# Assistant Chef — Effortless Recipes > Effortless Recipes (iPhone/iPad app by Steven Clyde.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/assistant-chef/id6757161048 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Steven Clyde](https://appshunter.io/developer/288594396) - Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 18.6 · 15 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish - Released: 2026-02-18 - Data updated: 2026-08-10 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/assistant-chef/id6757161048/reviews.md ## What is Assistant Chef? Your recipes. Your pantry. One smart place to cook from. Stop juggling recipe screenshots, notes, emails, and half-forgotten apps. This is your all-in-one cooking companion, designed to help you save recipes effortlessly, keep track of what you have on hand, and decide what to cook next with confidence. Save every recipe, from anywhere Build your personal recipe collection with no limits, automatically synced across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Add recipes however they find you: • Import directly from any website • Snap a photo of a recipe card, magazine, or cookbook • Import from PDFs • Bulk import from your current recipe app • Paste in a recipe from an email or text message No photo for a hand-entered recipe? No problem. Generate either a fun illustration or a realistic image for any recipe. Know what is in your Pantry, instantly Managing ingredients is effortless: • Take a photo of your pantry, fridge, or grocery receipt to build your Pantry automatically • Keep a clear, up-to-date list of what you already have When viewing a recipe, instantly see: • Which ingredients you are missing • Which ones you already have Add missing ingredients to your grocery list with one tap. Smart substitutions, fewer store runs Trying to avoid another trip to the store? For any missing ingredient, suggested alternatives are available and intelligently prioritized to use items already in your Pantry. Never wonder what to make again Get inspired with recipes based on: • The ingredients you already have • The recipes you have saved and love Or search for exactly what you are craving and get cooking. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Pro (Monthly) | $2.99 | per month | | Pro (Annual) | $29.99 | per year | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.3.0 — 2026-08-04 - New: Order groceries through your nearby Kroger store (US only) - New: Discover recipes via web search or new AI gen option (Pro) ### 1.2.1 — 2026-07-16 - New: Sort recipes by name or date-added - Improved: Pantry performance / edit mode layout - Improved: Faster navigation to recipe details - Improved: images optimized to reduce storage space consumed ### 1.2 — 2026-03-06 * New: Smart instructions - ingredients and times are highlighted in instructions. When selecting an instruction step, the matching ingredients will be shown and can be checked off, as well as timer buttons for any times in the step. * New: Export All now has options to include recipe images, pantry ingredients, and groceries in the export * New: More Like This menu option in recipe details to find similar recipes * New: Not finding the recipe you’re looking for? View more results, when available. * New: Button to Reset checked off ingredients * Improved: Speed up initial navigation to recipe details * Improved: Better handling of poor data in website recipe imports; notably ingredients * Improved: Better Pantry matching of recipe ingredients with ‘or’ alternatives * Improved: Better Pantry matching of ingredients with distinguishing modifiers, e.g. types of noodles * Improved: Further tuned recipe ingredient to pantry normalization * Fixed: Groceries tab showed as empty when items were in the list if the Pantry was empty ### 1.1 — 2026-02-18 * New: Option to Export All recipes * New: Option to Remove All recipes * New: Option to bulk import Assistant Chef recipes * New: Import recipe from PDF through the iOS share sheet * New: Increase or decrease text size of recipes from recipe details menu * Improved: Improved pantry ingredient matching * Improved: Separated image data from recipes to improve Cloud syncing of recipes * Improved: Added a ‘Syncing’ indicator when data is syncing with the Cloud * Fixed: UTF-8 fractions sometimes showing as invalid special characters * Fixed: English localization missing from browser action import * Fixed: Cancel/Save missing from browser action import ### 1.0 — 2026-02-18 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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