Spoonmark for iPhone

How to save recipes from YouTube

Most YouTube cooks write the recipe in the description. Spoonmark reads it from a screenshot and turns it into ingredients, steps and a grocery list, so it ends up in your recipe box instead of lost under the video.

Get Spoonmark, free on the App Store

Needs iOS 26 or later.

Step by step

  1. Expand the description

    Under the video, tap the title or ...more so the full description shows, and scroll to the ingredients.

  2. Take a screenshot or two

    Screenshot the ingredients and the method. Several screenshots are fine: Spoonmark reads them as one recipe.

  3. Share the screenshots to Spoonmark

    In Photos, select the screenshots, tap Share and choose Spoonmark. Or open Spoonmark and tap Import from Photos.

  4. Review & save

    Spoonmark shows Found a recipe. Check the ingredients and the steps, fix anything, and save.

What you get

A recipe in Spoonmark: the title, the creator's handle, ingredients with amounts and numbered steps
The clean recipe: ingredients with amounts, the steps, and the creator's handle with a link to the original.
Cooking mode in Spoonmark, showing step 1 of 5 in large type
Cooking mode: one step at a time, in type you can read from the stove.
Spoonmark's grocery list, grouped by aisle, with amounts in packs and cans
The grocery list: the ingredients of the recipes you pick, sorted by aisle.

Questions

Can I share the YouTube link instead?

Not yet. YouTube doesn't hand the description to other apps, so a link on its own usually finds no recipe. If the creator links to a recipe website, share that page: recipe websites import directly.

The recipe is in a pinned comment

Screenshot the comment the same way. Spoonmark reads any text in the image.

Does it work with Shorts?

Yes, when the recipe is written in the description or on screen: screenshot it. Spoonmark doesn't download YouTube videos.

Is it free?

Spoonmark is free on the App Store. There's no account to create.

Get Spoonmark, free on the App Store

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