# InStock Kitchen — Cook what you already have

> Smart kitchen inventory and recipe generator using your existing food. (iPhone/iPad app by Andres Oliver.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/instock-kitchen/id6769619722 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Andres Oliver](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896674543)
- Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 3 App Store ratings · 2 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.6 · 199 MB
- Languages: American English, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-06-18
- Data updated: 2026-09-05
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/instock-kitchen/id6769619722/reviews.md

## What is InStock Kitchen?

Cook from the food already in your kitchen.

InStock Kitchen helps you see what you have, what to use first, and what you can cook now. Add groceries with Photo Scan, barcode scanning, or manual entry. Track freshness, build aisle-organized shopping lists, and match your kitchen with 233 built-in recipes.

RUN YOUR KITCHEN

- What Can I Make? shows meals ready now and close matches that need only a few items.
- Smart Inventory highlights ingredients to use first and estimates freshness.
- Cook Mode keeps step-by-step directions easy to follow while the screen stays awake.
- Shopping List groups items by aisle, includes a Household section, and offers Shop Mode for grocery trips.
- Share recipes with friends by link.

ON YOUR APPLE DEVICES

- Private iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad.
- A companion app for your paired Apple Watch shows your shopping list, ready-to-cook recipes, and Cook Mode steps on your wrist.
- Siri and Shortcuts integration.

INSTOCK PRO: ONE-TIME PURCHASE

- Multi-item Photo Scan.
- Browse the full built-in recipe catalog.
- Create, import, edit, and share custom recipes from a URL, pasted text, a photo, or the Share Sheet.
- Saved lists, reusable templates, trip history, and Buy Again.

Pro includes three online Photo Scans and three online recipe imports each day. Optional consumable credit packs add more uses after either daily allowance is exhausted. Purchased credits do not expire.

No subscription. No recurring charge.

YOUR PRIVACY

- No account required, no ads, and no cross-app tracking.
- Your content is not sold, used for advertising, or used to train models.
- Inventory, recipes, and lists sync through your private iCloud database.
- Privacy Mode keeps supported photo and recipe processing on your device after the optional on-device model is downloaded. With Privacy Mode off, selected photos or recipe text are securely processed by InStock Kitchen's service to deliver the requested feature.

Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Stock. Scan. Savor. Cook what you already have and waste less.

## Key features

- Smart grocery inventory
- Recipe matching
- Hands-free Cook Mode
- Barcode scanning
- AI Photo Scan (Pro)
- Custom recipe import (Pro)
- Private iCloud sync

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| InStock Pro | $2.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (2 of 2)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/instock-kitchen/id6769619722/reviews.md

### 5/5 — No brainer

*2026-09-03*

This app makes your life so much easier! No brainstorming on what to cook for meals! Absolutely love it!

### 5/5 — Great buy!

*2026-07-02*

This app is so good for the amateur chef. You can get so many recipes with what you already have in your kitchen. So many times you end up cooking the same thing, but this app helps with inspiration for everyday, as well as special meals. The cost is very low for such a wonderful resource.

## Frequently asked questions about InStock Kitchen

### What is InStock Kitchen?

InStock Kitchen helps you discover meals you can cook with the ingredients you already have. It tracks your kitchen inventory, provides recipe suggestions, and offers a hands-free cooking mode.

### Does InStock Kitchen have ads?

No, InStock Kitchen is designed with privacy first and does not contain any advertisements. It also does not use tracking or analytics SDKs.

### How much does InStock Kitchen cost?

InStock Kitchen is free to use with all essential features. An optional one-time purchase, InStock Pro, unlocks advanced features like AI Photo Scan and custom recipe import.

### What devices does InStock Kitchen support?

InStock Kitchen is available on iPhone and iPad. Advanced AI features like AI Photo Scan require newer devices with sufficient memory, typically iPhone 12 Pro or newer.

### How does InStock Kitchen handle my data?

Your data is synced privately through your own iCloud, ensuring it stays between your devices and is not collected by the app. You can delete all your data at any time from the app's settings.

### Can I add my own recipes to InStock Kitchen?

Yes, with InStock Pro, you can create and import your own recipes from a URL, pasted text, or a photo. The free version includes a library of 200 built-in recipes.

### How often is InStock Kitchen updated?

The latest version of InStock Kitchen is 1.1, last updated on June 22, 2026. Updates typically include new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

### What are the benefits of InStock Pro?

InStock Pro offers AI Photo Scan for identifying multiple items at once, access to the full 200-recipe library, the ability to create and import custom recipes, and enhanced shopping list features.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.1 — 2026-08-30

Bug fixes and small improvements.

### 2.0 — 2026-08-28

Version 2.0 brings a redesigned experience to iPhone and iPad, plus a new companion app for your paired Apple Watch. View your shopping list, see recipes you can make now, and follow Cook Mode steps from your wrist. We also added new recipes and improvements to Photo Scan, shopping, accessibility, localization, performance, and reliability.

### 1.4 — 2026-08-19

Now you can effortlessly share your custom recipes in InStock Kitchen! 
We’ve also added brand-new recipes, along with general bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.3 — 2026-08-04

Credits are here. InStock Pro now includes three free AI Photo Scans and three free recipe imports each day, with optional one-time credit packs available whenever you need more. This update also adds Portuguese, expands the recipe library to over 200 recipes, and includes bug fixes and polish throughout.

### 1.2 — 2026-07-14

What's new in 1.2

• Reinvented AI Photo Scan — it now runs on our private server by default, so scanning is faster and works on far more iPhones and iPads (no high-end hardware required).
• New Privacy Mode — prefer to keep everything on your device? One toggle keeps every AI feature 100% on-device, with nothing sent to our server.
• Full English and Spanish across the whole app.
• Fixed a rare crash when leaving the app during a recipe import, plus speed and stability improvements throughout.

As always: no account, no ads, no tracking — and InStock Pro is a one-time purchase, never a subscription.

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