Doc Bear's Comfort Kitchen
Smart Kitchen Management App
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
7-day free trial on Gold and Platinum for first-time subscribers. Track your pantry, waste less, and cook from 600+ of Doc Bear's tested recipes.
Doc Bear's™ Comfort Kitchen keeps track of the food you have, matches it to recipes you can make tonight, and builds the shopping list for the rest. Less food thrown out, less money spent, and no more staring into the fridge wondering what's for dinner.
7-day free trial on Gold and Platinum for first-time subscribers.
KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE
• Scan a barcode or search to add groceries, with product details from USDA and Open Food Facts
• Scan your grocery receipt to add a whole shop at once. The app checks its count against the item count printed on the receipt when there is one, shows what you saved on discounted items, and adds to items you already have when the barcode matches
• Common Items Wizard sets up a new pantry in minutes
• Expiration dates with reminders, so food gets used before it spoils
• Consumption history: what you used, wasted or donated
• Price tracking from your receipts and shopping trips
COOK FROM WHAT YOU HAVE
• 600+ tested recipes from the Doc Bear's Comfort Food Survival Guide cookbook series
• "What Can I Make?" shows which recipes your pantry covers and what you're missing
• Import recipes from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Reddit, X, Bluesky and LinkedIn, or from a website, PDF, photo or pasted text. Share a link straight from another app to start an import.
• Multi-part recipes, like a pie with a filling and a topping, kept as separate sections
• Scale a recipe to any number of servings, and convert between US and metric measures
• Recipe collections, photos, ratings and reviews
PLAN AND SHOP
• Weekly meal planner with breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks
• Shopping lists from recipes and meal plans, sorted in your store's aisle order
• Reusable shopping templates for the trips you make every week
• Share or print a list for whoever is doing the shopping
NUTRITION YOU CAN TRUST
• Nutrition for recipes built from USDA data, ingredient by ingredient
• When a figure is estimated, the app says so instead of hiding it
• Set personal nutrition goals
• Ask nutrition questions about an ingredient by voice
PRIVACY AND FAMILY SAFETY
• Registration is available to users ages 13 and older.
• Accounts for ages 13–17 require a parent or guardian's email address. AI features, voice and purchases stay off until the parent verifies by email and turns them on. Public recipe sharing is available from age 16, also only with the parent's permission.
• Report or block any recipe, review or cook that isn't yours. Blocked cooks disappear from your app.
• Delete your own reviews, recipes and other data one item at a time, or export your account data or delete your account directly within the app.
• Review our Privacy Policy for details about data collection, use, retention, and your privacy rights.
PLANS
• Free: up to 50 pantry items and 5 of your own recipes
• Gold: up to 250 pantry items and 100 of your own recipes
• Basic: Gold's limits, billed weekly
• Platinum: unlimited pantry items and recipes
The plans page in the app lists every allowance, including the AI features.
CREATED BY DR. EDWARD McKEOWN
U.S. Marine Corps veteran with 30+ years in hospitality and food safety. Ph.D. in Hospitality and Tourism Management from Purdue University, with a dissertation on food sanitation and safety at public food cook-off competitions. ServSafe Food Protection Manager certified, ServSafe instructor and proctor, and licensed instructor for the National Environmental Health Association's Food Manager Certification and HACCP Certification courses. Author of the Doc Bear's Comfort Food Survival Guide cookbook series.
Doc Bear's™ Comfort Kitchen: making home cooking easier, one recipe at a time.
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Privacy Policy: https://api.docbearscomfort.kitchen/legal/privacy
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Doc Bear's™ Comfort Kitchen has been rebuilt from the ground up as a faster, fully native iPhone and iPad app. Sign in with your existing account and everything in it comes with you.
What's new:
• Scan a grocery receipt to add a whole shop at once. The app checks its count against the item count printed on the receipt and shows what you saved on discounted items.
• Import recipes from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Reddit, X, Bluesky and LinkedIn, or from a website, PDF, photo or pasted text.
• Share a link to Doc Bear's™ Comfort Kitchen from Safari or another app to start an import.
• "What Can I Make?" shows which recipes your pantry covers and what you're missing.
• Recipe nutrition built ingredient by ingredient from USDA data. When a figure is estimated, the app says so.
• Scale any recipe and convert between US and metric measures.
• Common Items Wizard sets up a new pantry in minutes, with expiration reminders and a history of what you used, wasted or donated.
• Shopping lists sorted in your store's aisle order, reusable shopping templates, and lists you can share or print.
• Ask nutrition questions about an ingredient by voice.
• 7-day free trial on Gold and Platinum for first-time subscribers.
• Manage or cancel your subscription from inside the app.
• Export your account data or delete your account directly within the app.
The developer, Edward McKeown, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Health & Fitness
- Purchases
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Doc Bear Enterprises, LLC.
- Size
- 40.1 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- This app is rated 9+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls. - In-App Controls
Age Assurance
Parental Controls
Contains
User-Generated Content
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Basic Weekly Access $1.19
- Essential Monthly Access $4.99
- Premium Monthly Access $9.99
- Essential Yearly Value $49.99
- Premium Yearly Value $99.99
- Copyright
- © 2025–2026 Doc Bear Enterprises, LLC
