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Fantastic!All you need to know is that this app removes all the personal backstory blather from recipe sites (“Want to make a corn muffin? First, here’s 4,000 words about my experience on 9/11…”) and leaves you with a clean copy of what you were looking for in the first place. From there, you have all manner of customization and sync options if you want, but the basic task of scraping and delivering a usable recipe from your basic, awful, SEO-tilted-template recipe site is incredibly accurate, quick, and consistent. I do not miss the newsletter interstitial popups. I celebrate their absence. It’s been a long time since an app was so good I actually looked forward to rooting through all my old notes and bookmarks to populate it. Mela is that app, and it’s actually been fun to see all the insanely different stuff I saved over the years come together in a single, sensible presentation. Nice touches abound (keep-awake on iPad is great). There is of course room for refinement (“select all” and “select none” buttons when adding groceries would be nice), and the app doesn’t save your place when you switch to another app, but these are nice-to-haves. The dev is great, so I expect these kinds of rough edges will get dealt with. On that note, if you’re into RSS news feeds, check out Reeder by the same dev, also best in category, imo..Unpainted HuffhinesVersion: 1.1.1

Two more things, and it’s perfect.Ok I’ve never done this before so I don’t know how long it’ll take before this feedback reachers developers. But great app. 10/10. I could get into the details, but the sample photos and other reviews do all that. I just have two suggestions that I really want to see added in the near future One, get a better sorting system. All, want to cook and Favorites is just ridiculous considering how file management is handled these days. Allow us to create folders and that fixes this completely. I want to have all my bakery stuff in one place, breakfast stuff in one place, chicken stuff in one place, you get the point. It’s honestly more impressive that this isn’t already included by default but enough complaining you get the point. Two, something I think would be cool is to have the ingredients for each step automatically highlighted instead of having to do it manually. I find myself deselecting everything, and then manually highlighting the step ingredients when I get to each step. When I saw one of the sample photos showcasing this feature I got excited because I thought it was an automatic thing but guess not..MrdokunVersion: 2.3.1

Finally the recipe manager I was looking forI finally found the app I was looking for. Mela allowed me to combine recipes that used to be spread across four different apps. I can now access all those recipes in one place with a consistent, clean and modern interface. I used to store recipes in Trello, Instapaper, and the NYT cooking and How to Cook Everything apps. Mela made it incredibly easy to import all those recipes, and I was completely done in only a couple hours. Importing web-based recipes via the built in browser was seamless (including NYT cooking). And even for my non-web based How to Cook Everything recipes, I was impressed by the efficient parsing that easily recognized pasted lists of ingredients and steps, and automatically formatted those sections. The RSS-based feed is just icing on the cake, and I look forward to discovering new recipes from a variety of sources within the app. I expected a lot from the developer of Reeder (which I have used every day for countless years) and I was not disappointed. Highly recommended to anyone looking to consolidate and access their recipes in a single and modern app..Touf41Version: 1.0

Almost perfect! Missing one key featureI’ve tried a handful of similar apps for recipe collecting and meal planning, and hands down Mela is the best! I love the UI, the recipe importer works incredibly well, and I love that Mela integrates with Apple Reminders and Calendar and doesn’t force you to be locked into storing data that is only accessible in their app. There is one feature missing that would certainly make this a 5 star app: adding a meal that is not a recipe into the meal planning section. For example, let’s say one night I’m planning on eating a frozen pizza. Currently, if I were to add that in my meal calendar, it’s not supported, since I don’t have a frozen pizza recipe. The workaround would be to manually add frozen pizza as a meal to the Mela calendar via Apple Calendar, but this is not ideal and breaks the flow of planning out the entire week in Mela. Alternatively you could create a recipe for frozen pizza, but that is also not ideal since those types of entries aren’t true recipes and will add up over time. If the developer can add adding an entry to the Calendar from the app and not requiring it to be an existing recipe, then this would be the perfect app and definitely would be a 5/5 for me!.KN992Version: 2.3.1

The best recipe collector OUT THEREThis app is seamless for folks who use recipes online. It is SO easy to take any recipe and integrate it into a wonderful, simple screen for cooking! Say goodbye to scrolling through endless text and reading context about food and accidentally clicking on an ad while your fingers are covered in flour. This app is beautiful, allows you to go into “cooking mode,” which is essentially a distraction free, concentrated view of the app, and even allows you to change PORTION sizes SUPER easily. All for free! I immediately bought the pro version because it is that good and I wanted to show my support. But my hands down favorite thing, and the unique piece that makes this app stand out is the “feed” feature. This allows you to copy a URL from your favorite food blogger’s website (mine is fitfoodieselma, #shamelessplug), and it imports all the recipes it can find into the app for you. It’s wonderful 5/5, and I’ve been looking for a good cooking app to suit my needs for YEAAAARS. Props to the creators!.Amanda_1415Version: 2.3.1

Such an Excellent AppIf I could give this 100 stars I would. My friends are tired of me telling them how excellent this app is. The layout, the ease of use, the way you can import from websites or do an OCR scan of a photo, the “cook” mode with highlighted recipe on one side and ingredients on the other, the ability to share with family and friends… it’s all fantastic. I imported almost 100 recipes from my recipe binders the first weekend I had it, just scanning while I was watching tv. Something I’ve been meaning to do for years but I assumed it would take too much time. And now I have a recipe book for my kids! The only feature request I can think of is to allow landscape mode on the iPhone the same way it looks on iPad: with the recipe on the left and ingredients on the right (phone only shows recipe right now). But that’s a minor complaint because we always use our iPads for cooking anyway..1PctBatteryVersion: 2.1.2

So close to perfectI used to use Paprika religiously until I found Mela. Design wise it’s incredibly well made, but it falls short in a few ways. Importing from a website is better than Paprika but still not fool proof. Categories are somewhat haphazardly implemented and there is no way to nest or organize your categories which creates a very long scrollable list, and without going into this list and finding a category, there’s no way to filter. Would be great if you could filter by category in the top search, or search through existing categories. I also don’t love the way images work as if you have a recipe as a photo and want to refer to that, there is no way to maximize the image by tapping which seems like a missed opportunity. In general the app seems like it’s in a bit of a maintenance mode, which is disappointing, but it’s still very good. I’ve tried making these suggestions directly to the developer but never received a response, so the dev is not exactly responsive..DJAimoneVersion: 2.3.5

Chef approvedWhen I graduated from culinary school many years ago, I had a pile of textbooks and a bigger pile of cookbooks — and a small spiral-bound set of 4x6 notecards with my own and my favorite recipes on them. It’s been two decades, and those stained, torn, and heavily annotated notecards are my best resource in the kitchen still. In the intervening years, I’ve collected a giant stack of recipes from various sources (cookbooks, websites, and handwritten recipes from friends’ grandmothers) which has become an almost unusable mess. I have a cupboard full of binders and shelves full of cookbooks. But when I need a recipe, what do I do? I google it. It’s just so easy. Even when I’ve saved a PDF somewhere, it’s just easier to search for it again. Enter Mela. Now I have a searchable source for MY OWN stuff. My tried-and-true recipes, and the stuff that I want to try. The stuff that I’ve tried a few times, and will probably make again. And all in a design that’s BETTER than what I get on the websites themselves. It’s basically perfect. Toss in the calendar/meal planning, and the grocery list that pairs with the Reminders app, and the built-in scaling… If I were building my own dream app for recipes, this would be it. And then on top of all that, it’s a perfect app-citizen. One-time fee, and NO personal data gathered. I’m pretty sure that the developer has guaranteed his place in heaven..TerceiroVersion: 2.3.1

The Perfect Recipe AppMela is an absolute game-changer in the recipe app space. It combines beautiful design with user-friendly navigation, setting a new standard in the world of digital culinary resources. I’ve tried numerous other apps, but Mela triumphs with its seamless blend of aesthetic appeal and practical functionality. Its clean and intuitive interface makes browsing a joy, while the comprehensive features ensure that it more than just looks the part. Every recipe is well organized, and the app works flawlessly, making the cooking process more accessible and enjoyable. After a long search, Mela has proven to be the perfect companion in my kitchen. It’s rare to find an app that combines such beauty, functionality, and user-centric design with perfection. Mela is a gastronomic revelation that any cooking enthusiast should not miss. Five stars all the way!.MrChrisPowVersion: 2.3.1

Almost perfect!I have downloaded so many meal planning apps in the past week and this does 95% of what I’m looking for! ✔️calendar integration where I can move the meal (it would be awesome if it was automatically scheduled for prep & cook time, but I can manually change that) ✔️ integrates with reminders for my shopping list ✔️ easy to use recipe import 😐the scaling recipe is very basic double, half etc. some of the apps I’ve used gave the ability to scale by number of servings (ie: recipe is for 4 servings, but you need 5)… The only major things missing: ❌ widgets offered are very basic, I like a week overview, not just the next meal ❌ Can’t rate recipes. Also, you can leave notes, but those only appear on the calendar from what I can tell so far, so they won’t do any good next time you make it. I’d also love it if it saved when the last time a recipe was made. Originally, I thought there was no way to categorize recipes, but I found it!.MirspaVersion: 2.3.5

Almost perfectAfter quite a lot of research, I landed on Mela about a year ago. Now, I consider it indispensable for reasons you see in others’ reviews: ease of use, layout, the powerful ability to scoop just the needed bits from wordy, ad-filled recipe web pages. It’s truly remarkable that way. One thing that mars the overall experience, however, is that it’s clunky to navigate. For example, it takes a lot of extra touches/clicks to go from recipes in one category to those in another. A simple pop-up list would help simplify navigation. Similarly, I don’t know how many times I’ve searched for a known recipe in my collection and found nothing, only to realize that my search was confined to the category I didn’t realize I was in; make searches global, and one of the few frustration points would be immediately gone. Small but meaningful improvements like these could make an very good experience truly marvelous..FolkloristVersion: 2.2

Wonderful, Aside from BrowsingMela has been the best recipe manager I've used of a few. The interface is clean, without a bunch of multi-step fatigue when choosing recipes. The real shine for Mela is the cooking view. On Mac and iPad you have a persistent pane with your ingredients, and a clear view of directions. You can also add multiple timers on the same screen! Other recipe managers I've used aren't any better than viewing a site, so I appreciate Mela being innovative. If I could change anything about Mela, it would be to allow support for Safari extensions. I don't know whether this is possible, but cooking websites have an aggravating amount of ads and other intrusive data tracking practices. Mela doesn't collect any information, and it would be wonderful if the browser followed the same privacy rules. If I want to support a cooking site I buy their cookbook, online ads are a cancer.._yeezusVersion: 2.0

A superb app with some room for improvementThis is a wonderful app. It's super hand and well designed. I love the ability to import recipes from web pages. Being able to instantly add ingredients to the grocery list is extremely handy. The syncing between devices works pretty well too. I have two main issues with the app that I'd love to see fixed. First, the keyboard in the grocery list doesn't have any spell check or suggestions, so there's no auto correction, making it easy to make mistakes. This isn't a huge problem, just more of an annoyance. The other issue that is much more of a problem is that there's no way to manually organize groceries in the list. You can technically do it through the reminders app, which is how the groceries are stored, but then sometimes Mela will "reset" the order, undoing any of the organization. This happened this morning where I had organized my list to make sense for my local store, but when I got to the store, Mela had reset the order for everything, causing me to lose track of the different items and take much more time double-checking everything I needed. I'd love to see this fixed where the ordering is persisted. All in all this is a great app and I recommend it. I think those two improvements will make it that much better..MashdotsVersion: 2.3.1

How did I live without this?I am such a stingy person and truly never pay for apps - but at $5 one-time (no subscription) I bought this app. Seriously, kudos to the developer for making something so great and not being greedy. I hope your app gets the attention it deserves. I’ve used the free trial of a bunch of recipe apps, all of them with more reviews, and Mela blows them out of the water. For one, the user interface is clean, pretty, and it’s easy to read the important bits of any recipe. To add recipes, you can use the in-app full web browser of your choice (google, duck duck go, more options as well) to browse the web as you normally would looking for recipes. I’m on a keto diet, so I searched “keto mashed potatoes,” and scrolled through the google results until I found a recipe I liked. A little button pops up when you’re on a recipe web page: “Recipe Found,” and when you click that button the app pulls out the vital recipe info: prep time, ingredients and their amounts, instructions, nutrition, notes etc. Never again will I need to scroll past stories that go like: the recipe writer’s great uncle bought a boat and caught a fish and that fish won a tournament and that’s how she came up with this apple pie recipe (???).Annoying SeagullVersion: 2.3.2

Fantastic recipe manger!I used to use Pinterest and a 3 ring binder to store all my recipes, but Pinterest was hard as pulling them up to cook had so many ads, and my physical 3 ring binder was hard to locate which recipe I wanted. Mela makes it so easy by recognizing and inputting recipes either from a website, or scanning a paper print out, or even just typing it in it super easy and fast to do. Then I can assign meals to days on the calendar?! Super helpful! I also love that it will generate a shopping list, but also allow me to uncheck items that are already in my pantry first. I do kinda wish there was an option to put my grocery list into Alexa instead of Apple’s reminders app, but it’s a minor thing that I can work with easily. Even juggling the two grocery lists isn’t hard..Mama AmberVersion: 2.3.1

Best recipe app around!This recipe manager is by far the best I’ve used. It’s a super clean design and makes it easy to read recipes while cooking. It’s worth the money for the iOS apps and syncs well if you decide to pay for the Mac app (I think both are worth having). The feeds feature is really fun to use to discover new recipes with little effort or just to gain some inspiration. iCloud sync and grocery list integrations both work perfectly for sharing with others! I’d love to see a few additional features in the next updates. Linking recipes inside of recipes, another section to list what cooking equipment is needed, and more styling support for sub-headings in recipes (especially for baking where there’s usually multiple sub-recipes and dry/wet ingredients need to be prepared separately)..JoeyBytesVersion: 1.2.4

The bestI spent a day testing all the top recipe apps. This one was the one I liked most. Everything on it makes sense, and is easy to use. I installed it on my parents iPad and phones as well. Now, once a week I add recipes and then share it with them so their recipes will slowly become more organized and usable. And using expiring food will be much easier, since you can search for recipes using specific ingredients. And the biggest reason I love this app, is that it’s not a subscription. I don’t like someone holding all my recipes hostage unless I keep paying them. I’m happy to pay a one time price to have access to this app. Thank you!.32gplVersion: 2.3.1

Worthwhile AppThe app is great for people like me who like to save recipes from websites across the internet. The app is great for removing the wordiness from blogs and just transferring the main parts of the recipe. If there were a few enhancements this would be a close to perfect app. One, would be different rating systems to rate the recipes you have done and be able to see it at a glance. For example, thumbs up or down to tell if you like the recipe or not, and a difficulty scale to remember at a glance if the recipe was easy or hard to execute. If a recipe came out bad or good you could mark it and know it to either continue using it or maybe making adjustments or improvements. It would also be nice to group recipes by the rating as well. Two, would be a batch way to edit the categories of multiple recipes at a time. Finally, in each section of the recipe, e.g. the instructions, ingredients, etc., more editing controls would be nice. For example, having a fixed “select all” button, and a “copy”, “paste”, and “cut”button like the cook time, prep time, and total time sections have. Despite, lacking these enhancements it is still a great app and I am glad I purchased it..CaristogaVersion: 2.3.4

Beautiful designI really enjoy the interface of the app the design is beautiful. The way it’s set up to take you through the recipe while you’re cooking is very convenient you can swipe back and forth between instructions and ingredients and it highlight the step you’re currently on in the instructions. I love the layout it’s very visually appealing. There’s some features I wish it had though like scanning a recipe from a photo already on your phone I also want more widgets like favorite recipes or maybe quick add buttons. But overall I really enjoy the app even though it has less features than similar apps I still prefer to wait for this app to add features when the recipe walkthrough is as easy as it is..M060123Version: 2.3.5

The best recipe app on iOS and macOSHands-down the best recipe app on iOS and macOS. It removes the life story that accompanies nearly every recipe now, and is a beautiful and well made app. It has great features like export and sharing, and everything is backed up and synced on iCloud. If it’s the best, why 4-stars you might be asking? And well, it’s because there are a few rough edges. As my collection of recipes has grown, the categories function has become too simple to use effectively in my opinion. It needs a “tags” feature added too. If that is added, it will be an instant 5-starts. Another nice to have would be a function to sort by recipes based on ingredients, but I can understand that is a hard function to build..IasorenVersion: 2.3.1

Worthwhile Recipe AppI just got the app today and immediately began importing my recipes. The scan option works pretty decent, love the import option from websites, and love being able to assign categories. The only complaint I have so far is I haven’t been able to import any of my pdf file recipes. The message I get when trying says “no recipe found”. But for the cost, it’s still worth having especially since when I travel to help care for my Mom I can take my favorite recipes along that I may cook without all the hassle. Wish I understood why the pdf import function doesn’t work with either my Google drive or Dropbox, which is where I have almost all my electronic recipes currently stored..MHCounselorVersion: 2.2.3

WONDERFUL APP!!!! JUST GREAT!…..except….First of all l ADORE this app. I’ve used so many before this and MELA takes the cake. It’s so simple to use and so effective. The ONE thing that bugs me about the app is how hard it is to get to the search bar. The app remembers the last recipe you were looking at inside the last collection. Every time I open the app the first thing I want to do is search, and to do that I have to scroll ALL the way up to the top of the list to get the search bar to show up. I would LOVE it if search was also a link on the bottom bar or could be accessed in some other way with one click. Other than that is FANTASTIC!.Zevis11Version: 2.3.5

First review!Love this app! Many similar apps are asking for.. in my opinion exorbitant prices for a nice feature. Mela is a reasonable price. I appreciate the ability to simplify and take all recipes I find into one comprehensive place. The sorting / categories feature is nice too. Super simple to use and nice user interface and design. Thanks! Only comment for improvement: Additional feature to add own tags, like “made vs to try”, rating, more sorting options (sort by rating, not tried, etc.). Also a feature I’ve seen in other apps, to add a safari extension to mela, and directly add recipe to mela without having to go into the app..SaveourplanetVersion: 2.3.2

A beautiful app with only one issueAfter many years of trying all the top recipe managers, I think Mela is absolutely the best. It only has one issue holding it back from perfection, and I'm hopeful the developer will resolve this someday. When importing recipes (regardless of which website) more often than not the fields for Prep Time and Cooking Time do not populate and have to be filled manually. I've tried importing the same recipes using three other highly-rated recipe managers and these fields fill just fine, so it is not a problem with the websites. If you can overlook this, Mela has an absolutely gorgeous UI and a UX that addresses everything you could expect in managing, displaying and printing recipes..Larry.McJVersion: 2.3.1

BEST recipe organizer, no comparisonMela is. . . 1. Beautiful all around 2. Truly well-thought throughout 3. Functional without glitches Mela has. . . 1. Most useful “Most recent” feature 2. “Browser” which finds and downloads recipes fast 3. Awesome “Calendar” and “calendar notes” 4. Most useful “Want to cook” feature 5. Import recipes smoothly 6. Scan recipes from books 7. Three different fonts 8. “Feeds” download recipes from various websites I like! I have used many recipes apps including Paprika. Nothing is like Mela. This is the best, top-notch, most useful, perfectly functional recipe app - hands down. Thank you, developer!.MaterculaVersion: 2.2.1

NopeI wanted to like this app, it being so highly rated. My favorite cookbook app is no longer supported and is not in the app store, so I was looking for a new one. This just isn’t it. Far too much real estate is taken up by the title of the recipe and the list of recipes column, with the ingredients list almost falling off the page on the left. The only way I could successfully transfer a recipe without retyping it by hand was to email it to myself and save the pdf to Files, then import it into this app. Not practical for the over 1,000 recipes I have collected. Looking for something a bit more customizable, too. The font choices do not seem to work on the free version, and there are only three, so I don’t know why they bothered..CunnynghameVersion: 2.3.1

What I’ve been looking for!I never write reviews, but felt compelled because this is such a good app! I often find apps to be really disappointing. So much potential, and then missing important functionality. Not this one! I’m delighted with how simple and pretty it is, how I can collaborate in the app with my husband, add my own recipes, recipes from books, as well as importing seamlessly from browsers. There’s a great tagging system you can create to categorize recipes, plus a grocery list that syncs with the Reminders app. Overall, I’m so happy to finally collect all my recipes for easier meal planning!.Jac_0h_lynVersion: 2.3.1

Clean and effective with good formatting and nice featuresNo ads, no in app purchases, exactly what I want from a tool like this. Recipes are easy to import from my phone and computer. Editing or creating my own is also simple and well done with intuitive organization of recipe sections and a good recipe skeleton without too much boilerplate. I also love that I can share html files so iMessage recipe sharing can share a link that has the organization of the app without requiring them to have the app as well. Super nice that I can share my recipes outside of the platform like that. One feature I would love to see is a dedicated way to rate a recipe that I’ve cooked. The notes section and title work well enough but it gets a bit messy and I’d love to be able to filter or sort by my ratings. There is an option to favorite recipes which I guess is the current decision for this but I think a star system or something would better solve this for me..Jesseb34rVersion: 2.3.1

Where have you been all my life?I'm amazed it took me so long to find this app. I've been looking for way to consolidate disparate bookmarked recipes, scribbled notes from my mom, and years of printed, stained, and torn recipes in dirty scrapbooks and Mela does it superbly and effortlessly. It's ability to distill recipes into their basic parts and display them elegantly and efficiently is superb. The addition of the RSS reader is the cherry on top. All of my favorite recipe sites show up in the same well organized place and adding a recipe to my collection is a simple press of a button..SojournerVersion: 1.4.3

Full calendar access suddenly requiredI loved this app. I used it for over a year. I would happily pay a subscription fee. It’s gorgeous and easy to navigate, and I love having food blog feeds integrated into the UX. However, in December or early January, the app changed from requiring “add only” calendar access to requiring full read+add access. I can’t give full read access to my calendars. I figured I’d use the internal calendar and manually add my planned meals to my Google calendar. But nope. Once you reject full calendar access, the entire calendaring function disappears. It’s made a beautiful, seamless app experience extremely frustrating. I emailed the developer, and received no response..BrittanyJeanPVersion: 2.3.1

Issue scanning if there’s more than one photo/ page?I can’t seem to figure out what I’m doing wrong so I think it’s an issue with the app. If you’re scanning in a recipe from a photo/ camera, the first page works fine, and then any additional pages or photos don’t. It won’t offer the same option to add/ scan a second page. So you just add another photo, and it just adds it as a photo, without running you thru the option to select the text or photo on the page and add those details. So it doesn’t seem to really work for importing recipes from physical cookbooks and photos if they are more than one page, which…makes it pretty unusable..Just let me send this revirwVersion: 2.3.2

Can’t categorize when sharing-have to reopen appI’ve used Mela extensively. So the one disadvantage of Mela is that when sharing, you can’t add a category. You have to add to Mela then it returns to the web recipe. The additional step is you have to reopen Mela to add the recipe just shared to a category and to edit. It’s an extra unnecessary step. Paprika allows you to add a category/edit after sharing. The advantage of Mela is being able to share recipes from the New York Times cooking app and Mela adds the Introduction recipe notes which Paprika doesn’t. Oh how nice it would be to have the best of both of these very good recipe apps..SarasingVersion: 2.3.1

In my personal top 10 apps everI use this all the time, and recommend it to my friends who like to cook. One (small) shortcoming is that sometimes I want to list my recipes WITHOUT certain ingredients. For example let's say a meat-eating friend with an egg & dairy allergy is coming over for dinner, then I'd like to search for recipes WITH "chicken", "beef", "lamb", ... and WITHOUT "milk", "cream", "cheese"(i.e. dairy). Suggestion: Allow filtering by both the PRESENCE _and_ the ABSENCE of ingredients. If that makes the UI too complicated, then filtering by EITHER absence OR presence would still be an improvement..GwylionVersion: 2.3.1

Great and intuitive software!This is a great bit of software. Intuitive and useful. Love that it doesn’t track you or charge you a monthly fee but is very useful for handling my recipe collection. Great job! Great programming! Useful and worth the money. Does exactly what I want it to and has features I didn’t even know that I wanted. Love links to other recipes, dimming out the ingredients as you work, importing recipes, even a timer while you cook. Wow. Haven’t found any down side yet..Rfishrs2Version: 2.3.2

Best recipe app I’ve used so far!This has been the best recipe/grocery app I have used. The UI is beautifully simple and easy to navigate. The recipe import features work great, are super clean, easy to read, and well organized. I can pull just about any recipe from the web. The grocery features are great, too. Adding groceries from a recipe is super simple, and it even translates to my Reminders app grocery list. I definitely recommend giving this a try. It’s worth the couple bucks..Tylor SWVersion: 1.1.1

Essential recipe appThis app is nearly perfect. I love it’s recipe parsing browser— there are lots of great recipes on the Internet, but most of them are hidden behind ads, pop-ups and obnoxiously long stories. Mela strips all the junk away to give you the recipe—ingredients, servings, even nutrition info! BRILLIANT! The presentation is excellent and my only feature request would be to include the ingredient quantities during the recipe instructions so I don’t have to keep scrolling back to the ingredients list as I cook..Colin RobertsonVersion: 2.2

Fantastic app! Two suggestionsI adore this app and had previously used Paprika. This is much better for my calendar integration, allowing me to share meal plans with my family. I do have two suggestions: 1. Improve the grocery list. Try to group similar items whenever possible, which Paprika was able to do much better. Or, consider having an internal grocery list similar to Paprika. This is one area that I believe paprika did much better than this app. It can be kind of a nuisance. I think this is a critical improvement! 2. Long term, consider Apple HealthKit integration. If you plan to eat a meal on your calendar, the calories can be added to dietary intake after the meal is complete. We already have nutrition facts, so this should be straightforward to add. This is less critical than the above suggestion though..Jj12176111Version: 1.5.1

My favorite app.Not just my favorite recipe app, this app is so well thought-out, simple, effective, and beautiful. It is a very fair 1 time purchase, and the browser feature turns website that my adhd brain can’t even read into simple, elegant, organized instructions has helped me become excited to cook again. I’d like to thank the developers for this absolute masterpiece of an app, and I wish every app I used followed this design philosophy..Gently-UsedVersion: 2.3.1

WOW WOW WOW! GET THIS APP!To be honest, I was a bit skeptical about getting this app and using it but I was completely wrong! This app is AMAZING! I would always come across recipes online and would bookmark them but no longer do I need that! This app is able to capture any recipe for any website. The best thing is, the recipe itself is saved and removed all the unnecessary verbiage that we usually skip over. If I could give this 6 stars out of 5 I would!.VeetownVersion: 2.3.1

Great at first, now aggravatingMy wife and I use this app with me as the owner. We share under our iCloud family. The app used to work great, until recently any recipe my wife adds to our shared list doesn’t show up on my app. It’s aggravating when she asks me to make a meal that she’s added to Mela, and go to look for it under most recent, and it’s not there. We have a difference of 3 recipes right now, that I assume will only get larger as time goes on. Considering deleting this app, an app I paid for and regret ever putting my faith in to “make life simpler”.ChristufurVersion: 2.3.2

App of the yearI’ve never been inclined to write reviews for anything, especially not an app, but I love Mela so much that I had to. TikTok put me onto this app and I use it daily. I’ve transferred all my favorite recipes into it so they are always at my fingertips and I’m not having to comb through websites or Pinterest or screenshots while at the grocery store or trying to cook. I’ve told all my friends about this app and wish I had had this sooner!.Berge NastyVersion: 2.2.2

Love butJust a way to get rid of the yellow color or at least customize it and change to another color. Also an option to hide some of the descriptors in the recipe list view, but still have the ability to filter, sort or search by categories for example , Finally ability to organize groceries by type or aisle (example, produce, meat, juice) Then I think it will be absolutely perfect!.TwhsnsnVersion: 2.1.3

Amazing app!Mela really is my go-to recipe app. I love how easy it is to import recipes from all over without needing to think about it. For so long I’d have to click through 3-5 websites if i was making a larger dish that needed multiple items. One item I’d really enjoy is having an option to convert the units in the ingredients, many of the recipes i find are in pounds, ounces, etc. It’d be cook if i could quickly convert that to grams as needed..Benjamin12345Version: 2.3.2

Amazing AppThis is the best app I have ever used hands down. It understands what the common pain points are of people trying to compile recipes in a modern fashion from all their different sources (web, cookbooks, posts) and is extremely adept at handling and importing recipes from different sources. The app is a breeze to use. Well worth the trivial amount of money. You will almost never have to type anything in this app which saves you a ton of time..Pat the cookVersion: 1.2.4

Clutteer free w/ nice addtion for modfication to measurementsApp is create to take the saliant content from multiple sources and put into a format that is usable. Great feature to be able adjust the recipe (e.g., half the recipe amoung). After using for a while the only feature enhancement would be a notes “button” to highlight what went well or any modifications to the recipe. I rarely ever follow a recipe and want to remember what I did differently. Again, an excellent app..Jfield07Version: 2.3.2

Needs to be more socialI love this app and I’ve gotten my entire family hooked on it! The biggest issue that I have is that I can’t easily share or sync recipes with other people. Also if I could make one small feature request it would be that I want to be able to tag recipes with multiple tags at a time. Doing it one by one is quite cumbersome..Ngorby44Version: 2.3.2

Only one drawback. Otherwise perfectThe only pitfall is that imports could use more AI. Even from a website the importer doesn’t always get prep/cook/total times right. AI for importing from a document or a picture would be nice too, to make it more automatic. Great price. Small one-time payment instead of a repeated large payment. Beautiful. Makes baking and cooking significantly more satisfying. Great organization system. Having cookbooks/folders is always messy and makes my eye twitch every time a recipe could belong in multiple cookbooks/folders at once. Having only tags solves this problem. And tagging is easy in this app. Type and autofill or select from a dropdown menu. Compatible. Precisely efficient at creating recipes from websites, documents, photos, etc. Why do people use Paprika when there’s this app??.B robbiVersion: 2.3.5

Great app but needs its own storage, not iCloudI love the design of the app but really disappointed since I paid for the Mac and OS apps to find they have don’t have their own storage and use iCloud instead. The problem with that is that for people like me where my laptop is my work computer, my iCloud is turned off so the recipe sharing doesn’t work at all. Which is a massive problem. I have this problem with NO other paid apps I use since they know sync is a key feature and didn’t cheap out and use iCloud..SDGatesVersion: 1.2

The App I Never Knew I NeededI have to start by thanking David Pierce from The Verge for mentioning this app in his recurring article ‘Installer’. I would have never found out about it if it weren’t for him. As for the app itself, I’m in shock at just how well thought out the entire thing is. It has all of the features you would want when considering to store your favourite recipes, but mainly USE them again and again in an efficient way. I became giddy at the idea of importing an entire recipe from one simple URL, with all of the essential elements of the recipe perfectly in tact and organized. What a time saver! I could go on and on about the features, but honestly after trying out the app for free I paid the one-time fee within 3 days of using. For an app that works and looks this good, they should charge more. My only feedback so far, would be the tab for browsing your existing library of recipes. Although scrolling seems simple, I can see this getting cumbersome when you’ve amazed dozens of your favourite recipes. It might be nice to have a gallery viewing option to change between tiles with or without the recipe details, and even tile size. Otherwise I would recommend this app to quite literally EVERYONE. You might as well try it out for free. There’s absolutely NO catch, and it’s made cooking with my phone fun and easy..**LoG-&-App Lover**Version: 2.3.1

Best app, worth every pennyThis is truly such a good app, love that it syncs across devices and has a Mac version. I use it religiously. Paid for the lifetime subscription and it’s worth every penny. So easy to use. Wish the categories was multi select but that’s the only small thing..DlymanicVersion: 2.3.5

Swipe Views (Want to Cook)I wish there was an elegant way to swipe through the different views (Want to Cook, Recent, etc) like in Reeder (starred, unread). Having to go to the top …. menu is clunky. Previous: Works incredibly well with the sites I’ve tried and most importantly, it removes a LOT of resistance to making recipes for me. Having everything in one in place in a straightforward format with all of excess junk removed is soooo helpful. Thanks for making this app!.AekorpsVersion: 2.3.5

Amazing AppThis app is amazing, It is so easy to use. I have downloaded all my recipes from different websites onto it including all my handwritten recipes and now they are all organized in one place. I absolutely love it!.Sb…zzz cVersion: 2.3.2

Best App Ever !!I was looking for an app exactly like this for a long time it is really simple and well done !! 😍.Sherry96258206Version: 2.3.1

Please add landscape recipe view!Many things to love about this app, from the ease of importing recipes to how it smartly scales up or down recipes. However, one feature I’m missing from when I used Paprika is the ability to turn the phone to landscape view and have ingredients on one half and directions on the other half of the screen. If this can be implemented, this will be my #1 recipe app!.EwettsteinVersion: 2.3.1

Well Worth the CostThis app is the best means I have ever discovered of organizing recipes you find on the internet and elsewhere, and making them easily accessible to any cook. In addition, it enables you to make shopping lists of ingredients you need, as well as adjust quantities and switch between imperial and metric measurements. A really excellent app!.GonzopapaVersion: 2.3.1

The best app aroundApplications those days are getting worse, but this one is simply the best I use since a long time. No monthly subscriptions is too me a good idea. I buy the iOS and Mac version. I use it everyday and importing recipes is working 100% of the time. Adding items to the reminder app is a good addition. Still importing all my stuff gradually. iCloud sync is really welcomed too..Daleck7Version: 2.2.2

Simply the BestThis app does it all. Love the family sharing and ease of importing and exporting recipes. We make our own categories and just add the missing ingredients into reminders- this is brilliant!.ChainzorsVersion: 2.2.1

Nice app - family sharing not workingWish the family sharing with this app would work. Otherwise it’s a nice app..Mysd2210Version: 2.2.1

So good, even my 76yo dad likes itBeautiful app with almost every feature I was looking for, for less money than every good competitor that I found. And it’s so easy even my dad can use it comfortably and enjoys it! The only thing I wish it had was a way to assign meals to a person, as we rotate who cooks in my household. But I know that’s a pretty niche feature, which is why literally no app I’ve found has it! We just use the notes field for now in the meal plan..DrewHockVersion: 2.1.1

Beautifully simpleBeautiful recipe app which syncs using iCloud and offers the ability to share your library with others. Brilliant..BnplussVersion: 2.0

AwesomeSuperbly designed app. Best I’ve found so far for managing recipes. Also, very much appreciate it not being a subscription..RobotfriendVersion: 2.0

Fonctionne à merveille!Je suis étonné à quel point cette app fonctionne bien! Les recettes ont un joli look, les fonctionnalités sont nombreuses et je réussis à importer très facilement les recettes à partir de n'importe quel site. Même en français! J'adore particulièrement le flux, qui me permet de recevoir automatiquement les recettes récentes de mes sites préférés. Mon seul commentaire (constructif) la navigation des catégories sur le iPhone est cachée sous un menu peu intuitif. Mais une fois qu'on le sait, tout va très bien!.X.Alex.DVersion: 1.4.2

Really well done appI have been using this app for a few weeks, and love the functionality. Importing apps from blogs and websites is pretty much flawless. I thought that was great, then I tried the scan recipe from a cookbook function and was blown away. It was almost perfect - a couple of minor things I had to edit - and the only thing that really confused it was my hand-written note. Very well done! I look forward to future upgrades..Ieb22Version: 1.4

Amazing app!If you are looking for a recipe organizer or want to get more into cooking, this app is perfect. It reminds me of the classic great apps back when the App Store was new and exciting. One purchase and you get a great product! Buy!.Jw92Version: 1.3.1

The best money I’ve ever spent on an appMela is such a joy to use. It does exactly what you want in a recipe manager in a beautiful interface..M_renaudVersion: 1.2.4

One stop shopLet’s start with: How many difference places do you go to find a recipe you liked or saw and saved before? Like let’s look at the browsers favorite, or maybe it was saved in a different browser? Or maybe it was in an app? Oh no right it was in this book my aunt gave me. Well! This app is fantastic because you can easily import the recipe from websites and tou can turn your recipe book pages into a digital recipe really easily. From the website it will recognize a recipe and take off all that blogger life story to just keep the stuff tou actually went on the page to get and make it so easy to add to your repertoire of saved recipe that you may or may not ever make. But at least you’ll know where to find it. And adding a recipe from a book is done within a minute. Just scan the page with your device, select the text and mark it as instruction, ingredients, notes or whatever and it will automatically add it in the right section in the app. Just maybe have a quick look to make sure it didn’t crop an important information but honestly love it. Been going through all the different places I had saved recipe and been adding them all there. Have a friends recipe book with couple recipe I think I’d like, took a minute and it was saved in my app if I ever decide I want to try it. Great app to reconcile everything and stop waiting time looking in different places for recipe I’ve seen and saved before. Happy cooking!.Montreal86Version: 1.2.1

Beautiful + seamlessWow, what fun to use! Also, the fact I can share and import recipes right from the web is absolutely incredible..Jason_ellisVersion: 1.1.1

Génial!Ça fait plusieurs années que je cherche un bon logiciel pour gérer mes recettes. C'est la première fois que je trouve les fonctionnalités dont j'ai besoin avec un bel interface agréable à utiliser. J'adore ce logiciel et je le recommande sans hésitation!.Silence_eternelVersion: 1.0.2

AmazingExactly what I’ve been looking for. Beautiful design. Smooth functionality. I’ve been really impressed with how well it imports from sites..Dcook082Version: 1.0.1

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Mela - Recipe Manager Negative Reviews

Sync not workingFirst, let me say I love the app, the design is beautiful and so easy to use. We bought it in Dec across all our Apple devices - laptops and iPhones / iPads. At that time everything worked perfectly, syncing across all device types. But since the middle of Jan the sync is broken. I’ve been adding recipes on my laptop (macOS) and they don’t appear on the phone or iPad (iOS). I’ve emailed the Mela support team but no response. It’s truly unfortunate, because as everyone else has written about this app, it truly is one of the best out there. But if it doesn’t sync across devices it really is no use to me, since I use all my devices depending on where I am. At least a response to issues would also be helpful..Two upset usersVersion: 2.3.1

Lost most of my recipesHave been using the Mac version and adding in lots of recipes, which works great, but is time consuming. I decided to buy the iPad version to use in the kitchen and set up sync over iCloud and now only have 38 recipes left, the rest are just gone. This was hours of work which has just disappeared. I emailed customer support, but like others have said, no reply, just dead space. I really liked the look of this Mela app, but if it looses all my work, no way, I want my money back, just rubbish. Shame the developer cannot even take the time to answer an email to try and fix the issue. Do NOT recommend. Guess I’m going back to Paprika, ugly, but at least it works..Marcus BakerVersion: 1.4.4

Une des pires appFonctionne a moitié….MibelllllVersion: 2.3.1

Doesn’t work.Sounds great, but didn’t detect a single recipe on multiple popular sites. There are better options out there..FO'SVersion: 1.0

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