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CookShelf
CookShelf Inc · Free · Food & Drink · 4.6 (708 ratings)
What it does
CookShelf searches the cookbooks already on your shelf by ingredient and tells you which book to open. From 5 apps for the meals you'll want to remember.
Alternatives to CookShelf
The closest alternatives to CookShelf are Beli, YumPal, Mapstr and Pestle — 4 apps from the list CookShelf appears on, “5 apps for the meals you'll want to remember”, each answering the same moment a different way.
BeliBeli keeps ranked lists of everywhere you've actually been, plus where your friends ate and what they thought of it.
YumPalYumPal takes a photograph of the plate — that's the whole entry. It lands on a timeline by date, tagged by occasion, pinned to the place you ate it.
MapstrMapstr is one tap to save the bakery you walked past. Tag it, colour-code it, and send a friend a link that opens in any browser.
PestlePestle takes a recipe you share into it — a page, a video, anything — keeps only the ingredients and steps, then reads them back hands-free.
Price and ratings
| App | Price | App Store rating | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| CookShelf | Free | 4.6 (708) | Food & Drink |
| Beli | Free | 4.8 (17,290) | Food & Drink |
| YumPal | Free | 5.0 (8) | Food & Drink |
| Mapstr | Free | 4.7 (2,590) | Travel |
| Pestle | Free | 4.7 (1,815) | Food & Drink |
CookShelf and its alternatives, as the App Store listed them on 2026-10-06.
CookShelf is free to download from the iOS App Store and holds 4.6 out of 5 from 708 ratings, checked on 2026-10-06. Prices and ratings go stale; the App Store is the live source. It is listed there as “CookShelf: Search Cookbooks”.
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