# Crouton: Recipe Manager

> Grocery List, Meal Planner

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1461650987](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1461650987)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1461650987`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Crouton LLC
- **Category:** Food & Drink
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (2,849 ratings)
- **Version:** 2026.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-13
- **First published:** 2019-09-02
- **Size:** 346 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-26
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crouton-recipe-manager/id1461650987)
- **Website:** [https://crouton.app](https://crouton.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://crouton.app/privacy.html](https://crouton.app/privacy.html)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #33,896 — Overall
- #27 — Award-Winning Apps

## Review summary

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).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1461650987)