update live as users add or check off items. The list is automatically sorted by aisle to make shopping more efficient. You can maintain separate lists for different purposes, like household needs or party supplies.

### Does CookWithFriends have ads?

No, CookWithFriends is ad-free. The description explicitly states 'no ads' when importing recipes, and the 'hasAds' flag is set to false, indicating a clean user experience without advertisements.

### What are the subscription options for CookWithFriends?

CookWithFriends is free to start, with additional features available through premium subscriptions. The description mentions 'Premium+' for access to Sous Sprout, suggesting tiered subscription levels for enhanced functionality.

### How often is CookWithFriends updated?

The app was last updated on 2026-07-14, with the latest version being 3.0. This indicates a recent update, suggesting active development and maintenance by the developer.

### What age rating does CookWithFriends have?

CookWithFriends has an age rating of 17+. This is likely due to the nature of the app involving food preparation and potentially complex recipes, or it could be a general rating for the platform.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 8.0 — 2026-08-15

→ New notifications center in the header — new posts, friend requests, and messages all collect in one place, and tapping one takes you straight to it.
→ Share a meal plan with one or more friends and everyone cooks off the same week, with edits syncing both ways.
→ Friends who make their cookbook public now have recipes featured in your home feed.
→ Press and hold any message to react with an emoji. 
→ Fixed: Measurements stay exactly as written (a quarter cup no longer becomes tablespoons when you save).

### 7.0 — 2026-08-04

• Browse your critics' cookbooks — open any critic's profile to search, filter and save copies of their recipes, and use the new toggle at the top of My Cookbook to share yours or keep it private.
• Plan every meal of the day — the weekly planner now has breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack slots, arrows to flip between days, and day cards that show every planned meal with a calorie estimate for the day.
• Photo imports got a major tune-up — recipe cards with side-by-side columns now read in the right order, with quantities, fractions and mixed numbers captured correctly instead of scrambled.
• Recipe notes come along now — tips and special considerations from an imported recipe are saved with it, travel when you share or recommend it, and can be edited any time.
• Cook what you already have — tap the items in your pantry, hit Generate Recipe, and see what you can make tonight before anything goes off.
• Share meals out, not just home cooking — record a restaurant or visited meal with its own badge, and add up to four photos to any cook you post.

### 6.0 — 2026-07-28

→ Get notified the moment a friend request, message, or new cook arrives — even with the app closed. Tap the banner to jump right there
→ Beautiful new printouts: recipes now print like a real cookbook page, with photo, prep & cook times, and clean multi-page layout
→ Grocery lists made simple — a tidier card with one More menu, your sort order remembered, and tap any item's category to change it (we'll remember your choice)
→ Cook Mode now shows your ingredients up front, with a clearer split from the steps
→ Recommended recipes open as full recipes with photo, ingredients & steps — save one to your cookbook in a tap
→ Plus: more reliable sharing and imports, pantry suggestions from across the web, and a spot to enter your referral code right in the welcome tour

### 5.0 — 2026-07-19

• Recommended recipes on your home feed — hand-picked dishes from around the web
• Tag friends in your cooks, plus see a friend's cook history when you add them
• Create custom tags to organize and filter your cookbook your way
• Tap your Cooks or Food Critics stats for a full-screen view
• Redesigned recipe cards in Messages, plus typing indicators & read receipts
• Faster "Add a recipe" menu with a photo-scan AI toggle

### 4.0 — 2026-07-17

• Video recipe imports are far more reliable.
• Louder, customizable cooking timers.
• Full-screen grocery Big View + reorderable lists.
• Sous Sprout can improve recipes before you save them.
• Read receipts in Messages, plus lots of fixes and polish.

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All apps by Jeffrey Vanderkley: https://appshunter.io/developer/6779816316

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