Pestle: Recipe Manager

It’s easy to use. The feature to pull a recipe from Instagram and YouTube is amazing. The weekly meal planner makes the week so much easier.

I absolutely adore this app that I’ve purchased a lifetime subscription. I already have it on my iPhone, and using it on my Mac feels even better. If you have the time, I kindly request that you port the app to the Mac using Catalyst technology. This will enhance the experience for Mac users and enable the app to support universal purchases.

the app is great! can’t wait to see the new features they come up with

I have been searching for a good recipe app saver in the chance that tik tok is banned in the US in a few weeks. I quickly found that for this app and similar, the key to whether or not the app will be able to load the video is dependent on in the recipe and directions are listed in the caption of the video! That took me longer than I’d like to figure out and it would be nice if that were explained in the app or description of the app. Unsure if I will end up paying for this app or not but wanted to mention as I assume I’m not the only one in this predicament right now. I will say, the app is very user friendly and laid out better than others I have tried.

Does not auto-populate TikTok recipes as it claims to do. Every recipe I tried to imported stated “not in system, unable to load”

How do I save recipes from Pinterest

Mela is better and far less expensive. I think I paid $25 for an annual subscription for Pestle. I use my apps as cookbook for recipes from the web, not Instagram nor TikTok. Nor do I use it to make shopping lists. I have found multiple instances where Pestle did not recognize a recipe on a web page. Mela has worked EVERY time. Pestle worked about 90% of the time. Mela has all of the same features that I use such as scaling a recipe, making adjustments, and notes.

A year or two ago I decided to by the a lifetime license for pestle pro, I’ve not used it too much since then since I usually just throw some food together, but every once in a while its nice to do things by the book, especially for baking. It has some pretty neat scanning features for turning website recipes into a readable format and the app is fairly easy to use. That being said, today it randomly decided to delete all of my recipes. I don’t know if it logged me out, or something, but now I need to add all of them again. Very frustrating to have that happen in an otherwise great app.

I lucked out. I downloaded this when it was first offered for free. I love it! It’s user friendly so I now keep all of my recipes in this app. I love how easy it is to edit recipes, adding notes and alterations I have made after cooking. I can link other recipes I the ingredients menu, so if I’m making a pie, my preferred piecrust recipe is there. I can print out the recipes when I don’t want my iPhone or iPad in the kitchen, which is great. The app scales the recipes for fewer or more servings. The nutritional information is available if offered by the recipe maker. I can share recipes with friends and family, and it will also generate shopping lists. It does everything I want it to, including scanning a recipe from a cookbook. What’s not to like?

I love Pestle, has made finding recipes so much easier!