Support
Help with recipes, iCloud, imports, timers, and wait-state ads.
Quick links
Cooking Up is a private recipe library for iPhone. No app account is required. Choose a topic below or email us for help.
Adding and cooking recipes
Add a recipe from scratch, a photo or camera capture, a webpage link, pasted text, or a shared .cookingup package. Review the draft before saving. Cook mode keeps large steps, an ingredient checklist, and multiple timers. Pause, resume, add 15 seconds, or cancel a timer from the app, Lock Screen, or Live Activity when those surfaces are available.
iCloud and originals
Structured recipes sync through your private iCloud account when you are signed in. Original photos appear in Files → iCloud Drive → Cooking Up when iCloud Drive is on. If iCloud is unavailable, the recipe stays on this iPhone. Open Settings in the app to see the current library status and retry.
Analytics, diagnostics, and ads
Settings includes independent switches for usage analytics and crash diagnostics. Recipe text, photos, notes, history, and imported links are excluded. Both options can be turned off.
Wait-state ads will appear shortly during cook-timer waits and on-device recipe import. They will not cover the instruction you need. Live ads are not serving yet. When they do, related information stays on the privacy policy.
Contact
Email matteo.zajac@gmail.com and include your device model, iOS version, app version, and what happened just before the problem. Screenshots help. Avoid sending entire recipe collections, passwords, or payment details.