Crumb is a native SwiftUI app for people who want a thoughtful recipe system without giving up ownership of their data. It works as a private iCloud-backed library or as a direct companion to one or more Mealie v3 servers.
The product direction is intentionally Apple-native: image-led recipe cards, clear editing flows, five persistent destinations, offline-aware state, and practical details like Apple Reminders integration and server capability checks.
The result is a cooking tool that can scale from a personal recipe box to a self-hosted household workflow while staying direct, readable, and honest about where data lives.
My Library
Keep a private recipe library in iCloud with Mealie-compatible recipe data and local-first editing.
Mealie Sync
Connect directly to Mealie v3 servers with profile isolation, capability checks, and offline-aware caching.
Planning
Plan meals, keep shopping lists, connect ingredients to recipes, and move from planning to cooking.
Intelligence
Turn selected text, public webpages, images, and local videos into editable recipe drafts.
Offline cooking
Crumb can download a server profile's recipe library for offline browsing, search, detail views, images, scaling, printing, and cook mode.
Direct data boundaries
The app does not host Mealie or proxy recipes through a Guhl Studio service. Requests go directly to the selected server, website, iCloud account, or Apple framework.
Premium workflow
Crumb Premium Features unlocks My Library, private iCloud sync, Offline Recipes, Apple Reminders lists, and explicit recipe uploads to Mealie.
Capability aware
Crumb supports Mealie versions greater than or equal to 3.0.0 and less than 4.0.0, hiding optional features when a connected server does not expose them.