Recipe history app: remember what you cooked and how it went
How Well Stockd, Deglaze, CookBook, Plan to Eat and Paprika record your cooking: last-made dates, counts, notes, ratings, photos, household sharing and price.
A recipe history app remembers when you last cooked each recipe, how often, and how it went. Well Stockd is our pick, because logging a cook updates your kitchen and keeps recent dinners out of the planner's picks. Deglaze is the runner-up for a private log with a star rating.
Most recipe apps remember the recipe. Fewer remember you cooking it. That second part answers the questions that come up every week: when did we last have this, did anyone actually like it, and what did I change last time?
The apps below keep that record in two different ways. Some log a cook when you finish the recipe. Others count how often a recipe was on the meal plan, which is not the same thing once Tuesday's dinner turns into takeout. It helps to know which kind you are looking at.
How we compared
We read each app's own website, help pages and App Store listing in November 2026. For each one we noted how a cook gets logged, what is kept (date, count, servings, rating, note, photo), whether you can fix a cook you logged by mistake, who else can see it, and what the app costs. We did not keep a month of history in every app, so where a page doesn't say something, we say that.
Recipe history apps at a glance
| App | How a cook is logged | What it keeps | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Well Stockd | Finish & log at the end of cook mode | Date, servings, times cooked and a note for each cook; a photo on Pro | Free; photos and a shared household history on Pro (plans) |
| Deglaze | "Mark as cooked" when you finish in its Cooking Mode, on by default | Date and an optional star rating for each cook; notes; photos only on public posts | Free; Deglaze Pro $49.99 as an in-app purchase |
| CookBook | You record the recipe as cooked | Last-cooked date, cook count, a rating and a note for next time | Free for 20 recipes; Pro $6.99 a month or $39.99 a year |
| Plan to Eat | Putting the recipe on the meal plan | The dates and number of times it was planned | $5.95 a month or $49 a year after a 14-day trial |
| Paprika | Not logged | A star rating and notes on each recipe | $4.99 on iPhone and iPad; each platform sold separately |
Well Stockd: history that also updates your kitchen
We make Well Stockd, so weigh our ranking with that in mind. Here is what it does today, and where it falls short.
When you reach the end of a recipe in cook mode, Finish & log opens a short sheet. Check what you used, then choose Update kitchen & log, which takes those amounts out of your kitchen, or Just log it, which leaves the kitchen as it is. The same sheet has a box for "A note for next time", such as "Less salt next time". On Pro you can add a photo of how it turned out.
Each recipe then shows its history: "Last made 3 days ago", "Cooked 4 times", and every cook with its date, the servings you made and any note or photo. You can add a note to an old cook later, edit or delete a note, and remove a cook that shouldn't count. On recipes you wrote, you can also leave comments. Home has a Cooked recipes card that lists your latest cooks with their dates.
The history also steers what you cook next. Home's Tonight card says "Cooked today" once you have made the planned dinner. A meal planned for a day that has passed, but never logged, gets a "Planned but not cooked" prompt to move it to tomorrow, remove it or leave it. And Pick for me in the planner leaves out recipes cooked in the last two weeks unless you include them, so last week's pasta doesn't come straight back.
In a household of up to six people on Pro, everyone's cooks land in the same history with their names on them, and the Home card becomes Cooked by your household. Your notes and photos come with you in the account export, on Free too. The kitchen update needs your food in Well Stockd, and the free plan holds up to 30 foods in your kitchen; Pro lifts the limit.
Where it does not win:
- A cook is logged by finishing the recipe in cook mode. There is no "I made this" button on the recipe page, so a dinner cooked from memory needs a quick pass through cook mode.
- There is no private star rating on your own recipes. Catalog recipes take star reviews that other cooks can read. Deglaze, CookBook and Paprika all let you rate for yourself.
- Photos on cooks, and a history shared with your household, are part of Pro.
- Recipe imports bring recipes, not another app's cooking history, so your record starts the day you start.
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Deglaze: a private cooking log on every device
Deglaze added a cooking history to every profile in July 2026. Its announcement describes "a single, time-ordered cooking log of everything you've made", where each private cook shows the date, "your star rating if you gave one" and the recipe. When you finish a recipe in its Cooking Mode, "Mark as cooked?" is "on by default when you're signed in", and posting the cook publicly is a separate choice. The App Store listing says you can "keep a personal record of what you cook, along with notes." It runs on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web.
Deglaze is open about two limits. Private entries are "read-only for now", so you can't edit or delete one, and you can't attach photos to a private cook, because "photos ride along with public posts only." The listing calls the free version "fully featured". Deglaze Pro, listed at $49.99 as an in-app purchase, adds unlimited recipe imports and collections, the meal planner and aisle sorting on the grocery list.
CookBook: the last-cooked date, a count and a note
CookBook's cooking mode page says: "After cooking, rate the recipe and add a note for next time. Recording that you cooked it updates your cook count and last-cooked date." One account works on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web. The free plan stores 20 recipes, which is tight for a history you want to keep for years. Pro is $6.99 a month or $39.99 a year, with a 14-day trial on the yearly plan. Its pages describe the latest date and a count, not a list of every past cook.
Plan to Eat: what you planned, not what you cooked
Plan to Eat's Recipe History "shows you when and how many times a recipe has appeared in your meal plan." Open a recipe card, click "times planned", and you see every date it sits on your calendar, with a button to jump there. That works well if your plan holds. If Tuesday's plan turned into takeout, the history still counts it. Plan to Eat is $5.95 a month or $49 a year after a 14-day trial, and our Plan to Eat alternatives comparison covers the rest of the app.
Paprika: ratings and notes, no cooking log
Paprika's iOS user guide lists a star rating and a notes field on each recipe, and you can sort your recipes by rating. The guide describes no record of when you cooked something. The nearest thing is looking back through past meals in its meal planner, which has a monthly view. Paprika is $4.99 on iPhone and iPad, with each platform sold separately. Our guide to Paprika's alternatives and what they cost has more.
A notebook or a spreadsheet
The free option is a running note: the date, the recipe and a line on how it went. It works if you keep it up. What you lose is the link back to the recipe, the count, and anything that reminds you to write the line.
Which recipe history app should you pick
| If you want | Pick |
|---|---|
| A history that updates your kitchen and keeps recent dinners out of the planner's picks | Well Stockd |
| A private log with a star rating on each cook, on Android or the web too | Deglaze |
| The last-cooked date and a count, with a rating | CookBook |
| A record of what was on the meal plan | Plan to Eat |
| Ratings and notes on each recipe, paid for once | Paprika |
What to write down after you cook
A history is only as useful as its notes. Four things are worth a line: what you changed (less salt, five more minutes in the oven), how many it fed and whether there were leftovers, who liked it, and whether you'd make it again. Write it while you're still in the kitchen. By the next morning you won't remember whether it was the garlic or the lemon that was too much.
Then use it. Before you plan the week, look at what you've cooked most and least. A recipe everyone liked that you haven't made in two months is an easy dinner. A recipe with three notes saying "too dry" needs the fix you wrote down. Our guide to a family meal rotation that works shows how to turn that record into a plan. If you are still deciding what kind of app you need, see whether you need a recipe organizer or a kitchen app. And if dinner is often decided by what's about to go off, the apps that track food expiration dates help with that part.
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Frequently asked questions
Is there an app that tracks when I last made a recipe?
Yes. Well Stockd shows "Last made" and how many times you've cooked each recipe. Deglaze keeps a private, dated log of each cook. CookBook updates a last-cooked date and a cook count when you record a cook.
Which recipe app lets me add a note each time I cook?
Well Stockd saves a note with each cook, and you can add or edit one later. Deglaze's listing says it keeps "a personal record of what you cook, along with notes." CookBook lets you rate a recipe and add a note for next time after cooking.
Can I see everything I've cooked, across all my recipes?
In Well Stockd, Home's Cooked recipes card lists your latest cooks with their dates. Deglaze puts a time-ordered log of everything you've cooked on your profile, visible only to you.
Is there a free recipe history app?
Well Stockd's free plan keeps the history and notes for every recipe, with photos on Pro. Deglaze's free version includes its cooking history. CookBook is free for up to 20 recipes.
Can a household share one cooking history?
In Well Stockd, yes, on Pro: everyone in the household, up to six people, adds to the same history, with their name on each cook. Deglaze shares one recipe library, grocery list and meal plan with your household, but its cooking history stays private to you.
Sources:
- Deglaze on the App Store
- Deglaze: Meet Your Cooking History (July 13, 2026)
- CookBook: cooking mode, ratings and cooking history
- CookBook pricing
- Plan to Eat help: View Recipe History (Website)
- Plan to Eat home page and pricing
- Paprika user guide for iOS
- Paprika Recipe Manager 3 on the App Store
Competitor details checked November 3, 2026.