Crouton: Recipe Manager

Name: Crouton: Recipe Manager
Rating: 4.8 (2695 reviews)
Author: Crouton LLC

By: Crouton LLC

Grocery List, Meal Planner

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

(2,695) 12 new ratings

Version:

2026.1 Last updated: 2026-04-20

Version code:

884206860

Creation date:

2019-09-02

Compatible devices:

Size:

348.22MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-06

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 35,976 ▼ 50

Other rankings

#26 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’m obsessed with converting recipes I find on Instagram, blogs, and even cookbooks into meal plans for the week. The cost for Plus/Discover is a fraction of the cost of competitors and it syncs smoothly to other household members and the kitchen iPad for cooking. Love it.

by cm*****, 2026-05-13

I’m on my second year of paying for premium and while I truly love the app, there seem to be minimal to no improvements coming. For example, if the website has sections, it won’t read the sections. Additionally there is no way to “rate” recipes to help build a better meal plan for the week - in fact it doesn’t even de-dupe when creating a meal plan for the week. PLEASE FIX THESE BUGS and it’ll be a 5-star!

by Da*****, 2026-05-05

Please add the ability rate a recipe and it show visually as you look through recipes. I have a lot of recipes and it really helps if I can see which ones I’ve made and rated highly. Also I wish we could toggle between or have added a meal planner queue. I don’t always have recipes planned for a certain day depending on left overs or appetite. It’s nicer for me to have a Queue of recipes to reference that I’d like to try making soon or next.