Private storage
Recipe data lives in your iCloud, not our recipe database.
For recipe app refugees
Never let another recipe app hold your collection hostage.
You trusted an app. Then came the ads, the paywall, the shutdown notice, the missing export button, or the slow realization that your recipes lived in someone else's business model. Chef Notebook is built around a different promise: your recipes stay yours.
7-day free trial
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Private iCloud sync
0server-side recipe databases
6ways to import recipes
3native Apple platforms
1portable recipe collection
The problem
You already know what bad recipe apps cost.
- A free app filled the screen with ads.
- A paid app moved basics behind a new tier.
- A service shut down and gave users days to save years of recipes.
- An export format locked your own work inside one product.
The promise
Your recipes should be portable, private, and still accessible if you leave.
Chef Notebook is a subscription because native software needs maintenance, but your collection is not the hostage. It lives in your iCloud, remains browsable after cancellation, and can be exported as plain text.
Included with Chef Notebook
- No ads and no third-party trackers.
- No server-side recipe database for your collection.
- Private iCloud sync under your Apple ID.
- Export every recipe as plain text anytime.
- Read-only access if you cancel, so your collection does not vanish.
Built for this cook
The parts that make leaving an old app feel safe.
Chef Notebook is a private recipe app for people switching from recipe apps with ads, shutdown risk, missing export, server-side storage, or paywalled basics.
Export anytime
Plain-text export keeps your collection portable.
No ads
The product is the app, not your attention.
Cancel without panic
Browse and export your recipes even after canceling.
Ownership
Your recipes stay yours.
Chef Notebook stores your recipe collection in your private iCloud under your Apple ID. We do not keep a server-side recipe database, and every recipe can be exported as plain text.
No adsNo attention-tax business model.
No lock-inExport your recipes anytime.
No server vaultYour recipes are not stored in our recipe database.
Questions
What this cook usually asks.
What recipe app lets me export my recipes?
Chef Notebook keeps export available so you can export every recipe as plain text.
Does Chef Notebook store my recipes on its servers?
No. Recipes live in your private iCloud under your Apple ID, not in a Chef Notebook recipe database.
What happens if I cancel Chef Notebook?
You keep read-only access to browse, search, view, and export your recipes.
Free for a week
Cook three recipes. Keep what you write down.
Try the full app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Cancel before day seven and pay nothing. Your recipes stay exportable.
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