# MealTime: Recipes & Planner — Private, offline recipe box > Private, offline recipe box (iPhone/iPad app by Khaldoun Noureddine.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mealtime-recipes-and-planner/id6758350120 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Khaldoun Noureddine](https://appshunter.io/developer/1872448775) - Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 104 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-03-05 - Data updated: 2026-08-20 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mealtime-recipes-and-planner/id6758350120/reviews.md ## What is MealTime? MealTime is a private, offline-first kitchen companion. Your recipes live on your device rather than in an account, and the app works with no connection at all. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE FIRST • Works fully offline; your own recipes never need a connection • Recipes, categories and lists are stored on your device • No account needed for the core app • No analytics, no behaviour tracking, no profiles built from your cooking • Optional iCloud backup, kept in your own iCloud YOUR RECIPE COLLECTION • Create, edit and organise recipes your way • Import from a website link in one tap • Add photos, notes, tags and per-step ingredients • Cooking mode that reads steps aloud, hands-free • Share as text, as a PDF, or as a MealTime file • Favourites for the ones you cook again and again OPTIONAL AI, WITH YOUR OWN KEY • Bring your own API key: MealTime never charges for AI • Google's free tier needs only a Google account, no card • Turn a block of text, a photo or a link into a structured recipe • Identify a dish from a photo, then get a recipe for it • Ask what to cook from what you already have in • Choose Google, DeepSeek or OpenAI, and switch whenever you like • On free tiers, providers may use what you send to improve their models; paid keys are excluded GROCERY LISTS • Build a list from any recipe, choosing exactly what to add • Tick items off with sound and haptics • Share a list with family and watch it update in real time (needs a free account) • A small celebration when the last item is ticked MEAL PLANNING AND HISTORY • Plan meals for the days ahead • Log what you cooked, plus restaurant meals and takeaway • See how often you cook at home versus eat out • Find the recipes you return to most BACKUP ON YOUR TERMS • iCloud backup stays in your own cloud, including recipe photos • Export and import whenever you want your data elsewhere DESIGNED FOR YOU • Light and dark themes • Available in English and German • No sign-up walls and no nagging HOW MEALTIME IS PAID FOR MealTime is free and shows ads. Ads are never based on your recipes or your cooking. Where the law requires it you are asked whether ads may be personalised, and you can change that answer at any time in Settings. Prefer a quiet kitchen for a while? Watch one short video and the app stays ad-free for three days, as often as you like. Your kitchen, your recipes, your data. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Remove Ads | $4.99 | one-time | | AI Features Unlock | $8.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.7.1 — 2026-08-16 AI THAT WORKS WITHOUT A CREDIT CARD Google Gemini is now available as an AI provider. Its free tier needs only a Google account, with no card and no billing setup, so you can try the AI features before deciding whether to pay anyone. Gemini is the default for new setups. If you already use DeepSeek or OpenAI, your provider and key are untouched. Importing a recipe from a photo, and identifying a dish from a picture, now work on a free key as well as a paid one. The photo you use to identify a dish also becomes that recipe's picture. Worth knowing: on Gemini's free tier, Google may use the content you send to improve its models, and human reviewers may read it. A paid key is excluded from that, and the choice stays yours. YOUR CHOICE ABOUT ADS Where the law requires it, you are now asked whether ads may be personalised, and you can change your answer at any time in Settings. If you say no, ads are no longer personalised. They are never based on your recipes either way. FIXES Long or complex recipes now import correctly instead of failing without explanation. Recipe import from text no longer drops ingredient names. AI errors now say what actually happened, whether the service is busy, your credits have run out, or a recipe was too long to finish. ### 2.6.3 — 2026-07-31 Google sign-in now works on iPhone. Sign up or log in with your Google account. What to cook? Can't decide? Get a suggestion from your favourites and recent meals, filtered by time or category. Prefer no ads? Watch a short video and the app stays ad-free for 3 days. Entirely optional, and you can repeat it whenever it runs out. Clearer AI tools: each AI feature now explains what it does the first time you use it, and the engine behind recipe generation and imports has been updated. Shared grocery lists are reliable again: items no longer duplicate, and deletions and check-offs reach other members. The full release notes history in Settings is also back in the right order, newest first. ### 2.5.1 — 2026-07-05 Our biggest update yet. - Assign ingredients to each step, and see "For this step" while you cook - Read recipe steps aloud, hands-free (English) - Import recipes from a Paprika export - A guided welcome tour when you first open the app, plus "new dish" badges the first time you cook - Full changelog now in Settings - Smarter grocery merging, polish, and fixes ### 2.4.1 — 2026-06-23 Fixed a bug that could stop your latest backup from restoring. If a restore recently failed for you, this update resolves it. ### 2.4.0 — 2026-06-18 What's new in 2.4.0 Track what you cook: log meals as cooked, eaten, or both, and see how many times you've made each recipe. Recipe mastery: earn bronze, silver, and gold the more you cook a recipe. Smarter grocery list: the same items now group together with their quantities. Backup reminders: a gentle nudge when you have changes worth backing up. Plus polish and fixes across the app. ## More apps by Khaldoun Noureddine - [Anchor: Private Journal](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/anchor-private-journal/id6759874362) - [Wanderloom Companion](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wanderloom-companion/id6760046156) All apps by Khaldoun Noureddine: https://appshunter.io/developer/1872448775 ## Related topics [soaraat](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/soaraat) · [mealtime app](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/mealtime-app) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-20.*