SpicesChoose Spices if
- You want conversions applied to the whole recipe for your oven, including fan and gas mark, without tapping each value.
- You want photo and cookbook imports in the free plan.
- You scale to the pan you own or an ingredient you have.
Recipe app comparison
Spices vs Pestle
Pestle and Spices both save recipes from Instagram and TikTok and both convert units. They differ on the size of the free plan, on how conversion works and on what a household can share.
At a glance
- 1 tbsp, Australian
- 20 ml
- 350 °F
- 155 °C fan
- heavy cream
- double cream
Spices and Pestle, feature by feature
| Spices | Pestle | |
|---|---|---|
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Pricing | Free up to 25 recipes; Pro monthly, yearly or once | Free up to 15 recipes; Pro subscription |
| Save from websites | Yes | Yes, plus a Chrome extension |
| Instagram, TikTok, YouTube | Yes, from the caption or description | Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube |
| Photos and cookbook pages | Screenshots and cookbook pages, read on the device | Photos and PDFs (Pro) |
| Unit conversion | US, UK, Australian and metric, based on where the recipe is from | Metric and imperial |
| Oven: °F, °C, fan, gas mark | Yes, for your fan or conventional oven | Tap a temperature to convert it |
| Ingredient names by country | US, UK or Dutch names | Not listed |
| Scaling | Servings, pan size, or an ingredient you have | By servings |
| Meal planning | A week of dinners; shared with Pro | 14-day planner (Pro) |
| Shopping list | Built from the week; shared with Pro | Yes |
| Household sharing | Shared library, notes and week through iCloud (Pro) | Shared recipes and plans (Pro) |
| Account | None, uses iCloud | Not listed |
| Cook mode | One step at a time, named timers, screen stays on | Guided steps, several timers, screen stays on |
| Pantry | No | Not listed |
| Nutrition | No | Not listed |
| Sync | iCloud | Not listed |
Pestle features checked on 10 November 2026 by Thien Nguyen, who makes Spices, against its official website, help pages and App Store listing. “Not listed” means we couldn’t find it there, not that the app lacks it. Prices change, so check the developer’s site.
Which one fits you?
Pick Pestle for a calendar-synced planner or cooking together over SharePlay, and Spices for whole-recipe conversion and the bigger free plan.
Choose Pestle if
- You want a 14-day planner synced to your calendar.
- You save recipes from your computer with a browser extension.
- You cook with others over SharePlay.
Switching from Pestle
Spices can’t read a Pestle export file yet. For the recipes you cook most, share the original web page or post to Spices from Safari, Instagram or TikTok, or import a screenshot. Spices reads it, converts the amounts and marks anything it had to guess.
Spices imports full libraries from Paprika, Mela and Crouton.
Sources
Pestle is a product of its developer. Spices is not affiliated with it.
Other comparisons
- All recipe app comparisonsFeature tables for nine recipe apps.
- Spices vs PaprikaPaprika 4 added a Premium subscription. Import your whole library from one file.
- Spices vs CroutonBoth are Apple-only and sync with iCloud. Crouton adds Mac and Apple Watch.
- Spices vs MelaMela keeps plans in Calendar and lists in Reminders. Import your .melarecipes file.
- Spices vs Recipe KeeperRecipe Keeper runs on Android and Windows, with its own account.
- Spices vs AnyListAnyList is a shared grocery list first, recipes second.
Questions
Can I import my Pestle recipes into Spices?
Not from a Pestle file yet. Share each recipe’s original link to Spices, or import a screenshot of it.
Which has the bigger free plan?
Spices’ free plan holds up to 25 recipes. Pestle’s holds 15, according to its website.
Let your recipes convert themselves
Spices shows every saved recipe in the units, oven setting and ingredient names you use, and you can switch back to the original at any time. In testing for iPhone and iPad.