FAQ & Quick Training

No accounts. No clutter. Your recipes stay on your device — you stay in control.

If you already have recipes in Apple Notes (or anywhere you can copy text), use Notes Import. You can also scan handwritten recipes with OCR.

Yes. Importing is just a starting point — you can edit the title, ingredients, instructions, and notes before saving (and anytime later).

Copy your recipe in Apple Notes, then open Notes Import and paste. My Recipe Book organizes it into a clean title, ingredients, and steps.

Put the recipe title on its own line at the top, then include the link (if there is one), then paste the recipe text. Clear spacing helps the parser.

Take a photo of a handwritten recipe card or notebook page. OCR converts it into text, then you can quickly correct anything and save it like any other recipe.

Bright light, flat paper, and high contrast ink. Fill the frame, avoid glare, and keep the camera steady.

Yes. Backup & Restore lets you save a full copy of your recipe library so you’re protected if you switch phones or reinstall.

Open Settings → Backup & Restore, choose Restore, and select your saved backup file. You’ll be guided step-by-step.

Chef Assist is your rescue button when a recipe is incomplete — especially after importing from a video. When ingredients or instructions are empty, Chef Assist searches the web for the best match based on the recipe title and then fills in the missing details for you.

Chef Assist finds the best recipe match for the title and can auto-fill:

• Ingredients
• Instructions
• And a source link (so you can reference where it came from)

No. Chef Assist is designed to help you complete recipes with empty fields. It does not overwrite finished recipes unless you explicitly tell it to.

Use it when you import a recipe and the ingredients/instructions don’t come through cleanly (common with certain video sources). Chef Assist can quickly complete the recipe so you don’t have to retype everything.

Batch Chef Assist lets you run Chef Assist across your library to help complete any recipes that have empty fields. It searches and fills in missing ingredients/instructions where needed, without disturbing recipes that are already complete.

Some recipes share the same name (like “Chicken Parmesan”), and creators post variations. Chef Assist chooses the best match by title — and you can always edit the result afterward.

Open the recipe, tap the Export icon (top right), choose Publish to Recipe Exchange, and tap Publish.

Submissions are reviewed by an administrator before appearing on the public calendar.

To keep Recipe Exchange clean, high quality, and free of spam.

Yes — your library lives on your device. You only share a recipe publicly if you choose to publish it.

Right here: Privacy Policy.