Pestle
A comprehensive recipe management app featuring AI-powered scanning, meal planning, and household sharing capabilities.
About Pestle
Pestle: Recipe Manager is an intuitive app designed to help users organize, save, and manage recipes from various sources, including social media platforms like Instagram. It utilizes on-device AI to scan recipes, provides guided cooking with timers, assists in meal planning, and enables household sharing for collaborative cooking. The app streamlines kitchen workflows and simplifies recipe access.
How to Use
Easily save recipes from any website by tapping 'Share' and selecting 'Save to My Cookbook'. The app automatically extracts ingredients and instructions. It also supports scanning physical recipes, offers guided cooking with timers, and helps create shopping lists and meal plans.
Features
- Shared household recipe collection
- Create shopping lists from recipe ingredients
- Scan physical recipes with built-in AI scanner
- Guided cooking with hands-free controls and timers
- AI-powered recipe extraction from social media and online sources
- Plan weekly meals and assign recipes to specific days
Use Cases
- Sharing recipes with family members easily.
- Digitizing a collection of handwritten or printed recipes.
- Planning weekly meals and generating shopping lists automatically.
- Saving recipes directly from Instagram Reels or social media.
- Following step-by-step recipes with timers and alerts during cooking.
Best For
Pros
- Advanced AI for extracting recipes from various sources.
- Guided cooking with timers and step reminders.
- Sync seamlessly across iPhone and iPad devices.
- Digitize physical recipes with an easy-to-use scanner.
- Share recipes and meal plans within household groups.
Cons
- Pro features require in-app purchases.
- Needs iOS/iPadOS 16.1+ or macOS 13.0+ with Apple M1 chip.
- Some sources may require manual bookmarks for optimal extraction.
Pricing Plans
Choose the perfect plan. All plans include 24/7 support.