Crouton: Recipe Manager
What is Crouton?
Crouton is a recipe manager for storing recipes from websites, cookbooks and handwritten notes. It includes meal planning, a step by step cooking mode with timers, and grocery lists that can integrate with Reminders. Recipes sync between devices using iCloud.
Pricing. Crouton: Recipe Manager is free to download on the App Store.
Good for
- Keeping recipes from websites, cookbooks and handwritten notes in one place
- Planning meals for the week or further ahead
- Following recipes step by step while cooking with messy hands
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Why this app is in S tier
Crouton scores 93 out of 100: rating 96, rating count 77, App Store search rank 99, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged with no weights, and S tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
Crouton is simple feature packed recipe organizer & meal planner. The best place to store your favorite recipes from where ever you find them, websites, cookbooks or a handwritten note from your Grandma. IMPORT ANYWHERE Crouton supports importing recipes from almost everywhere! Pull recipes automatically out of websites and just save the bits you need. You can also scan recipes straight out of your recipe book using AI and OCR PLAN YOUR WEEK With your favourite recipes on hand, Crouton makes it very easy to plan your meals for the week (or even long into the future). If you’re stuck for recipe ideas let Crouton automatically generate the meal plan from your organized dinner recipes. STEP BY STEP MODE Crouton offers a unique step by step mode. Focus on one recipe step at time as you cook, you can tap on ingredients within a step to get the quantity (saves you jumping back and forth between the steps and ingredients). With hands free mode you can move between steps without touching your device! Perfect for when you have messy hands. TIMERS Start timers with a tap. Crouton detects times within recipes and lets you start timers straight from the steps. A convenient heads up disp
Compare in Recipe Management
| Measure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | S | S | S |
| Score | 93 / 100 | 93 / 100 | 93 / 100 |
| Rating | 4.8 ★ | 4.8 ★ | 4.9 ★ |
| Ratings | 2.9K | 8.4K | 4.0K |
| Latest ratings · 180d | — | — | 4.5 ★ · 20 reviews |
| Last update | 7d ago | 11d ago | 5d ago |
| Price | Free download | Free + IAP | Free + IAP |
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Questions about Crouton
What kinds of recipes can I import?
The listing says recipes can be pulled automatically from websites, scanned from a recipe book using AI and OCR, and imported from a single photo, plain text or images using AI.
Does it sync across devices?
Yes. The listing says recipes are synced between all of your devices using iCloud, and recipes can be shared with friends and family through iCloud Family Sharing.
Does it work with kitchen equipment?
It can pair with supported Bluetooth scales, such as Acaia coffee scales, for guided weighing, and with Combustion temperature probes for live updates on a cook.
Is Crouton free?
Crouton is free to download.
What is Crouton good for?
Crouton is built for keeping recipes from websites, cookbooks and handwritten notes in one place, planning meals for the week or further ahead, following recipes step by step while cooking with messy hands. It sits in the recipe management list on AppTierList.
Is Crouton worth it?
Crouton is S tier, ranked #5 of 18 recipe management apps with a score of 93 out of 100, from a 4.8 App Store rating across 2,891 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 4 apps rank above it.
How does Crouton compare to Recipe Keeper Box?
Crouton is S tier at 93; Recipe Keeper Box is S tier at 93. They score the same. Crouton is free to download, Recipe Keeper Box is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Crouton updated?
Crouton was updated 7 days ago, which counts in its favour.
All the facts
- Lists
- Recipe Management (S tier, #5) · Recipe Saving (A tier, #10) · Meal Planning (A tier, #13)
- Tier
- S (Best in class)
- Score
- 93 / 100
- Rank in list
- #5 of 18
- Ranking certainty
- settled
- Price
- Free download
- App Store rating
- 4.8 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 2,891
- Current version
- (7 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Food & Drink
- Good for
- Keeping recipes from websites, cookbooks and handwritten notes in one place, Planning meals for the week or further ahead, Following recipes step by step while cooking with messy hands
- Requires
- iOS 16.1 or later
- Size
- 347 MB
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 3
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
App Store data read · ranking · how it is computed