# AnnaChef: Recipes & Cooking — Cook a meal with what you have

> Generate recipes from fridge contents using AI and photo scanning. (iPhone/iPad app by Sergei Leonenkov.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/annachef-recipes-and-cooking/id6787259176 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sergei Leonenkov](https://appshunter.io/developer/1873829625)
- Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 20 MB
- Released: 2026-09-11
- Data updated: 2026-10-24
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/annachef-recipes-and-cooking/id6787259176/reviews.md

## What is AnnaChef?

Take a photo of your fridge, or just tell Anna what you fancy. AnnaChef finds recipes you can cook with what you already have, and Anna will write you one when nothing fits.

You don't need to go to the shop first. Recipes that use only what you have come to the top, and each one shows what, if anything, you'd still need to buy.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Scan. Take one photo of your fridge or pantry, or type what's in it. AnnaChef picks out the ingredients, half-used ones too, and keeps the list as your fridge, dated, so you can come back to it tomorrow.
2. Pick. Home shows what you can cook tonight from that list, each dish with what it uses and what it still needs.
3. Cook. Cooking mode shows one step at a time in big type, with what that step needs and a named timer for every time it mentions. Timers keep running on the Lock Screen.

ASK ANNA

Tell Anna what you fancy or what needs using up, in your own words. "I have salmon to use up, something Japanese" is enough. She shows the recipes that fit best, with what you'd still need to buy, and writes one when nothing fits. When one thing matters, like how many you're feeding, she asks first, with answers you can tap.

Hold an ingredient on any recipe to swap it or leave it out, and she rewrites the steps that use it.

ANNA REMEMBERS

Keep a swap and the recipe opens your way next time, with the original one tap away. Tap I made this and the recipe shows when you last made it. Add the people you cook for, like "Sam doesn't eat nuts", and pick who's eating before you ask. A short line on a recipe says why it's there.

Everything Anna remembers is listed in one place, What Anna remembers, where you can delete any of it, or all of it.

SEARCH AND SAVE

Search our recipes first, then recipes from good cooking sites, each opening on its own site. Found a recipe on a website, TikTok, Instagram or YouTube? Share it to AnnaChef, or paste the link, and it lands in My Recipes as a private copy with its photo.

WHAT ELSE IS INSIDE

• Cook button: one tap from any tab to scan your fridge or type what you have.
• Home: search with every filter in one place, today's pick, what you can cook tonight, collections and every recipe.
• One reminder: at most one a day, at 17:00, about your fridge or a recipe you looked at. Turn it off in Account › Notifications.
• Collections: group your recipes and share a collection with a link.
• Drinks: from cocktails to hot chocolate, with glasses and a Start making button.
• Your library: save what you cook, add your own recipes with step photos, import from a link, a photo or pasted text.
• Pantry staples: oil, salt, flour and your usual spices are assumed.
• Widget and Siri: "What can I cook?" and "Ask Chef" on your Home Screen and Lock Screen.
• Guest mode: try scanning, browsing and a first answer from Anna before you make an account.

FREE, PRIVATE, NO ADS

AnnaChef is free. Scanning, recipe writing, chats with Anna and imports have a daily fair-use limit that resets every day. Browsing is always unlimited. There are no ads and no tracking across other apps. Photos are used only to find your ingredients. You can delete your account and everything in it from inside the app at any time.

A NOTE ON SAFETY

Ingredient detection and Anna's answers can be wrong. Always check ingredients against your own allergies and dietary needs, and cook food to safe temperatures.

## Key features

- Scan fridge contents with a photo
- Generate recipes based on available ingredients
- Customize recipes for dietary needs
- Import recipes from web links
- Step-by-step cooking instructions with timers
- Save and organize personal recipes

## Is AnnaChef safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess AnnaChef.

## Is AnnaChef legit?

AnnaChef: Recipes & Cooking has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for AnnaChef is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/annachef-recipes-and-cooking/id6787259176/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Easy to use and good variety of recipes

*2026-09-17*

Nice variety of recipes, can be tweaked to vegetarian or child friendly! Very good and handy.

## Frequently asked questions about AnnaChef

### How does AnnaChef work?

AnnaChef uses AI to scan a photo of your fridge or pantry, identify ingredients, and suggest recipes you can make with what you have. It prioritizes recipes that require no additional shopping.

### Can I customize recipes in AnnaChef?

Yes, you can ask AnnaChef to modify recipes based on dietary needs (like dairy-free), household size, or cooking time. It generates a new version of the recipe tailored to your preferences.

### How do I import recipes into AnnaChef?

You can import recipes by sharing a webpage link directly to AnnaChef or pasting a URL within the app. The app creates a private copy of the recipe for you to use and adapt.

### Does AnnaChef have ads?

No, AnnaChef is completely ad-free. The developers emphasize privacy, stating that photos are used solely for ingredient identification and there is no tracking across other apps.

### What are the limitations of AnnaChef's free version?

The free version of AnnaChef has daily fair-use limits on scanning, recipe generation, and link imports. However, browsing the 'Explore' section for recipes is unlimited.

### Is AnnaChef available on all devices?

Based on the provided data, AnnaChef is currently supported on iPhones. Information regarding availability on other platforms like Android is not specified.

### How often is AnnaChef updated?

AnnaChef was last updated on September 19, 2026, with version 1.2. This indicates a relatively recent update, suggesting ongoing development and maintenance.

### What is the age rating for AnnaChef?

AnnaChef has an age rating of 12+. This suggests that the content and features are considered appropriate for users aged 12 and above.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-10-19

AnnaChef keeps your last scan as your fridge, and Home shows what you can cook from it.
Anna remembers what you cooked, who you cook for and the swaps you keep.
One reminder the day after, only if you want it.
Search also shows recipes from other cooking sites.

### 1.2.6 — 2026-10-12

Home and Explore are now one page. After a scan, the first row shows what you can cook tonight.

Anna has her own tab, Chef, and asks back when one detail matters.

The Dietary setting is gone. Tell Anna "I never eat coriander" instead.

Also: Filters in one button, Ask Chef from the widget and Siri, and fixes.

### 1.2.5 — 2026-10-06

Recipes now know their own steps. Every step lists what goes into it, scaled to how many you're cooking for, and each timer has a name, so cooking mode shows "You need" under the step and "Brown the beef" on the Lock Screen. Ingredients and steps can be grouped, like "For the filling", and a step can carry its own photo.

Swap or leave out an ingredient. Hold a line on any recipe page and Anna rewrites the steps that use it. Keep the change and it's noted on the recipe for next time.

Your own recipes get help. In the recipe form, Suggest lists asks Anna to fill in each step's ingredients and timers from its wording. Start a group with a long press on a line or a step. A recipe saved from a link that came in thin can be filled in the same way.

A note after cooking, on any recipe. When you finish, say how it went and leave a note for next time. If the recipe wasn't in My Recipes yet, it's saved there with your note.

Also: a time written as "25 to 30 minutes" runs from 25, a sign-in that never answers now says so after 15 seconds instead of spinning, My Recipes search looks inside recipes, Duplicate makes an editable copy of any recipe, and recipe pages open on the Mac again. Plus smaller fixes.

### 1.2.4 — 2026-10-05

Cooking mode keeps your place. Close it with a timer running and the timer keeps ticking, the Cook button shows the time left, and you come back to the same step.

Your scan is safe. Tapping Home no longer throws away your ingredients and results, and the Cook sheet keeps your last scan for a day.

Share a collection. Choose Share link in a collection's menu and send it to anyone. They can open it in the app or on annachef.com and save their own copy. Your private recipes stay hidden unless you choose to share them too.

Results say what they found. If nothing in the book fits the meal you asked for, Anna says so and offers to write one. The diet you set in Account now applies to every search and every recipe she writes.

Also: Explore has meal doors and collection shelves, Collections for your own recipes, a Drinks category, a Dietary row in Account, timers only for a minute or more, and the app reads better with large text and VoiceOver. Plus many smaller fixes.

### 1.2.2 — 2026-10-01

Ask Anna is now one chat for everything. Tell her what you fancy or what needs using up, like "I have salmon to use up, something Japanese", and she shows you the recipes that fit, best match first. If nothing fits, she can write you one. You can ask her to change a recipe, or ask a question about it, in the same chat.

Above the results you'll see what Anna understood from your message. Tap a tag to take it away, or add one of the suggestions to narrow things down.

Ask Anna to remember something, like "I never eat coriander", and she'll keep it in mind next time. Everything she remembers is listed in Account, and you can delete any of it.

Start a new chat with the button at the top of the chat. Earlier ones are kept under Past chats.

There's a new Cook button on every tab. It opens one sheet with every way to find something to cook: scan your fridge, type what you have, browse recipes or ask Anna.

Your account has moved to the round button at the top right, which leaves more room in the tab bar.

Recipe pages show your own notes in a card near the top, and you can share a recipe from cooking mode without leaving it.

Scanning reads ingredients more carefully. Fresh ginger no longer counts as ground ginger, and "1 T" is read as a tablespoon.

If an ingredient can't be read, AnnaChef now tells you which one and lets you search without it.

Forgot your password? You can reset it from the guest sign-in sheet too.

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