What is CookEase?

CookEase saves recipes from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, websites and photos into one cookbook, then helps you cook them step by step and shop for them, on iPhone, Android and the web.

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In short

  • CookEase is a recipe organizer and cooking helper for home cooks.
  • Save a recipe from a TikTok, Instagram or YouTube video, any recipe website, a photo of a cookbook page or pasted text, and it lands in your cookbook with the ingredients, the steps and the nutrition.
  • Cook it one step at a time with the Cooking Assistant, which answers your questions out loud, and turn recipes into a shopping list sorted by aisle.
  • It runs on iPhone, Android and the web with one account, and it is free to start.

CookEase keeps every recipe you want to make in one place, wherever you found it, and then helps you actually cook it. Here is the whole idea in five steps, on the website.

A TikTok link pasted into the CookEase search field, with the option Save this recipe to your cookbook
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Save a recipe from anywhere

Paste a link from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or any recipe website. On a phone you can share straight from the app you are watching.

  1. Save a recipe from anywhere: Paste a link from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or any recipe website. On a phone you can share straight from the app you are watching.
  2. It lands in your cookbook: Every recipe is kept with its photo, time and servings. Group them into cookbooks and search them in a second.
  3. A clean recipe, with nutrition: Ingredients, numbered steps, times and calories, protein, carbs and fat per serving. No ads, no life story.
  4. Cook it one step at a time: The Cooking Assistant shows one big step at a time and answers questions out loud, so your hands stay on the food.
  5. Shop for it in one list: Pick a few recipes and CookEase adds up what you need, sorted by grocery aisle. Order it for delivery if you like.

What you can do with CookEase

  • Save recipes from anywhere. TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and Pinterest videos, any recipe website, a photo or screenshot of a recipe, a page of a cookbook, a PDF (on the website) or text you paste in. If the recipe is only spoken in a video, CookEase watches and listens to catch it. See saving from TikTok and Instagram.
  • Keep them organized. Everything goes into one cookbook. Group recipes into cookbooks like "Weeknight dinners", search by name or tag, and edit anything. See organizing with cookbooks.
  • See the nutrition. Calories, protein, carbs and fat per serving are worked out for every recipe. See nutrition and serving sizes.
  • Cook without touching the screen. The Cooking Assistant shows one step at a time, keeps your screen awake and answers questions like "how much garlic?" out loud.
  • Make something new. Tell the Recipe Crafter what you are craving or what is in your fridge, and it writes a full recipe for you.
  • Shop smarter. Turn recipes into a shopping list sorted by aisle, then order the ingredients from Instacart or Amazon Fresh.
  • Find new ideas. Discover has recipes from creators and other home cooks that you can save in one tap.

Where CookEase runs

One account works everywhere: what you save on your phone is on the website a moment later, and the other way around.

The phone apps are best for saving from TikTok and Instagram (you share straight to CookEase) and for cooking at the counter. The website is handy for planning on a bigger screen and is the only place to save from a PDF.

CookEase on an Android phone: the Cookbooks tab showing the Weeknight dinners cookbook, with recipe tiles and the tab bar

The Cookbooks tab in the app.

Get it on iPhone, Android and the web.

Free to start

A free account is a real account, not a trial. Some things are free for good, and the rest come with a starter allowance.

  • Cookbook, shopping lists and nutrition

    Free
    Pro
  • Recipe saves (links, shares, photos, text and Discover)

    Free
    5
    Pro
    Unlimited
  • Recipe Crafter recipes

    Free
    3
    Pro
    Unlimited
  • Cooking Assistant questions

    Free
    5 a day
    Pro
    Unlimited
The free allowance is a one-time starter amount, not a monthly one. Inviting friends adds more.

Where to start

Make your first save: the first recipe guide shows the quickest way on each device, and finding your way around explains every tab and menu. On a phone, look for the orange + button: it is where saving and the Recipe Crafter live.

Questions people ask

Is CookEase free?

Yes, free to start. A free account comes with a starter allowance: 5 free saves (one count for every kind of save, from links, shares, photos and Discover), 3 Recipe Crafter recipes and 5 Cooking Assistant questions a day. Your cookbook, shopping lists and nutrition are free with no limit. CookEase Pro removes the limits.

Does the video need the recipe written in the caption?

No. When a caption does not have the recipe, CookEase watches the video and listens to it, so ingredients and steps that are only spoken or shown on screen still make it into your cookbook.

Where can I use CookEase?

On iPhone (App Store), on Android (early access on Google Play, see cookeaseapp.com/android) and in any web browser at cookeaseapp.com. Sign in with the same account and you see the same recipes, cookbooks and shopping lists everywhere.

Can I change a recipe after I save it?

Yes. Every saved recipe is yours to edit: the title, ingredients, amounts, steps, times, servings and nutrition. You can also scale the servings without changing the saved recipe.

Who can see my recipes?

Only you, unless you share one. You can send a private link to a recipe, or publish it to the Discover feed so other cooks can find and save it.

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