Scan the recipes in your cookbooks and notebooks with a photo
Scan a recipe from a book, a magazine or grandma's notebook and CookNest's AI digitizes it into a recipe with ingredients and steps ready to cook.
If it's on paper, you can scan it
Scan or photograph the recipe, no matter where it comes from: CookNest reads it, structures it and saves it to your cookbook. No typing required.
Cookbooks
Photograph any page from a book and save it with its ingredients and steps.
Magazines & clippings
Those clippings piling up in a drawer, finally organised in your cookbook.
Handwritten recipes
It reads handwriting, even grandma's, and writes it out cleanly for you.
Cards & notebooks
Rescue the family recipe notebook before the paper falls apart.
How it works
From a paper recipe to a ready-to-cook recipe in your cookbook, in three steps.
Take a photo of the recipe
Point the camera at the page of the book, the magazine or your notebook. You can also pick a photo you already have in your camera roll.
AI digitizes it
CookNest recognises the text, handwriting too, and structures it into a title, ingredients and steps. No typing, no ads.
Review it and save
Tweak anything you want, drop it into a collection and plan when to cook it. It's saved forever and works offline too.
It even reads handwriting
Grandma's recipe, your cooking notes or a card from years ago: CookNest interprets handwriting and turns it into a clean, structured, editable recipe.
- Recognises printed and handwritten text
- Separates ingredients and steps automatically
- Edit and fine-tune the result before saving
- Your paper recipes, safe in the cloud
Frequently asked questions
Can I digitize handwritten recipes?
Yes. CookNest recognises both printed and handwritten text. The clearer the handwriting and the photo, the better the result, but you can always review and fix it before saving.
Does it work with recipes from books and magazines?
Absolutely. Photograph the page of a cookbook or a magazine clipping and the AI will automatically separate the title, ingredients and steps.
Do I have to take the photo right then?
No. You can take the photo on the spot or pick an image you already have saved in your phone's camera roll.
What if the AI gets something wrong?
Before saving you can edit any ingredient or step, add anything missing and reorder the recipe. You always have the final say.
Is the digitized recipe saved forever?
Yes. Once digitized, the recipe lives in your cookbook and works offline too, even if the original paper is lost or damaged.
How many recipes can I digitize?
The free plan includes a limited number of digitizations plus unlimited manual recipes. With CookNest Pro you can digitize as many as you like, with no limits.
Other features you'll probably love
Once your recipes are inside CookNest, here's what you can do with them.
- Import recipesFrom Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and the web
- Dictate recipesSay it out loud and it writes itself
- Create collectionsGroup your recipes however you like
- Find your recipesSmart search and search by ingredient
- Plan your weekDecide what to eat each day in minutes
- Shop with your list readyBuilds itself from your weekly menu
- Print your cookbookTurn your recipes into a physical book
