Ambre: Recipe Organizer for Android

…but Siri is not working. And instructions widget doesn’t quite make sense if you have to go back into app to switch to next step. And a couple other glitches but overall very good! Also adding a grocery shopping list would make it top tier .

This is exactly what I want when I download an iOS/Android app. The interface is simple, it matches the typical iOS UI standards. It's clean, doesn't have a lot of obnoxious UI. And this is going to sound weird, but I actually REALLY appreciate that this app doesn't try to do 10 different things, all my other recipe apps try to be a grocery list and I hate it. I have better grocery list apps already. My only gripe is some of the small things. I would love to be able to specify the size of a recipe using something other than just servings. The steps for each recipe are also easier to edit if they were just one large textbox. I would also recommend tooltips on Android for all of the toolbar buttons in a recipe.

So happy I found this app! This is THE most user friendly recipe app I have seen to date. So many ways to make the way you collect and categorize your recipes so simply sculpted. URL downloads, meal planning, and even entering your own scratch recipes is wonderful. Scaling recipes is a great addition to an app, because the number of people we love to cook our favorites for does change occasionally, and this truly makes cooking for two so much easier. The only things keeping me from giving this 5-stars are the following: *The ability to print recipes. People frequently ask for recipes and I like to print them out. *For the app to work on my Mobile. I updated my Mobile and it is apparently still not supported? Hmmmm *A one-time payment option rather than having to pay monthly (this may actually cause me to, albeit very sadly, give up the app as I have a difficult time paying monthly for more than my utilities. I will keep checking back on this app for updates, because I am just so pleased with it, and I hope I can edit this at some point and make the rating a full 5 stars.

PROS - can check off ingredients and instructions without it actually saving - clean and minimalist aesthetic CONS - can't re-order the ingredients or instructions whilst editing (ex: if you forgot to mention preheating the oven but you're already at step 7, you have to rewrite all the steps, instead of being able to drag a new entry to the front) - no customization options (can't make the tag icons different colors) - can't separate or group ingredients/instructions (ex: if there's different components like sauces, garnishes, main entree) with a divider or a subtitle - this is a minor complaint, but I'm not a fan of the "[ ] Kookin It" checkbox always being present above the Instructions -- if anything, I'd prefer if it was just an icon OR if it was displayed below the instructions // overall, this is the one of the best recipe apps I've found for Google devices; there's just a couple places that I think there is room for improvements

After trying a handful of apps, Kookin won my heart! It’s so friendly and straightforward!