Decadent
Get the app
NewDecadent 1.1 · for iPhone and iPad

Every recipe,word for word.

Import from anywhere: websites, posts, videos, screenshots and the cards in your drawer. Decadent keeps the cook’s own words, guesses nothing, and prints them like they came from a book.

Download on the App StoreDownload on the App Store

Free to download. No account,
no ads, no tracking.

Decadent on iPhone: Import says Recipe found for a Turkish Pasta Recipe from The Modern Nonna, read word for word
Decadent on iPhone, showing the Black Forest Cake recipe
  • 24things it does
  • 12recipe card styles
  • 6dinner menu styles
  • 6blank cards to write on
  • 0accounts to make
I · Import

Share a recipe. It’s saved word for word.

From a website, a TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, Reddit or X post, a video, screenshots, or the card in your drawer.

  1. Import says Recipe found: Ribeye Steak Recipe from The Modern Nonna, read in 0.3 seconds from the page’s own data
    1

    Share it

    Share a recipe page from Safari. Decadent reads the page’s own recipe in under a second, with no AI.

  2. The Ribeye Steak recipe page with Start cooking, the times and the ingredients
    2

    Cook from it

    Every line as the cook wrote it. Tap Start cooking for one big step at a time.

  3. 3

    Keep it

    It waits in your Library with its photo, times and calories.

Or scan the card in your drawer.

  1. A handwritten Honey Bun Cake card with its four corners set on the page, and Keep
    1

    Frame it

    Take a photo of the card, or pick one you have. Set the corners on the page.

  2. Reading the page: the handwritten card, dimmed, with the scan line sweeping down it
    2

    It reads

    A printed page is read right on the phone, for free. Handwriting is read by Decadent+.

  3. 3

    Cook from it

    The card is now a recipe. Add how many it serves, and Decadent works out the calories, fat, carbs and protein.

Get Decadent free
II · Word for word

Word for word. Never invented.

Other apps use AI that can invent amounts, times and even ingredients. Decadent never guesses. When the cook gives no amount, it says so.

The cook saidAnother app savedDecadent saved
honey (no amount)1 Honeyhoney no amount

We tested two other recipe apps. One made something up in 8 of 9 recipes, the other in 1 of 5. Decadent made up nothing. Editors mark a line to keep as it was with one word: stet.

III · Cook and shop

Cook from it. Shop for it.

Tap Start cooking and each step fills the screen, big enough to read across the counter. Your place is kept.

  • Timers in the stepTap a time and the timer starts in the card. It rings even on silent, and on your Lock Screen if you allow it.
  • Hands freeTurn on Listen and say next, start timer or read. Heard on your iPhone only, and never recorded.
  • Watch the video NewA recipe from a TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest or YouTube video plays that video on its page.
  • Nutrition NewCalories, protein, carbs and fat for each serving, from the page or worked out from the ingredients. Then show only the high protein, low carb or light ones.
  • One list, by aisleTick ingredients from any recipe into one grocery list, sorted the way a store is laid out. Print it, share it, or find a store near you in Maps.
Cook mode: step 4 of 8, with a timer running in the card
Time’s up, with Next step and Give it 5 more minutes
Groceries: one list, with Make PDF, AirPrint and Share

The timer, without unlocking.

Pause it, change it or stop it from the Lock Screen, the Dynamic Island or StandBy.

On the Lock Screen
In the Dynamic Island
On its side on a charger, the timer fills the screen.
Get Decadent free
V · Print

Print it like it came from a book.

Every recipe can become a card worth keeping. Print it, or share it as a PDF.

Placard card: Heart Healthy Fats Smoothie
Placard · Decadent Pro
Editorial card, landscape
Editorial · Decadent Pro
Broadside card, landscape: Deep Fried Pickles
Broadside · Decadent Pro
12 styles

Recipe cards

Classic, Signature and Counter are free. Nine more come with Decadent Pro.

6 designs

Blank cards

Print a blank card and write a recipe by hand, the old way.

VI · Cookbook · New in 1.1

A family cookbook, in one PDF.

Tap the book on any recipe to put it in. Pick a cover and a page style. Decadent sorts the recipes into chapters, writes the contents and numbers every page. Print it and bind it.

The cover: The Bennett Kitchen, collected by the Bennett family
Cover

A real 21-page cookbook from the app: The Plate cover with Magazine pages. Tap or click a page, or use the arrows.

3 covers

The Plate, The Frame, The Linen

Your title, who collected it, a dedication, and a photo from the book.

5 page styles

Magazine to Heirloom

Photos on or off, room for family notes, and blank pages to write in.

Decadent Pro

Every page numbered

Chapters, a table of contents and page numbers, made for you.

VII · Keep

Yours, and only yours.

No accountNothing to make, nothing to sign in to. Open the app and start.
Works with no signalRecipes and their photos live on your device, so the kitchen never needs Wi-Fi.
CollectionsMains, Soups, Baking and sweets, and any of your own.
Three ways to lookList, Compact or Cards, with one button.
Share your libraryEvery recipe as one file, to a friend or to Files.
Private by designNo analytics and no tracking. Only what you choose to send with Decadent+ leaves your device.
Edit anythingFix a line, add a note, change the times, or tap the photo to swap it.
Your lookPaper, Cellar or Clay, light or dark. The same switch is at the top of this page.
The Recipes page on Collections: a new Heart Healthy Fats Smoothie, then the Date night collection with Chocolate Chunk Cookies and Lamb Breast
VIII · The recipe box

From our kitchen to yours.

Recipes from our family recipe box, free to add to Decadent. Tap the card, then open the file in Decadent.

FAMILY · RECIPES
Desserts

Honey Bun Cake

  • Cake
  • 1 Box yellow Cake Mix
  • 1 (8 oz) Container of Sour cream
  • 5 eggs
  • 3/4 cup Veg. oil
  • Swirl Mixture
  • 1 cup Brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 tbsp. Cinnamon
  • Frosting (Glaze)
  • 2 cups powered sugar
  • 5 tbsp Milk
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla Flavoring
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
  2. In large Mixing Bowl ~ combine Cake Mix, Sour cream, eggs, Veg. oil ~ Stir until lumps are gone. Pour half batter into a greased 9x13 in pan. Combine brown sugar & cinnamon. Sprinkle over Cake batter in pan & Swirl with knife. Pour remaining batter in pan & sprinkle the rest of the sugar & cinnamon over the top & Swirl as before.
  3. Bake for 40 min.
  4. Mix 3 ingredients for frosting (glaze)
  5. Glaze Cake While still hot - Fresh out of the oven!
Add to Decadent

Word for word, even here.

The card says “powered sugar”, so Decadent does too. A recipe is a person’s handwriting. We don’t correct it.

Share your own.

  1. In Decadent, open Import, then Shared library.
  2. Send the file by AirDrop, Messages or Mail.
  3. They open it in Decadent. Their recipes stay; yours are added.
IX · Price

Free, and what costs.

Free

Decadent

$0
  • Unlimited web imports and on-device scans
  • Cook mode, timers and Listen
  • Nutrition per serving
  • Groceries by aisle
  • Dinner menus, their cooking order and grocery list
  • Collections and sharing
  • Three recipe card styles
Once

Decadent Pro

$14.99one time
  • Nine more recipe card styles
  • Print dinner menus, as a PDF or a picture
  • The family cookbook PDF

Not a subscription. Family Sharing on.

Monthly or yearly

Decadent+

$4.99a month
  • Reads handwriting and faded pages
  • Reads posts, videos and screenshots
  • Reads web pages that will not import
  • 25 photo scans and 25 page, post and video reads a month

Or $24.99 a year. Three free reads first. Renews until you cancel in your Apple Account settings.

Every door, and what it costs

  • Web pages

    Free

    Paste a link or share from Safari. Decadent’s own reader copies the recipe in about a second. No AI.

  • Posts

    Free or Decadent+

    Share a TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, Reddit or X post. A recipe site it links is kept word for word, for free. A recipe in the post itself is written up by Decadent+, and nothing is guessed.

  • Videos

    Decadent+

    Pick a saved video or a screen recording. Your iPhone® listens and reads the words on screen, right on the phone. Only the words are sent to be written up.

  • Screenshots

    Decadent+

    Pick up to twenty screenshots of one recipe, ads and all. They are read as one recipe.

  • Cards and cookbooks

    Free

    Point the camera at a recipe card or a cookbook page. It reads on the device, as often as you like. Handwriting or a faded page? Decadent+ reads it.

  • Go looking

    Free

    Search the web inside the app, by your favorite sites or by a craving, and save what you find in one tap.

  • Write your own

    Free

    Type a recipe in, or copy one from a book. Fix any line, add a note, swap the photo.

  • A friend’s library

    Free

    One file holds every recipe and photo. AirDrop it, text it, or keep it in Files. Nothing of yours is replaced.

Get Decadent free
X · Questions

Asked at the counter.

How much does Decadent cost?
Decadent is free to download and free to use, with no limit on recipes. Two extras are for sale: Decadent Pro, $14.99 once, not a subscription, and Decadent+, $4.99 a month or $24.99 a year. Decadent+ gives you three free reads first.
What is free?
Web imports and on-device scans, as many as you like. Cook mode, timers and Listen. Nutrition per serving. Groceries by aisle. Dinner menus with their cooking order and grocery list. Collections, sharing, and three recipe card styles.
Do I pay again on my iPad, or for my family?
Not on your iPad: sign in with the same Apple Account, then tap Restore purchases in Decadent’s Settings. Decadent Pro works for your family with Family Sharing. Decadent+ is for one Apple Account.
Can I cancel Decadent+?
Yes, at any time. It renews until you cancel it. On your iPhone, open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions. Every recipe you saved stays yours, including the ones Decadent+ read.
Do I need an account?
No. There is nothing to make and nothing to sign in to. Your recipes live on your iPhone or iPad.
Does Decadent change my recipes?
No. Web pages are read by Decadent’s own reader, with no AI. Posts, videos, screenshots and handwriting are written up by Decadent+ from only what the source says. Where an amount is missing, the line says no amount, so you can fill it in yourself.
What leaves my phone?
Only what you choose to send with Decadent+: the photo, the screenshots or the words of the one recipe you ask it to read. For a video, your iPhone does the listening and the reading, and only the words are sent. Listen in cook mode never leaves the phone and is never recorded.
Does it work in a kitchen with no signal?
Yes. Recipes and their photos are kept on your device. You only need a connection to bring a new recipe in.

Every forgotten recipe is a lost memory. Let’s fix that.

Decadent is free on iPhone and iPad.

Download Decadent

Free on the App Store®

— Joey & Anna Roberie