Quirl

Quirl is a cookbook for your device. No account, no registration, no cloud in the background. Just add everything you collect, recipes as they come to you.

• Photo from the cookbook: Take a picture of the page, Quirl reads the text and extracts the ingredients and steps – text recognition. • Insert link: Quirl retrieves the page, extracts the recipe, and adds the cover image along with the source information.

• Text or PDF: Easily import from emails, messages, or files.

• Create your own: Editor with drag-and-drop functionality for ingredients and steps.

• Open formats: Cooklang and schema.org/Recipe are read and written.

• Import prompts instead of rejecting – unclear entries are saved as drafts for review, duplicates are detected.

COOK THE WAY YOU WANTS IT

• Six views per recipe – from classic to step-by-step maps.

• Cooking mode with large font, step-by-step timers, and an always-on screen.

• Portions scale live; Sub-recipes and alternative ingredients are top-notch.

• Photos for each recipe and each step.

PLANNING AND SHOPPING
• Daily, weekly, and monthly planning plus occasions (buffet, menu, multi-day).

• Weekly templates, nutritional totals in the plan, "Cook Now" directly from the plan.

• A tip fills the shopping list — quantities scale with the number of servings.

KNOW WHAT YOU EAT
• Nutritional values ​​from an included database (BLS/USDA) — completely offline, no made-up numbers: Where values ​​vary depending on the region. • Ingredient glossary with seasonal calendars for 21 growing regions worldwide.

• Dietary profile with all 14 EU allergens, match badges, and substitution suggestions.

• "What can I cook?": Select ingredients, see suitable recipes.

YOUR DEVICES, YOUR DATA

• Sync directly between your devices: encrypted, via your own Wi-Fi network, without a server and without an account.

• Share as a file, QR code, text, or HTML; entire collections as a .cookbook.

• Backup with or without photos; export to open, human-readable formats.

• No ads, no analytics, no tracking. Photos are stripped of EXIF ​​data (e.g., GPS) upon import.

AI ONLY IF YOU WANT IT

Optional AI features (text preparation, translation, weekly plan suggestions) require a separate API key. Quirl is a one-time purchase—no subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads.

Quirl is also available for iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux—sync connects them all.