Crouton is the better app overall, scoring 9.0 to 8.3. Crouton wins on 5 of the 5 scores, ReciMe on 0.
iPhone and Mac cooks who want a clean, focused recipe box
Cooks who find most of their recipes on social media
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Crouton | ReciMe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Food & Cooking | Food & Cooking |
| Category rank | #1 of 7 | #6 of 7 |
| Developer | Crouton LLC | ReciMe Pty Ltd |
| Pricing | Free + paid plans | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | — | ✓ |
| Mac | ✓ | — |
| Web | — | ✓ |
Common questions
Is Crouton better than ReciMe?
Crouton is the better app overall, scoring 9.0 to 8.3. Crouton wins on 5 of the 5 scores, ReciMe on 0.
Which is cheaper, Crouton or ReciMe?
Crouton: Free core app; Crouton Discover listed at $1.99 a month or $14.99 a year. ReciMe: Free with 5 social imports a week; ReciMe Plus lifts limits, 7-day free trial. On value for money, Crouton scores higher.
Do Crouton and ReciMe work on the same devices?
Only Crouton runs on Mac. Only ReciMe runs on Android, Web.
Which is more private, Crouton or ReciMe?
Crouton scores higher on privacy (8.8/10). App Store label: contact info and identifiers may be linked to you; purchases and usage data are collected but not linked. No tracking. Recipes sync through your own iCloud.
Strengths and weaknesses
Crouton
- Step mode shows ingredient amounts right in each step
- Imports from sites, PDFs and cookbook photos
- iCloud sync with no extra account
- No Android or Windows version
- Substitutions need the Discover subscription
Crouton is the recipe app that feels most at home on an iPhone. It pulls recipes from websites, PDFs and even a photo of a cookbook page, then turns them into a calm step-by-step view where tapping an ingredient shows its amount. Timers start from the steps, meal plans fill in from your own dinners, and everything syncs through iCloud. It's Apple-only, and the newest AI tricks sit behind a cheap Discover subscription.
Full Crouton review
ReciMe
- Turns social media videos into written recipes
- Meal plans and grocery lists are free
- Works on phone, web and in Chrome
- Free plan caps social imports at five a week
- Usage data is used for tracking
ReciMe solves a modern problem: the great recipe you saw in a reel and can never find again. Share a post from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest or Facebook and it pulls out the ingredients and steps, and it reads screenshots and handwritten cards too. Recipes land in cookbooks, a meal planner and an aisle-sorted grocery list, all free. Heavy savers will hit the five-imports-a-week cap and need Plus.
Full ReciMe review
