Made with care for the recipes you love. Collect, plan, shop, and cook across Mac and iPhone, with your collection in your own iCloud.
Free to start. No subscription ever.
Made around you.
Keep your recipes in one place, group them into photo-rich collections, and bring them into your week. Your plan, grocery list, and Cook Mode are ready when you are.
Your collection, presented with care.
And always easy to make your own.
Weeknight favorites. Family classics. Something for Sunday. Create collections that make sense for the way you cook.
Your collection travels with you through your own iCloud account.
Photos, ingredients, directions, and notes in one place. Scale servings and start cooking from the recipe.
Choose your recipes. Plan your meals.
Let the grocery list come together.
Plan with the recipes you love. Bring your collection into the week ahead.
One less list to write. Add ingredients from recipes and send your unchecked items to Apple Reminders when you're ready.
Cook Mode gives each step room to breathe against a soft-focus photo of your dish, with ingredients close by and timers ready.
Mealbench + ChatGPT + Claude
Connect ChatGPT or Claude to find and write recipes, plan meals, and build a grocery list. Mealbench applies changes when the app is open.
An example conversation with your assistant
Here’s a photo of what I have in the fridge. What could I make for dinner?
I can suggest a recipe from what you have and write the ingredients and steps for you.
Save that recipe to Mealbench.
Request sent. Open Mealbench to apply it.
Share a photo of your fridge or pantry with ChatGPT or Claude. Your assistant can suggest a recipe from what you have and send it to Mealbench.
Connect your assistant
Illustrative conversation; the app capture shows a native screen, not the example recipe. Mealbench’s MCP connections are optional. ChatGPT and Claude are separate services with their own account requirements and possible fees. Recipe extraction depends on access to the source. Mealbench itself does not generate images; an assistant can attach an image you provide or create separately.
Personal, by design.
Your collection lives on your devices and in your own iCloud account. Optional assistant connections use a server copy so ChatGPT or Claude can read your library. You control the connection.
Our privacy approach
Print a favorite or export your entire collection. PDF, HTML, or Markdown. One recipe or all of them, whenever you want.
No advertisements. No subscription to another service. Just a thoughtfully made app for your home, your food, and your people.
Why we made Mealbench
More room at the table.
Family Sharing is included with each platform purchase. Everyone in your Apple family group can make Mealbench their own.
Mac and iPhone are purchased separately. Each purchase covers your family group on that platform.
Simple from the start.
Keep 20 recipes and edit them freely, with no time limit.
A one-time purchase lets you add and edit without a recipe limit.
Mealbench for iPhone
One-time purchase. Unlimited recipes.
Mealbench for Mac
One-time purchase. Unlimited recipes.
Prices shown in USD. Mac and iPhone are separate purchases. Regional prices and taxes may vary; the App Store shows your final price. Optional AI services may have their own fees.
Keep up to 20 recipes and edit them free, with no time limit. Reading, cooking, collections, meal plans, groceries, printing, and exporting stay free even when your library grows. Adding beyond 20 or editing a larger library needs a one-time purchase for the platform you use.
No. There’s a separate one-time purchase for Mac and iPhone. Mealbench has no recurring charges or hidden fees. Optional ChatGPT or Claude services are separate and may have their own costs.
Each platform purchase includes Apple Family Sharing. Members of your Apple family group can use the purchased version on that platform. A Mac purchase does not also unlock the iPhone version, or vice versa.
On your devices and in your own iCloud account. While an assistant is connected, Mealbench also keeps a copy on its servers so it can read your library. After disconnecting your last assistant, you can delete that copy from Settings → Connect. Your device and iCloud library stay intact. Learn how sharing works.
No. Mealbench is a complete recipe app on its own. ChatGPT and Claude connections are optional ways to create and collect recipes.
Yes. Print your recipes or export them as PDF, HTML, or Markdown. Export one recipe, a selection, or your whole collection at once.
Meet your new favorite place for your recipes.
Free to start. No subscription ever.