There is a familiar gap between finding a recipe and cooking it again. The link lives in a browser tab, a message, or somewhere further down your history than you want to scroll. You remember the soup. You remember changing something about it. Finding the useful version takes longer than it should.
DishCache is my attempt to close that gap. The recent overhaul brings its purpose into clearer focus: a personal recipe collection, a warmer identity, and a home for your recipes on the web, iPhone, and iPad.
Start with a keeper
The main action is still Save from link. Paste a recipe URL, or send a page from Safari through the Share sheet. DishCache captures the recipe details and keeps the original source attached. On the web, you can also write a recipe yourself, correct the ingredients, and add the note you will want next time.
Capturing recipes from websites is imperfect. Different sites organize ingredients and directions differently, and a saved link can need cleanup. DishCache keeps that uncertainty visible. A recipe can remain marked Needs Review, with the source available when you need to check a quantity or find a missing step.
The web capture repair flow lets you try the source again, compare the result with your saved recipe, and choose which fields to apply. You can discard the attempt or undo its changes while that revision is still current. A better capture should respect the corrections you have already made.
Bring it into the kitchen
Search reaches into titles, ingredients, instructions, notes, and sources. The same account connects DishCache.com with the iPhone and iPad app, so a recipe saved at your desk belongs to the collection you bring into the kitchen.
Cook Mode gives ingredients and directions room to breathe. Check them off as you go, and the screen stays awake while you work. Recipes already synced to the app remain readable offline. AirPrint produces a clean paper copy from an iPhone or iPad. Saving new links, syncing, and sharing still need an internet connection.
A warmer home
The new identity uses cream paper, cocoa lettering, paprika buttons, and sage accents. The serif wordmark and recipe-box imagery feel at home beside a cookbook. The refreshed homepage connects the website and app through actual product screenshots and a public sample recipe.
That is the feeling behind “Good recipes deserve a home.” The visual language should make a useful, personal collection feel inviting. It should also show what you can do when you arrive: save something, find it, and cook.
Your collection stays yours
Recipes start private. You choose when to share one, and someone receiving a recipe page can save a copy into their own collection. On the web, you can export your library and saved images, then restore selected recipes from a DishCache backup as private copies. Keeping a useful collection includes being able to take it with you.
The next app update
As of September 7, 2026, version 1.1 has been submitted to Apple and is awaiting review. It adds native recipe creation and editing, offline changes with conflict choices, Trash recovery, capture comparison, library filters, and roomier iPad layouts.
It also introduces recipes from scanned pages, photos, and screenshots. Text recognition runs on the device, and you review the suggested ingredients and directions beside saved page copies. Clear printed recipes are the first target; extracted quantities and steps still need checking. These features belong to the submitted update. The screenshots above show the released app.
DishCache is free to use, with no ads or subscription required. Its purpose remains practical: keep a recipe, make it useful, find it again, and get on with cooking.