Why might a link not save on the first try?

On the rare occasion a link does not come through, it is because the page itself is closed to everyone: it requires a login or subscription, the video is private or deleted, or the link points to a profile or feed rather than a single recipe. Every one of those recipes still saves in seconds - take a screenshot or photo of the recipe and save from the image, or copy the text and paste it in.

What should I do if a link will not save?

Take a picture of the recipe or copy and paste it as a backup. Screenshot the recipe and save from the image, photograph the page if it is printed, or copy the recipe text and paste it in - all three produce the same clean recipe card as a link.

Can I change the ingredients on a saved recipe?

Yes. Open the recipe and choose Edit. You can adjust quantities, units, and ingredient names, reorder or delete rows, and add anything you like. Your edits are kept and are never overwritten later.

I used up my free saves. What now?

Free accounts include a one-time allowance of recipe saves rather than a daily limit. Once you use it, you can earn 20 more saves for every friend you refer, or upgrade to CookEase Pro for unlimited saves - Pro starts with a 7-day free trial. Reaching the limit never affects recipes you have already saved.

The voice assistant is not responding. How do I fix it?

Check three things: that CookEase has permission to use your microphone, that you have an internet connection since the assistant does its listening over the internet, and that background noise is not drowning you out. A kitchen fan or music playing nearby is the usual reason it misses something.

Get Any Recipe Into CookEase

CookEase saves recipes from links, photos, screenshots, and plain text - so whatever form a recipe is in, there is a route that gets it into your cookbook. This article covers the fastest one for each situation.

The few pages no link can reach

A handful of pages are closed to everyone who is not signed in - not a CookEase limitation, just how those pages work:

Pages that require a login or subscription. Paywalled recipe sites and members-only posts are closed to anyone not signed in.
Private, unlisted, or deleted videos. If a link cannot be opened in a fresh browser window, there is nothing on it to read.
Links that are not a single recipe. A profile page, a hashtag feed, or a search result has no one recipe to save.

Every one of these recipes still saves perfectly - just take a picture of the recipe or copy and paste it using one of the routes below.

What to do instead

You are not stuck. Three other routes skip the page entirely and end up at the same recipe card:

Screenshot it. Capture the recipe on your phone and save from the image. This works well for Instagram and TikTok captions.
Photograph it. For a printed page or a cookbook, take a photo and upload that.
Paste it. Select the recipe text, copy it, and paste it into the paste tool. This one works every time, because CookEase reads exactly the text you give it.

The Paste tab with recipe text ready to save

If a link does not come through, pasting the text is usually faster than fiddling with the link.

Diagram: a failed link falls back to screenshot, photo, or paste, all reaching the same recipe card

How CookEase reads video recipes

Video recipes are where CookEase does the most work for you. For YouTube, CookEase reads the description, the creator's own comments, which is where a pinned ingredient list usually lives, and the spoken transcript. For TikTok and Instagram it reads the caption and watches the video itself, with sound.

That is why CookEase is the most accurate recipe saver on the App Store and Google Play: ingredients and amounts come through even when the creator never wrote them down. And every recipe stays fully yours - anything can be tweaked in Edit to match exactly how you cook it.

Adjusting a saved recipe

Open the recipe and choose Edit.
Change any quantity, unit, or ingredient name directly in the row.
Add ingredients, delete anything that does not belong, and reorder rows with the up and down arrows.
Adjust the servings count if you like, since nutrition per serving is calculated from it.
Save.

The ingredient editor with quantity, unit, and name fields per row

Your edits are permanent. CookEase never overwrites your changes.

Hitting the free limit

If you see a message about reaching your limit, you have used your account's one-time free allowance for that action. You can earn more - 20 saves per friend - for every friend who joins through your referral link, or upgrade to CookEase Pro for unlimited use, starting with a 7-day free trial. Reaching a limit never touches recipes you have already saved.

When the voice assistant does not respond

Three things to check, in order:

Microphone permission. CookEase needs access to your microphone. On iPhone this is in Settings under CookEase. On Android, open Settings, then Apps, then CookEase, then Permissions, and allow Microphone.
Internet connection. The assistant does its listening over the internet, so it cannot work offline.
Background noise. A kitchen fan, running tap, or music is the usual reason the assistant misses something. Pause it and try again.

If all three are fine and it still will not respond, leave a slightly longer pause after speaking. The assistant waits for a gap before it acts on what it heard.