Crouton: Cooking Companion App Reviews

Very easy to use and great at importing recipes from online. I appreciate the shortcuts support so I can quickly import my existing recipes from URLs. One feature request would be more advanced search/filtering to search for recipes by multiple ingredients

Such an elegant and fun recipe app! Highly recommend :)

It’s a great app!!! But right now when I go into it it freezes. And I paid a one time fee for it I’m not asking for my money back. I just hope it gets fixed soon

I'm a Crouton Plus customer and I really appreciate the thorough library of shortcuts available on iOS. I'd really appreciate it if the same (or, at least the "Get Recipes for Date" action) was made available on macOS too so that the shortcuts I make could be used across platforms. Thanks!

Honestly it’s a phenomenal app. The features, the ease of use, the fact that I can make a one-time payment to purchase the app and share it with my family. I tell people about it all the time. Love it!

I love this app. I came from another popular app to this one because of the strength of the importing features. From a camera picture? Get out of here, no problem! Easily imported >500 recipes I already had and allows me to share with the family. Glad to support this developer.

This app has so many great features it makes planning meals on a budget so easy! The weekly planner is user friendly and all your recipes are in one place! It works with your reminders shopping list to add needed ingredients easily! Highly recommend as a busy mom of two!

Developer responded and working on issue! I have tried downloading the app and then trying to open but nothing happens. When I click on the app, it just brings me back to the main Apple Vision Pro screen. I have removed it and reinstalled it but no luck. Can someone help?

Not worth the money to upgrade. It doesn't make your cooking life any easier

This is seriously my favorite app. I love cooking and baking but hate dealing with unnecessary back stories and adds when finding a recipe. This simplifies it all and I have one place I can go to see all my recipes. Highly recommend!

I’ve downloaded about 20 similar apps, this one is by far the best for both iPhone & Mac. I have type 1 diabetes & would be helpful to see the carbs / protein / fats & fiber at the top but this is not a dealbreaker

This feature is worth the subscription

Two times I’ve chased my wife down to show her the amazing capabilities of this app. It truly solves the problem of online recipes-my favorite recipe for instance was from Betty Crocker and in 3 different phases and steps and it was a mess to organize every time I wanted to use it. This is a dream. … Then I found out the hands free features 🤯 I’m also switching over our grocery list to this app. I would like it if it could publish to a notes note that I keep with my wife and fam, but I’ll take

So good! Would love more robust recipe discovery, and family collaboration!

So far so good, pretty easy to use and imports receipes well. I think I'm going to really like this app!

I had so many recipe apps before this one and they all ticked some but not all boxes. This one ticks all! Purchased the upgrade without hesitation. The developer clearly put thought and intention into this design and it shows! Also deeply appreciate the affordability. It is so refreshing to be able to buy a digital asset with a one-time fee.

My partner and I aren't good at cooking, and we especially aren't good at cooking without a plan. Crouton has been invaluable at keeping track of what dishes we actually like to eat AND cook. It's helpful to stay focused while cooking, and it helps add the exact ingredients we need for a meal to a grocery list. It's also great for importing recipes from outside sources, like websites and cookbooks. Thanks for making it!

It helps me sort the "keepers" from my pinterest board and is less distracting. Importing recipes by url is a breeze. Can use on my ipad or my laptop, so I can make a grocery list from my computer and cook in the kitchen using my laptop to read the recipe.

Saw it on Mastodon. Downloaded and tried importing some recipients from websites. Worked smoothly. Looking froward to seeing if this will be the recipe app I have been looking for…

What a terrific use of my mobile device and iPad. The app is great and the features are wonderful. The developer is super responsive and helpful too!

I can’t really add much more to what the other reviews are saying. Basically, if you were to invest in one app this should be the one. Apple should buy this company and integrate it into iOS. It’s that good.

This app is a great replacement for Paprika. AI import has been a disappointment though — it seems to take a long while and fail most times. When I have had it succeed it has incorrect quantities, steps, etc. It’s easier to just scan text or dictate it directly.

I cannot for the life of me get my crouton apps across my device sync. iCloud sync is turned on and working but for some reason there is not parity across my devices. I cannot get my iPhone crouton to upload the changes to my recipe library to my iCloud and sync with my iPad crouton app. This has been broken for a few months. Used to work when I first purchased this app.

I havent had a single issue and have found this app to make quite a difference in my monthly meal menus.

i bought the app but im dissapointed that the new update is subscription. Im guessing all future feature updates will be for subscribers only. On the bright side, thanks for letting us hide features we cant use.

This is the best recipe management app I’ve used. The developer is super responsive and just a nice guy, and has taken all my feedback and has promised to work on it. Not that there is really much critical feedback to give it, as it is such a great app. HIGHLY recommend just spending the few bucks on this to simplify your cooking life!

Such a well designed and useful app. I use it for meal-prepping, grocery lists, nutrition information, recipe sharing… pretty much my one stop shop for all things personal recipes. Kudos to the developer for not basing the entire app around a recurring subscription model as well!

I love that you can toss in a website and it pulls everything for you. I have to make a few adjustments but better than doing the whole thing. Meal planning is also great as well, very helpful as I have a hard time making sure I don't have too much to eat and go to waste.

This app has made meal planning and cooking SO easy!! I love importing recipes so I don’t have to sift through a bunch of ads and extras, and the grocery list feature saves me so much time! I love it!

Love being able to make grocery list off the meal list. Love how easy it is to add receips and share recipes. Everyone in the family can have access to be able to see what is planned and add if they want a certain side or breakfast or snack. I don't love the options for measurements when manually adding recieps, but that is minor in comparison to all the app does! Meal planning is a breeze now.

Stop looking for a recipe organizer and just download this app. It’s really incredible. You can organize your recipes by folders, share the app with your household, add notes. It does everything and I LOVE IT.

I love the app, so simple, easy to use and the paprika import worked flawlessly. Worth the in app purchase to support the developer and use the household feature. It was so simple to invite my wife and have all our recipes in sync. The blink feature is probably the coolest one that you have, it works so well, I’m truly impressed! We did a couple test recipe imports from the web, and those worked perfectly as well I just wanted to thank you for such a great app and for making it easier for us to

The developer is great! The App is fantastic. Me and my family absolutely LOVE this. I think this will be a staple for us for many years. I love that I have control over my recipes. I can export them so many different ways. I’m not scared to put time and effort into them knowing that I ‘could’ export them and save them if need be. - Although I don’t suspect I will need to!! But that is what makes me feel comfortable to use it to it’s fullest potential!!

I rarely write reviews for anything! I am one to always read and move along, however, this app is a game changer for meal prep and keeping my family organized! Will be adding all our recipes to this app and using it for weekly meal planning and grocery shopping. Could not be happier with any app. ever.

I never write reviews unless I really LOVE an app, and this one I do. First, thank you for not making this a subscription! I will gladly tip throughout the year to show my appreciation for this app. I love being able to copy whole recipes with ease and import them into Crouton and make adjustments as needed. I’m not a cook, but Crouton makes me want to start cooking more. Thank you!!!

It auto-“magically” pulls recipe content from websites and turns it into a list of ingredients and steps.

I love this app! I just wish that you could have sub-folders within the folders!

Excellent recipe app. Very polished, beautiful design.

Delightful to use this app. Simple, innovative and fun.

This app is exactly what I've been looking for in a recipe/food planner app. Crouton has everything I need in a easy to use and beautiful app. The developer is great at responding to questions and stays on top of adding features from Apple.

I was using Notion before this app to organize my recipes which was a huge pain, because I was manually entering all the details. Crouton makes it so much easier by detecting clipboard contents (containing a URL) and automatically importing everything, which then automatically gets categorized. Not to mention all the little details like starting a timer from within the recipe, and the in app grocery list. It was a no brainer to purchase the app to support the developer(s).

I’ve used Paprika for a couple years but ever since I discovered Crouton, I haven’t looked back. Such a well-done app with support for so much new Apple technology and features. Better yet, Crouton works on my iPad and Mac, so I’ve got my recipes and meal plan wherever whenever. My family replaced an extremely long Apple Notes app with our meal plans for the week and don’t miss it at all. 5/5, you’ve found the best recipe app.

This is a solid app with a great developer. Devin has implemented features I've suggested within weeks and released fixes for bugs I've reported in days. I'm confident Crouton will keep improving because the developer is so engaged with the app's users.

I love this app. It makes this lady feel very organized

There are many apps that claim to be good recipe managers. None of them hit all the aspects that Crouton does well. Easy to import from websites, easy to manage household sharing, easy to manage meal planning, and much more. Also, the developer keeps up with all of the latest Apple innovations and listens to it’s users! Amazing app!