# Fresco - Smart, Guided Cooking — Smart cooking made easy

> Smart, guided cooking recipes for connected kitchen appliances. (iPhone/iPad app by Adaptics Limited.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fresco-smart-guided-cooking/id930043271 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Adaptics Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/930043270)
- Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.76/5 from 158 App Store ratings · 108 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 246 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2014-11-12
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fresco-smart-guided-cooking/id930043271/reviews.md

## What is Fresco?

Fresco is your personal sous chef, ready and willing to help you try new recipes or serve up your favorites. With a smart step-by-step format and recipes made for your appliances, cooking will be so easy you’ll want to do it every day. 

Fresco is the only app that seamlessly brings recipes, appliances, and home cooks together to create a smart step-by-step cooking experience. Our recipes work with over 100 different appliance models from Instant Pot to Thermomix to Kenwood, simply tell us what smart appliances you have, and we’ll find the perfect recipes to work with them.

Start cooking in a flash.
Whether you’re a new cook or have been cooking for years, we’ll guide you through every recipe thanks to our guided recipe format. We’re always two steps ahead so that all you have to do is focus on that delicious dish.

Smart recipes for smart appliances. 
From Instant Pot® to Thermomix®; connected ovens from GE Appliances, LG Electronics, and Bosch; to the Kenwood kCook Multi Smart and CookEasy+, there are over 100 different appliance models that can be controlled from the Fresco recipes app. Simply connect what you have in your kitchen, and we’ll find the perfect recipes to work with them. From timers to temperatures, we tell your appliance what it needs to do at the right moment so you don’t have to. 

Make the internet your cookbook 
We can take a recipe from your favorite website or blogger and give you smart step-by-step instructions. Pumpkin bread from Food 52? Pasta from Donal Skehan? We can do it all, and now, so can you. It is also completely ad-free! 

Create what you crave 
Whether you’re looking for a dairy-free dessert or a vegetarian chili, only see the recipes you’ll love. Filter food by dietary needs, preferences, or meal type (gluten-free, vegan, dairy-free, vegetarian, nut-free, low fat, low sugar, paleo) and get cooking. Once you’ve found the perfect recipe, use the app to resize quantities, make ingredients substitutions, and make the recipe work for you. 

Now we’re cooking. 

Even more features to sink your teeth into:
-Ingredient substitution: Don’t miss out on a recipe because of one ingredient. Substitute out a missing ingredient with whatever you have to hand. 
-Customize your serving size: With recipe resizing, you can scale the recipe quantity up or down in a cinch, reducing food waste without altering results. Don’t worry, we always respect the maximum capacity of the appliance you’re using so that there’s no overspill.
-Personal collections: Save and organize your recipes into private folders, making it easier and faster to plan and cook great food at home. 

WIRED Magazine has called Fresco “a pretty amazing thing.” Fresco has also been praised in Gigaom, TechCrunch, MacWorld, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Gizmodo, and many more. 

If you knead us, we’re here. Email us on support@frescocooks.com with any questions. We would love to hear from you.

## Key features

- Smart step-by-step guided recipes
- Works with over 100 smart appliance models
- Import recipes from websites
- Dietary and preference filtering
- Ingredient substitution
- Customizable serving sizes
- Personal recipe collections

## What do users think of Fresco?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful step-by-step instructions
- 🚀 Convenient scale integration
- 👍 Great variety of recipes
- 👍 Flexible recipe scaling
- 👍 Consistent cooking results

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes and connectivity issues
- 🔒 Requires account to use scale
- 🔒 Forced to use proprietary app
- 👎 Lacking recipe customization
- 👎 Limited recipe selection
- 👎 Outdated app and device support

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Scales not connecting after app updates
- Crashes when opening recipes
- Weighing functionality not working for all recipes

**Most requested features**

- Allow importing own recipes
- Offline recipe access
- Apple Watch integration
- More recipe categories and filters
- Improved recipe organization

## Recent user reviews (10 of 108)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fresco-smart-guided-cooking/id930043271/reviews.md

### 1/5 — A Technology Company that isn’t developing its app and platform.

*2025-02-26, version 2.62.0*

No focus on current users and platform improvements. All their focus is on acquiring additional brands.

### 3/5 — Suggestions we all want

*2024-12-28, version 2.62.0*

Drop scale cannot pair with ANYTHING EXCEPT APPLE. This is an amazing app that has helped me cook and learn new recipes, and I love it. It would just be so much more convenient for people who own devices other an apple device such as Samsung to also have an option to be able to connect with the app and drop scale because it literally does not work with a device that isn’t apple. Thank you fresco for letting me lean such great opportunities to cook!

### 5/5 — Love the simplicity!

*2024-12-12, version 2.62.0*

Best app ever…

### 2/5 — A Technology Company that isn’t developing its app.

*2024-10-30*

Surely we should have split screen by now….

### 4/5 — Love this app!

*2024-07-31, version 2.62.0*

I got this app when it was in beta after I got my Drop Scale.  I am an amateur baker and love the app!  I use it all the time and find that the recipes are easy to follow.  The only thing I can complain about is that I can’t input my own recipes into the app. I love that I can search for recipes based on an ingredient. Most things I make are a hit with friends and family.

### 1/5 — Zero customer support

*2024-04-26, version 2.62.0*

All of our Drop scales (we have 6 that we use for cooking classes) are no longer connecting to the Fresco app. For weeks we have reached out multiple times on both the frescocooks.com website and their Instagram through DM and comments on their posts. We have not gotten a response. Are we stuck with a bunch of worthless Drop scales now?

### 5/5 — Great app to make Great food!

*2024-03-05, version 2.62.0*

Love this app so far!

### 5/5 — Best kitchen app

*2023-12-02, version 2.62.0*

Love this and plan to use it errrry day

### 5/5 — Love it!

*2023-08-19, version 2.60.0*

Great recipes.

### 5/5 — Great recipes and easy to follow exact measurements

*2023-08-07*

I've used fresco before they were fresco. Still great recipes and the scale makes it so easy to upscale or down scale recipes.

## Frequently asked questions about Fresco

### What does Fresco do?

Fresco acts as your personal sous chef, offering smart, step-by-step guided recipes designed to work seamlessly with over 100 different smart kitchen appliance models. It simplifies cooking by providing instructions tailored to your specific appliances, from setting timers to adjusting temperatures.

### What are the key features of Fresco?

Key features include smart step-by-step guided recipes, compatibility with a wide range of smart appliances, the ability to import recipes from the web, dietary and preference filtering, ingredient substitution, customizable serving sizes, and personal recipe collections for organization.

### Is Fresco free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering a wealth of features for guided cooking. While the core functionality is free, there may be in-app purchases available for additional content or premium features.

### What kitchen appliances are compatible with Fresco?

Fresco supports over 100 different smart appliance models, including popular brands like Instant Pot, Thermomix, Kenwood, and connected ovens from GE Appliances, LG Electronics, and Bosch. Users can connect their specific appliances to find suitable recipes.

### How can Fresco help me cook at home?

Fresco makes home cooking easier by providing clear, step-by-step instructions that adapt to your smart appliances. You can discover new recipes, filter them by dietary needs, substitute ingredients you don't have, and adjust serving sizes to reduce food waste and perfectly suit your needs.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.62.0 — 2023-11-20

Removing Instant Brands appliances, which are no longer supported and need to be used through the Instant Brands Connect application.

### 2.60.0 — 2022-08-08

We fixed a few minor bugs, and implemented general compatibility improvements.

### 2.59.0 — 2022-06-27

We fixed a few minor bugs, and implemented general compatibility improvements.

### 2.58.0 — 2022-06-13

We fixed a few minor bugs, and implemented general compatibility improvements.

### 2.57.0 — 2022-06-03

We fixed a few minor bugs, and implemented general compatibility improvements.

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