Recipe Spellbook
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Changelog

What’s new, and when.

Every notable release, newest first. Updates reach every platform through its store or the download page.

1.7.0
Upcoming

Your cookbook shelf, and joining that just works

  • Added Scan a cookbook’s barcode to add the printed book to your cookbooks. Title, author and cover are filled in for you, or type the ISBN if the camera can’t read it.
  • Added Snap the pages of a printed cookbook and each recipe is saved into that book, ready to search, scale and plan.
  • Added Join with a link or a code. Paste any invite link or code into Join to get into a shared shopping list or cookbook, even when tapping the link doesn’t open the app.
  • Added Family invites by link or code from Settings → Family → Join with code or link.
  • Changed Redesigned desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux: sidebar navigation, keyboard shortcuts and a command palette (Ctrl K, or ⌘K on Mac).
  • Changed More reliable sync between your devices and your family’s.
  • Fixed Invite links that opened the app without doing anything now land on a page with the code and step-by-step instructions to join by hand.
1.6.2
September 2026
  • Added Join a shared list by pasting an invite link: Shopping → tap the list name → Join a shared list.
  • Added The product barcode scanner is now in the side menu. Lookups are region-aware, show the full nutrient panel, and name their data source with a way to report a wrong product.
  • Fixed Recipe and cookbook links now open in the app even when it wasn’t already running.
  • Fixed Fixed crashes at launch on some devices.
1.6.0
August 2026
  • Changed Community rebuilt as a discovery feed with photo-forward cards. Cookbooks now look like books, with a spine, so they never read as a single recipe.
  • Changed Cookbook pages show one clean line of details and a single “Download all” button.
  • Changed Tablet and desktop layouts rebuilt to use the extra space.
  • Added Tap a meal’s photo in the planner to jump straight to its recipe.
  • Fixed Cookbook titles no longer disappear white-on-white over light cover photos.
1.5.33
July 2026
  • Fixed Recipe photos no longer go blank after saving with cloud sync on. Photos that were already broken repair themselves on the next launch.
  • Fixed Full-screen photo view works for synced recipes, and synced photos stay visible offline once loaded.
  • Changed The first-run “Your Spellbook Awaits” page is now a proper spellbook page, with each starter recipe’s real ingredients and steps.
1.5.28
July 2026
  • Added Live shopping lists, free. Send someone a link and you both edit the same list in real time.
  • Added Live cookbooks with Premium: collaborators edit recipes side by side.
  • Added Permission levels: Edit items, Check off only or View for lists; Edit or View for cookbooks. Owners can change them any time.
  • Changed The share sheet was rebuilt around “Collaborate live” and a separate “Send a copy”.
1.5.26
July 2026
  • Added Enhance with AI: reformat any recipe for readability using your own AI, with a before-and-after preview before you accept.
  • Added Instruction section headers, so a method can be grouped into “Make the sauce” and “Assemble”.
  • Added A servings slider with quick multipliers from ½× to 3×.
  • Changed The planner was rebuilt as a day timeline with a week strip and a + on every hour.
1.5.25
July 2026
  • Added Shareable recipe links: Share → Link gives a 24-hour link anyone can open on the web or in the app.
  • Added Select several planned meals at once to delete, move or change their type.
  • Fixed Recipes downloaded from Community now keep their photos.