Cooking App for iPhoneVideos, Websites & Your Cookbook
The best cooking app for 2026 meets you where you already find recipes — on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and recipe websites like BBC Good Food. CookingGuru is a free iOS cooking app that converts videos and recipe pages into full recipes with ingredients, steps, and nutrition.
Share a cooking video or paste a recipe URL into the app and start building a personal cookbook synced across your iPhone and iPad.
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
What is the best cooking app for iPhone?
CookingGuru is a free cooking app for iPhone that turns TikTok, Instagram Reel, and YouTube cooking videos — plus recipe pages from sites like BBC Good Food — into structured recipes. Share a video or paste a URL and get ingredients, steps, and nutrition in seconds.
How is CookingGuru different from other cooking apps?
Most cooking apps assume you already have a recipe written out. CookingGuru starts from the cooking videos and recipe websites you discover and uses AI to extract a full recipe — so you can actually cook from the content you save.
Is the CookingGuru cooking app free?
Yes. CookingGuru is free to download on the App Store. Free accounts can convert cooking videos into recipes every day, and a paid plan is available for unlimited usage.
Which platforms does the cooking app support?
CookingGuru supports TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube videos, YouTube Shorts, and public recipe websites. Share from social apps directly on iPhone, or paste a recipe page URL from sites like BBC Good Food and AllRecipes.
Is there a cooking app for Android?
The CookingGuru iOS app is currently available on iPhone and iPad. Android users can use the free web converter at cooking.guru/convert to turn cooking videos into recipes in their browser.
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Ready to build your cookbook?
Free on the App Store. No subscription required to get started.