# Pantry Cook — Recipe finder & meal planner > Recipe finder & meal planner (iPhone/iPad app by Arbaz Patel.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pantry-cook/id6767192844 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Arbaz Patel](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896418219) - Category: Food & Drink - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 10 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-05-21 - Data updated: 2026-06-25 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pantry-cook/id6767192844/reviews.md ## What is Pantry Cook? Type any dish — biryani, butter chicken, ramen, carbonara — and Pantry builds the recipe around what's actually in your kitchen. Out of cumin? Pantry tells you before you start, not halfway through. No more finding the "perfect" recipe only to realise you're missing half of it. Pantry writes recipes for the kitchen you have, not the one you wish you had. HOW IT WORKS 1. Type the dish you want — anything from weeknight pasta to a full Persian feast 2. Pantry matches it against what's in your kitchen 3. Get a real recipe, scaled to your servings, with missing items flagged before you start Don't know what you want? Snap a photo of your fridge and Pantry suggests dinner from what it sees. Or save your pantry once and let Pantry match recipes to it every day. WHAT YOU GET - Dish-name search — type what you want, get a real recipe built around your pantry - Fridge-to-recipe AI — point your camera at your fridge, get dinner ideas instantly - 439 halal recipes — from Gulf comfort food and Persian classics to Korean weeknight wins and Modern Mediterranean - Occasions — hosting a dinner, Eid, or a party? Get a full themed menu and one combined shopping list (Pro) - Smart pantry tracking so you never forget what you already have - Weekly meal planner — plan breakfast to dinner with calories at a glance - Auto shopping lists from your meal plan, plus manual add with natural quantity parsing ("6 eggs, 1kg rice, milk" sorts itself) - Share recipes and lists via iMessage, WhatsApp, or Mail — friends don't need the app to read them - Dietary preferences built in — Halal, Kosher, Vegetarian, Vegan, Pescatarian, high-protein - Cook mode — clear step-by-step instructions with timers - Recipe scaling for any number of servings PANTRY PRO £3.99/month or £34.99/year (save 27% with the annual plan). Try Pro free — 3 days on monthly, 7 days on yearly. Pro unlocks: - Unlimited AI recipes — both dish-name search and fridge scanning - Full access to the 440+ curated library - Occasions — full themed menus with combined shopping lists - Receipt scanning — auto-add groceries in seconds - Expiry tracking with smart reminders before food goes off - Priority support from the developer Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. Manage or cancel anytime in iPhone Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. WHY PANTRY Most cooking apps assume you have the time, the ingredients, and the patience to plan dinner three days ahead. Real life isn't like that. You get home, you're tired, the fridge has half an onion and some chicken, and you want biryani. Other apps give you a recipe written for a kitchen you don't have. Pantry writes one for the kitchen you do. Made by an independent developer in the UK. No big team, no investors, no ads — ever. Just one person who got tired of staring into the fridge and built something better. PRIVACY FIRST Your photos are processed for ingredient recognition and immediately discarded. We don't store images, we don't track you, and we don't sell data. No ads in Pantry — ever. SUPPORTED DIETS Pantry adapts recipes for Halal, Kosher, Vegetarian, Vegan, Pescatarian, and high-protein eaters. Set your preferences once and every suggestion respects them. QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? Everything you see is actively improved based on what early users tell us. Reach out via the in-app support link — your feedback genuinely shapes what gets built next. — Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=7dca155a-ca20-4607-9c1c-79938485dc7c ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Pantry Cook Pro | $4.99 | per month | | Pantry Cook Pro | $39.99 | per year | ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.2 — 2026-06-17 Your biggest update yet. NEW: Occasions — hosting a dinner, Eid, or a party? Get a full themed menu and one combined shopping list, built for you. NEW: Weekly meal planner — plan breakfast to dinner across the week, with calories at a glance. NEW: Reminders — a daily nudge so you always know what's for dinner. MORE RECIPES: the library has grown to 439 halal recipes, every one rewritten with real steps, times and chef's tips. No more "cook until done." REDESIGNED: a cleaner Cook screen that puts tonight's best match front and centre, smarter pantry matching, and a sharper shopping list with proper measurements. Plus dozens of fixes and polish throughout. Thanks for cooking with Pantry — keep the feedback coming. ### 1.1.1 — 2026-06-10 Quick fixes: Fixed "Add missing to shopping list" button on recipes — it was showing a confusing message instead of actually adding the ingredients. Same fix applies to the "Add staples to shopping list" alert when your pantry runs low. Thanks to the user who flagged this. Keep the feedback coming. ### 1.1 — 2026-06-05 Pantry v1.1 — a substantial polish drop 170+ hand-curated halal-friendly recipes From Gulf comfort food and Persian classics to Korean weeknight wins and Modern Mediterranean. 22 cuisines, all real, all tested. Have one in mind? Type any dish — biryani, butter chicken, carbonara — and Pantry builds the recipe around what's in your pantry, honestly listing anything you're missing. Manual shopping list Type "6 eggs, 1kg rice, milk" and Pantry sorts the rest. Quantity parsing works the way you'd write it on paper. Share recipes & shopping lists Send full recipes to anyone via iMessage, WhatsApp, Mail. Friends don't need the app to read them. Premium polish throughout Native haptic feedback, beautiful loading skeletons, pull-to-refresh, and smoother flows everywhere. Plus a sneaky bug fix where some recipes wouldn't open. Premium typography, no ads — ever. If Pantry has been useful, a quick review takes 10 seconds and helps loads. Cheers ### 1.0 — 2026-05-21 No release notes. --- *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 2026-06-25.*