Only Recipes User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience80.4% of reviews
Neutral4.3% of reviews
Negative experience15.2% of reviews

~ Based on 46 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Only Recipes Safe?

Only Recipes: Recipe Keeper appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Only Recipes is 95/100.

This assessment is based on 352 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

96.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 350 App Store ratings for Only Recipes.

Is Only Recipes Legit?

Only Recipes: Recipe Keeper appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Only Recipes is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Amazing!

Update 5/2/2026-
This app is still wonderful! I love having the recipes I have tried without the stories and scrolling! I’m coming back with an update say the developer of this app is great! They gifted loyal members from the beginning with premium membership. When a glitch happened with this, I sent a message and they resolved it quickly! They are awesome and so is the app!

This app makes things so much simpler when you just want to cook a meal. I love not having all the adds and recipe stories/history and just being able to see the ingredients and the steps. Highly Recommend!
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Such money grabbers

This app used to be so good when all you had to do was copy your recipe to the app and it would save it for you now you guys just want more money what a horrible company you guys turned into. I’m deleting the app.

Only Recipes

At first, I absolutely loved this app. Now though, they want me to pay and I just won’t do it. Sorry.

Can’t even upgrade

Wanted so badly for this to work because I just have too many links and messages to myself about recipes. well, I downloaded this app ready to pay $25 to upgrade to a premium for a year, but there doesn’t seem to be any way to do that. Definitely something wrong with it… if they can’t even get the upgrade step seamless, then how’s the rest of the app work
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Never make a review on a bad day

I had added to my original review at the end of a very bad day. Don’t do that. This is my favorite app and to open it up and find out it was just the last straw of that day.
I love the app. Several members of my family use it as well and we can easily exchange recipes that we find. Yes there’s been some issues, but it seems to always get resolved quickly.



I added this app when it first showed up and when it was “improved” I was told that because I was one of the original us that I was automatically switched over to “premium” as a reward for my loyalty. Well I guess that was a lie as now I will have to pay now.



I really liked this app because all the pop ups on online recipes drives me crazy. But now there is a new version & of course they couldn’t leave good enough alone.
The measurements are on the right and in tiny type that makes it harder to read,not to mention they’re off. One recipe has a .67 of a cup??? Where it should have been 2/3 of a cup
I keep switching it to a “light theme” and it goes right back to dark. The opening page if mostly blank with a few gray lines.
It also wont let me change my emails address
I am disappointed in
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Response from developer

I appreciate you being an original Only Recipes user, and I want to address this directly: your premium access was not a lie. It was a genuine thank-you for your early support, and nothing about that intention has changed. What has changed is that a bug in a recent update appears to have affected your account — and I completely understand how that would feel like a broken promise from your perspective. I'm sorry for that experience. However, I want to gently point out that a quick message via the "Report a problem" button in the app would have had this resolved for you almost immediately. As a solo developer, I take these issues seriously and respond to every message personally. Jumping straight to a review unfortunately doesn't give me a way to actually fix the problem for you, since I have no way of identifying your account to make the change.

Issue was fixed

**Edit- updated review** The issue I had was fixed, I will admit I got a-little hot tempered when I thought I lost years of recipe collecting. I was wrong and this app deserves 5 stars. I will be going back to using multiple times a day and would be happy to pay for a subscription with the new features that were added.
This was such a great and useful app but looks like they had a developer change and added a pay to use option. I get that as an app grows this could happen. Unfortunately years of organizing recipes into categories has been completely erased with no place that shows all recipes. Categories are still there but with no recipes. There is an option to add a recipe then it pulls all of the saved recipes from somewhere to add back onto that category. But as I am selecting the recipes to go back into the categories, the app keeps crashing. Thanks for ruining a great app
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Pay to use now, f that

Way to ruin a great app! Looks like new developers looking to nickel and dime. Will be looking elsewhere now!

Fantastic!

I’ve been using this app for years, and it is so helpful. It makes categorizing and saving all of my recipes super easy, and I really like the setting that keeps the screen from locking while I have the app open.

Was a great app

This was such a great and useful app but looks like they had a developer change and added a pay to use option. I get that as an app grows this could happen. Unfortunately years of organizing recipes into categories has been completely erased with no place that shows all recipes. Categories are still there but with no recipes. There is an option to add a recipe then it pulls all of the saved recipes from somewhere to add back onto that category. But as I am selecting the recipes to go back into the categories, the app keeps crashing. Thanks for ruining a great app.
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Premium?

Had this app for years and now you want me to get a premium version to continue using it?!?! Bffr

Was lied to

I added this app when it first showed up and when it was “improved” I was told that because I was one of the original users that I was automatically switched over to “premium” as a reward for my loyalty. Well I guess that was a lie as now I will have to pay now.



I really liked this app because all the pop ups on online recipes drives me crazy. But now there is a new version & of course they couldn’t leave good enough alone.
The measurements are on the right and in tiny type that makes it harder to read,not to mention they’re off. One recipe has a .67 of a cup??? Where it should have been 2/3 of a cup
I keep switching it to a “light theme” and it goes right back to dark. The opening page if mostly blank with a few gray lines.
It also wont let me change my emails address
I am disappointed in this update
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Response from developer

I appreciate you being an original Only Recipes user, and I want to address this directly: your premium access was not a lie. It was a genuine thank-you for your early support, and nothing about that intention has changed. What has changed is that a bug in a recent update appears to have affected your account — and I completely understand how that would feel like a broken promise from your perspective. I'm sorry for that experience. However, I want to gently point out that a quick message via the "Report a problem" button in the app would have had this resolved for you almost immediately. As a solo developer, I take these issues seriously and respond to every message personally. Jumping straight to a review unfortunately doesn't give me a way to actually fix the problem for you, since I have no way of identifying your account to make the change.

Only recipes

I love this app!
It’s the only app I use to save my recipes. It also let me know if already saved it

Insta friendly?

Can you upload video recipes from social media? Also, does it allow you to make a grocery list from the ingredient list?

Response from developer

You sure can! Version 3.0 supports importing recipes from Instagram Reels, TikTok, Pinterest, Notion and more! We’re working on a grocery list feature now which will be available in another update soon!

5 stars across the board

Without a doubt. One of the best apps I’ve ever installed.

Not working IOS 26

I love the app. I use it regularly. Recently I keep getting the message “failed to perform actions necessary to launch app”. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app and still gives me the same message.

Amazing!

This app makes things so much simpler when you just want to cook a meal. I love not having all the adds and recipe stories/history and just being able to see the ingredients and the steps.

So convenient!

Saving recipes from online and keeping them in this app! Save me time instead of going to go find the recipe I had used before. Definitely get this app if this is something you often do! But I will say that sometimes if the page where the recipe is at isn’t safe, it won’t save the recipe. In that case…. Back to the copy and paste to note! Lol
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Love it!! Update take away favorite feature?!!

Had this app for years and love it, only one I’ve find that had everything. My favorite part was saving as recipe cards to send to people. Recently I haven’t been able to see that option. Was it removed? Or change? how to download? This was perfect for sending recipes to my older family or easy printout in a format their use to.
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Response from developer

Exporting recipe cards was unfortunately broken during the major UI update. Please download version 2.4.0 or newer, and you will be able to export your recipe cards again.

Get it and make an account!

I’ve been using this app for years and completely forgot to make an account to back up all of my recipes when I got a new phone. So make sure you connect it to your email so you have them saved. I love this app so much and I’ve told everyone I can about it. I have cookbooks and recipe binders but this is where I keep everything I make. It hasn’t steered me wrong on a recipe yet and even if I need to check something I still have the link to the original recipe page saved within the card. It’s perfect!
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Liked the old version

I really liked this app because all the pop ups on online recipes drives me crazy. But now there is a new version & of course they couldn’t leave good enough alone.
The measurements are on the right and in tiny type that makes it harder to read,not to mention they’re off. One recipe has a .67 of a cup??? Where it should have been 2/3 of a cup
I keep switching it to a “light theme” and it goes right back to dark. The opening page if mostly blank with a few gray lines.
It also wont let me change my emails address
I am disappointed in this update
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Response from developer

Thank you for your feedback on Only Recipes. I sincerely apologize for the frustrations you're experiencing with the recent update. As the developer of this side project, I had to rebuild the app after several years, as the previous version became unstable. However, I clearly missed some crucial details that made the original version work well for you. I appreciate you pointing out specific issues like the measurement formatting (.67 instead of 2/3), the tiny text size, theme persistence problems, and the email address change functionality. These are all valid concerns that I'm actively working to address in upcoming updates. Thank you for your patience and for taking the time to share your detailed feedback.