Recipe Scanner C

Turn any recipe into a digital collection with Recipe Scanner C!

Scan cookbooks, import YouTube and Instagram videos, save recipes from any website, and get instant nutrition analysis with health grading. With on-device Apple Intelligence, all your physical recipe scanning is FREE, fast, and completely private.

3 FREE CREDITS TO GET STARTED

UNLIMITED FREE SCANNING
- Scan physical recipes with your camera, completely FREE
- Import from Photo Library (up to 10 photos at once)
- On-device Apple Intelligence extracts ingredients and directions automatically
- Multi-page recipe support with automatic merging
- No credits needed for camera or photo scanning
- Fast, private, and accurate

IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE
- YouTube cooking videos (1 credit)
- Instagram recipe posts and reels (1 credit)
- Any recipe website URL (1 credit)
- QR code scanning for instant URL import
- AI extracts complete recipes from video transcripts and web pages

NUTRITION ANALYSIS AND HEALTH GRADING
- Per-serving nutrition facts for calories, protein, carbs, fats, fiber, sodium, and sugars
- Health grade A through F on every recipe, backed by USDA Dietary Guidelines
- 100-point scoring across six nutritional categories
- Cooking method detection across 30+ methods (deep-fried, baked, grilled, steamed, and more)
- Preparation penalty system adjusts the grade based on how the food is cooked
- USDA database covering 150+ common ingredients
- AI nutrition estimation fills gaps for unknown ingredients
- Data source labeled on every recipe so you know where the numbers came from

SMART AI PROCESSING
- On-device Apple Intelligence is FREE and unlimited
- Optional cloud AI enhancement for difficult recipes (1 credit, one-time per recipe)
- Advanced text recognition with Vision OCR
- Intelligent direction splitting and formatting
- Automatic section detection for ingredients and steps

ORGANIZE YOUR COLLECTION
- Unlimited custom folders
- Default Uncategorized folder for new recipes
- Move recipes between folders with one tap
- Quick search by recipe title
- Visual recipe cards with thumbnails and health grades
- All recipes stored locally on your device using SwiftData

SMART INGREDIENT MANAGEMENT
- Serving adjustment from 1 to 99 servings, ingredient quantities recalculate automatically
- 18 supported measurement units across volume, weight, count, and special units
- Switch between metric and imperial with one tap
- Base-unit conversion math prevents rounding errors
- Proper fractional display (1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 2/3, 3/4)
- Per-ingredient unit conversion control

COOKING MODE
- Step-by-step numbered directions with checkoff
- Six font size levels (14pt to 29pt) for readable text on the counter
- Screen wake stays on while viewing Directions so the display does not dim
- Toggle between Ingredients, Directions, and Nutrition tabs
- Health grade pinned at the top while you cook

THEME AND ACCESSIBILITY
- Light, dark, and system theme options
- VoiceOver support
- Large touch targets
- Adjustable font sizes

PRIVACY-FIRST DESIGN
- All photo scanning happens on your device with Apple Intelligence
- No user accounts, no sign-up, no tracking
- All recipe data stored locally on your device
- Recipes do not sync to iCloud or any other device
- External API calls (YouTube, Instagram, Web, Cloud AI) routed through a Cloudflare Worker proxy with rate limiting

FAIR PRICING, NO SUBSCRIPTIONS
- Unlimited FREE scanning with on-device AI
- 3 free credits included on first launch
- Credits only for premium features:
- YouTube import: 1 credit
- Instagram import: 1 credit
- Web URL import: 1 credit
- Cloud AI enhancement: 1 credit (one-time per recipe)
- Automatic credit refund if a paid operation fails
- Credits never expire

PERFECT FOR:
- Digitizing family recipe collections
- Following YouTube cooking channels
- Saving Instagram cooking reels
- Building a personal cookbook
- Tracking the nutritional impact of what you cook
- Converting recipes between measurement systems