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This guide is for Paprika 4, which is currently in beta. Switch to the Paprika 3 guide.

Paprika 4 (Beta) User Guide for iOS

Welcome to Paprika Recipe Manager!

This guide will introduce you to all of the features available within Paprika. You will learn how to add recipes to Paprika, browse for recipes online, create grocery lists, make meal plans, and more.

If after reading this guide you have any questions that have not been addressed, please consult our knowledge base.

Note

This user guide applies to Paprika 4 (Beta) for iOS. If you have an earlier version of Paprika, some of the features described in this user guide may not be available in your version.

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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Table of Contents
  2. What's New
    1. Highlights
    2. Other Changes
  3. Beta Testing
    1. Before You Start
    2. What to Test
      1. Adding Recipes
      2. Organizing
      3. Nutrition
      4. Sharing
      5. Pantry
      6. Meals
      7. Integrations
    3. Sending Feedback
  4. Overview
  5. Adding Recipes
    1. Adding a Recipe
    2. Adding a Recipe from the Clipboard
  6. Scanning Recipes
    1. Scanning a Recipe
    2. Editing a Scanned Recipe
    3. Scanning Tips
  7. Browsing Recipes
    1. Browsing by Category
    2. Browsing Subcategories
    3. Searching Recipes
    4. Advanced Search
    5. Saved Searches
    6. Sorting Recipes
  8. Editing Recipes
    1. Editing a Recipe
    2. Deleting Recipes
    3. Recipe Fields
    4. Inserting Recipe Text
    5. Adding Recipe Photos
  9. Viewing Recipes
    1. Recipe Actions
    2. Printing Recipes
    3. Timers
    4. Scaling & Converting Ingredients
    5. Crossing off Ingredients
    6. Marking Directions
    7. Ingredient Substitutions
    8. Pinning Recipes
    9. Photo Gallery
  10. Nutrition
    1. Entering Nutrition Facts
    2. Analyzing Ingredients
    3. Viewing Nutrition
  11. Categories
    1. Assign a Recipe to a Category
    2. Suggesting Categories
    3. Adding a Category
    4. Editing Categories
    5. Built-In Categories
  12. Cookbooks
    1. Switching Cookbooks
    2. Adding a Cookbook
    3. Managing Cookbooks
    4. Moving Recipes between Cookbooks
    5. Sharing a Cookbook
  13. Browser
    1. Using the Browser
    2. Clipping Recipes Online
    3. Clipping Recipes from Social Media
    4. Manually Saving Recipes Using the Clipboard Tools
      1. Tips
  14. Groceries
    1. Adding Ingredients
      1. Adding a Recipe to the Grocery List
      2. Adding a Custom Item to the Grocery List
    2. Editing the Grocery List
      1. Editing Grocery List Items
      2. Removing Items from the Grocery List
    3. Using the Grocery List
      1. Marking Items as Purchased
      2. Filtering Grocery List Items
      3. Searching the Grocery List
      4. Sorting the Grocery List
    4. Managing Multiple Grocery Lists
      1. Viewing your Grocery Lists
      2. Adding a New Grocery List
      3. Renaming a Grocery List
    5. Grocery List Actions
    6. Using Siri
  15. Pantry
    1. Adding Items to the Pantry
    2. Editing Pantry Items
    3. Pantry Locations
    4. Scanning Barcodes
    5. Sorting the Pantry
    6. Searching the Pantry
    7. Pantry Actions
  16. Meals
    1. Viewing the Meal Planner
      1. Switching Views
      2. Daily View
      3. Weekly View
      4. Monthly View
    2. Adding a Meal
      1. From the Meal Planner
      2. From the Recipe Screen
      3. Drag and Drop
    3. Editing Meals
      1. Changing a Meal's Date or Type
      2. Deleting Meals
      3. Moving or Copying Meals
      4. Scaling Meals
    4. Meal Planner Actions
    5. Calendar Feed
  17. Menus
    1. Adding a Menu
    2. Adding Menu Items
    3. Drag and Drop
    4. Adding a Menu to the Meal Planner
    5. Menu Actions
  18. Sharing
    1. Family Sharing
      1. Inviting Family Members
      2. Managing Family Members
    2. Messages
      1. Sending Recipes & Cookbooks
      2. Receiving & Importing Recipes
      3. Push Notifications
  19. Settings
    1. Accessing the Settings Panel
    2. List of Settings
    3. Account
      1. Paprika Cloud Sync
      2. Creating an Account
      3. Logging In
      4. Managing your Account
      5. Deleting your Account
    4. Import Recipes
      1. YAML Format
    5. Export Recipes
      1. How to export your recipes
    6. Find Duplicates
    7. Alexa
  20. Extensions
    1. Saving Recipes from Other Apps
    2. Widgets
    3. Shortcuts
    4. Apple Watch
      1. Grocery Lists
      2. Timers
  21. Resources
    1. Technical Support
    2. Frequently Asked Questions
    3. Changelog