How to read a recipe screen

Every recipe opens to the same screen, with a photo, a score, your ingredients and steps, and quick actions.

Written for the Aioli iPhone app. Last updated October 18, 2026

Each recipe has a photo at the top, the details in the middle and quick actions throughout. Here is what each part does.

Photo, title and score

A small pill on the photo shows where the recipe came from. Tap it to open the original page. A time badge shows the total time. Recipes in a language other than yours also show a small language badge, such as IT or FR.

Next to the title, the score chip shows how complete and ready to cook the recipe is. A perfect recipe shows a status of Ready. Otherwise you see the number of issues.

1. Tap the score chip to see what affects the score.
2. Tap an issue to open a sheet that steps through each fix (Issue 1 of N).
3. Choose AI Fix, or fix the issue yourself, then save to move on.

You can also run AI Fix on the whole recipe from the score chip. Aioli shows each change (Change 1 of N) and you accept it or choose Keep original. Nothing is saved until you do. Tap Edit to open the full recipe editor instead.

Ingredients and instructions

The servings stepper next to Ingredients scales every quantity as you tap the plus and minus buttons. Tap an ingredient to correct it. How to edit an ingredient on a recipe shows how. The Instructions section numbers each step.

Quick actions

• AI Adjust opens a chat where you can change the recipe, such as swapping an ingredient.
• Meal Plan adds the recipe to a meal plan.
• Shop adds its ingredients to a shopping list.
• Cook opens Cook Mode. For drinks, the button reads Make.

Further down, you can mark a recipe as a Favorite, add Notes and Share it. If a friend shared the recipe with you, tap Save to My Recipes to keep a copy. Once saved, the button reads Open your copy.

The menu and the source

The ⋮ menu in the header holds Edit Recipe, Revision History, Visit Source, Share, Notes and Delete Recipe. Which options you see depends on whether you own the recipe and whether it has a source link or past changes. A link near the bottom takes you back to the original page.