# Home Cookery — Edit, Cook, Organize

> Recipe organizer and editor with web import, timers, and PDF export. (iPhone/iPad app by Pinwheel Development, Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/home-cookery/id6744903825 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Pinwheel Development, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/285043582)
- Category: Food & Drink, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.30/5 from 3 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 45 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-05-21
- Data updated: 2026-07-20
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/home-cookery/id6744903825/reviews.md

## What is Home Cookery?

Cookery is the fastest way to save and organize your recipes, and supports importing recipes from a variety of sources.  Clean formatting and smart parsing make imported recipes look and feel native.  Tap on inline links in each recipe step to set timers and see full ingredient label.

Save, edit, and organize your favorite recipes, then export to PDF or text for printing and sharing. Import from your browser -- works with most cooking websites and blogs, or import from photos of cookbooks, magazines, and more.  View conversions for ingredient quantities as you cook.  Never loose a favorite with CloudKit syncing, and track your recipes on every device with Cookery on both iOS and Mac. 

Powerful features for the home cook:
• Clip recipes from the web or other apps: Save recipes with one tap from Safari or your favorite browser. Clean formatting and smart parsing make imported recipes look and feel native. 
• Import from Photos, PDF files, or text: Add handwritten, magazine, or cookbook published recipes by importing photos directly into Cookery. Apple Intelligence uses on-device machine learning to auto-categorize the recipe properties in the app.  Point, shoot, and import. Requires Cookery+, iOS 26, and Apple Intelligence.
• Search recipes from the home screen: Integrated with Spotlight, so there is no need to open the app.
• Set timers for recipes directly in-app, accessible from the lock screen, just like native timers.
• Edit Recipes, Fast: Quickly edit ingredients, instructions, and other recipe details to suit your taste or dietary preferences. Organizing your cookbook has never been easier.  Changes can be reversed with new Undo and Redo support.
• Track Your Cooking Progress: Follow along (and mark progress) with a clean, distraction-free interface—perfect for hands-on cooking. 
• Generate Beautiful PDFs: Export any recipe to a formatted PDF (or another format) for sharing, printing, or archiving.
• Never loose a recipe: Fast search and tag filtering ensures you can find the right recipe.
• Grocery List: Build, edit, and manage your grocery list directly from your saved recipes. 
• Sync Across Devices: Sync Across Devices: With iCloud support, your recipes and lists are always up-to-date on iPhone, iPad, and Mac -- no extra accounts or setup required.
Whether you're a beginner cook or a seasoned home chef, Cookery brings all your culinary tools into one seamless, beautifully designed app.
• Available for Mac OS: Check out our new app the Mac OS App Store! 


Start organizing, cooking, and enjoying meals your way—download Cookery today!

## Key features

- Import recipes from web and photos
- Smart recipe parsing and formatting
- Inline timers and time ranges
- Edit recipes instantly
- Generate and export recipes to PDF
- Grocery list creation
- Sync recipes across devices

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cookery+ | $1.99 | one-time |
| Cookery Plus | $1.99 | one-time |



## Frequently asked questions about Home Cookery

### How does Home Cookery import recipes?

Home Cookery allows you to import recipes by clipping them directly from your browser or by taking a photo of a written or cookbook recipe. Apple Intelligence uses on-device machine learning to automatically categorize recipe properties like title, ingredients, and instructions.

### Can I edit recipes in Home Cookery?

Yes, you can instantly edit ingredients, instructions, and other recipe details within Home Cookery to suit your taste or dietary preferences. This makes organizing your cookbook easier than ever.

### Does Home Cookery have ads?

No, Home Cookery does not contain advertisements. It offers a clean, distraction-free interface perfect for hands-on cooking.

### How can I share recipes from Home Cookery?

You can generate beautiful, formatted PDFs of any recipe within Home Cookery. These PDFs can then be easily shared, printed, or archived.

### What devices is Home Cookery available on?

Home Cookery is available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac OS. With iCloud support, your recipes and grocery lists sync automatically across all your Apple devices.

### How often is Home Cookery updated?

The latest version of Home Cookery is 2.78, and it was last updated on May 23, 2026. This indicates a recent update, suggesting ongoing development and support.

### What is the age rating for Home Cookery?

Home Cookery has an age rating of 17+. This is likely due to the complexity of features or potential for user-generated content if that were a feature.

### Does Home Cookery offer a free trial?

While the app is free to download and use, certain advanced features like importing from photos require a subscription called Cookery+. Information on a specific free trial period for Cookery+ is not detailed in the provided data.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.80 — 2026-07-15

- Fixed bug on pre-26 devices where the in-app browser silently failed.  View now properly handles browsing errors.
- Fixed bug on pre-26 devices where the url field in the in-app browser wouldn't display the URL until the Browser navigated to a second page (or the user edited the field). URL field now works properly.
- Fixed bug where creating a new recipe from an external source, inside of a keyword, would create a disconnect between the keyword and the recipe.
- Fixed additional bugs with recipe row when recipes are displayed in list view. Rows should appear the same on all devices.
- Fixed issue where ingredient section could be left empty after removing the last ingredient.
- Added undo/redo support. All text changes (edit title, ingredient, instruction, etc., text) and destructive edits (delete recipe, ingredient, instruction, tag) can be undone/redone. Shake-to-undo supported, and Recipe View now shows undo/redo in the gear/more menu. 
- Added support for the Commands Menu on iPad.
- Improved recipe row design on larger device sizes.
- Recipe gear menu's font size submenu now includes additional label for context. Added sensory feedback for undo/redo and font size changes.
- Reduced animations when low power mode on.

### 2.79 — 2026-06-27

- Improved recipe list and grid performance.
- NEW: Total recipe time (if available for recipe) now shown in the recipe list row view.
- NEW: Recipe rating (if available for recipe) now shown in the grid view grid cell.
- NEW: Ingredient conversions are now stored with the ingredient once calculated, rather than calculated on-the-fly.
- NEW: Drag and drop imported photos after selection to ensure the order of your photos matches recipe order.  
- NEW: Alarms sheet displays a title and subtitle.
- Fixed issue where the keyboard dismiss button didn't work when adding a new tag in the recipe tag picker.
- Fixed issue where the keyboard would obscure the tag search field when returning to the tag list from a child view.
- Removed stray parenthesis from the tag picker empty list label.
- Fixed issue where the recipe importer would flicker as recipe values were updated.
- Improved photo import performance. The interface now flows better as data is classified, with improved classification quality.
- Fixed issue where deleted instruction wouldn't retain its' links when restored (on device shake).
- Fixed bug where recipe needed to be reopened before restored instruction would re-appear after restoring (on device shake).
- Fixed a bug where words like "about, around, approximately" were counted as secondary measurements in cases, such as when no actual measurements followed those words. Secondary measurements are better detected by the system.
- Fixed bug where "cup" in "cupcake" would be marked as a cup measurement in the recipe instructions.
- Fixed bug where non-temperature, non-measurement numbers in recipe instructions (such as dates) would be highlighted as temperatures.
- Improved recipe view performance, especially when opening the recipe for the first time.
- Faster Edit mode toggle, with faster animations and better performance.
- Bug fixes & improvements

### 2.78 — 2026-05-23

- Added a grid layout for the recipe view to help with identifying recipes by their images.  Change your preferred layout style by tapping the ellipsis (...) button in the Recipes List navigation bar.
- New minor design changes to the recipe view.
- Improved matching for ingredient measurements.
- Restyled timer widget so that the recipe title is located where it can be the largest text.
- Fixed small design issues in the Onboarding view.
- Bug fixes & improvements.

### 2.77 — 2026-05-07

- Improved list loading performance. Recipe list should scroll more smoothly.
- Fixed issue with Photo Import where recipe instructions weren't always being correctly categorized.
- Photo Import should recognize recipe properties better.
- Disabled 'Convert' button when importing recipes from a photo until the photos have been fully retrieved from the System.
- Fixed recipe instruction row animation issue when transitioning into EditMode while viewing recipes.
- Fixed iOS 18-related tag/keyword bugs introduced in the last update. Tag filter search in the recipe list now works correctly. Tag picker when adding tags to recipes now functions correctly on iOS 18. Please contact us if you are on iOS 18 and encounter any issues.
- Fixed an issue where rapidly moving the keyboard focus between ingredients or instructions could cause a crash.
- Introduced new transition animations between specific views.
- Further improved loading & scroll performance for the recipe view.
- New UI design when importing from a photo.
- Improved matching when importing from a photo (the app is better at identifying and categorizing the component parts of the recipe photo).

### 2.76 — 2026-04-15

Maintenance and Performance
- Fixed a number of small issues with Alarms. Alarm Live Activity now includes a Stop button, in addition to the Pause button.
- Added support for additional recipe blogs.
- Updated ingredient to instruction matching to better isolate the primary ingredient.
- Improved ingredient measurement extraction to both better identify quantities and units and to support additional conversions.
- Search and recipe list performance improved for large recipe databases.
- Fixed issues with alerts not being shown when networking problems arise.
- Improved recipe list loading performance.
- Fixed issues with recipe pinning and unpinning.
- Fixed issues where modifying ingredients or instructions would lead to a visual glitch.
- Deleting ingredients now immediately updates matched instruction steps.
- Increased level of image compression when saving recipe images to reduce potential storage impacts.

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