Crouton: Recipe Manager for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By Segovo

  Great, minus a few small things.

  Good work, it looks beautiful and its easy to use (love how the notes part of a recipe has a notepad background). The only thing I’d like to see improved is the ingredient and method scanner. With ingredient scanning it will sometime register the same ingredient twice. And also sometimes detect the measurement portion of an ingredient twice (For example, it had Tbsp in blue as the measurement, but it also had it in the text too) Really, I’d almost like it if I could manually tell it to try and scan, because the time it makes the most errors is when I am doing nothing, or gliding down between ingredients. As for the method scanner, the one issue is that when manually selecting the text area there is a limit to how small the scanned box can be. Meaning I had to include the 2nd step of the recipe in the scan itself, and then copy/paste to separate the first and second steps afterwards. -Overall awesome app, and those things aren't dealbreakers whatsoever as scanning is always a finicky thing.

  
  
• By _zakray

  Works great and beautifully designed

  The recipe import from web could use some work, but I know it’s hard to account for how every website formats their recipes. Another small addition would be built-in timers when following the instructions. Also I would suggest each ingredient should be checked by default when adding a recipe to the grocery list. Update: still loving this app. The ability to add ingredients to the shopping list from the recipe list screen would be a timesaver. Also nice would be auto-sorting of the shopping list into categories (produce, dairy, etc)

  
  
• By Joiedevivre099

  Simple and clean!

  I have been using Recipe Keeper for some time now, and in comparison, this app has a MUCH better UI/design, is faster and more “native” to iOS. I love the minimal design but without sacrificing usefulness. Some features I need before I can actually leave behind Recipe Keeper for this app: - Family sharing (very important since cooking is a whole family affair) -a synced PC version (or some easy way to import websites that I find while browsing on the desktop, otherwise I have to do added steps of bookmarking on my Windows, then importing into the app on the phone) -multiple grocery lists (e.g., ability to make separate lists for Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Costco etc) or some sort of tag system to differentiate. Also grocery lists need to be synced with family members (eg, currently my family members use shared iOS notes bc it syncs super fast when we’re shopping together but in different aisles)

  
  
• By Twingoline12

  Great features!

  I just got this app from a reddit recommendations and tried it out for a bit. So far it absolutely amazes me. It automatically recognized that I have a recipe link in my clipboard and imported everything (even though it was German). Then there’s the hands free tool that’s just amazing. I couldn’t believe that actually worked and screamed in excitement. This app is even better than imagined, I really hope you can keep it great and just make it better and better. Thank you!

  
  
• By Sourdough Lady

  Why I would miss my phone…

  If I lost my phone, I could find other ways to call or email people, but this app is indispensable! I use this app every single day. I love how I can copy recipes I find online and easily paste them in this app. Also, I just scanned a recipe from a magazine into this app! Who would think it could be possible? I figured out that you have to scan ingredients and steps separately, but the learning curve was low. Also, you have to proofread, because as miraculous as this feature is, it still needs the user to help it out a little. I think there are features on this app I don’t even know how to use, and some day I’ll get around to trying them, but in the meantime I’m going to scan the recipes I use out of my cookbooks and then get rid of them! But a note to the developer: please don’t leave users high and dry like the developer of my other recipe app: I can’t access my recipes on that app any more because they won’t update the app for use in updated iOS. Such a bummer because inputting them was way more work than for Crouton!

  
  

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