Recipe Saving & Copyright

Last updated: March 2026

We understand that copyright is important to recipe creators, and we want to clearly explain how Scran works.

Scran is a personal recipe tool

Scran is designed to help individuals collect, organise, and use recipes for their own personal cooking.

When you save a recipe in Scran, it is similar to:

Copying a recipe into a notes app
Saving a bookmark
Writing it down in a personal cookbook

Scran acts as a private space for your own use.

You control what you save

Recipes are only added to Scran when:

You choose to import a URL, or
You upload an image

We do not:

Automatically collect recipes from the internet
Scrape websites without user action
Choose or recommend specific recipes for you to store

Your recipes are private

Recipes saved in Scran are:

Private by default
Only visible to you

We do not:

Publish recipes publicly
Create a shared recipe database from user content
Allow other users to access your recipes

Similar to other personal tools

Scran works in a similar way to tools like:

Notes apps
Bookmarking tools
Personal recipe organisers

It is designed for individual use, not content distribution.

Respecting creators

We respect the work that goes into creating recipes.

Scran is designed to support home cooking — helping people actually follow through and cook recipes they discover, in a more accessible and usable format.

In many cases, this means users are more likely to:

Return to the original recipe
Revisit the creator's content
Continue engaging with their work

Our goal is not to replace recipe creators, but to help more people cook, enjoy, and stay connected to the recipes they love.

Your responsibility

When using Scran, you are responsible for the content you save.

This means:

You should only save content you have the right to use
You should not use Scran to distribute copyrighted content

Questions or concerns

If you are a recipe creator and have any concerns or questions, we're happy to help.