The App That Turns Videos Into RecipesShare a TikTok or Reel, get ingredients and steps back
CookingGuru is the app that turns videos into recipes: send it a cooking video and it hands back a written recipe with measured ingredients and numbered steps. No pausing, no rewinding, no screenshotting the bit where the flour goes in.
It works two ways. On iPhone, the free app adds CookingGuru to the share sheet, so a TikTok, Reel, Short, or Facebook video goes straight into your cookbook in a couple of taps. On any other device — including Android — the website does exactly the same job with a pasted link and nothing to install.
How CookingGuru Works
Share a cooking video or paste a recipe website link — saved to your personal cookbook in seconds.
1. Install on iPhone
Download CookingGuru free from the App Store and sign in. Takes under a minute.
2. Add a video or recipe URL
Share a TikTok, Instagram Reel, or YouTube video — or paste a recipe page URL from sites like BBC Good Food into CookingGuru.
3. Recipe saved automatically
Ingredients, steps, and nutrition appear in seconds — saved to your personal cookbook, synced across devices.
Why people choose CookingGuru
AI recipe extraction
Our AI reads cooking videos and recipe web pages to pull out ingredients, measurements, and step-by-step instructions.
Recipes in seconds
No pausing and rewinding. Share a video and get a full recipe back in about 10 seconds.
Organised cookbook
Every recipe is saved, organised by cuisine and meal type, and available on all your devices when you sign in.
Free to download
No paywall to try. Convert and save recipes every day on the free plan.
Save recipes from videos and websites
iOS app or web converter?
iOS app
Recommended- Share from TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube — or paste recipe website links
- Offline access to saved recipes
- Synced cookbook across iPhone and iPad
- Faster on mobile
Web converter
- Works on any device — Android, Mac, PC
- No install required
- Same AI engine
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there an app that turns videos into recipes?
Yes. CookingGuru takes a cooking video from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, Rednote, or Pinterest and returns a written recipe: a title, ingredients with measurements, and numbered steps. On iPhone it runs as an app you share videos to; everywhere else it runs in the browser.
How does it turn a video into a recipe?
It watches the footage, reads text overlays frame by frame, transcribes any narration, and checks the caption, then assembles what it found into a structured recipe. That combination is why it still works on videos where the creator never wrote the recipe down anywhere.
Is the app free?
The app is a free download and the website is free to use. Converting is free for 2 videos with no account at all and 5 a month with a free account. Pro at $4.99 a month removes the limit and adds nutrition estimates and PDF export.
Is there an Android app that turns videos into recipes?
Not in the Play Store yet. On Android, open cooking.guru in Chrome and paste the video link — everything the iOS app does with the share sheet, the site does with a paste. You can add it to your home screen so it opens like an app.
Does it work on Instagram Reels as well as TikTok?
Yes, along with YouTube and YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, Rednote, and Pinterest video pins. There are platform-specific pages for each if you want the detail, but the same app handles all of them.
Do the recipes stay if the original video is deleted?
Yes, provided you saved it. A saved recipe is stored as text against your account rather than as a bookmark pointing at the post, so it survives the creator taking the video down.
What about videos with no voiceover or caption?
Those are the interesting case, and they usually still work: the on-screen text and the footage itself carry enough information. Where a quantity genuinely never appears anywhere, the recipe carries an estimate, so check measurements before cooking.
Is CookingGuru free?
Yes. You can convert 2 cooking videos into recipes without an account at all, and a free account raises that to 5 conversions a month with up to 5 saved recipes. Nothing is charged unless you choose to upgrade, and there is no credit card required to use the free tiers.
Do I need to sign up to use it?
No. Paste a video link into the converter and you get a full recipe back — ingredients, measurements, and steps — without signing up. Anonymous use is capped at 2 conversions per 30 days; you only need a free account to go beyond that or to save recipes to a cookbook.
Is CookingGuru a website or an app?
Both, and you can use either on its own. cooking.guru works in any browser on desktop, Android, and iPhone with nothing to install. There is also a free iOS app that adds a share-sheet shortcut, so you can send a TikTok or Reel straight to CookingGuru without copying links.
Does it work on Android?
Yes — the website works fully on Android in Chrome or any mobile browser, and you can add it to your home screen so it opens like an app. There is no native Android app in the Play Store yet; the native app is currently iOS only.
Is there a subscription, and what does it cost?
A subscription is optional. Pro is $4.99 a month (or $41.92 a year) and includes unlimited conversions, unlimited saved recipes, nutrition information, and PDF export, with a 7-day free trial. If you would rather not subscribe, one-off recipe credit packs start at $1.99 for 10 recipes and never expire.
Related pages
Recipe App
The main app page, with the full iPhone walkthrough and feature list.
Video to Recipe
The web converter — paste a link from any supported platform.
Free Recipe Converter
Exactly what is free, what a free account adds, and what costs money.
TikTok Recipe App
Turning TikToks into recipes from the iOS share sheet.
Instagram Recipe App
Turning Instagram Reels into recipes on iPhone.
Recipe App Comparison
How CookingGuru compares to Clip Recipe, ReciMe, Flavorish, Zest, and others.
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