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Breakfast
Bright Mornings
Start your day right with classic morning favorites and modern twists.
10 recipes
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Now serving on iOS
Cook like
the chef
would have.
Save anything from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, a cookbook page, or your grandmother's voice note — then cook it hands-free with timers, voice, and a chef looking over your shoulder.
100Imports / month
∞AI smart edits
6moNutrition history
Plate № 01 — Chef's Spread
Live on the shelf
80 chef recipes
Updated weekly
↓ Section II — The ManifestoDiscover · Cook · Refine · Track
Manifesto · 01
Filed under:
The Saved Tab Crisis
You don't have a recipe problem.
You have a saving problem.
An editorial,
with feeling.
BeforeSaved Tab
347 bookmarks. 0 dinners cooked. Sound familiar?
- 0160-second pasta hack
- 0210-min Korean BBQ rice bowl
- 03Crispy gnocchi w/ brown butter
- 04Cottage cheese pizza bowl??
- 05Viral cucumber salad
- 06Marry-me chicken (??)
- …and 341 more you'll never find again.
AfterReal recipes
Same chaos, structured into things you'll actually cook tonight.
- 01Crispy Gnocchi, Brown Butter & SageTikTok22 min
- 02Korean Beef & Sesame Rice BowlsYouTube18 min
- 03Smashed Cucumber Salad with Chili OilReels10 min
- 04Marry-Me Chicken with Sun-Dried TomatoBlog30 min
No more
Scrolling through 9 minutes of TikTok to find the salt amount.
No more
Three apps open while a pan smokes on the stove.
No more
Asking yourself, ‘what was that thing I saved last Tuesday?’
Section II · The ShelfFrom the
From the
chef's desk.
✻
Eight handcrafted collections — built by our chef, not by an algorithm. Open the app and there is already something good to cook.
80 recipes · Growing every week
Plate № 01 — Recipe Box, Open
Editor's note
“A recipe app that opens to a blank search bar already lost the dinner.”
We start every release by cooking. Eight collections live today — by time of day, by appetite, by what people are actually saving. New recipes drop every week, with more collections close behind.
8
Collections
80
Chef recipes
weekly
Cadence
More recipes, more collections, more of everything — every week.
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Lunch
The Midday Plate
Satisfying midday meals that are quick to pack and pleasant to eat.
10 recipes
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Dinner
After Dark
Hearty crowd-pleasing dinners from the global classics rotation.
10 recipes
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Trending on TikTok
Caught Online
Viral recipes the internet cannot stop making — rebuilt as honest, cookable instructions.
10 recipes
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Vegetarian
Plant-forward
Plant-forward dishes big on flavor and light on fuss.
10 recipes
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Quick & Easy
Thirty Minutes Flat
Weeknight heroes that are on the table in 30 minutes or less.
10 recipes
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Desserts
Sweet Endings
Sweet classics — cookies, cakes, puddings, and pies.
10 recipes
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High-Protein
Macro Math
Protein-packed meals that keep you full and hit your macros.
10 recipes
Section III · Four PillarsOne app.
One app.
Four moves.
Discover, Cook, Refine, Track — the loop a real cook actually does. The whole thing sits in your pocket and doesn't ask you to learn a new vocabulary.
Pillar01
Discover
the saving
Save anything. We'll do the typing.
Paste a TikTok link, drop a YouTube URL, scan a cookbook page, or just talk into your phone. AI extracts ingredients, steps, timers, photos, and nutrition while you do something better.
Includes
- 01TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, Substack, blogs
- 02Photo of a printed page or handwritten card
- 03Plain text or a 30-second voice memo
- 04Batch import up to five links at once
Pillar02
Cook
the doing
Hands free. Eyes on the pan.
Big text, photos, and step-by-step guidance designed to be read across the kitchen. Voice handles every action your hands can't — and the screen never sleeps mid-step.
Includes
- 01“Next step” · “Set timer 10 minutes” · “Show ingredients”
- 02Multiple concurrent timers with haptic alerts
- 03Ask anything: “Can I substitute olive oil?”
- 04Resumes exactly where you left off, even after a phone call
Pillar03
Refine
the editing
“It was too salty.” That's all you have to say.
After cooking, give the recipe one honest sentence of feedback. The app proposes precise edits to ingredients, steps, and timers — and you approve them line by line.
Includes
- 01Natural language post-cook feedback
- 02AI proposes ingredient, step, and timer changes
- 03Accept or skip each modification individually
- 04Quantities, timers, and macros stay mathematically consistent
Pillar04
Track
the eating
Macros, photographed.
Snap a plate and we estimate the macros. Cooked a BetterChef recipe? Log it as eaten in one tap. Your week sees itself. No spreadsheets, no scales, no excuses.
Includes
- 01Photo-based meal logging with AI macro estimation
- 02One-tap logging from any cooked recipe
- 03Daily calories and macros against your goals
- 04Six months of trends, all on-device fast
Section V · The BillOne plan.
One plan.
No tasting menu.
No free tier, no upsell ladder, no “Pro Plus Premium.” You either cook with BetterChef or you don't. Pricing in USD; App Store handles regional rates and tax.
BetterChef · Monthly
$8.99per month
- 001Unlimited recipes & collections∞
- 002Imports from social, web, photo, voice100/mo
- 003AI smart edits after cooking∞
- 004Photo meal analysis∞
- 005Nutrition history6 mo
- 006Chef-made recipe collectionsIncluded
- 007Cook Mode (voice + multi-timer)Included
- 008Weeknight, vegetarian, trending decksIncluded
Total · per month$8.99
* * * Thank you for cooking * * *iOS
BetterChef · AnnualSave 17%
$89.99per year
- 001Unlimited recipes & collections∞
- 002Imports from social, web, photo, voice100/mo
- 003AI smart edits after cooking∞
- 004Photo meal analysis∞
- 005Nutrition history6 mo
- 006Chef-made recipe collectionsIncluded
- 007Cook Mode (voice + multi-timer)Included
- 008Weeknight, vegetarian, trending decksIncluded
Total · per year$89.99
* * * Thank you for cooking * * *iOS
House guarantee
Cancel any time, in two taps, from the App Store. No call, no claw-back, no “wait don't go” popup. Your saved recipes are yours forever.
Average payback
~2 dinners
That's the rough cost of one takeout night. The other 28 are on the house.
Section VI · SupportTalk to a real
Talk to a real
human.
Stuck on something? Missing a feature? Want to send us a recipe? Drop us a line — we read everything and answer within 48 hours.
What to write about
One address handles everything. Pick the closest topic — the link below pre-fills the subject line so it lands on the right desk faster.
Quick answersBefore you write,
Before you write,
check the shelf.
Most questions we get already have an answer here. If yours isn't covered, the email above is the fastest way to reach a person.
- Q.01
How do I cancel my subscription?
Open Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions on your iPhone, tap BetterChef, then Cancel. Two taps, no calls, no claw-back.
- Q.02
Will I lose my saved recipes if I cancel?
No. Your imported and chef recipes stay in the app. Only the AI-powered features (imports, smart edits, photo logging) pause.
- Q.03
Can I delete my account?
Yes — email support@betterchef.app and we'll wipe your data within 48 hours. Or do it in-app: Settings → Account → Delete account.
- Q.04
Is my data used to train AI?
No. Your recipes, photos, and meal logs are private to your account. We don't sell, share, or train models on personal content.
Average reply time · < 48h on weekdays
All times in the kitchen, none on hold.