# Coolinary: AI Recipe Maker — Meal planner & cooking guide

> Meal planner & cooking guide (iPhone/iPad app by Simon Elsbrock.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/coolinary-ai-recipe-maker/id6761933445 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Simon Elsbrock](https://appshunter.io/developer/1892127434)
- Category: Food & Drink, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-10
- Data updated: 2026-07-27
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/coolinary-ai-recipe-maker/id6761933445/reviews.md

## What is Coolinary?

Coolinary is your AI cooking companion. Turn any craving, a list of ingredients you already have, or a photo into a complete recipe — with guided steps, built-in timers, and nutrition for every dish.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Generate a recipe from a description, the ingredients in your fridge, or a photo you snap
• Cook hands-free with step-by-step guidance and a timer for every stage
• Plan a week of meals in minutes and reorder your cook queue
• Turn any plan into a categorized shopping list, sorted for the store
• Customize any recipe — make it vegan, cut the carbs, scale the servings
• Save favorites, see a nutrition health score, and share recipes or plans with friends

Never stare at the fridge again.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3.0 — 2026-07-11

What's new in Coolinary:

• Recipe intros — every recipe now opens with a short take on the dish: its story, flavor, and what makes this version work.
• Tips — a new section with practical make-ahead, substitution, and technique notes.
• Frequently asked questions — quick answers to the things home cooks actually wonder about each dish.
• Fresher Explore — newly published recipes now show up right away, and search finds them faster.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-07-06

• Import recipes from anywhere — use the share sheet in Safari or any app to send a link straight into Coolinary.
• Redesigned create-recipe flow — a cleaner, faster way to turn an idea into a full recipe.
• Add a profile photo — your avatar now appears in the header and settings.
• Recipe links open in the app — tap a Coolinary recipe link anywhere and it opens right where it belongs.
• Performance and reliability improvements throughout.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-04-13

• Plan sharing — invite a cook to your plan via a shareable link. Shared plans show member avatars, a cooks badge, and a "leave plan" action. Shopping lists and shared recipes show per-line attribution so you can see who added what.
• Recipe customization on the recipe detail page — tweak a recipe ("make it vegan", "cut the carbs", etc.) right from the recipe view.
• Share sheet improvements — share an ingredient list, a customized variant, or related recipes directly from the toolbar. Share copy on both recipes and shopping lists has been rewritten.
• Nutrition scorecard on every recipe — health score with a plain- English disclaimer so you know what the numbers mean (and don't).
• Faster image feedback — when a recipe is generating its hero image, progress now streams in real time over WebSocket instead of polling. Feels noticeably snappier.
• Apple sign-in now remembers a readable name even when Apple hides your email, and auto-dismisses back to wherever you were. You also get a time-of-day greeting on first launch.
• Smarter search — typo tolerance is better (e.g. "chiken" still finds chicken). Titles are prioritized in fuzzy matches so results stay relevant.
• Planner toolbar cleanup — invite action promoted into the header, trailing icons packed tighter, "clear plan" surfaced directly.
• Universal links for /join and email verification — tapping a link from an email opens the app directly instead of Safari.
• Tell-a-Friend now points at the App Store, and there's a "Tell a Friend" action in Settings.
• Account settings polish — delete-account dialog anchors to its button, fewer jarring modals.

Please report anything that feels off with plan sharing, the share sheet, or image generation.

### 1.0 — 2026-04-10

No release notes.

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