What is RecipeSage?

RecipeSage is a free, open-source recipe keeper, meal planner, and shopping list manager that runs on Web, Desktop, iOS, and Android. It is built for cooks who collect recipes from scattered sources — blogs, screenshots, PDFs, and handwritten family cards — and want them in one searchable place that syncs across devices and stays usable offline. If you already have recipes spread across bookmarks, camera rolls, and paper, RecipeSage is designed to consolidate them; if you only need a single-device notes app, its cross-device and planning features are more than you need.

What RecipeSage does

The core job is capture and organization, with planning and shopping built on top.

• Auto-import from almost any source. Create recipes automatically from a web URL, a photo of a cookbook page or handwritten recipe card, or any document. This is the feature that separates it from a plain notes app.
• One searchable home. Your collection stays searchable even without internet and syncs automatically across devices, with a one-tap offline mode for weak connections.
• Meal planning. Schedule meals on a calendar with drag and drop, repeat items daily, weekly, or monthly, print the plan, and share it.
• Smart shopping lists. Lists are auto-categorized by grocery aisle and intelligently grouped — add recipes directly to a list and similar items are combined.
• Recipe scaling and unit conversion. Scale by a multiplier, to a target yield, or by a single ingredient's amount, and convert between metric and imperial.
• Cook Mode. A full-screen view that puts ingredients and steps side by side, lets you check off each as you cook, scale servings on the fly, and keeps the screen awake with a large adjustable font — useful for a kitchen tablet.
• Nutrition tracking. Track calories, macros, vitamins, and minerals per serving, auto-fill by pasting a nutrition label, and filter recipes by any nutrition field.
• Kitchen tools. A pan size converter, measurement converter, cooking temperature lookup, nutrition calculator, and a tool to search your recipes by the ingredients you have on hand.

Platforms and sync

Everything stays in sync across these, and the offline mode keeps your recipes searchable when the connection drops — for example, at the back of the grocery store where signal is weak.

Who it fits

RecipeSage suits cooks who accumulate recipes from many places and want them unified, searchable, and available on whatever device is at hand. It also fits households that plan meals and build shared shopping lists. It is less useful if you want a simple single-device recipe list, or if you prefer a tool that does not require creating an account.

Getting started

1. Go to recipesage.com and create an account or log in.
2. Import your first recipe by pasting a web URL, uploading a photo, or adding a document.
3. Review the imported recipe in the rich editor and adjust as needed.
4. Add it to a meal plan on the calendar, then push ingredients to a shopping list.
5. Install the app on your other devices and confirm your recipes sync.

The site lists a Pricing page, so check it directly for current plan details rather than assuming what is free.