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Mela - Recipe Manager

Transform noisy food blogs into clean recipes with one tap. Seamlessly integrated with iCloud, Reminders, and your Calendar for the ultimate minimalist kitchen experience.

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Key Figures

Downloads

224K+

User Rating

4.7/5

Total Ratings

800

Publisher

Silvio Rizzi

Master Your Kitchen Workflow

Mela transforms your Apple devices into the ultimate culinary assistant, stripping away the noise of the web so you can focus on the joy of cooking.

Clean Web Extraction

Ditch the ads and the long blog stories. Mela instantly extracts only the ingredients and steps from any URL with a single tap.

Built for the Ecosystem

No extra accounts required. Mela syncs seamlessly via iCloud and integrates directly with your native Reminders and Calendar apps.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Mela - Recipe Manager

What is Mela - Recipe Manager?

Mela is an elegant and modern recipe manager app that syncs recipes with iCloud. It features an in-app browser, cook mode, timers, and tools for meal planning and grocery lists.

Is Mela - Recipe Manager a free app?

Mela is free to download. However, it requires a one-time purchase to unlock all features, indicating a freemium model with premium functionality behind a paywall.

How does Mela - Recipe Manager sync recipes?

Mela syncs your recipes using iCloud. You can choose to keep your recipe library private or share it with other iCloud users, ensuring accessibility across devices.

How does Mela - Recipe Manager manage grocery lists?

Mela integrates with Reminders.app to manage grocery lists. This ensures users can access their grocery lists on all devices, even without Mela installed.

Does Mela - Recipe Manager include meal planning features?

Yes, Mela includes a built-in calendar for meal planning, managed by Calendar.app. It also offers a widget to display your next planned meal directly.

What features does Mela's Cook Mode offer?

Mela's Cook Mode displays recipe steps with a larger font for readability. It allows adding multiple recipes, switching between them, and includes built-in timers.

Can Mela - Recipe Manager save recipes from websites?

Yes, Mela features an in-app browser with live preview to quickly save recipes from webpages. It also provides a sharing extension for saving recipes from outside the app.

Can I scan physical recipes into Mela - Recipe Manager?

Yes, Mela includes a scanner with text recognition. This feature allows you to add recipes from physical books directly into your personal collection within the app.

Does Mela - Recipe Manager allow adjusting ingredient quantities?

Yes, Mela provides an "Adjust" feature that allows users to scale ingredient quantities. It also supports converting units between Metric and Standard (US) measurements.

How can users organize recipes in Mela - Recipe Manager?

Users can organize recipes in Mela by assigning them to categories, marking them as "Favorite", or adding them to a "Want to Cook" list.

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

Mela - Recipe Manager - The Mela app interface displaying a vegan apple pie recipe with ingredients and preparation time — The Mela app interface displaying a vegan apple pie recipe with ingredients and preparation time

Mela - Recipe Manager - A list of recipes in the Mela app on iPhone featuring sync with iCloud — A list of recipes in the Mela app on iPhone featuring sync with iCloud

Mela - Recipe Manager - The Mela app showing its cooking mode interface with large text and focused recipe instructions for easy reading while cooking. — The Mela app showing its cooking mode interface with large text and focused recipe instructions for easy reading while cooking.

Mela - Recipe Manager - Meal planning calendar view in the Mela recipe manager app showing scheduled recipes for the week. — Meal planning calendar view in the Mela recipe manager app showing scheduled recipes for the week.

Mela - Recipe Manager - Mela app grocery list screen showing ingredients and quantities with checkboxes — Mela app grocery list screen showing ingredients and quantities with checkboxes

Mela - Recipe Manager - The Mela app interface showing options to scale recipe servings and convert between metric and US measurement systems — The Mela app interface showing options to scale recipe servings and convert between metric and US measurement systems

Mela - Recipe Manager - Mela recipe manager app interface showing the organization menu with categories like favorites and want to cook — Mela recipe manager app interface showing the organization menu with categories like favorites and want to cook

Description

Mela is a simple, elegant and modern recipe manager that syncs with iCloud. SYNC Sync your recipes with iCloud, either privately (default) or by sharing a recipe library with other iCloud users. IN-APP BROWSER WITH LIVE PREVIEW Quickly save a recipe while browsing: If Mela detects a recipe on the currently viewed page, it will be displayed in Mela's native recipe viewer*, on the same screen on the iPad and a swipe-left away on the iPhone. Want to add or view a recipe from outside of Mela? No problem, just use Mela's sharing extension. FEEDS Subscribe to your favorite recipe blogs to view all the recipes in Mela's native recipe viewer*. COOK MODE The cook mode makes it easy to follow all steps while cooking, displayed using a larger font to make sure everything stays readable even when you're not right in front of your device. You can add multiple recipes to the cook mode, easily letting you switch between them. TIMERS No need to switch to another app for setting up a timer. When in cooking mode, Mela let's you easily create and manage timers. Timers come with support for Live Activities (iOS 16.1+). SCANNER Scan a recipe from a book: With the help of text recognition, you can just add it to your personal collection and view it in Mela's native recipe viewer, as any other recipe. GROCERIES Mela uses the Reminders.app to manage your grocery list. This has the advantage that you’re always able to access your grocery list on all your devices even if Mela is not installed on a specific device. CALENDAR Do your meal planning by using Mela's built-in calendar. It's managed by Calendar.app which also has the advantage that you're always able to access it on all your devices. There's also a widget, showing you the next planned meal from your calendar. ORGANIZING Recipes can be organized in categories, marked as “Favorite” or as “Want to Cook”. PRINTING Of course, Mela supports printing in case there’s a recipe you want to have on paper or save as PDF. Please note: If iCloud Sync is enabled (default), Mela will sync these items with iCloud: - Recipes - Browser bookmarks - Subscription list (feeds) Not synced: - Feed recipe entries - Browser history Groceries are always stored in Reminders.app Mela is free to download but will require a one-time purchase to unlock all features. * Extracting recipes only works for websites that support this, most of them do.