Recipe Keeper

Nowadays, it is easier than ever to find interesting recipes on the web, but keeping them organized is another matter altogether. If you need a bit of help, this application may just be for you.

Recipe Keeper is a feature-packed app that can help you manage your recipes with ease, extract information from various websites, plan your meals and create shopping lists. It even allows you to synchronize your data across multiple devices.

If you already have your recipes stored locally, or if you are adding them from a physical cookbook, you can input the information manually. You can enter each recipe’s source, serving size, preparation time, cooking time, ingredients, directions and notes, as well as define its course and category.

However, if you are getting your recipes from the web, you should be pleased to learn that this application can extract data automatically from numerous cooking websites. It uses a built-in browser to perform a Google search, and the available information will be filled in automatically once you open the recipe’s page.

Once you have created a decent-sized cookbook, you can find your recipes organized by course, and a search function is also available. You can mark certain recipes as favorites to find them even more quickly.

Recipe Keeper comes equipped with an intuitive shopping list creator, which allows you to add ingredients directly from a recipe’s page for added convenience.

Moreover, the built-in meal planner makes it much easier to stay on top of everything, as it enables you to schedule meals and even add ingredients to your shopping list.

Users who upgrade to Recipe Keeper Pro can create an account and synchronize their data across several devices. However, it should be noted that the Windows Phone, Android and iOS apps all need to be purchased separately.

In a nutshell, Recipe Keeper is a pretty impressive piece of software, essentially a modern cookbook that can be modified, organized and shared easily. It features an intuitive layout and offers some handy features, such as a meal planner and shopping list creator.