RecipeScan

RecipeScan is an app for iPhone and iPad that helps you plan your meals. You can take a photo of your fridge or pantry, and the app will suggest dinner ideas you can cook right away, along with a grocery list of items you still need to buy.

With Pantry Scan, you can photograph your shelves, and the AI quickly identifies the ingredients. You can then choose recipes and get a grocery list that takes into account what you already have, merges duplicates, and allows you to share the list with others so everyone can add and check off items.

RecipeScan also lets you save recipes from social media videos and other sources. You can enter links from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or Pinterest into the app, import recipes from recipe websites, scan a cookbook page, paste plain text, or bring in a Paprika/JSON/CSV export. Website links and recipes you type are available on the free plan, while social-video imports and scans require the Premium version.

Plan your week, get your list, and cook with guided steps. The Premium version includes features like AI calorie tracking (with Apple Health sync), Auto-Fill for weekly planning, voice control in Cooking Mode, AI substitutions, and a Leftover Wizard that turns your leftovers into new recipes. RecipeScan is free to download with a 7-day Premium trial. The Premium version costs $4.99 per month or $29.99 per year.

To use RecipeScan, open the Scan tab, choose Pantry, and take a photo of your fridge or shelves. The AI will identify the items, then you can select recipes and get a grocery list for what’s missing.

Yes, you can enter links into RecipeScan to import recipes from social media videos. Social-video imports require the Premium version, while typed recipes and website links are available on the free plan (the free plan allows you to save up to 3 recipes of your own).

With the Premium version, RecipeScan supports various types of scans, such as a single ingredient, pantry shelves, a barcode, a photo of a plated meal, grocery receipts, and handwritten recipe cards.

The Multi-Dish Planner helps you coordinate when to start each dish so they finish in a similar time frame.

You can log recipes manually or use one-tap logging based on nutrition. With the Premium version, you can also take a photo of a meal to estimate the calories and macros for each item, with a range and confidence level, and sync the logged data to Apple Health via a switch inside the tracker.

RecipeScan is free to download. The free plan never expires and includes the recipe catalogue, Cooking Mode, grocery and pantry lists, manual calorie logging, and up to 3 saved recipes of your own. The Premium version (with a trial available) unlocks additional scans, social-video imports/scans, AI features like substitutions, and more.