# My Own Cookbook Recipe Manager > Digital cookbook for storing, organizing, and sharing personal recipes. (iPhone/iPad app by Mirtella Oy.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/my-own-cookbook-recipe-manager/id474416089 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Mirtella Oy](https://appshunter.io/developer/474416092) - Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 3.00/5 from 14 App Store ratings · 75 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 9.3 · 39 MB - Languages: English, Finnish, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Swedish - Released: 2012-05-22 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/my-own-cookbook-recipe-manager/id474416089/reviews.md ## What is My Own Cookbook Recipe Manager? A cookbook-app that also looks like a book!    And it is interactive: store your own recipes and menus there and share them with others through e-mail.   Take screenshots from any web site with your iPad and make a recipe from it: the screenshot will be the picture of your recipe (it can be viewed in full screen!).    Copy-and-paste ingredients, instructions and pictures from the web to create a recipe - no bookmarks needed!    Take a photo with iPad of your grandma's vintage recipe written in paper and save it to My Own Cookbook from where you can find it easily.   Recipes in foreign language and measurement units? My Own Cookbook helps you with the translation!    User interface designed for cooking: recipe instructions, ingredients and images can be viewed in full screen.    No registrations, sign-in or other hassle needed, works offline conveniently (your recipes are in the app!).    And also:  - "Store" to purchase high-quality recipes - Share your recipes via Dropbox - Egg timer  - Shopping list (send it with e-mail or iMessage)  - Menus (a collection of recipes)  - Shops (addresses with a navigation map)  - Favorites  - Categories  - Printing (AirPrint)  - Search  - And more    With the free version you can save three own recipes; upgrade the app to 'Consumer Edition' and there is no such limitation. The Consumer Edition also enables sharing via Dropbox. ## Key features - Import recipes from websites via screenshots or copy-paste - Digitize handwritten recipes with photos - Organize recipes into menus and categories - Offline access to all saved recipes - Share recipes via email and Dropbox - Integrated shopping list and egg timer - Recipe translation and unit conversion ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | My Own Cookbook Consumer Edition | $5.99 | one-time | ## Recent user reviews (10 of 75) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/my-own-cookbook-recipe-manager/id474416089/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Reporting an issue with ios 18.0.1 *2024-10-05* I love this app. I just want to report a bug with an ipad using ios 18.0.1. When trying to add a photo, the app locks up. Please fix. ### 4/5 — Email sharing *2024-08-09* Had this app for a long time and really like it, but has the sharing via email been stopped? If so why, it no longer works. Attempted to contact support so far no response. ### 3/5 — 2023 paste photos stopped working *2023-02-02* Please fix this! App worked great until now I can't make new recipies with photos! iPad Pro 2022! ### 1/5 — No customer service!!! *2023-01-16, version 2.4.0* No customer service!!! ### 4/5 — Great App *2022-12-02* Have had my App for some years now, still works well and it does what suppose to do. Would be nicer if it had a refresher and be able to se it on Landscape Mode. ### 2/5 — Can’t export or share *2022-05-08, version 2.4.0* Interesting start to an app. However I can’t share anything that I put in with anyone. It’s like putting recipes into a black hole. No way to print out the whole recipe book. No way to share with anyone with a pc, Mac, or android. ### 1/5 — 100’s of Recipes Disappeared *2021-06-18, version 2.4.0* I was using this App for years. It was great…did exactly what I wanted, organized well, etc. This morning I turn it on to get a recipe I promised to bring to someone’s house and my entire data base is gone! Not a single recipe is in it. ### 5/5 — My recipes *2020-11-24, version 2.4.0* The best cookbook I hope it last for ever . All my recipes are in here. ### 5/5 — Great recipe organiser *2018-08-05* This app has sadly been underrated as it has limited capacity in the free version but it is certainly worth paying for if you use recipes from a variety of sources. We have copied and pasted many recipes from the internet as well as writing out our favourite recipes recipes from books. The app allows you to include hypertext links to websites if you want to want to see the original source of a copied recipe. It will also translate foreign language recipes into English (or any other language if you wish). It allows for categorisation of recipes so one can easily find a particular type of meal eg vegetarian or gluten-free but as you can create the categories they can be anything you wish. A photo can be attached to each recipe to help identify it, this could be from a recipe or of the food you have cooked. The app makes cooking for a variety of numbers of people easy as it will calculate the quantities of ingredients required as you change the number it is for. There is also a timer but we don’t usually use this. I find it particularly useful when cooking away from home as I do not need to carry recipe books. ### 1/5 — don’t bother *2018-07-17* only lets you save 3 recipes for free, then you have to pay WAY to much to save more... ## Frequently asked questions about My Own Cookbook Recipe Manager ### What does My Own Cookbook do? This app functions as a digital cookbook where you can store, organize, and manage your personal recipes. It allows you to import recipes from various sources, including websites, photos of handwritten recipes, and manual entry. You can also create menus, generate shopping lists, and share your recipes with others. ### How can I add recipes to the app? You can add recipes by taking screenshots from websites and using them as recipe images, or by copying and pasting ingredients, instructions, and pictures directly from the web. You can also take photos of handwritten recipes from paper and save them. Manual entry is also supported. ### Is there a cost to use My Own Cookbook? The app offers a free version that allows you to save up to three of your own recipes. To remove this limitation and unlock unlimited recipe storage, you can upgrade to the 'Consumer Edition' through an in-app purchase. The Consumer Edition also enables sharing recipes via Dropbox. ### Can I use this app offline? Yes, the app is designed to work offline conveniently. Your saved recipes are stored directly within the app, meaning you can access and use them without an internet connection. No registrations or sign-ins are required to use the core offline functionality. ### What are the main benefits of upgrading to the Consumer Edition? Upgrading to the Consumer Edition removes the limitation of saving only three own recipes, allowing you to store an unlimited number of your personal recipes. Additionally, the Consumer Edition enables the feature to share your recipes via Dropbox, in addition to email. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.4.0 — 2017-12-08 This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. Category sorting fixed. ### 2.3.0 — 2017-06-01 - Use new Dropbox interface. - Categories are now sorted ### 2.2.4 — 2016-02-09 Performance improvements ### 2.2.3 — 2015-11-08 - Support for iOS9 - Recipe image now sent also as e-mail attachment - When creating a recipe, you can now get the image from pasteboard - Egg-timer alert fixed ### 2.1.3 — 2015-02-11 Added missing text translations. ## Apps similar to My Own Cookbook Recipe Manager | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Personal Cookbook II](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/personal-cookbook-ii/id455252467) | 3.8 (13) | Free | Food & Drink | | [Family Recipe Book](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/family-recipe-book/id1543805371) | 3.0 (3) | Free | Food & Drink | | [Pinch It! 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