Keep recipes in one place: a recipe-saving app and an orderly digital cookbook

One recipe in a screenshot, another in a note on the phone, a third in a WhatsApp message from mom, and a fourth in a browser tab that closed long ago. When it is time to cook, you cannot find any of them. The fix is keeping recipes in one place: one digital cookbook, arranged in a way that fits you. Looking for an app for saving recipes? Start with order. Here is how to begin, and what to check before you choose where to keep them.

Stage 1: gather what you have

Before you organize, you need to know what exists. Go through the usual places: the photo gallery, the notes app, messages and chats, browser bookmarks, cookbooks and handwritten notes. Write a short list of the places, and do not rush to copy. It is enough to know where the recipes are scattered.

Stage 2: decide what is worth keeping

Not every recipe you saved in the past deserves to stay. Ask three questions: have I cooked it? Would I cook it again? Do I know who at home likes it? What answers at least one of those goes into the book. The rest can stay behind.

Stage 3: choose a simple structure

A good cookbook is one you can keep maintaining. A simple structure beats a perfect one. You can organize by:

Type of dish: soups, salads, mains, baked goods, desserts.
Occasion: Shabbat, holidays, quick dinners.
Who likes it: dishes the children like, dishes for guests.

Pick one method and stick to it. You can always change it later.

Stage 4: save every recipe in the same shape

For the book to be useful, save every recipe with the same details: a name, ingredients with quantities, steps in order, and a short personal note ("use less salt", "the children liked it"). The personal note is what turns a pile of recipes into your book.

What to check before you choose where to save

If you are considering a recipe-saving app or a website, here is a list of questions to ask:

Can you read the recipe in a language that is comfortable for you?
Can you add a recipe's ingredients to a shopping list?
Can you share a recipe with someone at home?
Can you use it while you cook, without fiddling with the screen?
Do you need an account to start?
Is there a way to search, print or sync between devices? (If that matters to you, check before you save a lot of recipes.)
What happens to your data, and how can you delete it?

What the KitchenAppes homepage says

So we do not promise more than what is written, here is what the KitchenAppes homepage says (checked on 19.10.2026; our English rendering of that page):

KitchenAppes is a recipe app and website where home cooks share the dishes they actually make, and the homepage says you can use it without paying.
Every recipe on the page was published by a member of the community, and you can open it, save it and cook from it without an account. The sentence refers to the recipes on the page; the page does not go further than that.
Cooking mode keeps the screen on and shows one step at a time, and timers start directly from the step that needs them.
You can read recipes in Hebrew, English and Russian. If a recipe was written in another language, the app can translate it, and the ingredient units match your language.
When you find a recipe you like, you can add its ingredients to the shopping list, save it in your cookbook, or share a link with friends and family.
Community members rate and comment on the recipes they try, and that helps everyone choose a good recipe.
Anyone who wants to share a recipe of their own can create an account without paying and publish it to the community.

The page does not say whether saving to your personal cookbook requires an account, so we claim nothing about that. Anything that is not on this list, for example searching inside the book, printing or syncing between devices, is not written on the homepage, so we make no claim about it.

How to start small

You do not have to move everything at once. Pick five recipes you cook regularly, save them in the same structure, and only then add more. The book then grows from use, not from a one-time effort.

Want to browse the community's recipes? You can start with the community recipes on KitchenAppes, and read more about us.