About
Crouton is a recipe manager and meal planner that lets you store recipes from websites, cookbooks, and handwritten notes. Import recipes automatically from websites or scan them from cookbooks using AI and OCR, then organize them for easy access. Plan meals for the week or further ahead, with the option to auto-generate meal plans from your recipes. While cooking, use step-by-step mode to focus on one instruction at a time, tap ingredients to see quantities, and enable hands-free mode to navigate without touching your device. Crouton detects cooking times in recipes and lets you start timers directly from steps. Create shopping lists from your recipes and sync them with Reminders. All recipes sync across devices via iCloud, and you can share recipes with family and friends. Advanced features include pairing with Bluetooth scales like Acaia coffee scales for guided weighing, and support for Combustion temperature probes to monitor cooking in real time.
Highlights
- Import recipes from websites, cookbooks, or photos using AI and OCR with minimal manual entry
- Step-by-step cooking mode with hands-free navigation and ingredient quantity lookup per step
- Auto-detect cooking times and start timers directly from recipe steps with heads-up display
- Generate meal plans automatically from your organized recipes or plan manually week-by-week
- Create shopping lists from recipes and sync with Reminders app
- Pair with Bluetooth scales and Combustion temperature probes for guided weighing and live cook monitoring
Best for
Home cooks who collect recipes from multiple sources and want a streamlined way to organize, plan meals, and follow recipes hands-free while cooking. Also useful for anyone who wants to share recipes with family and friends or track cooking temperatures and ingredient weights with connected devices.
At a glance
Crouton: Recipe Manager is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 281 ratings and is available on iOS — all free to download.
It is developed by Devin Davies.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Crouton: Recipe Manager free?
- Yes — Crouton: Recipe Manager is free to download on iOS.
- What platforms is Crouton: Recipe Manager available on?
- Crouton: Recipe Manager is available on iOS.
- What is Crouton?
- Crouton is a recipe manager and meal planner that lets you import recipes from websites, cookbooks, and photos, organize them, plan meals for the week, and follow step-by-step cooking instructions with timers and hands-free navigation.
- Can Crouton import recipes automatically?
- Yes. Crouton can pull recipes automatically from websites, scan them from cookbooks using AI and OCR, or import from a single photo with no manual entry required. It also supports plain text imports.
- Does Crouton work with kitchen devices?
- Yes. Crouton pairs with Bluetooth scales like Acaia coffee scales for guided ingredient weighing, and supports Combustion temperature probes to provide live updates on your cook.
- Can I share recipes with family?
- Yes. You can share your recipes with friends and family using iCloud, and all recipes sync across your devices automatically.
- What are the alternatives to Crouton: Recipe Manager?
- Crouton: Recipe Manager is similar to TodayTix – Broadway Tickets, Blinkit: Groceries & more, Lucky Mobile My Account, and FlowReader Pro. Browse related apps by tag: productivity and shopping.
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