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How it plugs in

—Public API

NoOpen source

YesFree tier

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Cook is a recipe app for cooking from plain-text Cooklang recipes, with cooking steps, timers, and shopping lists.

Pricing

Free€0 forever · Cook Editor & mobile apps · plain-text recipes · meal plans and shopping lists · unlimited recipe-site imports · manual sync · no photo/social imports, nutrition data, or CookBotFree
Cook BasicFree for 7 days, then €4.99/month. Cancel anytime. · Everything in Free · sync across devices · batch import from Paprika, Mela, Mealie and 7 other apps · 50 photo imports/month · 50 YouTube, TikTok and Instagram imports/month · no CookBot AI€4.99/mo
Cook ProFree for 7 days, then €10.00/month. Cancel anytime. Founding price; after founding spots, €12.99/month. · Everything in Cook Basic · CookBot AI · 28 conversations/month · protein or calorie targets · 200 photo imports/month · 200 YouTube, TikTok and Instagram imports/month€10/mo

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Facts

Website: cooklang.org
Price: Free tier · from €4.99/mo
Free trial: Yes
Availability: Cook's mobile apps are available for iPhone, iPad, and Android; the page also describes Cook Cloud syncing across desktop and mobile operating systems.
Cooking mode: The app shows a recipe one step at a time, with the ingredients for that step, timers, and recipe scaling.
File ownership: Recipes are `.cook` text files stored on the user's device, with no database or lock-in.
Import limitation: The mobile FAQ says importing a recipe directly from a link is not supported.
Maker and history: The About page describes the maker's personal origin story and signs it “Alex”; its history recounts beginning the project during pandemic quarantine.
Mobile limitation: The mobile app does not support changing the recipe folder location, according to its FAQ.
Offline and accounts: The app supports offline use without an account.
Security / compliance: The pages opened describe plain-text local recipe files and optional cloud sync, but state no security certification or compliance standard.
Shopping list export: The mobile app can export a shopping list as an email.
Shopping lists: Shopping lists can be grouped by aisle or recipe and shared or exported.
Support: The app page provides feedback and bug-report links for iOS/iPadOS and Android, and links to the app FAQ and Discord.
Sync integrations: Users can keep a recipe folder synced through iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Nextcloud, or Syncthing.

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