There are hundreds of recipe apps available in the App Store and Play Store.

Despite all the glowing reviews, the paid full version kept me from giving it a fair chance.

Boy, was that a mistake.

Paprika app on the Android home screen.

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What Does Paprika Do?

The killer feature of Paprika is the ability to convert an online recipe into an easy-to-read traditional recipe format.

Long blog posts with SEO spam like “What is Flour?”

and ramblings about the author’s childhood are reconfigured into a list of ingredients with step-by-step instructions.

Also, you might add your own recipes from scratch.

It can all go in Paprika.

After knowing about Paprika for a long time, I decided to give it a real try finally.

It’s amazing what you don’t know about something if you never try it.

That last part is really important.

But since it’s a digital cookbook, I can easily make adjustments on the fly.

The categorization is also super handy.

Need a side dish for a meal?

Let’s see what I have in “Side Dishes.”

Long story short, I slept on Paprika for far too long.

A one-time payment of $4.99 is easily worth it to unlock the full potential of an excellent app.

Thank you, Paprika.