Recipe apps that keep your collection on your own device, with no ad tracking and no cloud profile of what you cook.
Most 'free' recipe apps pay for themselves with ads and data. If you'd rather your recipe box didn't double as a marketing profile, you want apps that store data locally and don't require an account.
These are the picks that keep your data close. A couple sync through iCloud (private, but Apple-only); others are fully local or self-hostable.
We built Gratin, so of course we listed it first; take the ranking with a grain of salt. On the substance: it's local-first with no account, no ads, and no tracking. Sync is optional and end-to-end encrypted (even we can't read it), and you can self-host the relay.
Stores data on-device and syncs via your private iCloud. No ads, no separate account. Apple devices only.
On-device with iCloud sync and no separate account. Ad-free and privacy-respecting, within the Apple ecosystem.
Stores recipes locally and works fully offline; sync uses Paprika's own cloud with a free account. No ads.
Local-first and usable with no account at all; sync is optional through their cloud. Cross-platform, including Windows.
Open source and self-hostable, so you can run the whole thing yourself. The hosted version needs an account.
Your data is stored on your device and works offline, rather than living on a company's server. Sync, if any, is an add-on, not a requirement to use the app.
No. Sync passes end-to-end encrypted data through a relay that can't read it. You can also self-host the relay or turn sync off entirely.
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