Migrate your Paprika recipes to Cookfolio in under a minute

You’ve been using Paprika for years and built up dozens, maybe hundreds of recipes? Cookfolio imports your whole collection in one go. Photos, categories, structured ingredients: it all comes along. If you’re starting from scratch with a mix of paper notebooks, files, and screenshots, here’s how to digitize your family recipes instead.

Before you start: export from Paprika

Paprika lets you export your full library to a .paprikarecipes file. The steps depend on your device:

• Mac: File → Export → category All Recipes → format Paprika Recipe Format → Export
• Windows: File → Export → category → Paprika Recipe Format → Export
• iOS: Side menu → Settings → Export Recipes → category → .paprikarecipes → Export. Retrieve the file via iTunes File Sharing.
• Android: Menu (top-left) → Settings → Export Recipes → category → .paprikarecipes → Export. The file lands in your Downloads folder.

Get the .paprikarecipes file onto the device where you use Cookfolio (AirDrop, email it to yourself, Google Drive — anything works).

How to import your Paprika recipes into Cookfolio

1. Open Cookfolio, go to Settings, then tap Import from Paprika & Mela.

   

2. Select your file .paprikarecipes. Cookfolio confirms how many recipes were detected and starts the import in the background.

   

3. Keep using the app while it imports. A banner at the top tracks progress, and recipes appear in your library as they come through.

   

4. Open any imported recipe: structured ingredients, adjustable servings, photo preserved, categories converted into tags.

   

What gets preserved

• Photos: kept with each recipe
• Paprika categories: automatically converted into Cookfolio tags. If a category didn’t exist in your collection yet, the tag is created for you.
• Ingredients: parsed into a proper structured list (name, quantity, unit), which is what lets you adjust servings on imported recipes.
• Metadata: prep time, cook time, servings, notes, source

How many recipes can I import?

Up to 500 recipes per file, within a 150 MB limit. If your collection is bigger, export it in several categories one after the other: Cookfolio automatically detects duplicates and won’t import the same recipe twice.

What happens if the import is interrupted?

You can close the app while it’s running: Cookfolio finishes the work in the background, and your recipes will be waiting for you next time you open it. If your connection drops, the import resumes on its own from where it stopped — there’s no “Retry” button to tap.

What’s next?

Once your collection is migrated, you can keep adding to it without starting from scratch: import a recipe from a website by pasting a link, or from a YouTube video. Old and new recipes live in the same book — adjustable and available everywhere.

Plan required

Bulk import is included in Cookfolio’s Pro plan.

Try it now

Download Cookfolio, export your Paprika collection, import in one go. Your library follows you.