- Data Not Collected
- No account
- No subscription
- Plain-text recipe files
- iPhone · iPad · Mac
01 · Save
Found it in Safari? Share it to Kept.
Tap Share on any recipe page, then Kept. The title, ingredients, steps and photo come along. The life story stays behind.
- Paste a link from anywhere: Messages, Mail, a group chat
- Scan a cookbook page or a handwritten family card
- Paste plain text from Notes and Kept sorts it into ingredients and steps
02 · Yours
Your recipes. Your files.
Every recipe is a plain-text Cooklang file (an open recipe format) in your own iCloud Drive. Open it in any text editor. Back it up like any other file. If you ever leave, your recipes leave with you.
- Tags, categories and favorites are written into the file
- Link a folder of .cook files you already keep, and edit in place
- Quick Look previews recipes right in Finder on Mac
03 · Organize
NEW IN 1.3Tags that work like you do.
Heart the keepers. Pin the tags you reach for most. Pair Favorites with Weeknight and tonight’s shortlist is already there.
- Categories filled in as you save, plus your own custom ones
- Tag suggestions, and rename or merge with Undo
- Search, filter and sort, or browse Most Cooked
04 · Cook
Scale it. Check it. Cook it.
Ingredients you can tick off as they go in. Steps with every amount, pan and timer picked out. Servings that scale from ½× to 3× without the mental math.
- Tap a time in any step to start a timer
- Follow it from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
- Add a photo of how yours turned out
Everywhere you cook
On iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Your library syncs through your own iCloud, so the recipe you saved on the train is waiting on the kitchen iPad. On Mac, your recipe list sits in a sidebar beside the open recipe, and you can drag recipe files straight in. Share any recipe as a read-only iCloud link when someone asks for it.
Private by design
Nothing to collect. Nothing to sell.
Data Not Collected
That’s Kept’s App Store privacy label. No analytics, no ads, no tracking.
No account to make
Open the app and start saving. Sync rides on the iCloud you already have.
No server of ours
Kept talks only to Apple’s services and the recipe pages you ask it to read.
Pricing
Free to start. Yours to keep.
Free
$0
Up to 10 recipes, synced to all your devices.
- Import, scan, cook, timers
- iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac
Unlimited
$4.99 once
Unlimited recipes. One purchase, no renewal.
- Every recipe you’ll ever save
- No subscription
Either way, your recipes are files in your iCloud Drive. They stay readable whether or not you upgrade. Why no subscription?
US price. The App Store shows your local price.
Questions, answered.
Do I need an account?
No. There’s nothing to sign up for. Kept syncs through the iCloud account already on your devices.
Does Kept support external libraries?
Yes. If you already keep Cooklang recipes, tap Link a Folder and choose the folder. Kept reads and edits those files where they are, without moving or copying them. Recipes from the web, cookbooks or notes can be saved, scanned or pasted in.
Is Kept a subscription?
No. Save up to 10 recipes free, then unlock unlimited recipes with a single $4.99 purchase.
What is a Cooklang file?
Cooklang is an open, plain-text format for recipes. Each recipe is one readable .cook file, so any text editor or Cooklang app can open your recipes, now or years from now. More about recipe files.
What happens to my recipes if I stop using Kept?
Nothing. They’re files in iCloud Drive › Kept › Recipes, and they stay there, readable in any text editor on any computer. What if iCloud is off?
Which devices does Kept run on?
iPhone, iPad and Mac, including the iPhone Duo. Kept 1.3 requires iOS 27, iPadOS 27 or macOS 27.
