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Crouton: Recipe Manager

Effortlessly import recipes with AI, automate your meal planning, and cook hands-free with the most powerful kitchen companion on the Apple ecosystem.

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Key Figures

Downloads

299K+

User Rating

4.8/5

Total Ratings

2K+

Publisher

CROUTON LLC

Master Your Kitchen Workflow

Crouton streamlines your culinary life with AI-powered organization, seamless planning, and a professional-grade interface designed for the modern, tech-savvy home chef.

Effortless AI Importing

Stop typing and start cooking. Use AI to instantly extract recipes from photos of old cookbooks, handwritten notes, or cluttered websites with a single tap.

Smart Weekly Planning

Banish decision fatigue. Auto-generate your weekly meal plan based on your favorites and sync ingredients directly to Apple Reminders for a frictionless grocery run.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Crouton: Recipe Manager

What is Crouton: Recipe Manager?

Crouton: Recipe Manager is a feature-packed app that organizes recipes and plans meals. It helps users import recipes from various sources, plan weekly meals, and cook with step-by-step guidance.

How can I import recipes into the Crouton app?

Crouton supports importing recipes from websites and by scanning physical recipe books using AI and OCR. You can also import recipes from a single photo or plain text with AI.

Does Crouton: Recipe Manager help with meal planning?

Yes, Crouton makes it easy to plan meals for the week and beyond. It can also automatically generate meal plans from your organized dinner recipes.

Does Crouton offer a step-by-step cooking mode?

Yes, Crouton provides a unique step-by-step mode. It focuses on one recipe step at a time and allows hands-free navigation between steps, which is useful when cooking.

Can I use timers in the Crouton app while cooking?

Yes, Crouton detects times within recipes, allowing users to start timers with a single tap directly from the cooking steps. A heads-up display keeps timers visible.

How does Crouton: Recipe Manager help with grocery shopping?

Crouton allows users to create shopping lists directly from their recipes. It also integrates with Reminders for convenient access, making grocery organization straightforward.

Does Crouton sync recipes across devices?

Yes, Crouton conveniently syncs all recipes between your devices using iCloud. This ensures your recipes are accessible on any compatible device.

Can I share recipes with family using the Crouton app?

Yes, Crouton supports family sharing of recipes using iCloud. This feature allows users to share their culinary creations with friends and family members.

Does Crouton integrate with smart kitchen scales?

Yes, Crouton can pair with supported Bluetooth scales, such as Acaia coffee scales. It guides users through weighing ingredients precisely, simplifying complex recipe steps.

Does Crouton support temperature probes for cooking?

Yes, Crouton pairs with Combustion's temperature probe. This integration provides live updates on your cook, enhancing precision and monitoring during the cooking process.

The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.

App Store

Screenshots

Crouton: Recipe Manager - iPhone screenshot of Crouton app displaying a chocolate chip cookie recipe with ingredients and preparation details — iPhone screenshot of Crouton app displaying a chocolate chip cookie recipe with ingredients and preparation details

Crouton: Recipe Manager - Crouton recipe manager app showing step by step cooking instructions with integrated countdown timers — Crouton recipe manager app showing step by step cooking instructions with integrated countdown timers

Crouton: Recipe Manager - Weekly meal planning interface in the Crouton recipe manager app on iPhone — Weekly meal planning interface in the Crouton recipe manager app on iPhone

Crouton: Recipe Manager - Crouton app displaying step by step recipe instructions and hands free mode feature — Crouton app displaying step by step recipe instructions and hands free mode feature

Crouton: Recipe Manager - Crouton app grocery list interface for adding recipe ingredients — Crouton app grocery list interface for adding recipe ingredients

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 display keeps the times front of mind while you continue to use the app. GROCERY LISTS Create shopping lists directly from your recipes, easily copy just the ingredients you need to your list. Integrates with Reminders for convenient access. Your groceries have never been easier! CLOUD SYNCING All of your recipes are conveniently synced between all of your devices using iCloud. RECIPE FEEDS Save your favourite recipe RSS feeds into Crouton to see new recipes as they’re published from your favourite blogs. AI IMPORTING Quickly import recipes using AI. Import a recipe from a single photo with no manual entry required. Also supports plain text and images. FAMILY SHARING Share your recipes with friends and family using iCloud, so everyone knows what’s for dinner. GUIDED WEIGHING Pair to supported Bluetooth scales (such as the Acaia coffee scales) and have Crouton guide you through weighing your ingredients, avoid the mental juggling of recipe steps and amounts COMBUSTION PROBE SUPPORT Crouton pairs with Combustion's temperature prove to provide live updates on your cook Crouton also offers a range of customization including custom icons and app colors. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/