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Scan your books
Point your camera at the barcode on the back cover. Scan as many as you like: most cookbooks are added in seconds.
For the cookbooks you already own
Let's find that recipe.
Cookalogue makes every cookbook on your shelf searchable. Ask for chicken thighs and it tells you the book and the page, in seconds. Your saved Instagram, TikTok and web recipes too.
Coming soon to iPhone
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Why Cookalogue
You own dozens of cookbooks and still end up searching the internet for dinner. The perfect recipe is already on your shelf, you just can't remember which book it's in.
Cookalogue fixes that. Scan the barcode on each book and its whole index becomes searchable: by dish, by ingredient, across your entire collection. Save the recipes you find on Instagram, TikTok and the web, and they sit right alongside your books. Then plan the week, build collections, and ask Mise, our kitchen assistant, what to cook with what's in the fridge. No more flicking through ten books on a Tuesday night.
How it works
Your whole shelf, in your pocket.
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Rare book? No problem
Snap the cover and the index pages. Mise reads them and builds a searchable copy, usually in about a minute.
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Find it in seconds
Search by dish or ingredient across every book you own. Cookalogue shows the book and the page. Then it's over to you.
Saved recipes
And every recipe you've ever saved.
Paste a link from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or any recipe site and it lands on your shelf, searchable with everything else. No more screenshots, no more scrolling back through your saves.
Instagram
TikTok
YouTube
Any website
Crispy gnocchi traybake
Instagram · 25 min
Green goddess pasta salad
TikTok · 15 min
Brown butter banana bread
A favourite blog · 1 hr
Weeknight chicken laksa
YouTube · 30 min
Meal planner
Plan the week from books you already own.
Add any recipe to breakfast, lunch or dinner in a tap, from your cookbooks or your saved links. Block out the busy nights, keep Takeaway Friday, copy a week you loved, and print it as a menu for the fridge. Or just ask Mise to find something quick and similar to last Tuesday's fish tacos and pop it on next week.
Meet Mise
Your kitchen assistant has read every book you own.
Tell Mise what's in the fridge or what you feel like, out loud, and he'll search your shelf and point you to the right recipe. He's confident about where things are and humble about cooking: he'll never make up a recipe.
Built with care
Your books. Your kitchen. Your business.
Made for books you own
Cookalogue shows recipe names and page numbers, never the recipes themselves. Your copy of the book does the rest.
Your photos stay yours
Photos of the dishes you cook stay on your phone. We never upload them.
No ads, ever
We don't sell your data or follow you around other apps. Read our privacy policy in plain English.
Questions
Good questions, answered.
What is Cookalogue?
Cookalogue is an iPhone app that makes the cookbooks you already own searchable. Scan the barcode on each book and every recipe in its index becomes searchable by dish or ingredient, so you can find a recipe and go straight to the right book and page. You can also save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and any website, and search them alongside your books.
How does Cookalogue know what's in my cookbooks?
Most popular cookbooks are already indexed, so scanning the barcode on the back cover adds the book's full list of recipes and page numbers in seconds. For a rare or older book, you photograph the cover and the index pages and Mise, Cookalogue's assistant, reads them and builds a searchable copy, usually in about a minute.
Does Cookalogue include the full recipes from my cookbooks?
No. For cookbooks, Cookalogue shows recipe names and page numbers only, never the ingredients, method or photos. It's designed for books you own: it tells you which book and which page, and your own copy does the rest.
Can I search my cookbooks by ingredient?
Yes. With Cookalogue Plus you can search across every book on your shelf by ingredient, so a search like chicken and fennel shows each matching recipe with its book and page.
Can I save recipes from Instagram, TikTok and websites?
Yes. Paste a link from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or any recipe website and the recipe is saved to your shelf, searchable together with your cookbooks.
Who is Mise?
Mise is Cookalogue's kitchen assistant. You can tell him out loud what's in your fridge or what you feel like cooking, and he searches your own shelf and suggests recipes by book and page. Mise never makes up recipes; he only points to recipes you already have.
Is Cookalogue free?
Scanning books, building your shelf, browsing any book and saving recipes are free. Cookalogue Plus adds searching across your whole shelf, ingredient search and Ask Mise. Every new user gets 14 days of Plus free, with no card needed.
Can I plan my meals with Cookalogue?
Yes. Cookalogue includes a weekly meal planner, so you can add recipes from your books and saved links to breakfast, lunch or dinner on any day, and keep collections like quick midweek meals or party dishes.
When will Cookalogue be available?
Cookalogue is coming soon to iPhone, with Android to follow. Email hello@cookalogue.com to hear when it launches.
Is my data private?
Cookalogue doesn't show ads, doesn't sell your information and doesn't track you across other apps. Photos of the dishes you cook stay on your phone. You can read the full privacy policy at cookalogue.com/privacy.
Cookalogue Plus
14 days of Plus, on us.
Search across every book, search by ingredient, and ask Mise. No card needed, and your shelf stays yours either way.
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