Crouton: Recipe Manager

Name: Crouton: Recipe Manager
Rating: 4.8 (2799 reviews)
Author: Crouton LLC

By: Crouton LLC App

Grocery List, Meal Planner

Overview

Version:

2026.1.2

Last updated: 2026-07-14

Ranking

#34,016 ▲ 13

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Crouton is a simple, feature-packed recipe organizer and meal planner. Store your favorite recipes from websites, cookbooks, or handwritten notes, and import them anywhere. AI-powered importing, OCR, and photo-to-recipe capture make adding new recipes effortless.

Plan meals for the week, follow a step-by-step cooking mode, and use integrated timers. Generate shopping lists with Reminders/iCloud, sync across devices, view recipe feeds, and share with family. Extras include guided weighing with Bluetooth scales and temperature probe support, plus customizable icons and colors.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Crouton LLC

Rating:

4.80

(2,799) 7 new ratings

Version:

2026.1.2 Last updated: 2026-07-14

Version code:

888023647

Creation date:

2019-09-02

Compatible devices:

Size:

347.78MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-09-03

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 34,016 ▲ 13

Other rankings

#27 in Award-Winning Apps

For Developers

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Developed by:

Crouton LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crouton-recipe-manager/id1461650987

Website:

https://crouton.app

User Reviews

Users praise Crouton for AI-assisted imports, meal planning, cross-device syncing, and offline/off-device saving with Apple Notes grocery lists. However, recurring concerns include paywalls around smart import features, occasional import inaccuracies, and lack of bulk import support, which some users feel slows migration from other apps.

Pros

AI-powered import from text, links, and photos (camera OCR) makes adding recipes fast.
Meal planning features (meal planner queue and calendar integration).
Cross-device syncing and handoff across Apple devices.
Grocery list integration with Apple Notes.
On-device storage and robust web scraping to save recipes locally.

Cons

Smart import and related features are behind a subscription/paywall.
Import quality and reliability can be inconsistent (quantities may be read wrong; steps can be collapsed).
Bulk import migration is slow or limited (can only import one recipe at a time).

Recent reviews

I was so excited to purchase the plus version of this app and collect recipes that have been sitting around in hard copy. But I’m disappointed to see that the import function is completely non-functional now. Importing from camera just directs me to a page prompting me to purchase plus (which I already have) or the pricier plan, and there’s no way to actually do the import. I’ll be trying to get my money back.

by GV*****, 2026-08-22

For an app marketed as free on the App Store this app only allows you to add 5 recipes before telling you, you have to pay $20-30 dollars to be allowed to add more along with unlocking the rest of the features. While I understand unlocking extra features only allowing 5 recipes for the base is a little ridiculous I would understand 30-50 recipes seeing as they are our recipes we are adding but only 5 seems a stretch. Not to mention they don’t tell you the limit until you’ve reached it so I just spent over an hour entering in 4 recipes before realizing I have to pay to unlock the ability to add more. The app is great but the execution of level locking and transparency is poor.