Recipes from cookbooks, magazines, printouts, recipe cards, and package instructions. Handwritten recipes can be scanned too.

What if the scan misses something?

Every scanned recipe is editable. You can adjust ingredients, instructions, and timers, and the app can help reconstruct missing ingredients and steps when possible.

Do I need a subscription to scan recipes?

Yes. Recipe scanning is part of the Libraries plan — $9.99/month or $79.99/year (website prices). In the Apple app, subscriptions are sold by Apple and the price shown at purchase is Apple's price for your country or region and currency. Timers are always free.

Scan a recipe and start cooking

Point your camera at any recipe — cookbook, magazine, recipe card, printout. Cooking Timers reads the ingredients and cook times and builds timers for you.

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What the scanner does

• Extracts the ingredient list, including quantities and units.
• Detects cook times and turns them into Smart Cooking Timers you can start with one tap.
• Preserves the original instructions so you can follow them step by step.
• Saves to your Recipe Box so the recipe is one tap away next time.

How to scan a recipe

1. Open the scanner. Tap Scan recipe in the app and point your camera at the page.
2. Capture. Snap a photo of the recipe, cookbook page, or printout.
3. Auto-detect. Cooking Timers extracts ingredients, instructions, and cook times automatically.
4. Save and cook. Save to your library, edit anything, and start timers with one tap.

What a scanned recipe unlocks

Scanning is part of Cooking Timers Libraries — a Recipes and DIY Projects platform.

• Recipe Box and Project Box for everything you save.
• Meal Planning and Smart Grocery Lists built from your recipes.
• Metric ↔ U.S. measurement converter for any scanned recipe.
• Printing and sharing when you want to pass a recipe along.

Common questions

What can I scan?: Recipes from cookbooks, magazines, printouts, recipe cards, and package instructions. Handwritten recipes can be scanned too.
What if the scan misses something?: Every scanned recipe is editable. You can adjust ingredients, instructions, and timers, and the app can help reconstruct missing ingredients and steps when possible.
Do I need a subscription to scan recipes?: Yes. Recipe scanning is part of the Libraries plan — $9.99/month or $79.99/year (website prices). In the Apple app, subscriptions are sold by Apple and the price shown at purchase is Apple's price for your country or region and currency. Timers are always free.