The Pantry-First Recipe Manager for iPhone
Stop losing recipes and wasting groceries. CookFlic is the iOS recipe manager app that connects your saved recipes to what's actually in your kitchen — so you always know what to cook tonight.
Capture recipes from anywhere
Most recipe manager apps for iPhone require you to type everything by hand. CookFlic takes a completely different approach. Snap a photo of any cookbook page and the AI reads the ingredients and steps directly from the image — no manual transcription needed. Paste a link from a recipe website and CookFlic strips out all the ads and clutter, leaving just the clean recipe. Share a YouTube video link and it extracts the steps from the transcript automatically. However your recipe comes in — a handwritten card, a magazine page, a website, a video — CookFlic captures it instantly.
- ✓Scan cookbooks and printed recipes with your iPhone camera
- ✓Import from any recipe website URL — ads stripped automatically
- ✓Extract recipes from YouTube and video links
All your recipes in one place
Once your recipes are in CookFlic, you have a personal recipe library that works the way your brain works. Browse by cuisine, filter by cook time, search by ingredient. Every recipe displays its photo, cook time, serving count, and tags at a glance. Edit any recipe with full control — rename steps, rewrite ingredients, correct amounts, adjust servings. The app automatically scales ingredient quantities when you change the serving count, and switches between metric and imperial with one tap. No more mental math when doubling a recipe.
- ✓Filter and search your full recipe collection by tag or ingredient
- ✓Edit, rename, and adjust any imported recipe
- ✓Scale servings with automatic ingredient quantity conversion
Cook with what you have
This is the feature that turns CookFlic from a recipe book into a true pantry recipe app. Add what you have to your pantry — proteins, vegetables, spices, condiments — and CookFlic scores every recipe in your collection against what you already own. A recipe that uses 9 out of 10 of its ingredients from your pantry scores 90%. Sort by highest match and the top results are meals you can make right now without a single extra purchase. Missing two ingredients? You know exactly what to buy for tonight's dinner, not a full week of groceries.
- ✓Instant pantry-to-recipe matching with percentage scores
- ✓See exactly which ingredients you already have
- ✓Find what to cook tonight with zero extra shopping
Step-by-step with auto timers
Once you start cooking, CookFlic becomes a hands-free kitchen assistant. Cook mode displays one step at a time in large, easy-to-read text so you never lose your place. The screen stays on automatically so you can refer back without touching your phone with messy hands. Most importantly, CookFlic reads your recipe steps and detects timer instructions automatically — phrases like 'simmer for 20 minutes' or 'bake for 45 minutes at 375°F' become one-tap timers that run in the background. When the timer fires, the app brings you back to the right step. No more burnt garlic.
- ✓Hands-free step-by-step mode with screen always on
- ✓Auto-detected timers from recipe instructions
- ✓One step at a time — never lose your place while cooking
Know what's missing, shop smarter
CookFlic's grocery list is built around your actual recipes and your real pantry. When you decide what to cook, the app compares the recipe's ingredient list to your current pantry and shows you only what's missing. Add everything you need to your grocery list in one tap. At the store, check items off as you go. When you get home, any items you checked off can transfer directly to your pantry in a single action — your stock updates automatically without any double entry.
- ✓Auto-generate grocery lists from recipe gaps vs. your pantry
- ✓One-tap add for all missing ingredients
- ✓Transfer purchased items to your pantry automatically
Your pantry stays in sync
Keeping your pantry accurate is what makes everything else in CookFlic work. After a grocery run, transfer your purchases to your pantry in one tap from the grocery list. After cooking, remove what you used. Your pantry stays current with minimal effort, and every future match and grocery list is built from that accurate baseline. Your data stays private by design — AI runs on-device on supported iPhones and securely in the cloud on all others, with no server-side storage of your recipes or pantry contents either way.
- ✓One-tap pantry update directly from your grocery list
- ✓AI-powered on every iPhone — on-device or secure cloud, your data is never stored
- ✓Smarter recipe matches the more consistently you cook
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CookFlic free to download?
CookFlic is currently in development and launching soon on iOS. Join the waitlist at cookflic.com to be the first to know when it is available and to get free early access.
What iPhone or iOS version is required?
CookFlic is designed for iPhone and requires iOS 17 or later. On supported devices, AI runs entirely on-device for maximum speed and privacy. On all other iPhones, recipes are processed securely via cloud AI — so the app is fully AI-powered regardless of your device.
Can CookFlic import recipes from any website?
Yes. Paste any recipe URL into CookFlic and the AI extracts the ingredients and steps automatically. It works with major recipe sites, food blogs, and most recipe-forward websites.
Does CookFlic work as a pantry recipe app?
Yes — that is its core purpose. Add ingredients to your pantry and CookFlic scores every saved recipe against what you have on hand, showing you exactly what you can cook right now. Sort by match score and your next meal practically selects itself.
Is there an Android version of CookFlic?
CookFlic is launching on iOS first. Android support is something we are evaluating based on demand after the initial iOS launch. Join the waitlist and let us know if Android matters to you.
How does the recipe scanner work?
Point your iPhone camera at any cookbook page, handwritten recipe card, or printed recipe and CookFlic reads it using AI-powered optical character recognition. It identifies the ingredient list, quantities, and step-by-step instructions without any manual typing.