Recipe Scout is a free recipe app for iOS and Android that lets you save recipes from any website by pasting a link, scan handwritten or printed recipe cards using your camera, and cook with built-in timers, unit conversion, ingredient multiplication, split view, and AI-powered culinary tools — all without ads or clutter.
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Search millions of recipes from across the web
Yes! Paste any recipe URL and Recipe Scout automatically extracts the ingredients and instructions — no more scrolling past life stories and ads. Works with virtually any recipe site.
Recipe Scout is built around one idea: recipes belong to you, not the website. Import from any site, scan handwritten cards, cook ad-free, and use AI to synthesize the best tips from multiple sources — all free.
Yes — pin multiple recipes and toggle between them while cooking. Great for multi-dish meals where you need to juggle ingredients and timers across different dishes.
Use the ingredient multiplication tool. Tap to scale by any amount and Recipe Scout is smart enough to leave things like “2% milk” unchanged.
Recipe Scout’s AI draws on professional culinary databases and established cooking knowledge, so answers are grounded in trusted expertise — not just general internet content. Whether you’re asking about safe cooking temperatures, ingredient substitutions, or technique, you’re getting information backed by culinary science rather than a best guess.