Our family LOVES this recipe organizer app. We were looking for a platform that lets us easily share all our recipes with multiple family members, and add new ones easily by importing directly from a website-- Crouton can even scan in a recipe from a printed cookbook page (although it does have difficulty with handwritten recipes). Other great features let us organize recipes into folders, print or email them as PDFs, add photos and notes, and search keywords (including ingredients, not just recipe titles). We don't use our "recipe box" for grocery shopping, so I can't say how well that component functions. But Crouton is PERFECT for our needs, works great and we love using it. I also appreciate that it's developed by an independent programmer who over time continues to tinker with adding new features and improvements. I've recommended Crouton to several other people who also tell me they are glad to have found it! It's absolutel one of most-used apps, I probably open it every day......Thanks Crouton!

I can't find a way to import data from Paprika nor a way to export data out of Crouton. These apps try to lock you in, but what is a user to do when the developer no longer updates their software? And given my years-long investment in Paprika, I can't see starting all over even though this is much more Apple-like than Paprika and offers OCR for recipe scanning from books, which I sorely need. Worst case, I may have two sets of recipes for some time so I can finally get rid of all my recipe books. Definitely would recommend this over Paprika for people just starting out with digitizing recipes, though one thing I will say for Paprika is that I really like being able to organize my grocery list by aisle, since I only shop at one store and know the layout well enough that having Paprika organize my list by aisles speeds up my shopping tremendously. I can't see a similar feature in Crouton.

Coming from a software engineer and developer, this app is AMAZING! The other recipe apps I’ve used either have too many ads/social integration or lack a lot of features that are important to me, like properly organizing recipes or tracking ingredients. This app does it all and is worth every penny for the premium features. The features in this app aren’t gimmicky at all - they aren’t there just to check a box so the developer can say “yes, my app supports this.” They are well thought out and well integrated through the entire application and are incredibly useful. The app is seamless, well thought out, and well designed This app just works and has already helped this busy person with meal prepping and organizing recipes to share with my family. Very highly recommend this app if you’re looking for an exceptional way to store recipes digitally, and more!