Refinement
Filter the buckets in place.
Time, effort, cost, diet, vibe — tap any chip and the recipe buckets reflow instantly. No regeneration, no waiting, your scan budget stays whole.
Snap your fridge, pantry shelf, the grocery haul, or the receipt at the till. Chefsy reads what's there, suggests recipes you'll actually cook, and keeps a pantry that remembers.
Two-week free trial. Apple Family Sharing. Cancel anytime.
Sound familiar?
It's six in the evening. The fridge is full.
And somehow, you've got nothing.
We've all been there. Staring at the same shelves, scrolling the same recipe sites, ending up with takeout for the third time this week.
Meet your chef
Meet Chefsy.
A warm, curious cooking buddy that lives on your phone. Chefsy looks at what you've actually got, suggests recipes you'll actually cook, and stays useful while you're at the stove. No shopping-list theatre, no endless scrolling — just dinner, on the table, in the time it'd take to argue about ordering in.
How it works
Three small moves, every time.
From an open fridge — or a fresh grocery haul, or a half-empty pantry — to dinner on the table. Usually under twenty minutes, often with one less ingredient than you thought you'd need.
Chapter one — The capture
Snap what you've got.
Open the camera and point it at your fridge, the pantry shelf, the grocery haul on the counter, or the receipt from the till. Chefsy reads what's there, dials in the quantities, and lets you tweak anything before suggesting recipes — and it lands in your pantry too.
See it in the appChapter two — The recipe
Pick a recipe that fits.
Three honest buckets, every time. What you can make right now. What needs one or two extras. And a few stretch ideas for when you're feeling it.
See it in the appChapter three — The stove
Cook with a chef in your pocket.
Live cooking sessions adapt to your screen. Timers stay running. Ask the Chef anything mid-recipe — it knows where you are in the steps.
See it in the app
Chapter four — The capture
Point your camera. Anywhere.
Open the fridge. Pull the pantry door. Spread the groceries on the counter. Or hold up the receipt. Chefsy reads what's there, dials in quantities, and lets you tweak anything before suggesting recipes. Mix sources freely — they all land in one session.
Chapter five — The pantry
A pantry that actually remembers.
Every snap you commit lands in your pantry — with quantities, the purchase date if it came from a receipt, and a shelf-life estimate. The home screen surfaces what's about to expire so nothing slumps in the back of the fridge unnoticed.
Chapter five — The match
Three honest buckets, every time.
What you can make right now. What needs one or two extras. A few stretch ideas if you're feeling it. No infinite scroll, no clickbait, no fake match scores. Just the next move.
Chapter six — The recipe
Honest about what you have, missing, and could swap.
Every recipe shows three lists, always: what you already have, what's missing (one tap to a shopping list), and clever swaps with the reasoning behind them. No buried details. No "go to step 7 to learn you don't actually have garlic."
- You have — every matched item from your scan, ready to go.
- Missing — one tap to a shopping list, with quantities pre-filled.
- Swaps — paired suggestions with the reasoning. Use what you've got.
Chapter eight — The list
A shopping list that writes itself.
Any recipe's missing ingredients become a shopping list with one tap — grouped by recipe so you can pick one meal or pack the whole week. Add anything else by hand. Cross items off as you go; nothing disappears, nothing duplicates.
- From a recipe — tap "Add missing" on any detail page. Optional ingredients are off by default and one toggle away.
- Manual additions — type anything; staples resolve to the catalogue, freehand items stick around as-is.
- Group by recipe — see exactly which dish each item is for. Drop a recipe and its items leave with it.
Step 304:32
Garlic-tomato pasta
Step 3 · Sweat the garlic
Remaining04:32
Live on Dynamic Island and the Lock Screen.
Chapter seven — The stove
Big legible step. Honest timer. Quiet exit.
The cooking canvas turns dark on its own — easy to read across a messy counter. The timer pill stays mint while you've got time, turns peach when you should pay attention. Multiple timers stack and survive a backgrounded app. The ambient timeline of dots tells you exactly where you are.
- Timer mint — running, plenty of time.
- Timer peach — less than a minute — pay attention.
- Calm Minimal — strip the screen to step + timer + composer.
- Live Activity — step + countdown on the lock screen.
Chapter eight — The chef
A chef who knows where you are.
Three chats in one inbox. Ask the general chef anything. Open a recipe-specific thread when you need something tweaked. Talk to the chef mid-stir from the cooking canvas. The chef knows your fridge, your tastes, and exactly which step you're on.
- ★ Your Chefsy AI · the always-pinned general thread.
- Recipe threads — opened from any recipe detail.
- Cooking threads — opened from inside a live cook.
Chapter nine — The whole table
The same recipe. Every screen you own.
iPhone in your hand at the shop. iPad propped up on the counter. Mac windowed in the kitchen. Built natively for all three on Apple Silicon.
macOS
iPad
iPhone
What else?
More that comes in the box.
Six small things that make the rest of cooking easier — drag the cards to flip through them like a recipe box.
Calm Minimal
Strip the cooking screen.
When the kitchen is busy, switch to Calm Minimal. Step, timer, exit, composer. Nothing else. The chef stays at arm's length.
Family Sharing
One plan, the whole household.
Apple Family Sharing on monthly and yearly. Five family members get the full app, your saved recipes stay on your account.
Setup
Five screens, no account.
Restrictions, cuisines, servings, units, skill. Then you're cooking. We never ask you to sign in until there's something worth saving.
Cookbook
Saved and Cooked, with a star.
Every recipe you save or cook lives in your cookbook. Star the keepers. See what you've cooked twice. We remember the order.
Collections
Editorial collections, on Today.
Hand-picked recipe collections (cosy weekend, weeknight 30-min, pantry plates) appear on Today as a quiet rail. Not a feed, not gamified.
Privacy
Your kitchen is yours.
No ads. No data sales.
Chefsy is paid-only. We never sell your fridge to anyone.
No model training on your stuff.
Your scans, recipes and chats don't train any external model.
Sign in only when needed.
First save, paywall, or settings — never up front.
Sync is yours.
Your cookbook lives on your account, not on a profile we own.
Recipe of the day
Garlic-tomato pasta.
Serves 2 · 20 minutes · Vegetarian
- Cherry tomatoes1 pint, halved
- Garlic3 cloves, sliced thin
- Spaghetti180 g
- Olive oil3 tbsp, the good stuff
- Fresh basila small handful, torn at the end
- Parmesanto finish, generously
- Sea saltfor the pasta water — generous
The menu
Two weeks free. Stay if you love it.
One subscription, two ways to pay. Cancel any time in Settings — Apple does the billing.
Two weeks on the house
$XX.99/ year
Includes the two-week free trial. Cancel before day 15 — no charge.
Save ~33% vs. monthly · two-week trial included
Both plans include
- Unlimited recipe generations
- Live cooking sessions with persistent timers
- Chef chat — global, recipe and cook-mode
- Photo cookbook with cooked-x history
- Apple Family Sharing on every plan
- Sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac
Apple handles billing. Cancel anytime. iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS.
Reader's letters
Honest answers.
The questions readers most often ask before installing something new. Short answers, no marketing speak. Tap any question to expand it.