Your Family's Recipes.
Preserved Forever.

Photograph a handwritten heirloom recipe card or screenshot one from anywhere online — Thyme Capsule turns it into a beautiful, structured recipe your whole family can keep forever. Now in early access.

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The Transformation

From faded card to living recipe

Drag the handle to see what Thyme Capsule does to every recipe it touches — keeping the precious original while also seeing how it looked all those years ago, finally brought to life.

Original handwritten recipe card
Before
Digitized and enriched recipe in Thyme Capsule
After
Two Kinds of Treasure

Heirloom recipes. Modern discoveries.

Thyme Capsule is built for both — the recipe box passed down through generations, and the one you screenshot last Tuesday.

Handwritten heirloom recipe cards

Heirloom Recipes

The ones written in a hand you'd recognize anywhere.

  • Photograph any handwritten card, notebook page, or scrap of paper
  • AI reads the handwriting — including archaic measurements and terms
  • Restores faded, stained, or torn documents to mint condition
  • Preserves margin notes, crossed-out ingredients, and "Mama always said" moments
  • Tags the people, places, and occasions tied to the recipe
Recipes That Come From

Index cards, handwritten notebooks, clipped newspaper recipes, church cookbooks, scrap paper notes

Modern recipe on smartphone

Modern Recipes

The ones you find everywhere and never remember where you saved them.

  • Screenshot any recipe — from Instagram, Pinterest, food blogs, or websites
  • AI structures the ingredients and steps automatically
  • No more searching your camera roll or lost browser tabs
  • Capture multiple photos or screenshots as a single recipe
  • Add to any family cookbook alongside your heirlooms
Recipes That Come From

Instagram posts, Pinterest boards, food blogs, NYT Cooking, texted recipes

What It Does

Everything a recipe deserves

From faded index cards to a gorgeous digital library — Thyme Capsule handles the hard parts so you can focus on the memories.

Photographing a handwritten recipe card

AI-Powered Digitization

Just photograph the card. Our AI reads the handwriting, transcribes every ingredient and step, and even explains archaic terms like "Oleo" or "Number 10 can."

Recipe card before and after restoration

Document Restoration

Grease stains, tears, faded ink — we restore the original card to mint condition using AI image processing, while keeping your loved one's handwriting perfectly intact.

Beautiful family recipe cookbook

Beautiful Cookbooks

Organize recipes into family cookbooks with custom covers, member photos, and settings — a living archive that grows with every generation.

Family cooking together

Family Sharing

Invite family members to contribute recipes, tag the people in photos, and build a shared cookbook that spans generations.

Cinematic food photograph of a home-cooked dish

AI Dish Photography

Wonder what Grandma's casserole really looked like at its best? Generate a cinematic food photo of any recipe — set it in your own kitchen or dining room.

Hands holding treasured handwritten recipe cards

The Story Lives On

Handwriting analysis and margin notes surface the "vibe" of a recipe — whether it was a rushed weeknight dinner or a special Christmas tradition.

Where Memories Live

Set the scene.
The way you remember it.

Thyme Capsule doesn't just digitize recipes — it brings them to life. Generate a cinematic dish photo and place it in the setting where that recipe belongs. Grandma's kitchen. The Sunday dining room. The back porch in July.

Grandma's kitchen
Kitchen

Grandma's Kitchen

Rose's Apple Cake · 1962

Sunday dining room
Dining Room

Sunday Dining Room

Pot Roast · 1978

Back porch in July
Back Porch

Back Porch in July

Peach Cobbler · 1991

"Every recipe has a home. Now it has a picture to go with it."

Why We Built This
Every family has a box somewhere. Faded cards, torn edges, cryptic notes in a hand you'd recognize anywhere. Those recipes are stories. They deserve to last.

— The Thyme Capsule Team

Simple by Design

Ready in minutes

No scanning equipment. No typing. Just your phone and a recipe card.

1

Photograph or Screenshot

Snap a photo of any handwritten recipe card — or screenshot a recipe from Instagram, a food blog, anywhere.

2

Digitize & Enrich

Our AI reads the handwriting or parses the screenshot, structures every ingredient and step, and enriches it with context and story.

3

Organize

Add it to a family cookbook. Tag people, write notes, and build a collection that tells your story.

4

Share & Preserve

Share your cookbook with family — give them access to browse, cook from, and cherish recipes together.

Simple Pricing

Preserve every recipe.

Choose a plan that fits your family. Upgrade or cancel anytime.

Free

Free

 

Experience the full magic. No card required.

  • 3 complete recipes — scan, restore, enhance & generate
  • Upload a scene & a person photo
  • AI text transcription
  • Cooking mode
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$39.99 /year

$3.33/month, billed annually Save 17%

Everything you need to preserve your recipes.

  • 40 complete recipes/month
  • Each recipe includes: scan, restore, dish generation & enhancements
  • Unlimited cookbooks
  • Cooking mode
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