Quirl is an app for your recipes. Everything stays on your device. You do not need an account. Quirl also works without the internet.
One cookbook. Yields: your whole collection.
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Take a photo of a cookbook page. Quirl reads the text and turns it into a recipe. You can also paste a link. Or a text. Or a PDF file. Or you type the recipe yourself.
In cooking mode the text is large. The screen stays on. Timers start right in the step. Need more servings? Quirl recalculates all amounts. Every step shows which ingredients you need right now, and how much of each.
After cooking, you give stars and write a note. For example: “Less salt next time.” Quirl remembers every time. The ranking shows what you like to cook most. And what you have not cooked in a long time.
Plan your meals for the day, the week, or the month. You can also plan events, for example a buffet. Save a good week as a template. Quirl adds up the nutrition for every day. One tap fills the shopping list. The amounts match the number of people.
No idea for the week? Quirl makes a suggestion. It only uses recipes from your collection. What does not suit you stays out of the plan. What is in season comes up more often. This works without AI and without internet too. You see the suggestion first and decide yourself.
Put what you need on the shopping list, even without a recipe. Quirl adds up the same items. Already using another shopping app? Quirl sends the list to Listonic or Bring!. With Grocy and KitchenOwl, Quirl can even keep lists in sync. These connections are still new.
Quirl shows calories and nutrition facts. The data is stored inside the app. A glossary explains ingredients. It also shows when fruit and vegetables are in season. Looking for something rich in iron or vitamin C? Quirl sorts the foods for you.
Tell Quirl what you eat and what you avoid. Quirl knows the 14 most important allergens. Every recipe tells you: this suits you — or this does not. If something does not fit, Quirl suggests a swap.
Quirl syncs your recipes between your devices. This works over your Wi-Fi at home. There is no server. The data is encrypted. Sharing works too: as a file, QR code, or text. Share a meal plan or a shopping list, and the recipes come along.
Quirl can ask an AI for help. For example with translations. This is voluntary. You need your own access to an AI provider for it. Everything works without AI too.
Search finds every recipe — even by ingredient. Filter by season, difficulty, or categories. Sort with favorites and stars. A backup saves your whole collection, including your cooking history.
Getting recipes
Found a recipe? There are several ways into your collection. Pick the one that fits right now. Quirl always checks the result first. You see the recipe before you save it. If something is off, just change it.
Take a photo. Tap “Import photo”. Photograph the page. Is the recipe long? Take several photos at once. Quirl reads the text and sorts it. The photo becomes the recipe picture.
Copy the link. Paste it into the field on the import page. Tap “Import”. Quirl fetches ingredients, steps and usually the picture too.
Use “Share”. On your phone: tap share on the website. Pick Quirl from the list. Done. You don’t need to open the app first.
Open the file. Tap “Open file”. Quirl reads PDF files and recipe files from other apps. That’s how you bring your old collection over.
Paste the text. Did someone send you a recipe? Copy the text. Paste it into the same field as a link. Quirl works out what it is.
Scan the code. Anyone with Quirl can show a recipe as a QR code. Tap “Scan QR code” and point your camera at it.
Write it down. Grandma’s recipe on a piece of paper? Tap “Create manually” and type it in. You can change everything later.
A recipe is never simply thrown away. Something missing or read wrongly? Quirl keeps it as a draft. You see what’s missing and fill it in when you like. Already have a recipe? Quirl tells you. So nothing ends up twice in your collection.
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On Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux, Quirl is free. For iPhone and iPad, you buy Quirl once in the store. Then it is yours. There is no subscription. There are no extra purchases inside the app.
From iOS 15.5.
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Quirl has no ads and sells no data. On Android and on computers, Quirl costs nothing. Still, building it takes time. The app stores charge fees. Do you like Quirl? Then I would be happy about a coffee. Every amount helps Quirl keep growing.
Questions
On Android, Windows, Mac, and Linux, nothing. For iPhone and iPad, you buy Quirl once. Then it is yours forever. The store on your device shows the price. It differs a little from country to country. There is no subscription, no ads, and no extra purchases inside the app. Your purchase helps pay the app store fees. Would you like to support Quirl beyond that? Then buy me a coffee.
You do not need one. Your recipes live on your device. Syncing between your devices runs over your Wi-Fi at home. Nobody else gets your data.
Yes. Creating recipes, cooking, planning, shopping, searching — all of it works offline. You only need the internet for three things: fetching recipes from websites, discovering new recipes online, and the voluntary AI help.
You connect your devices once. You compare a short code on both devices. After that they sync by themselves on the same Wi-Fi. The data is encrypted. There is no server.
On first start, Quirl adds a few recipes. They match what you eat. Under “Discover recipes” you find more: free recipes that already come with the app. If you like, recipes from the internet join in.
Your recipes belong to you. You can save them as open files at any time and take them with you. For example as PDF, as text, or in the open Cooklang format. Other software can read these files too.