# Tastetale — Snap and recognize recipes

> AI-powered recipe recognition, editing, and cooking journal. (iPhone/iPad app by TasteQuest Technologies Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tastetale/id6761548625 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [TasteQuest Technologies Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1890239170)
- Category: Food & Drink, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 49 MB
- Languages: Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), American English
- Released: 2026-05-02
- Data updated: 2026-09-04
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tastetale/id6761548625/reviews.md

## What is Tastetale?

Open Tastetale and start with one dish—slowly build your cooking into a recipe collection of your own. You can add recipes manually. Or, if you’re a lazy cook, just take a photo of a dish and quickly recognize the name, ingredients, steps, taste, cooking time, difficulty, and calories. In a few taps, it’s saved to your recipe box—no more tedious typing of every ingredient and step. Every dish can become a sticker, saved to your calendar and cooking wall (use the Home Screen widget to show this month’s saves and cooking overview, log homemade recipes and baking formulas, and track your cooking). You’ll also get a weekly cooking report—a gentle reminder that this week, you actually made quite a few delicious things.

Core features

- Photo recipe recognition: Take a photo or pick one from your library to quickly recognize the dish name, ingredients, and method—great for lazy cooks who still want to log what they make. Breakfast, lunch, or dinner; healthy, fat-loss, or low-sugar meals; Cantonese, Northeastern, Fujian, Chinese, Western, or baking; pregnancy recipes or baby food—recognize them all with ease and build your own recipes more easily.
- Discover menus: Personalized recipe recommendations based on your dietary preferences, including breakfast, home-style dishes, world cuisine (French, Spanish, Western), traditional Chinese cuisine (Cantonese, Shanghai, Beijing, Shaanxi, Sichuan), soups, and staples like rice, noodles, and dumplings.
- Shopping cart: Add ingredients to a shopping cart as a shopping checklist / memo.
- Food stickers: Photos automatically become food stickers to capture everyday life.
- Food wall: Add a widget on your iPhone Home Screen to browse your sticker wall.
- Calendar review: See what you cooked by date and plan meals more easily.
- Cloud sync: iCloud sync so you can browse recipes on iPhone and iPad.
- Text recognition: In camera mode, quickly recognize printed or handwritten recipes—handy for importing old handwritten formulas and bringing all your recipes together.
- Share recipes: Share ingredients and steps so friends can learn your signature dishes.
- Editable: Adjust amounts and steps to your taste and create your own version.
- Save & manage: Save go-to recipes; automatically organized by ingredients for easy finding.

Who it’s for

- Food lovers who want a system for collecting everyday recipes
- Food creators who cook but don’t want to type everything out
- Kitchen beginners learning to cook, logging what they made this month, and improving over time
- Chefs / food developers documenting formulas and new dishes

Subscriptions
Upgrade to unlock more recognition uses, plus benefits like iCloud sync and watermark-free recipe sharing. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be canceled in your App Store account settings.

Privacy
To power recognition, your food photos and text descriptions are sent to third-party AI services for processing. We do not share your name, phone number, email, or other personal information with third parties. See the in-app Privacy Policy for details.

Accounts
This app creates an account with Sign in with Apple (Shijian ID). You can delete your account in Agreements / Account / About → Delete Account. After deletion, your account and data are removed and cannot be recovered.

## Key features

- Photo recipe recognition
- Automatic ingredient and step organization
- Editable recipe customization
- Recipe collection and management
- Daily cooking log
- AI-powered dish identification

## Recent user reviews (2 of 2)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tastetale/id6761548625/reviews.md

### 5/5 — 方便又好用

*2026-07-19*

用来记方子的，识别出来材料和做菜步骤已经很准了，只需要稍微修改就可以了，大大节省了我写菜谱的时间。分享的菜谱图片也好看的。希望可以让家人来点菜的功能

**Developer response:** 感谢友友的支持！你提的需求已经加入我们的todo list啦，请猛猛期待！

### 1/5 — 拿来当存档都要花钱？

*2026-06-26*

我觉得最基本的功能不应该收费

**Developer response:** 已支持免费用户手动录入食谱+无限收藏食谱了。当然如果你是懒懒的厨人，也可以使用付费的拍照识别食谱（包含菜名+食材用量+烹调步骤等），可以减少录入食谱的时间。

## Frequently asked questions about Tastetale

### How does RecipeBox identify recipes?

RecipeBox uses AI to recognize recipes from photos or images in your album. It then automatically extracts and organizes ingredients, cooking steps, and other relevant information.

### Can I edit recipes in RecipeBox?

Yes, you can edit recipes to modify ingredient quantities and steps according to your personal taste, creating your own exclusive versions. Unlimited editing is available with a subscription.

### What subscription benefits does RecipeBox offer?

Subscribing to RecipeBox unlocks more recipe recognition attempts and provides benefits like unlimited editing and copying. Subscriptions automatically renew and can be canceled in your App Store account settings.

### How does RecipeBox handle my privacy?

To provide recognition features, your food photos and text descriptions are sent to a third-party AI service. Your personal information like name or phone number is not shared with third parties.

### What devices is RecipeBox compatible with?

RecipeBox is available for iPhone and iPad, supporting the latest iOS features and providing a seamless experience across Apple devices.

### How often is RecipeBox updated?

The latest version is 1.1.4, and the app was last updated on July 6, 2026. Updates typically include new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes.

### Can I delete my RecipeBox account?

Yes, you can initiate an account deletion within the app's 'Agreement/Account/About' section. Deleting your account will permanently remove your data and cannot be recovered.

### What is the age rating for RecipeBox?

RecipeBox has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users interested in cooking and recipe management.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.1.1 — 2026-08-25

-Meal planning: Add saved and recommended recipes to your meal plan to plan the week ahead
-AI grocery list: Calculates ingredients to buy for the week’s meals—clear and easy to follow
-Better recommendations: Recipes that better match your tastes and cooking habits
-Bug fixes and performance: Improved performance for a smoother experience

### 2.0.1 — 2026-08-19

- Personalized menu recommendations.
- ShoppingCart：Ingredient notes.
- Taste and ingredient stats.
- Discover similar recipes from your past saves.
- Fixed known issues.

### 1.1.5 — 2026-07-22

Fixed known issues

### 1.1.4 — 2026-07-06

- Manual recipe entry is now supported
- Fixed known issues

### 1.1.3 — 2026-06-30

Bug fixes and stability improvements

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