You open a carbonara recipe. A newsletter pop-up appears. A video autoplays. Then a life story about Tuscany in 1987. You eventually find the ingredients — tiny text, halfway down the page — and by then your hands are covered in egg and you can't scroll.
Recipe sites are optimised for ad revenue, not usability. They make cooking harder than it needs to be.
📢Intrusive ads and pop-ups mid-cook
📖Recipe buried under endless life stories
🔍Tiny unreadable text on mobile
🔒Screen locks just when you need it most
🌀Scattered steps with no clear flow
The fix
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
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Paste a URL
Drop any recipe link. StoveReady fetches the page and does the work.
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Extracts the essentials
Ingredients and steps only. The blog post, autobiography, and ads are gone.
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Metric conversion
Cups to grams. Fahrenheit to Celsius. All converted automatically, your way.
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Clear, imperative steps
Do this. Then this. No ambiguity, no filler — just what to do and when.
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Cook Mode
Big text, one step on screen, timers built right in. Made for stove-side reading.
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Screen stays awake
Your phone won't lock mid-recipe. StoveReady keeps the screen on throughout.
How it works
Three steps. Then you're cooking.
1
Paste a recipe link
Copy the URL from any recipe site — Serious Eats, NYT Cooking, BBC Food, a random blog. Paste it in. Done.
2
We strip it clean
StoveReady pulls out ingredients and steps. No life story. No ads. No sidebar. Just the recipe, beautifully formatted on a Chef Card.
3
Cook with confidence
Enter Cook Mode. Each step fills the screen in large readable text. Set timers without leaving the app. Your screen stays on. You stay focused.
The app
Built for the stove, not the scroll.
Cook Mode
One step. Full screen. Just cook.
Step text fills the screen — readable from across the kitchen
Built-in timers, right where you need them
Progress bar so you always know where you are
Screen stays on — no re-tapping with greasy hands
What it is
This isn't a cookbook.
✕Not a recipe collection or discovery app
✕Not social. No following, no feeds, no shares
✕Not a meal planner or grocery list
✕Not another subscription you'll forget about
→It's an execution tool. For when you're actually standing at the stove.
Works with most recipe sites. No account required.
Privacy Policy
Last updated: April 2026
StoveReady (“we”, “us”, or “our”) operates the StoveReady application for iOS and macOS. This policy explains how we handle your information when you use our app.
What StoveReady Does
StoveReady helps you cook without distractions. Paste a recipe URL or upload a photo, and the app extracts ingredients and steps into a clean, readable format. Features include Cook Mode with timers, unit conversion, and locally-saved recipes.
Information We Collect and How We Use It
StoveReady is designed with privacy at its core. We process minimal data:
Recipe URLs — When you paste a recipe link, we fetch the webpage to extract recipe content. The URL and webpage content are processed through our secure Cloudflare Worker proxy, which forwards requests to Anthropic’s Claude API for extraction. Neither we nor our service providers store recipe URLs or webpage content after processing.
Photos — When you upload photos of recipes, images are processed locally on your device, then resized, compressed to JPEG, and sent as base64-encoded data through our Cloudflare Worker to Anthropic’s Claude API for text recognition and recipe extraction. Photos are never permanently stored on our servers or by Anthropic.
Clipboard — When you open the paste link feature, StoveReady reads your clipboard to auto-populate the URL field if it contains a web link. We never write to your clipboard or access it for any other purpose.
Saved Recipes — All recipes, notes, ratings, cook history, custom photos, folders, and meal plans are stored locally on your device only. We never sync or upload your recipe collection to any server.
App Preferences — Your settings (units, notifications, dark mode) are stored locally using standard iOS/macOS storage.
What We Do Not Collect
We do not collect your name, email address, or any personal identifiers
We do not sell, rent, or share your data for advertising or marketing
We do not track your location
We do not build profiles of your cooking habits or preferences
We do not require user accounts or cloud syncing
We do not use analytics services that engage in cross-app tracking
Third Party Services
Service
Purpose
Cloudflare Workers
Secure proxy to relay recipe extraction requests
Anthropic Claude API
AI-assisted recipe extraction from URLs and photos
Apple Frameworks
Performance monitoring and crash reporting
All third-party services are selected for their commitment to user privacy. Recipe content is not stored by Anthropic after processing completes.
Permissions We Request
Camera — Only when you choose to take a photo of a recipe. You can deny this and still use all other features.
Photo Library — Only when you choose to select existing photos of recipes. You can deny this and still use all other features.
Notifications — To alert you when cooking timers complete. Manageable in your device settings at any time.
Data Storage and Security
Your saved recipes, preferences, and settings are stored locally on your device. All extraction requests are transmitted using HTTPS. No recipe content, personal notes, or photos are permanently stored on our servers or third-party servers.
Children’s Privacy
StoveReady is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Your Rights
Because all your data is stored locally, you have complete control. Delete recipes individually within the app, clear all data by deleting the app, or manage permissions in your device settings.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy to reflect new features or legal requirements. We will notify you of significant changes via an in-app notification or App Store update notice.
By downloading or using StoveReady, you agree to these terms. They're short and written in plain English.
Using the app
StoveReady is a personal tool for extracting and reading recipes. You may use it for your own personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not use it to build competing products or services, or to scrape and redistribute recipe content at scale.
Recipe content
Recipes you save through StoveReady are sourced from third-party websites. That content belongs to its original authors. StoveReady simply helps you read it more easily. We make no claim over third-party content and encourage you to credit and support the creators whose recipes you enjoy.
No warranty
StoveReady is provided as-is. We do our best to extract recipes accurately, but we can't guarantee perfect results from every site. Recipes may occasionally be incomplete or incorrectly formatted, depending on the source website.
No data collection
StoveReady does not collect or store any personal data. Recipes are saved locally on your device only. Our Cloudflare Worker acts solely as a proxy for recipe extraction and does not retain any user data.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, StoveReady and its developer are not liable for any damages arising from your use of the app, including but not limited to burned dinners, overcooking, or undercooking. (Seriously though — always taste your food.)
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms occasionally. When we do, we'll update the date at the top of this page and note any material changes in the App Store update release notes. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of Scotland, United Kingdom.
Some recipe sites use unusual page structures that make extraction tricky. Try copying and pasting the URL again. If the problem persists, let us know the URL at [email protected] and we'll investigate.
Recipes are stored locally on your device and should persist across updates. If this has happened, please contact us — this is not expected behaviour and we'd like to help.
Yes. Go to Settings and toggle between metric and imperial under the Units section. The conversion applies across all your saved recipes.
Open any saved recipe and tap "Cook Mode". You'll move through steps one at a time in large, readable text. You can set timers directly in Cook Mode — they'll keep counting even if you leave the screen. Your display stays on throughout.
Yes — once a recipe is saved, it's stored on your device and available offline. You only need an internet connection to import new recipes.
Check the App Store listing for current pricing. We're committed to keeping StoveReady honest — no subscription traps, no dark patterns.
StoveReady works well with most major sites including Serious Eats, BBC Food, NYT Cooking, Bon Appétit, and thousands of recipe blogs. Sites using standard recipe markup work best.
