CookWhat

Not sure what to cook today? Snap a photo of your fridge or countertop, or simply type what you have, and get home-style Chinese dishes you can make right now.

The app interface is currently in Simplified Chinese.

COOK WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
• Photo recognition: snap your fridge or cutting board, or pick a photo from your library
• Manual entry: type several ingredients at once, or tap common ones to add them
• Confirm before cooking: tap to rename, tap × to remove, and add anything that was missed
• No ingredients recognized in a photo? Switch straight to typing instead of retaking it

ONLY THE INGREDIENTS YOU HAVE
• Dishes use only your list plus pantry basics such as salt, sugar, soy sauce, scallion, ginger and garlic, so there's no extra shopping trip
• Each dish shows how many pans and steps it takes, and whether it's a one-pot meal
• "Add one more": a tip for one extra ingredient that would take the dish up a level
• Not in the mood? Get a fresh batch of ideas

STEPS YOU CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW
• Step-by-step instructions with amounts (grams, spoons, pieces), heat and timing
• Portions scaled to the number of people you're cooking for

GETS TO KNOW YOUR TASTE
• Set your spice level, dietary restrictions or allergies, and servings once
• Restricted ingredients are checked twice, when dishes are created and again in the results, and you're warned before generating if your list contains one (please double-check ingredients if you have a severe allergy)
• Rate a dish Tasty, OK or Flopped after cooking and suggestions drift toward your taste; this taste memory is saved on your phone and can be cleared anytime

RECIPE LIBRARY & FAVORITES
• Classic home-style recipes built in, browsable by category, even offline
• Save the dishes you love and come back to them anytime

FREE TRIAL & LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP
• Free to download, with 3 free tries of AI dish suggestions; the recipe library and favorites are always free
• A one-time Lifetime Membership purchase unlocks 30 AI dish suggestions per day
• Lifetime Membership is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, and never renews; after reinstalling or switching phones, tap Restore Purchases in Settings

Works on iPhone and iPad. No sign-up required. Photo recognition and AI dish suggestions need an internet connection.