SpiceChef: AI Guided Cooking
PDF Cookbook & Cook Mode
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Plan the week, shop in one trip, cook with confidence. Upload your cookbooks and let SpiceChef handle timers, scaling, and grocery lists.
Stop spending your evenings asking "what's for dinner?"
SpiceChef gives busy professionals and families an AI cooking assistant that plans your week, builds your shopping list, and walks you through cooking step by step. Real food. Less stress.
A WEEKLY MEAL PLAN IN 30 SECONDS
Tell SpiceChef your family's preferences - Indian, Italian, mild spice, under an hour to cook - and get a full 7-day meal plan. Your shopping list builds itself automatically. SpiceChef remembers your taste over time and gets smarter every week.
TURN ANY COOKBOOK INTO A GUIDED EXPERIENCE
Upload any cookbook PDF you own. SpiceChef's AI reads every page and turns it into beautiful, interactive recipe cards with timers, scaled ingredients, and step-by-step instructions. Your bookshelf becomes your kitchen.
AI RECIPES IN SECONDS
Don't know what to make? Describe a craving - "something with chicken and lemon" - and get a complete recipe. Or snap a photo of a dish you saw and SpiceChef recreates it.
GUIDED COOK MODE
No more juggling a phone and a recipe book. Walk through each step on screen with built-in timers. Ingredients auto-scale to your family size. Get cooking and stop guessing.
NEVER FORGET WHAT'S IN YOUR PANTRY
Snap a photo of your grocery receipt and SpiceChef instantly adds everything to your pantry - and removes it from your shopping list. No manual entry. No more buying duplicate eggs because you forgot.
SHOPPING LIST ORGANIZED BY STORE
Costco, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods - assign items to the store you'll buy them from. Check items off as you shop. Move purchased items to your pantry with one tap.
SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILY
Invite your partner to your household. Your shopping list, pantry, meal plans, and recipes sync between phones in real time. When one of you grabs the milk, the other knows.
PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
Sign in with Apple. Full account deletion. Your data is yours.
PERFECT FOR
Working parents who want real meals without daily decision fatigue
Busy professionals who want to cook at home but don't have time to plan
Anyone who's tired of takeout but doesn't want to think about dinner every night
Couples who want to share grocery shopping without the texting back and forth
FEATURES AT A GLANCE
AI-powered 7-day meal plans with cuisine preferences
Upload cookbook PDFs and turn them into guided recipes
Snap a photo of food, get the recipe
Receipt scanner adds items to your pantry
Smart shopping list organized by store
Family sharing with real-time sync
Guided cook mode with timers
Auto-scaled ingredients
Account deletion and full data control
Stop dreading dinner. Start enjoying it.
Download SpiceChef and let your phone handle the planning so you can handle the cooking.
SpiceChef — Your Cookbooks, Finally Interactive
Upload any cookbook PDF you own and SpiceChef transforms it into a fully guided cooking experience. No more flour-smudged pages or squinting at fine print — just clean, step-by-step instructions, built-in timers, and ingredient lists that scale themselves.
SpiceChef is a tool, not a content platform. You bring the books you love. We make them effortless to cook from.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Upload any cookbook PDF — Family heirlooms, modern bestsellers, or that obscure regional cookbook you found abroad. SpiceChef reads them all, in multiple languages.
• Guided Cook Mode — Follow recipes one step at a time, with timers built into each stage. Hands-free and distraction-free.
• Smart Ingredient Scaling — Cooking for two instead of six? Tap to scale, and every measurement updates automatically.
• Ingredient Checklist — See what you need before you start. Check things off as you prep.
• Automatic Grocery Lists — Plan a week of meals and SpiceChef builds the shopping list for you. Add items by voice or by snapping a photo of a receipt.
• Meal Planning — Plan the week around your cookbooks, dietary preferences, and favorite cuisines.
• Pantry Tracking — Tell SpiceChef what you already have, and it skips it on the grocery list.
• Voice Commands — Add to your list, start a timer, or move to the next step without touching the screen.
DESIGNED FOR THE WAY YOU ACTUALLY COOK
SpiceChef is built for home cooks who care about food. Calm, refined, and uncluttered — closer to a well-edited magazine than a productivity app. No streaks, no gamification, no noise.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your cookbooks stay yours. SpiceChef stores your library securely and never shares your content. You can delete your account and all data anytime from the Profile screen.
SPICECHEF PRO
Unlock unlimited cookbook uploads, AI recipe extraction, meal planning, and more with a Pro subscription. Try free, cancel anytime.
The developer, Venkatesha Gowda, 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 Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Venkatesha Gowda
- Size
- 43.2 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 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
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- SpiceChef Pro $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 SpiceChef
