Recipe app comparison
Recipe Keeper runs on almost every device and syncs through its own account. Spices is iPhone and iPad only, uses iCloud, and converts each recipe to the measures and oven you use.
At a glance
| Spices | Recipe Keeper | |
|---|---|---|
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Windows |
| Pricing | Free up to 25 recipes; Pro monthly, yearly or once | Free; Pro upgrade bought per platform |
| Save from websites | Yes | Yes |
| Instagram, TikTok, YouTube | Yes, from the caption or description | Instagram and TikTok |
| Photos and cookbook pages | Screenshots and cookbook pages, read on the device | Photos and PDFs |
| Unit conversion | US, UK, Australian and metric, based on where the recipe is from | US, imperial and metric |
| Oven: °F, °C, fan, gas mark | Yes, for your fan or conventional oven | Not listed |
| 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 | Weekly and monthly |
| Shopping list | Built from the week; shared with Pro | Yes, sorted by aisle |
| Household sharing | Shared library, notes and week through iCloud (Pro) | Shared family collections and meal plans |
| Account | None, uses iCloud | Recipe Keeper account to sync |
| Cook mode | One step at a time, named timers, screen stays on | Current step highlighted, screen stays on |
| Pantry | No | Not listed |
| Nutrition | No | Entered by hand |
| Sync | iCloud | Recipe Keeper’s servers |
Recipe Keeper 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.
Recipe Keeper suits a household on a mix of devices. Spices suits an all-Apple household that cooks from recipes written elsewhere.
Spices can’t read a Recipe Keeper 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.
Recipe Keeper is a product of its developer. Spices is not affiliated with it.
Not from a Recipe Keeper file yet. You can share each recipe’s original web page to Spices, or import a screenshot of it.
No. Spices syncs and shares through your iCloud account, so there is nothing to sign up for.
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.
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