Potluck
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Shared family cookbooks

Grandma's recipe box, now in everyone's pocket.

Potluck is a shared cookbook for your family and friends. Scan the handwritten cards, save recipes from anywhere, and cook from the same book, wherever everyone lives.

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  • Free to start
  • Private cookbooks
  • No ads, ever
Recipes families keep on Potluck: Nana's lasagna, Mom's chili, Dad's Saturday pancakes, Amma's sambar, Grandma's pie crust, Tía Rosa's tamales, Uncle Joe's jerk chicken, Oma's apple cake, Lola's adobo, Baba's pierogi, Nonna's gnocchi, Halmeoni's kimchi jjigae, Sito's fattoush, Gran's Sunday roast

Sound familiar?

Right now, your family's recipes are everywhere.

A card in a drawer. A screenshot you'll never find again. A text from Mom that just says “a pinch of this.” Potluck gathers them into one cookbook that everyone can open, add to and cook from.

Recipes are scattered across cards, texts and screenshots.

How it works

Set the table in three steps.

  1. CASA24

    text it to the family group chat

    Step 1: Start a cookbook

    Give it a name and a cover, then invite family or friends with a simple code.

  2. TypeScanImport

    Step 2: Add your recipes

    Type them in, snap a photo of a handwritten card, or import from a website or social post.

  3. Love
    Yum
    Made it

    Step 3: Cook it together

    Follow along in cook mode, leave notes for each other, and let everyone know when you made it.

Take a peek inside

Everything a family cookbook needs, nothing it doesn't.

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Cookbooks for every occasion

Build your recipe collection and sort it into cookbooks for holidays, weeknight dinners or family favorites.

Potluck app home screen showing recipe collections and cookbooks

Scan it

Grandma's handwriting, finally searchable.

Snap a photo of a recipe card, a page from an old cookbook or a magazine clipping. Potluck reads it and turns it into a clean recipe anyone in the family can follow. No typing required.

  • Recipe cards
  • Old cookbooks
  • Magazine clippings
  • Notebook pages
hold still, Grandma's card

Family original

Grandma June's Peach Cobbler

Serves 8 1 hrDessertScanned

Ingredients

6 items

  • 6ripe peaches, sliced
  • 1 cupsugar
  • 1 cupflour
  • 2 tspbaking powder
  • 1 stickbutter, melted
  • 1 cupmilk + pinch of salt
1

Heat the oven to 350°F and melt the butter in your baking dish.

45m
BeforeAfter

The little things

Made for real kitchens, flour and all.

Cook mode

Big steps, real timers, scaled for the crowd.

Ingredients scale to however many people are coming, and your screen stays awake until the last pancake.

Dad's Saturday Pancakes

Serves 4

  • 1½cups flour
  • 1¼cups milk
  • 1egg
  • 3tbsp butter, melted
  • 1tbsp sugar
  • 2tsp baking powder

Import

From any app with a share button.

Tap share, pick Potluck, and the recipe's saved. No screenshots, no copy and paste.

Search

Find it in a second.

Search by name, ingredient, or whoever added it.

Recipe of the Day

A daily pick from your own collection.

No ads, no influencers, no sponsored posts. Just something your family already loves, served up each morning.

Recipe of the Day

Auntie Mei's scallion pancakes

Madded by Mei

Around the table

It feels alive because your family is in it.

See when your sister adds a recipe or Dad leaves a comment. React with Love, Yum or Made it, and every recipe turns into a conversation.

Activity

Live
  • D

    David added Mom's lasagna

    just now
  • P

    Priya reacted Yum to Sunday dal

    3m
  • D

    Dad commented on Saturday pancakes: “More butter next time.”

    18m
  • S

    Sarah scanned Grandma June's peach cobbler

    1h

Oma's apple cake

the secret is grating the apples, not slicing. trust me. — Lena

go on, give it a tap

  • Private by default

    Only the people you invite can see your cookbooks.

  • No ads, no influencers

    No strangers, no sponsored posts. Just your family's food.

  • Print it out

    Export recipes as a PDF for the fridge, the binder or Grandma.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Still wondering about something? Write to us at trypotluckapp@gmail.com and a real person will write back.

Yes. Potluck is free to start, with unlimited recipes that you add yourself. Potluck Premium unlocks unlimited scanning and importing.

It's a potluck, after all

Everyone brings a recipe.

Start a cookbook, invite your people and watch it fill up. Free to start on iPhone.

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