For the cook who keeps dinner moving

Dinner is hard enough. Your recipe app should not be.

When people are hungry, your hands are messy, and the recipe is buried under ads, you do not need more software friction. Chef Notebook gets the recipe cleaned up, scaled, timed, and ready to cook.

Make weeknights easier See Cook Mode
7-day free trial iPhone, iPad, Mac Private iCloud sync
0server-side recipe databases
6ways to import recipes
3native Apple platforms
1portable recipe collection
The problem

Weeknight cooking punishes messy recipe systems.

  • The recipe is in a screenshot you cannot find.
  • A website reloads and sends you back into ads.
  • The phone dims exactly when your hands are covered in flour.
  • You need to double dinner and do the math in your head.
The promise

A calmer way to get dinner on the table.

Chef Notebook turns scattered recipes into clean cooking instructions, then gives you a focused Cook Mode with readable steps, timers, scaling, and quick resume.

Included with Chef Notebook
  • Import from URLs, screenshots, cookbook photos, pasted text, and the Share sheet.
  • Cook Mode keeps steps large and readable.
  • Screen-lock cooking helps prevent dimming while your hands are full.
  • Inline timers turn timed steps into one-tap reminders.
  • Scale ingredients when four people become six.
Built for this cook

Everything that keeps dinner moving.

Chef Notebook is a recipe app for busy weeknight cooks, families, parents, and household cooks who need quick recipe import, Cook Mode, recipe scaling, timers, and offline access.

Fast capture

Bring in a recipe from wherever it arrived.

Cook Mode

Step-by-step cooking with large text and fewer distractions.

Scaling

Change serving size and update quantities everywhere.

Resume widget

Jump back to the active step from your Home Screen.

Ownership

Your recipes stay yours.

Chef Notebook stores your recipe collection in your private iCloud under your Apple ID. We do not keep a server-side recipe database, and every recipe can be exported as plain text.

No adsNo attention-tax business model.
No lock-inExport your recipes anytime.
No server vaultYour recipes are not stored in our recipe database.
Questions

What this cook usually asks.

What is a good recipe app for busy families?

Chef Notebook helps families import recipes quickly, scale servings, cook from large step-by-step instructions, use timers, and resume active cooking sessions.

Can Chef Notebook scale recipes?

Yes. You can scale recipe servings and update ingredient quantities across the recipe.

Does Cook Mode keep the screen readable?

Cook Mode is built for cooking, with large readable steps, screen-lock support, and timers.

Free for a week

Cook three recipes. Keep what you write down.

Try the full app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Cancel before day seven and pay nothing. Your recipes stay exportable.

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