Pestle: Recipe Manager

Pestle: Recipe Manager

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1.8K ratings
435 reviews
#77 in top-grossing Food & Drink
💪 Health & Fitness
🍔 Food & Drink
Free
In-App Purchases

Details

Released
January 20, 2022
Updated
October 28, 2026

Features

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Easily save recipes from various online platforms and digitize physical ones. Features guided cooking, meal planning, and shopping list generation. Syncs across devices and allows household sharing for collaborative meal preparation.

✓Import recipes from web and social media
✓Guided cooking with hands-free control
✓Meal planning for up to 14 days
✓Automated shopping list generation
✓Recipe scanning for physical recipes
✓Cross-device syncing and Handoff support
✓Household sharing for collaborative planning
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What users say about Pestle

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What's New in Pestle

4.1.2

October 28, 2026

Hello, Duo Pestle has been updated to take full advantage of the iPhone Duo's adaptive screen size, with a brand new cooking experience that I think you're going to love! What's New: - New cooking experience with ingredient lists, next instruction preview, and adaptive layout for the iPhone Duo. - Temperatures can be tapped to reveal their metric or imperial counterparts. - Ingredients and timers can now be tapped in the recipe viewer. 4.1.2 is a big bug fix update, fixes include: - The + and More menus immediately closing on macOS. - Ingredients not being checkable while cooking. - A crash when adding steps to a recipe with no instructions. - Edited steps and notes not updating until scrolled offscreen. - The author field being missing from the recipe editor. - Selecting the wrong folder when the folder list is sorted. - Dragging recipes into categories adding cuisines instead, and vice versa. - Tapping and dragging notes in the meal planner. - Custom meal times not being saved for household members. - Recipes failing to open when the local cache is missing data. - Losing the selected recipe or navigation when resizing the window or changing split view. - Settings presentation and navigation issues. - The screen going to sleep while viewing a recipe. - Incorrect headings above recipe steps. - Timer recognition for ranges such as "10 - 15 minutes".

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

Pestle Pro Yearly

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Charts

Top Grossing

📉 77-1

Food & Drink

This app dropped -1 position in Food & Drink chart.

Last updated on November 3, 2026.

Events

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User reviews

Should be great but doesn’t quite work

This recipe app is amazing - in theory. However, scanning a recipe from a book or magazine is incredibly difficult. Your camera has to select exactly the title, then the ingredients, then the steps etc. The problem is that when you hover over any text which has spacing between it, it will only select part of what you want rather than all of it. As a result, it’s pretty impossible to scan all the instructions in at once. Very frustrating, especially given this is a paid app.
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Ease of life changes needed for 5 stars

Great app, have had premium for a few years now! There are a few things that would improve it that a lot of other apps have but this one is missing.

Auto sorting lists into aisle or product categories for one.

Love Pestle

I’ve been using Pestle for about 2 years and love this App. Couldn’t save loads of recipes before but with this App I can save pretty much everyone I choose and my recipes are all in one place. Totally recommend Pestle 💗

LOVE THIS APP

I was using another recipe app for almost a decade and enjoyed it. But this is so much better!

Tolle Koch-App mit einem kleinen Verbesserungsvorschlag

Ich bin wirklich sehr zufrieden mit der App! Alles ist übersichtlich gestaltet, funktioniert zuverlässig und macht die Rezeptverwaltung unglaublich angenehm.

Das Einzige, was ich mir noch wünschen würde, wäre eine direkte Schnittstelle zur Einkaufslisten-App Bring!, um Zutaten unkompliziert übertragen zu können. Das würde die App für mich nahezu perfekt machen. Ansonsten absolut empfehlenswert!
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

4 issues

Recipes disappearing after device change

Bug

Inability to access saved recipes in free version

Bug

Glitches with category/cuisine tagging

Bug

Shopping list formatting issues

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Requested Features

5 requests

Ability to add multiple photos/scans for recipes

Feature

Improved search and filtering options

Feature

Integration with other recipe/meal planning apps

Feature

Shared meal planning and recipe book for households

Feature

Desktop app or web version

Feature

FAQ

How do I import recipes into Pestle?

You can import recipes by using the 'Share' function on your device and selecting 'Save to my Cookbook' within Pestle. It supports importing from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and other websites.

Does Pestle have ads?

No, Pestle is ad-free, allowing for an uninterrupted cooking and recipe management experience.

What are the subscription options for Pestle Pro?

Pestle Pro offers monthly and yearly subscription plans. The monthly plan is $2.99, and the yearly plan is $24.99. Both plans offer a 7-day free trial.

Can I use Pestle on multiple devices?

Yes, Pestle offers seamless, instant sync across your iPhone and iPad. It also supports Handoff for switching between devices.

How does Pestle help with grocery shopping?

Pestle can automatically generate a shopping list from your selected recipes. You can easily add or remove ingredients as needed.

Is Pestle suitable for families?

Yes, you can create a Pestle Household to share all your recipes with family members and plan meals together.

What is the update frequency for Pestle?

Pestle was last updated on October 28, 2026, indicating active development and regular updates to improve features and fix bugs.

What age rating does Pestle have?

Pestle has an age rating of 17+, which is typical for apps that may involve user-generated content or more complex features.