Frequently asked questions

Paste the video's link into RecipeClip's free YouTube tool or a RecipeClip account, and the AI watches the video itself — audio and on-screen text — rather than just reading the description. The free tool handles videos and Shorts up to 3 minutes; a signed-in account extends that to 20 minutes.

Signed in, on any plan including Free, RecipeClip watches the TikTok video itself, the same way it handles YouTube, and falls back to reading the caption if the video can't be fetched. The anonymous free tool (no account) only reads the caption for TikTok, which found a recipe in roughly 1 of 17 TikToks in a measured sample — sign in if you want the video actually watched.

Signed in, on any plan including Free, RecipeClip watches the Reel itself and falls back to the caption if the video can't be fetched. The anonymous free tool only reads the caption for Instagram, which had the recipe in about 8 of 15 posts in a measured sample — better than TikTok's caption hit rate, but still worse than signing in.

Yes — RecipeClip's free plan has no ads and never sells your data, and it stays that way on every paid plan too. Free gets you 50 recipes, 20 AI imports a month, and 3 collections, with scaling and printing any recipe free regardless of plan. You can export your recipes at any time, on any plan.

Get the recipe out of the screenshot and into something searchable, rather than leaving it buried in your camera roll. RecipeClip reads a photo of a recipe — a screenshot, a cookbook page, or a handwritten card — with AI and turns it into an editable, searchable recipe card, so you're not scrolling through hundreds of images trying to remember which one had the chicken dish. See our guide on organizing recipe screenshots for the full approach, including what to do with the backlog you already have.

RecipeClip is a web app that installs to your home screen as a PWA (Progressive Web App) on both iPhone and Android, working and looking like a native app once installed. There's no separate app-store download, which also means no native iOS or Android app today.

RecipeClip's free plan costs nothing: 50 recipes, 20 AI imports a month, 3 collections, no card required. Pro is $6.99 a month or $59 a year, and Family (up to 6 people) is $11.99 a month or $99 a year — both with a 14-day free trial.

Yes, on the Family plan. Up to 6 people share one meal plan and one aisle-sorted grocery list, while everyone keeps their own account, their own saved recipes, and the full set of Pro features. It's one bill for the household rather than everyone paying separately.

Yes — point your camera at a cookbook page or a handwritten recipe card, and RecipeClip's AI reads the photo and turns it into an editable, searchable recipe. This is one of the main ways people digitize a family recipe box or an inherited cookbook, alongside importing from links and videos.

The free plan holds 50 recipes, 20 AI imports a month, and 3 collections. Nothing you've saved is ever deleted if you hit that limit — you just can't add new recipes beyond it without upgrading or clearing some room.

An AI import is anything RecipeClip's AI reads for you to build a recipe: a photo, a web link, a cooking video, or a scan of a pantry shelf. Free accounts get 20 a month; Pro and Family get 100 a day.

Yes, on Pro and Family — RecipeClip exposes an API that AI assistants can use to read your recipes, meal plan, pantry, and grocery list, and to add to them. See the developer AI assistants guide for setup; it's not available on the free plan.

Yes — scaling a recipe to a different number of servings and printing it are both free on every plan, including the free tier. There's no paywall on either; the plan limits are about how many recipes and AI imports you get, not what you can do with a recipe once it's saved.

No to both, on every plan, including free. RecipeClip doesn't run ads and doesn't sell user data, and you can export your recipes at any time if you ever want to leave.

Yes — both Pro and Family include a 14-day free trial, and you won't be charged if you cancel before it ends. The trial starts when you choose a plan and give billing details; it's long enough to plan, shop, and cook from it more than once before deciding.