Frequently asked

Tap the share button in Safari or any browser, pick Dashed from the share sheet, wait a couple of seconds. The recipe lands in your library — ingredients, measurements, instructions, attribution back to the source, the works. If Dashed isn't in your share sheet yet, scroll the row to the end and tap More to add it.

Yes, and this is something Dashed is genuinely good at. The primary way: open the post in Instagram, tap Share, pick Dashed from the share sheet. For Reels, carousels, video stills, or anywhere the recipe is in the image instead of the caption text, take a screenshot and share that to Dashed instead — screenshots are the most reliable path because Dashed reads the recipe straight off the image. You can also paste an Instagram link directly into Dashed if that's easier.

Same primary path: open the post, tap Share, pick Dashed from the share sheet. Dashed reads the caption + pinned comment for the recipe text. For video posts with the recipe on-screen but a thin caption, pause the video, take a screenshot, and share the screenshot to Dashed — same as a recipe image. You can also paste a TikTok or YouTube link directly into Dashed if you prefer.

Yes. Share or save any image to Dashed and it'll pull the recipe text off it — printed menus, hand-written index cards, the back of a coaster, anything legible. Works best when the photo's in focus and the text is roughly horizontal.

Anything, anywhere. Open the recipe, tap the ⋯ menu and pick Edit — title, ingredients, instructions, measurements, notes, attribution, all fair game. Your changes stay on your recipe. If you've turned on Send my corrections in Help improve Dashed, fixes also flow back to me so the importer gets better at that kind of recipe over time.

Yes — tap the + on the Library tab and pick Add manually. Useful for recipes from books, bartender friends, or that drink you had last summer.

A place to keep the cocktail recipes you find on the internet — in a way that's actually useful. Share a link, a screenshot, or a photo of a menu, and Dashed reads the recipe, structures the ingredients and instructions, recognizes the brands you'd recognize, and saves it to your phone. Your library stays on your device until you turn on backup.

A dash is the smallest, fussiest unit in a cocktail recipe — two dashes of bitters, a dash of vermouth. I wanted something simple and cocktail-related.

No. The app works on a fresh install with nothing to sign into. You only make an account if you turn on server backup — and even then, "account" is Sign in with Apple, not a username and password.

Yes — your first 30 recipes are free, forever. Past that you can upgrade to Backbar ($4.99/yr) or Top Shelf ($9.99/yr). Subscription details below.

iOS, today — that's where Dashed lives. I built this myself, in spare hours, on a phone I already had, and going deep on one platform was the right call to make it good. Android is a "maybe someday." Web is less likely.

The bottles you actually have. Dashed uses My Bar to tell you which recipes you can make right now, which you're one bottle away from, and what to pick up next time you're at the store.

Tap My Bar → +. You can type it in, scan a label, or pick from a list of common things. Each bottle has a Have or Need status; flip it as your shelf changes.

You're missing exactly one ingredient — or the ingredient you're missing has a common substitute you already have. Tap the recipe to see which one.

Add it. Tap Add custom at the bottom of the search results and your bottle lands in My Bar with the brand, expression, and category you set. The catalog is curated by hand and growing — if you have Send my corrections on, your bottle also goes into the queue for the next catalog update so the next person looking for it finds it. If that seems like a chore, email me at hello@dashedapp.com and I'll add it.

A collection is a folder — you put recipes in it by hand (Summer Drinks, Tiki Night, Things I Bookmarked Last December). A smart shelf updates itself — you describe what you want ("low-ABV stirred drinks I can make") and Dashed keeps the list current as your library and bar change.

Collections → + → Describe a smart shelf. Type a sentence in plain English — "low-ABV stirred drinks I can make tonight," "tiki recipes with rhum agricole." Dashed parses it and shows you the matches.

Yes — open the smart shelf, tap the overflow menu, and pick Edit rules. You'll get a chip-picker view where you can adjust the spirit, style, use my bar toggle, and the other axes.

Either your library doesn't have anything matching yet (try Loosen this to drop the most-recent axis), or the prompt was too narrow. The shelf re-evaluates every time you open it, so saving a new recipe that matches will refill it automatically.

Unlimited saves, full server backup, and one-tap restore when you swap phones. $4.99 a year.

Everything in Backbar, plus smart shelves (the prompt-built shelves that update themselves based on your bar and taste), your name on the supporters page, and a real thank-you. It's a way to tip the bartender if you want to. $9.99/yr.

Settings → Subscription → Manage. That opens Apple's subscription screen — same place you'd go to cancel any iOS subscription.

Nothing happens to your recipes. They stay on your device, you keep using everything — the only things that pause are saving new recipes past the 30-recipe cap and pushing new backups to our servers.

Recipes you already backed up stay there indefinitely, restorable anytime. Resubscribe and the push resumes from where you left off.

The free tier is the trial — 30 recipes, no time limit. Use it as long as you want. Upgrade when you hit the cap (or earlier, if you want backup sooner).

iCloud sync uses your iCloud — recipes sync to your other Apple devices through Apple. We don't see them. It's free and works for everyone.

Server backup uses our servers — recipes get a second home that survives "I lost my phone and didn't have iCloud on." It's part of Backbar.

The recipes you save (when backup is on), your bar inventory (when backup is on), and your subscription state. That's it. No analytics SDKs, no ad networks, no third-party telemetry. The Privacy Policy spells out every byte.

When you correct an ingredient or a bottle, the correction itself (what was wrong, what's right) gets sent to me. Your identity does not — there's no user ID attached. You can see exactly what gets sent in Settings → Contact → See what gets sent.

Settings → About → Delete Account. That removes your library, your bar, and every backup from our servers. It can't be undone. Your local library stays on the device until you delete the app — uninstalling clears the rest.

Plain language is on the For Creators page — the short version is: we read the page a user shares, we store attribution and a View source link back to you, and we never republish or sell your content. If you want your domain excluded, email me.