Some recipes only exist in one place
A handwritten card, a phone that could break tomorrow, someone who remembers the steps but never wrote them down - none of that is a backup.
The recipes that matter most are usually the ones with the worst backup: an index card that's been through a hundred cooking sessions, a memory nobody's actually written down, a photo of handwriting buried three years deep in a camera roll. Losing any of those isn't like losing a bookmark - it's losing the recipe.
CookBird doesn't do anything magic here - there's no scanning grandma's handwriting for you. What it does is make typing it in, once, actually worth doing: a rich-text editor for the directions, free-text tags for whatever context matters ("Grandma's," "Christmas Eve only"), and a share with the rest of the family so it's never sitting on just one device again.
How it works
Type the recipe in, as-is
Copy it exactly as written on the card, or as it's remembered - CookBird's rich-text editor handles the ingredients and directions the same way you'd write them by hand.
Add context with tags
Note who it's from, what occasion it's for, or anything else worth remembering - tags are free text, so nothing has to fit a predefined category.
Invite the family to see it
Once it's shared, it's no longer sitting on one device - anyone you've invited has access to the same recipe, permanently.
Type it in once, keep it forever
A rich-text editor is right there for entering a recipe exactly the way it was written or told to you - family recipe box style, but it never fades, tears, or gets lost in a move.
Tag it by who it came from
"Grandma's," "Dad's Sunday sauce," whatever actually means something to your family - tags are free text, not a fixed list, so the book stays organized your way.
Not just one person's backup
Invite the rest of the family and everyone can see it, not just whoever happened to save it first. One person losing their phone stops being how a recipe disappears for good.
Common questions
Can I take a photo of a handwritten recipe card instead of typing it?
Not automatically - CookBird doesn't scan or read handwriting from photos. Recipes have to be typed in, either by hand or pasted in from somewhere they're already written digitally.
What if I'm not sure about exact measurements?
Ingredient amounts are free text, so "a pinch" or "to taste" work exactly as well as precise measurements. There's no need to convert anything to fit a rigid format.
Is there a limit to how many family recipes I can save?
Free accounts can save up to 10 recipes. If your family collection grows past that, Premium removes the limit.
Who can see a recipe once I add it?
Only you, until you invite someone through the Sharing page and they accept. Nothing is shared automatically or by default.