# Sofra: Lebanese Syrian Recipes — Middle Eastern Home Cooking > Authentic Lebanese and Syrian home recipes with cooking assistance and meal planning. (iPhone/iPad app by Thomas Hornig.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sofra-lebanese-syrian-recipes/id6779250597 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Thomas Hornig](https://appshunter.io/developer/6779250599) - Category: Food & Drink - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 16.4 · 108 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-07-28 - Data updated: 2026-08-30 - Monetization: freemium - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sofra-lebanese-syrian-recipes/id6779250597/reviews.md ## What is Sofra? The table remembers. Sofra is a collection of 214 Lebanese and Syrian home recipes — the dishes families actually cook, gathered from Beirut and the Idlib countryside, told the way they're made at home. The Free Collection — 112 recipes — is free for everyone. No account, no ads. Sofra honors two kitchens distinctly: the Lebanese cuisine of Beirut, the coast and the mountains, and the Syrian cooking of the Idlib countryside — 49 recipes from Idlib alone, the first dedicated English collection from that table. Each dish carries its region, its Arabic name, and its story. COOK WITH IT • Cook Mode — step-by-step, built for messy hands • Hands-free narration on all 214 recipes — in English, Arabic and Brazilian Portuguese • Ask Sofra — a cooking assistant you can ask mid-recipe • Grocery lists, ingredient ordering for delivery, and a weekly meal plan • Oud music by Charbel Rouhana, recorded for this app, if you'd like it while you browse THE TABLE Labneh with za'atar. Tabbouleh the way the mountains make it. Kibbeh in its many forms — grilled, in the pan, in yogurt. Fatteh, mujadara, sheikh mahshi, knafeh. Dishes from the sea, the Bekaa, the south, and the Idlib countryside. MEMBERSHIP (optional) The Free Collection is free for everyone, always. Membership opens the Complete Table — every recipe in the collection, and every new dish added to it — with unlimited narration and cooking-assistant questions. Up to half of every membership goes directly to Faten's family. From Faten's kitchen, Idlib. From Beirut, with everything it remembers. Privacy Policy: https://sofrabeirut.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Key features - 214 Lebanese and Syrian home recipes - Hands-free cook mode - Voice narration in multiple languages - Cooking assistant - Grocery lists and meal planning - Regional dish stories ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Sofra Premium | $4.99 | per month | | Sofra Premium | $29.99 | per year | ## Frequently asked questions about Sofra ### What is Sofra? Sofra is a collection of 214 Lebanese and Syrian home recipes, focusing on dishes families actually cook. It offers a free collection with 112 recipes and an optional membership for the complete table. ### Does Sofra have ads? No, Sofra does not have ads. The free collection is ad-free, and the membership also provides an ad-free experience. ### What are the membership options for Sofra? Sofra offers two membership plans: Sofra Premium at $4.99 per month and Sofra Premium at $29.99 per year. Membership unlocks the complete table and unlimited features. ### What cooking features does Sofra offer? Sofra includes a step-by-step Cook Mode built for messy hands, hands-free narration in English, Arabic, and Brazilian Portuguese, and a cooking assistant you can ask mid-recipe. ### Can I plan my meals with Sofra? Yes, Sofra provides tools for grocery lists, ingredient ordering for delivery, and a weekly meal plan to help you organize your cooking. ### What is the age rating for Sofra? Sofra has an age rating of 12+, making it suitable for users aged 12 and above. ### How often is Sofra updated? The app was last updated on August 26, 2026, with version 1.1.23. New dishes are added to the complete collection with membership. ### What devices does Sofra support? Sofra is currently supported on iPhone devices. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.1.23 — 2026-08-26 Faten is now credited for the forty-nine Idlib recipes, and Lebanese dishes are credited to the Lebanese Heritage Kitchen. The app had been crediting one kitchen for both. Portuguese recipe titles now read in Portuguese on every screen, not only on the recipe page. Arabic titles render the hamza correctly in the heaviest weight, and the About page spacing is fixed. Two onboarding labels now speak in your language with VoiceOver. We also removed a mention of offline access the app does not offer. ### 1.1.22 — 2026-08-19 Arabic layout fixes across onboarding, home, and the recipe screen. A crash-prone dialog fixed. Ingredient Atlas now available in Arabic and Portuguese. Various translation and stability improvements. ### 1.1.21 — 2026-08-11 Recipe photos now load properly on every device. On phones with less memory, images could stay blank — that is fixed. More recipes free to cook in full: 112, up from 85. The recipes people find us through are now open. “Start here” on the home screen now only suggests recipes you can cook right away, with no membership needed. ### 1.1.19 — 2026-08-11 Recipe links from sofrabeirut.com now open the dish itself in the app, instead of dropping you on the home screen. Links to the Idlib collection work too. ### 1.1.18 — 2026-07-28 No release notes. ## More apps by Thomas Hornig - [Personhood Prism](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/personhood-prism/id6779971416) - [The Whole Horn: Scale Practice](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-whole-horn-scale-practice/id6786824066) - [Kennery: Home Inventory](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kennery-home-inventory/id6789454542) - [Barowise](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/barowise/id6789844368) - [OxalWise — Oxalate Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oxalwise-oxalate-tracker/id6792436428) All apps by Thomas Hornig: https://appshunter.io/developer/6779250599 ## Related topics [sofra](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/sofra) --- *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 2026-08-30.*