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World Recipes collects the most popular global recipes, organized by country and culture. Browse cuisines from Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and beyond; view ingredients, methods, tips, and culture notes for each dish.

Key features include Today's Specials for daily chef picks, a powerful search by name, ingredients, dish type, or health focus, and Favorites to save favorites. The I'm Chef diary lets you record cooking with photos and notes, while the Shopping List keeps you organized from pantry to table. The classic leather menu design fits iPhone screens and makes cooking feel premium.

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By:
Green Lake Technology Ltd
Rating:
4.30
(86)
Version:
2.1 Last updated: 2015-01-30
Version code:
837158937
Creation date:
2012-05-10
Compatible devices:
Size:
61.24MB
URLs:
Website
Full description:
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-03
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Developed by:
Green Lake Technology Ltd
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/world-recipes-cook-world-gourmet/id524309226
Website:
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User Reviews

Users appreciate World Recipes for its breadth—many dishes across world cuisines and a source of inspiration. Yet recurring issues undermine the experience: the search function often returns no results; many recipes are incomplete, missing ingredients, or have inaccuracies and unclear tips. Content is inconsistently labeled and regions are unevenly represented, with miscategorized dishes. Several reviewers note recipes aren’t tested and can be unreliable, and some question value given the free/paid status. Overall, usability suffers from quality and accuracy problems despite the large catalog.
Pros
  • Wide variety of recipes across many cuisines and categories.
  • Good for inspiration and discovering new dishes.
  • Helpful features and broad category structure for browsing.
  • Generally useful and enjoyable; users often return to it.
Cons
  • Search function often doesn’t work or returns no results.
  • Many recipes are inaccurate, incomplete, or missing ingredients.
  • Cuisines and regions are poorly labeled or miscategorized.
  • Content is sparse in some regions and overall sections can be too small.
Recent reviews
Can’t search any recipes. Not to mention small sections of recipes. Needs work
by Me*****, 2023-09-23

This is a good app for looking at a variety of dishes and getting inspired. However, many of the recipes are not accurate with the picture or don’t provide full information. For example, the fries recipe under American food is not how American fries are traditionally cooked and won’t produce the result in the picture. For that result, the fries will need to be deep fried twice at different temperatures. The recipe says to simply coat the potatoes in oil and salt and bake them. Then the calamari recipe under Greek recipes tells you to stuff the whole squid with breadcrumbs and feta and grill it, which sounds tasty but won’t produce anything close to the fried calamari rings in the picture. There are MANY inconsistencies like this that show nobody is actually testing these recipes or giving accurate pictures. The Caribbean and African sections are sparse with the Caribbean mostly giving Jamaican recipes and the African giving Northern African recipes. This is a good app for getting ideas but if you are a beginner find the recipes from a tested site.
by 🤔*****, 2022-12-18

Search function doesn’t know what Blackberry is. Search function doesn’t know what Cobbler is. Those were the first two things I tried and no results. -delete
by Rc*****, 2022-08-28
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