Looking for a Recipe Keeper alternative?
Recipe Keeper is a capable recipe organizer with OCR scanning and a one-time Pro upgrade on each platform. Fond, opening soon, takes a different route: AI recipe import, an AI cooking assistant, and one account for web and mobile.
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Why people look for alternatives
Each platform needs its own Pro upgrade: $19.99 on iPhone and iPad and $29.99 on Mac, so using both costs $49.98.
There's no web app, so you can't open your recipes from a browser on a work or borrowed computer.
There's no AI assistant to answer cooking questions or suggest substitutions while you cook.
If you make pizza at home, there's no baker's percentage or hydration tool.
At a glance
| Fond | Recipe Keeper | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | iOS, Android, Web, Desktop (at launch) | iOS, Android, macOS, Windows |
| Pricing | Free + Cook plans at launch | Free download, plus a one-time Pro upgrade bought separately on each platform ($19.99 on iPhone and iPad, $29.99 on Mac) |
Feature-by-feature comparison
What makes Fond different
At launch, Fond will import recipes with AI from a URL, a photo, or a social post.
August, Fond's AI cooking assistant, will answer cooking questions using your saved recipes, weekly plan, and groceries.
One Fond account will cover web, iOS, Android, and desktop, with unlimited devices on both plans.
Fond's shopping list will merge duplicate ingredients and sort them by store section. It will also sync with everyone in your household.
Pizza Workshop will be available at launch with baker's percentages and hydration control. Bread Studio and Coffee Lab are planned for later.
The Free plan will include 10 AI recipe imports per month. Cook will cost $49 the first year, then $59/year or $7.99/month.
Who should choose what
Choose Recipe Keeper if
- You prefer paying once per platform over a subscription.
- You need a recipe app you can use today, including offline and on a native desktop app.
- You want to scan printed cookbooks and handwritten cards with OCR.
- You're happy with a recipe organizer that doesn't include an AI assistant.
Choose Fond if
- You want to open your recipes from any browser as well as your phone.
- You'd like an AI assistant that knows your saved recipes and your weekly plan.
- You make pizza at home and want baker's percentages and hydration control.
- You want one account for every device instead of a Pro upgrade per platform.
- You're happy to join the waitlist and wait for launch.
Switching from Recipe Keeper
Recipe Keeper keeps your recipes in its own apps and syncs them between platforms. When Fond opens, you'll be able to re-import recipes you saved from websites by pasting their URL, and bring in others from a photo. The Free plan will include 10 AI imports per month, and Cook will raise that allowance. Keep Recipe Keeper installed until the recipes you cook most are in Fond.
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Thinking about leaving Recipe Keeper?
Fond hasn't launched yet. Join the waitlist for early access and an email the day it opens.
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