# Honest Cooking Kitchen — The Smarter Cooking App

> A comprehensive cooking app with thousands of tested recipes and smart meal planning tools. (iPhone/iPad app by Kalle Bergman.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/honest-cooking-kitchen/id6753175603 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kalle Bergman](https://appshunter.io/developer/1842859755)
- Category: Food & Drink, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 4 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 55 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-11-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/honest-cooking-kitchen/id6753175603/reviews.md

## What is Honest Cooking Kitchen?

The only cooking app you'll ever need. Honest Cooking Kitchen is 10,000+ professionally developed recipes with beautiful photos, every one tested in a real kitchen, plus the tools to figure out what to actually make tonight.

10,000+ Recipes Worth Cooking
Recipes created by the best food bloggers and writers in the world. Browse by cuisine, course, season, ingredient, or dietary preference. The library is deep enough that you'll keep finding things you haven't tried yet, while at the same time creating your perfect dinner rotation.

100 Classics
The 100 legendary recipes that will take your home cooking to the next level. From Italian to Indian and very much in between, these are the ones you'll come back to again and again. Track your progress and become a legend.

100 Basics
The foundation of every home kitchen: the techniques and recipes you need to know, from dressings and sauces to baking and simple egg dishes. Track and evolve.

Pantry Search
Type in what's in your fridge and get real recipes built around it. Add what you're cooking tonight and it steers the results. Useful for using up that half a cabbage before it goes bad.

Weekly Meal Plan
Curated weeks of dinners, ready to cook. Pick a plan (a week in Italy, thirty-minute dinners, a vegetarian week, and more) or build your own from the full library. Answer a few quick questions and we'll recommend one to start. Swap any night, mark the nights you're eating out, and pin the recipes you want on repeat. Every plan becomes a shopping list that already knows what's in your pantry.

Shopping Lists
Tap any recipe and get a shopping list. It knows what's already in your kitchen, sorts by aisle, and you check things off at the store. It works.

Save and Rate
Save recipes into collections and rate what you cook. Your saves, ratings, and collections follow you across the app and the web.

Search
Filter by cuisine, course, difficulty, time, protein, or dietary need, and dial in calories and macros if you're tracking. Fast, and it doesn't bury what you're looking for.

Cook Mode
Cook hands-free: one step at a time, with your full ingredient list and timers a tap away, and a step overview so you always know where you are.

FREE vs PREMIUM
Free: Browse the full library of 10,000+ recipes and collections, and use standard search. No account required to look around.
Premium: Full recipes, Cook Mode, the Weekly Meal Planner, Pantry Search, nutrition search, 100 Basics and Classics progress, saved collections, and pantry-aware shopping lists. $4.99/month or $29.99/year.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://honestcooking.com/privacypolicy

## Key features

- 5,000+ tested recipes
- Pantry search for ingredient-based meals
- Personalized weekly meal planner
- Automated shopping list generation
- Cook mode with step-by-step guidance
- Recipe collections and smart search filters

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Honest Cooking Premium (Annual) | $29.99 | per year |
| Honest Cooking Premium | $4.99 | per month |


## Recent user reviews (4 of 4)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/honest-cooking-kitchen/id6753175603/reviews.md

### 5/5 — I love this app!

*2026-02-23*

This app is by far my favorite food and recipe app. The recipes are all delicious, the cook mode is so good - so easy to follow, and all the basic recipes are super useful. Also the daily personal recipes is a cool feature!!

### 5/5 — Amazing app!

*2025-11-27*

I love this app because it takes whatever I want to eat more of, and what I like! My son always gets food in time because I know what to cook.

### 5/5 — An app knows what I want to eat!

*2025-11-20*

I’ve been loving an app called Dinner Tonight lately — Honest Cooking is my fave go to online source for food but honestly, this new addition to their site…it’s a game-changer if you’re tired of standing in the supermarket wondering what on earth to cook.
What I adore is how personal it feels. The app suggests just a couple of recipes each day, based on your preferences, where you live, and even the weather. If it’s cold, you get cosy, rustic dishes. If it’s warm, it shifts to lighter meals. So simple, but so smart.
I also love that you can add your allergies or ingredients you want to avoid, and the app will never show you recipes with them. No more scrolling through things you can’t eat.
And suddenly, grocery shopping and cooking feel… fun again. Easy, calm, and inspiring — exactly what most of us need on busy days.

### 5/5 — Does what you actually want it to do

*2025-11-18*

It takes I to account if you have busy days. And if it’s raining and you just want soup. Or a nice day and something bigger. Def makes meal prep easier. And so far all the meals have been amazing.  I made a Thai red curry tonight with shrimp.

**Developer response:** Thank you, hope that Thai red curry was tasty!!

## Frequently asked questions about Honest Cooking Kitchen

### What is Honest Cooking?

Honest Cooking is a cooking application that provides over 5,000 professionally developed recipes with high-quality photos. It includes smart tools to assist with meal planning, ingredient-based recipe suggestions, and shopping list creation.

### How many recipes are available in Honest Cooking?

Honest Cooking features over 5,000 professionally developed recipes. These recipes are tested in real kitchens and created by experienced food bloggers and writers.

### Can Honest Cooking help me use ingredients I already have?

Yes, Honest Cooking offers a 'Pantry Search' feature. You can input the ingredients you have on hand, and the app will suggest recipes that utilize them, helping you reduce food waste.

### What is the difference between the free and premium versions of Honest Cooking?

The free version allows browsing of all 5,000+ recipes and standard search. The premium version, at $4.99/month, unlocks the Weekly Meal Planner, Pantry Search, progress tracking for 100 Basics and Classics, smart shopping lists, and personalized memory features.

### Does Honest Cooking offer a free trial for its premium features?

Yes, the Honest Cooking Premium subscription includes a 7-day free trial. This allows users to explore the advanced features before committing to a monthly payment.

### What devices is Honest Cooking compatible with?

Honest Cooking is available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod. It is designed to work across these Apple devices.

### How often is Honest Cooking updated?

The app was last updated on March 20, 2026, with version 2.08. This indicates a relatively frequent update cycle, suggesting ongoing development and improvements.

### What is the age rating for Honest Cooking?

Honest Cooking has an age rating of 12+. This means it is considered appropriate for users aged 12 and older.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.0.0 — 2026-07-10

Meet Honest Cooking Kitchen. A new name and a big update.
- Twice the library: 10,000+ recipes, every one tested in a real kitchen.
- New Weekly Meal Plans: pick a curated week (a week in Italy, thirty-minute dinners, a vegetarian week, and more) or build your own, then swap nights, mark the ones you're eating out, and pin your regulars.
- Smarter shopping lists that already know what's in your pantry and sort by aisle.
- Redesigned Cook Mode: your full ingredient list and a step overview are always a tap away.
- Sign in to sync your saves, collections, and pantry across the app and the web.
- Faster everywhere, especially the first screen.

### 2.1.1 — 2026-04-14

Introducing beautiful prints - print your favorite recipes, or send to your friends, family or yourself to print.

### 2.1.0 — 2026-04-13

Improved subscription signup.

### 2.09 — 2026-04-01

- We updated our meal plan creation functionality to be smarter and more accurate.
- Minor bug fixes

### 2.08 — 2026-03-20

Introducing nutritional recipe search. Find recipes based on the macros you want to hit tonight, so you can be more efficient and recover better. Also, we've designed a better normal search and upgraded our pantry search.

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All apps by Kalle Bergman: https://appshunter.io/developer/1842859755

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