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the problem

You already have
the recipes. That’s the problem.

Saving’s the easy part. We’ve all done it. Cooking from a 47-second video on a Wednesday night? that’s where every viral pasta goes to die.

Photos · saved247
Last cookednever

The cemetery of saves.

You save every cooking video that crosses your FYP. Three weeks later you can’t remember which one had the gnocchi — or whether you saved it on TikTok, Instagram, or Pinterest.

▶ 0:47 · cooking reelpaused × 14
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0:08 what's that powder?
0:21 butter before the onions?
0:33 how much wine??

Pause. Rewind. Pause again.

Cooking from a 47-second video means stopping it fourteen times. Hands are wet. Phone’s sticky. You’re squinting at on-screen text that disappeared two seconds ago.

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ok so first you 2 cups flour then crack an egg in pinch of salt mix it all add the milk slowly whisk till smooth heat your pan med-high melt some butter pour it in cook like 2 mineach side flip when bubbly trust me guys it's SO good 🔥🔥🔥 lmk if u make it!! save this one 👇 #pasta #easyrecipe #fyp #foodtok #dinnerideas #viral #cooking #homemade

The recipe’s in the caption.

The whole thing is dumped into one run-on caption. No steps, no list, no order. You scroll past emojis, hashtags, and “like and follow” just to find the part that actually tells you what to do.

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instagram saved82
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Six apps. Zero dinners.

Your recipes live in TikTok saves, Instagram bookmarks, Pinterest pins, Notes app, screenshots, and “send to myself” iMessages. Nobody can cook from that.

Instacook fixes all of it.

how it works

From scroll to dinner,
in three taps.

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See a recipe you want

TikTok, Reels, Shorts or a blog post. Hit the share button like you always do.

takes 1 second
@cheflauren · 0:42
spaghetti arrabbiata for the girls 🍝
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Pick Instacook

We watch the video, listen to the chef, and write a real recipe. Ingredients, steps, and times.

~4 seconds, hands-off
Cooking your recipe
@cheflauren · 42s
Watching the video
Hearing the chef
Writing the steps
Saving to cookbook
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Cook it later

It’s waiting in your cookbook with step-focused cook mode and an auto grocery list by aisle.

whenever you’re hungry
▶ tiktok
✓ saved
Spaghetti arrabbiata
@cheflauren · imported
22 min4 serveasy
  • Spaghetti12 oz
  • San Marzano1 can
  • Chili flakes1 tsp
“I saved 347 cooking videos last year. I cooked three of them.”

— Yeah. We made Instacook for that.
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your cookbook

Everything you’ve actually saved.

Recents at the top. Everything else sorted into collections you tap through: Quick, Pasta, Salads, Bowls. Search by ingredient, source, or name. Your saves, finally organized.

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cook mode

Hands-busy, brain-off.

One step on screen. Big. Timer pinned. Ingredients live in a drawer at the bottom. Drag up to peek without losing your place.

Cook mode
Crispy gnocchi alla vodka
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3 min · medium
Build the base
Same pan: garlic + chili flakes 30 sec. tomato paste 2 min until brick-red.
3:00timer
For this step 3drag up for full list ↑
4 clovesGarlic½ tspChili flakes2 tbspTomato paste

questions

The obvious ones.

Does it actually work on TikTok?
Yes. Tap the share button, pick Instacook. We work with TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and most cooking blogs. If a creator typed it out we’ll catch it; if they only said it, we’ll listen.
Is the recipe accurate?
Surprisingly yes. We pull from the audio, captions, and what’s actually shown on screen, then double-check ratios. You can edit anything before saving. We keep the original video linked so you can re-watch.
What about meal prep and groceries?
Tap any recipe, pick a day, it lands on your week planner. Tap the grocery tab - it’s already populated, sorted by aisle. No daily streaks, no nagging. Cook once, eat all week.
How much does it cost?
7 days free. Then $12/month or $49.99/year. Cancel in two taps. We don’t sell your data and we don’t show ads.

The next recipe you scroll past could be dinner.

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