Cook
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Cook, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Cook's own pricing page, checked 14 Nov 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Cook Editor & mobile apps · plain-text recipes · meal plans and shopping lists · unlimited recipe-site imports · manual sync · no photo/social imports, nutrition data, or CookBot · €0 forever |
| Cook Basic | €4.99 a month | Everything in Free · sync across devices · batch import from Paprika, Mela, Mealie and 7 other apps · 50 photo imports/month · 50 YouTube, TikTok and Instagram imports/month · no CookBot AI · Free for 7 days, then €4.99/month. Cancel anytime. |
| Cook Pro | €10 a month | Everything in Cook Basic · CookBot AI · 28 conversations/month · protein or calorie targets · 200 photo imports/month · 200 YouTube, TikTok and Instagram imports/month · Free for 7 days, then €10.00/month. Cancel anytime. Founding price; after founding spots, €12.99/month. |
The facts
Each one read from Cook's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Availability
- Cook's mobile apps are available for iPhone, iPad, and Android; the page also describes Cook Cloud syncing across desktop and mobile operating systems.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Cooking mode
- The app shows a recipe one step at a time, with the ingredients for that step, timers, and recipe scaling.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Import limitation
- The mobile FAQ says importing a recipe directly from a link is not supported.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Mobile limitation
- The mobile app does not support changing the recipe folder location, according to its FAQ.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Offline and accounts
- The app supports offline use without an account.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Purpose
- Cook is a recipe app for cooking from plain-text Cooklang recipes, with cooking steps, timers, and shopping lists.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Security / compliance
- The pages opened describe plain-text local recipe files and optional cloud sync, but state no security certification or compliance standard.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Shopping list export
- The mobile app can export a shopping list as an email.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Shopping lists
- Shopping lists can be grouped by aisle or recipe and shared or exported.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Support
- The app page provides feedback and bug-report links for iOS/iPadOS and Android, and links to the app FAQ and Discord.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Sync integrations
- Users can keep a recipe folder synced through iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Nextcloud, or Syncthing.checked 14 Nov 2026
The company
- File ownership
- Recipes are `.cook` text files stored on the user's device, with no database or lock-in.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Maker and history
- The About page describes the maker's personal origin story and signs it “Alex”; its history recounts beginning the project during pandemic quarantine.checked 14 Nov 2026
