Your cozy digital recipe book & meal planner
Cook Journal keeps your family recipes safe, remembers every version you cook, and makes writing them down feel like keeping a warm little notebook.
“this time with a bit more butter”
A recipe keeper that cooks along with you
Everything you need to write, improve and remember the food you make at home.
Write it down once
Ingredients, steps and servings in a form that is built for kitchens, not for spreadsheets.
Keep every version
Rate each attempt, note what changed, and compare two versions side by side.
Family recipes, safe
Grandma's notebook page becomes a recipe you can read, cook and pass on.
Shopping list built in
Send ingredients straight to your list with one tap while you plan the week.
Find it in seconds
Search and filter by name, rating or difficulty, even with flour on your hands.
Cook mode
Big, readable steps that stay on screen from the first bowl to the last plate.
Recipe version control, for real kitchens
The second time you cook something is never the same as the first. Cook Journal keeps both, so a good accident never gets lost again.
Five little bars tell you at a glance which version was the one.
“the egg made it taste better” is the kind of detail a recipe card never holds.
See exactly which ingredient or step changed between the two.
A look inside the app
Warm colours, soft corners and nothing you have to learn.
Everything you have cooked, in one calm list.
Photo, servings, difficulty, steps and your own note.
Rated, dated and ready to compare.
How it works
Write the recipe down
Ingredients, steps, servings and a photo. Copy it from the notebook in the kitchen drawer or type it while you cook.
Cook it, then rate the attempt
Give the dish a rating and one honest line about it. “needed five more minutes”
Save the next version
Change one thing, save it as a new version, and compare it with the old one. The better attempt stays on top.
Loved by home cooks
“I finally typed in my mother's pastry recipe. Now my sister has it too, and neither of us can lose it.”
“The version list is the reason I stayed. My bread got better because I could see what I changed.”
“I am new to cooking and this is the first app that did not make me feel behind. It is just gentle.”
Frequently asked questions
Start your cook journal today
Free to download on iPhone and Android. Questions or a recipe you want to see supported? Write to us at hello@cookjournal.app.
