Pesto Recipe

Pesto keeps your recipes, fridge, shopping list and weekly meal plan in one place, on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

There is no account to create, no ads and no tracking. Your data stays on your device and syncs through your own iCloud, never through us.

RECIPES - Keep all your recipes in one searchable library - Import a recipe from a website or a link. Pesto picks out the ingredients, amounts and steps for you* - Scale servings up or down and the amounts follow - See amounts in metric or US units - Add your own photos, and imported recipes keep theirs - Cook mode walks you through each step with timers and keeps the screen on - On iPhone, a running timer shows on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island

FRIDGE AND SHOPPING - Keep track of what's in your fridge and what's about to expire - Check items off your shopping list at the store, then move them to the fridge - Add a recipe's missing ingredients to your shopping list in one tap - Scan groceries or a receipt with the camera. Items are recognized on your device - See which recipes you can cook with what you have - Home Screen widgets for your shopping list, today's meals and food to use soon - Add items with Siri and Shortcuts

PLANNING AND DISCOVERY - Plan your week with a simple meal planner, or let Plan My Week fill it from your own recipes, within the calories and weeknight cooking time you choose - Add planned meals to your calendar - Follow recipe blogs with built-in feeds, and add your own - Browse recipe websites you choose and save a recipe in a tap*

COOKING ASSISTANT - Ask what to cook tonight, find substitutions or plan meals* - Paste any recipe text and get a structured recipe* - Runs on your device. Nothing you ask is sent to us or to an AI server

PRIVACY - No account or login - No analytics, ads or third-party trackers - Your data stays on your devices and in your private iCloud - Export a backup any time

*Recipe import and the assistant use Apple Intelligence and need a supported device with iOS 26, iPadOS 26 or macOS 26 or later. Everything else works on any supported device.

Pesto is made by an independent developer.

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