# Mason: Smarter Recipe Saving — Save, Cook & Shop with Family

> Recipe manager for saving, organizing, and sharing recipes and grocery lists. (iPhone/iPad app by Dan Nelson.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mason-smarter-recipe-saving/id6760803896 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Dan Nelson](https://appshunter.io/developer/1814029654)
- Category: Food & Drink
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 12 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-14
- Data updated: 2026-11-05
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases

## What is Mason?

The smarter way to save recipes. Mason reads them intelligently, lays them out beautifully, and shares them with your family.

SMARTER RECIPE SAVING
Paste a link, share from Safari or Instagram, or snap a photo of a cookbook page. Mason reads the recipe the way a cook would: every ingredient, every amount, every step, sorted into the right sections.
- Any recipe website, in seconds
- Instagram recipe posts
- Cookbook pages and recipe cards, up to three photos per recipe
- Scan a cookbook's barcode to keep its recipes together on your shelf

COOK AND SHOP AS A FAMILY
With Mason Pro, Family sharing keeps your recipes, collections and grocery list in sync on everyone's devices. Anyone can add a recipe or check off an item, and everyone sees what's still needed.

A GROCERY LIST THAT ADDS UP
Add one recipe or a whole week of them. Mason combines matching ingredients, so two recipes that each need an onion add up to two onions, and sorts everything by aisle.

BEAUTIFUL TO COOK FROM
Every recipe gets the same calm, easy-to-read layout. Cook mode shows one step at a time and keeps your screen awake. Scale servings up or down, and see measurements in cups or grams.

ORGANIZED YOUR WAY
Group recipes into collections, favorite the keepers, bookmark what you want to try, and edit any recipe to make it yours. Send any recipe as a link that opens beautifully, even for friends without Mason.

MASON PRO
Save your first 10 recipes free. Mason Pro is a $7.99 USD one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited recipes and Family sharing. No subscription, no ads. Family sharing requires iCloud. Apple may show an equivalent localized price in other storefronts.

Terms and Privacy: https://usemason.app/privacy
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Key features

- Save recipes from websites, photos, and Instagram
- Organize recipes into collections
- Create and share grocery lists
- Family sharing for recipes and lists
- Cook mode with step-by-step directions

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mason Pro | $7.99 | one-time |


## Is Mason safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Mason.

## Is Mason legit?

Mason: Smarter Recipe Saving has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Mason is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Frequently asked questions about Mason

### What is Mason?

Mason is a recipe manager app that allows you to save recipes from websites, photos, and Instagram. It helps you organize your favorite recipes into collections and create shared grocery lists with friends and family.

### How does Mason handle grocery lists?

You can add ingredients from one or more recipes to a combined, sorted grocery list. Items can be checked off as you shop, and this is visible to everyone you share the list with.

### What is Mason Pro?

Mason Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited recipe saving and Family sharing features. It costs $7.99 USD, with Apple potentially showing an equivalent localized price.

### Does Mason require a subscription?

The core features of Mason are free to use. However, Mason Pro, which includes unlimited recipe saving and family sharing, is available as a one-time purchase.

### What devices does Mason support?

Based on the provided data, Mason is currently supported on iPhone devices.

### How often is Mason updated?

The latest version of Mason is 2.17.26, and it was last updated on October 28, 2026. This indicates a relatively active development cycle.

### Is Mason suitable for young children?

Mason has an age rating of 4+, making it appropriate for young children to use with adult supervision for recipe management and grocery list creation.

### How does Mason compare to other recipe apps?

Mason focuses on a clean interface for saving recipes from diverse sources and emphasizes collaborative grocery list creation and family sharing, which may differentiate it from other recipe management tools.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.17.28 — 2026-11-02

Your collections got a makeover: each one now looks like a neat folder showing your most-cooked recipes at a glance.

Recipe times read the way cookbooks print them, in hours and minutes, and are quicker to edit.

Recipes are easier to read while you cook, with roomier lines and clearer measurements.

Recipe photos now load reliably from more sites, including Taste of Home.

### 2.17.27 — 2026-10-31

Fixed a crash and a freeze that could occur while syncing recipes with iCloud. Ingredient substitutions now stay on your grocery list without changing the ingredients shown in recipes or cook mode.

### 2.17.26 — 2026-10-28

Improved family sharing reliability, with more dependable recipe syncing and fixes for deleted recipes reappearing.

### 2.17.25 — 2026-10-24

This update makes recipe editing and grocery lists easier to use.

• Correct either printed ingredient measurement and keep your changes when saving and syncing.
• See package sizes in your preferred measurement system.
• Keep serving and preparation notes beside ingredients.
• Combine olive oil quantities into one grocery item.
• Tap below recipe text to continue editing.

### 2.17.24 — 2026-10-23

This update improves recipe imports, ingredient measurements, and editing.

• Clearer measurements when switching between metric and imperial units or adjusting servings.
• More complete ingredients and instructions when saving recipes from websites and photos.
• Refined ingredient, instruction, and note editing.
• Improved ingredient pictures and grocery-list details.

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