Recipe Collector

Recipe Collector


Create a Personal Cookbook


$4.99

4.6.0for iPhone, iPad and more
Gilbert Hansen
Developer
24.2 MB
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Jan 18, 2023
Update Date
#94
in Food & Drink
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About Recipe Collector

Gather into a cookbook 1) all of your personal recipes collected over the years; 2) your favorite recipes found on the Internet, in cookbooks and magazines; and 3) recipe print outs. There are 4 ways to add a new recipe: 1) manually entering its metadata (form-based); 2) finding the recipe by searching one or more of a supported country's recipe websites; 3) entering a link for a recipe from one of the supported country's recipe websites or from a non-curated recipe website that supports the recipe JSON-LD standard; or 4) (iOS 13+ only) scanning a recipe's photo(s) in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish or Portuguese (Brazil). Recipes can be categorized and indexed in one place, and viewed on your iOS device while preparing the recipe. Recipes can be AirDropped between macOS computers and iOS devices.

Features:
* Compatible with iOS 16+; supports Dark Mode.
* Find new recipes in a set of curated recipe websites from 18 countries: Australia (7), Brazil (9), Canada(18), China (11), France (11), Germany (18), Greece (11), Hong Kong (6), India (13), Italy (12), Japan (10), Mexico (13), Portugal (6), South Korea (8), Spain (13), Taiwan (6), United Kingdom (10) and United States (27). Can exclude websites from the search. Each country contains its most popular recipe websites.
* Recipe's metadata is extracted and displayed in the recipe's language. Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Tamil are supported.
* Select a Preferred Language preference for displayed User Interface (UI) text.
* Go directly to a country's website's recipes and search there.
* When entering a recipe manually, a photo of the dish can be provided from the Photo Library or taking a picture with the device's camera.
* Add a new food category; rename a food category; delete a food category; restore a deleted food category; delete a deleted food category.
* Recipes can be added to one of 57 predefined food categories or a newly created food category.
* A common recipe presentation format customized for iPhone, iPad, printing and PDF.
* Selectively import new recipe websites used to find a recipe.
* Search all food categories or a selected food category for a recipe(s) that match the search criteria.
* Use Spotlight to find a recipe by its name, author and/or website name.
* Reorder the recipes in a food category.
* Edit a recipe; delete a recipe; restore a deleted recipe; delete a deleted recipe.
* Copy or move a recipe to another food category.
* In iOS 13+, tap and hold on a recipe to display a contextual menu from which the recipe can be displayed, printed, deleted or shared via AirDrop. For iOS 12 and sooner, print, delete or share recipe from displayed recipe.
* Supports Letter and A4 paper sizes.
* Optionally auto-lock screen during preparation time; control the auto-lock time.
* Generate an index of all recipes by language; navigate within the index or to the actual recipe's website; print the index.
* State of the app can be saved to the device at any time and automatically restored the next time the app is launched.
* Backup all recipes to device or iCloud; restore backup from device or iCloud. Backup files can be named and old ones deleted.
* Transfer all recipes to a new device running the app.
* A User Guide documents how to use the app and its features. See section "macOS Version's Differences" for an explanation of the differences between the macOS version and the iOS version of the app.
* A Quick Guide provides a fast way to learn how to use the app.
* A Quick Tour of the app, available on demand, that enumerates its features.
* A set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
* Display at any time advice from a set of tips.
* Rate the app in the App Store.
* Send e-mail to support@verusapps.com to report issues, suggest improvements or ask for help using the app.

No subscription fees or in-app purchases. One time purchase price includes all future releases.
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What's New in the Latest Version 4.6.0

Last updated on Jan 18, 2023
Old Versions
1. Compatible with iOS/iPadOS 16, macOS 13.
2. Retested all curated recipe websites. Fixed bugs in various recipe extractors because the underlying HTML for a recipe changed
3. Enhanced the JSON recipe extractor based on more testing of recipes from websites that support the recipe JSON-LD standard.
4. Fixed some dark mode issues.
5. If you have any issues, e-mail them to support@verusapps.com to get them resolved. We welcome suggestions for improving the app.
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Version History
4.6.0
Jan 18, 2023
1. Compatible with iOS/iPadOS 16, macOS 13.
2. Retested all curated recipe websites. Fixed bugs in various recipe extractors because the underlying HTML for a recipe changed
3. Enhanced the JSON recipe extractor based on more testing of recipes from websites that support the recipe JSON-LD standard.
4. Fixed some dark mode issues.
5. If you have any issues, e-mail them to support@verusapps.com to get them resolved. We welcome suggestions for improving the app.
4.5.1
Jul 2, 2022
1. Fixed bugs in various recipe extractors.
2. If you have any issues, e-mail them to support@verusapps.com to get them resolved. We welcome suggestions for improving the app.
4.5.0
Feb 22, 2022
Added a Favorites search category for finding a recipe on preferred websites. Can copy a curated recipe website in any other country search category to Favorites or enter a recipe website's URL that supports the recipe JSON-LD standard. Can remove any favorite recipe website from the category. The Favorites category must be imported from the list of new search categories. Read the User Guide section "Import Recipe Websites" for details on how to import new items and the section "Create & Manage Search Favorites".
4.4.1
Feb 7, 2022
1. Bug fixes in a few recipe extractors.
2. Enhanced the JSON recipe extractor based on more testing of recipes from non-curated websites that support the recipe JSON-LD standard. The JSON recipe extractor has been successfully tested on 227 recipe websites.
3. If you have any issues, e-mail them to support@verusapps.com to get them resolved. We welcome suggestions for improving the app.
4.4.0
Jan 22, 2022
1. Added 14 new curated recipe websites: Brazil(2), Canada(1), France(2), Germany(4), Italy(1), Spain(3) and USA(1).The app now supports 215 curated recipe websites from 18 countries.
2. Enhanced the JSON recipe extractor based on more testing of recipes from non-curated websites that support the recipe JSON-LD standard.
4.3.0
Jan 11, 2022
1. Added a new recipe search category, Brands, with 20 curated recipe websites. Read the User Guide section "Import Recipe Websites" for details on how to import new items.
2. The app now supports 201 curated recipe websites from 18 countries.
3. Enhanced the JSON recipe extractor based on more testing of recipes from non-curated websites that support the recipe JSON-LD standard.
4.2.0
Jan 2, 2022
1. Retested the recipe extractors for all 191 curated recipe websites from 18 countries. Fixed those that did not correctly extract recipe metadata displayed in a browser because the underlying HTML changed.
2. Enhanced the JSON recipe extractor based on more testing of recipes from non-curated websites that support the recipe JSON-LD standard.
4.1.0
Dec 16, 2021
1. One can now add a recipe from non-curated websites that supports the recipe JSON-LD standard. Just enter the link to the recipe: Add Recipe -> Recipe Link. See the User Guide's sub-section "Enter a Recipe's Link" for details.

The JSON recipe extractor has been successfully tested on 89 recipe websites that support the JSON-LD standard. If a recipe with an embedded recipe's JSON crashes the app, please send the link to support@verusapps.com so the extractor can be improved to handle it. Testing continues so future releases will have a more robust recipe extractor.
2. Fixed numerous recipe extractors for recipes from a curated website that didn't capture the recipe properly because the underlying HTML changed. If this issue is encountered, send the link to support@verusapps.com so the extractor can be improved to handle it.
4.0.1
Nov 19, 2021
1. Fixed a regression bug when using the camera to take a photo of a recipe.
2. Fixed instances where Dark Mode was not displayed properly.
4.0.0
Nov 14, 2021
1. Now requires iOS 12+.
2. Can now capture adjusted ingredients for AllRecipes.
3. Compatible with iOS 15.
4. There is now a macOS version of the app. Recipes can be AirDropped between macOS computers and iOS devices. See the User's Guide's section "macOS Version's Differences" for an explanation of the differences between the macOS version and the iOS version of the app.
5. If you have any issues, e-mail them to support@verusapps.com to get them resolved.
3.0.0
Sep 12, 2021
1. [iOS 13+ only] Scan a recipe'S photo(s) in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish or Portuguese (Brazil). Gathered textual and image metadata can be cropped from the photo(s) or entered manually in the gathered recipe. See the section "Scan a Recipe" in the User Guide for details.
2. Added 2 new curated recipe websites to country websites introduced prior to this version: Germany(1) and US (1). Read the User Guide section "Import Recipe Websites" for details on how to import new items.
3. The app now supports 191 curated recipe websites from 18 countries.
4. Bug fixes.
5. If you have any issues, e-mail them to support@verusapps.com to get them resolved. Suggestions and feedback are welcomed.
2.0.0
Jul 25, 2021
1. Added 1 new country and its recipe websites: Canada (17). To Find a Recipe in the country, its recipe websites have to first be imported.
2. The app now supports 189 curated recipe websites from 18 countries.
3. Added a Preferred Language preference for the User Interface (UI) text; the default is English. Allowed languages are those of the supported countries with curated recipe websites used to find a recipe, currently, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Tamil. Note: All documentation is in English: Quick Guide, Guick Tour, User Guide, FAQs and Tips.
4. If a recipe's webpage has multiple recipes, only the first recipe is captured.
5. When restoring a recipe backup, all existing recipes are replaced, but deleted recipes are now unaffected and can be reinstated into the restored backup.
6. Recipes off the Internet are captured in their displayed language. A recipe is displayed by the app in its captured language.
7. Bug fixes.
8. If you have any issues, e-mail them to support@verusapps.com to get them resolved.
1.4.0
May 24, 2021
1. Added 1 new country and its recipe websites: South Korea (8). Added 2 new recipe websites to country websites introduced prior to this version: MX (1), US (1). The app now supports 172 curated recipe websites from 17 countries.
2. Bug fixes.
3. If you have any issues, e-mail them to support@verusapps.com to get
them resolved.
1.3.3
Mar 4, 2021
1. Compatible with iOS 14+
2. Dish images are only downloaded when a food category is expanded resulting in a slight expansion delay the first time. If the food category contains a large number of recipes, some recipe dish images may not be displayed. To display them, collapse and expand the food category or scroll the food categories so the recipes without a dish image are covered, then uncovered.
3. Bug fixes.
4. If you have any issues, e-mail them to support@verusapps.com to get them resolved.
1.3.2
Nov 15, 2020
1. Bug fixes.
1.3.1
Nov 5, 2020
1. Bug fixes.
2. Recipe dish images are downloaded in a background task when the app is in idle mode and incrementally when running in the foreground.
3. Compatible with iOS 14 and iPhone 12 series.
1.3.0
Oct 8, 2020
1. App state is persisted in an on-device database. Replaced the Realm database with a SQLite database. SQLite is faster, its databases are smaller and it is part of iOS thereby reducing the size of the app.
2. Dish images for a recipe obtained from a website are now downloaded on-demand, i.e., when a food category is expanded the first time, its recipe dish images are downloaded. The expansion is delayed until the downloads are completed; the delay depends on your internet speed. The dish images are cached so the next expansion is instantaneous.
1.2.1
Sep 25, 2020
1. Fix bugs in iPhone version.
1.2.0
Sep 23, 2020
1. Use Spotlight to find a recipe by its name, author and/or website name.
V1.1.0
Sep 14, 2020
1. Added 2 new countries and their recipe websites: Hong Kong (6), Taiwan (6). Added 3 new recipe websites to country websites introduced prior to this version: UK(1), US(2). The app now supports 162 curated recipe websites from 16 countries.
2. Selectively import new country recipe websites used to find a recipe. Read the User Guide section "Import New Country Websites"for details on how to import the new items.
3. Updated documentation on importing new country websites.
1.0
Aug 25, 2020

Recipe Collector FAQ

Click here to learn how to download Recipe Collector in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Recipe Collector.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Recipe Collector supports English

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