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Add to SafariWhen comparing Mastercook vs Copy Me That, the Slant community recommends Copy Me That for most people. In the question“What are the best personal recipe databases for PC? ” Copy Me That is ranked 4th while Mastercook is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Copy Me That is:
Each recipe can be categorized by tags in order to find the appropriate meal.
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Pros
Pro Helpful menu planning capabilities
This software can help you in planning meals. You can plan your breakfast, lunch and dinner for a day, the week or even an entire month.
Pro Makes shopping for groceries easier
When you already made your meal plan, it can make a shopping list and group the food per area in the grocery. This makes it easier for you to shop and saves you time. It can also estimate your food bill, though you have to input the price when you use it the first time.
Pro Huge number of preprogrammed recipes
Mastercook contains more than 8,000 recipes in its database.
Pro Helpful food tracking capability
This can track what's still available in your pantry. When you don't want to go out and shop, it will give you a number of recipe suggestions with the ingredients you have in your house.
Pro Recipes can be organized via tags
Each recipe can be categorized by tags in order to find the appropriate meal.
Pro Great web clipper
Copy Me That is a Great app for grabbing recipes from the web. After they are downloaded, they are automatically formatted for simplicity.
Pro Active community
Copy Me That has a community built around food. The community is for sharing and receiving recipes, and even providing feedback.
Pro Easy shopping list generator
This app will dissect the ingredients required and break them down into an organized shopping list.
Pro Excellent browser algorithm
The excellent browser algorithm can grab recipes from even the worst ad-garbled web pages, with no errors.
Pro Allows adjustments and notes
Any attribute of a recipe can be changed, and notes can be added as reminder for the future.
Pro Cookbook creator and Direct publish feature
You can design, create, and even publish and order your own cookbook from within the app.
Pro Functions as an add-on
The Copy Me That add-on can grab recipes from a browser and sync them with the iOS app.
Pro Drag and drop meal planner
Users can drag and drop meals from one day to another day using this app's built in calendar.
Pro Supports multiple users on different devices
A meal can be added by one user, and then the recipe can be viewed by another. This way, coordinating meals between multiple people can be very simple - especially for shopping purposes.
Pro Community ratings for recipes
The community rates shared recipes on a scale of 1-5.
Pro Intelligent item system
Intelligent item system allows you to edit items on your shopping list, combines items from multiple recipes, and organizes items by store location. Forget an item? Hit the “Add Item” button, type in oranges, item is immediately added to your list under the “Produce” section.
Pro Multiple platforms
IOS (iPhone & iPad), Android, and browser support.
Cons
Con Clunky interface
Con iPad Interface unbecoming to some users
Con Recipe detection limited to english
This app automatically reformats recipes for easy reading based on the contents of the text. If the text isn't in English, Copy Me That won't detect the recipe.
