What's new
What changed in PandaChef
Newest first, each dated by the day it reached the main branch; it goes live with the next deploy, usually the same day. Only finished work is listed here, no announcements.
· Applies to Web, iPhone, Android
The Premium offer at the end of onboarding
New accounts see once, after the tour, what Premium includes and what it costs, with the price from the store or from Stripe. Skip it and the free plan stays as it is.
Read more →· Applies to iPhone
The iPhone app is on the App Store
PandaChef is now an iPhone app too, with sharing from Safari, Instagram and TikTok straight into it. Same account as in the browser and on Android.
· Applies to Web, iPhone
A yearly plan on the web and in the iPhone app
Premium is available as a yearly plan on the web and in the iPhone app; the checkout shows the price. Android still offers the monthly plan only.
Read more →· Applies to ChatGPT, Claude
Recipe ideas in the chat are written by the assistant itself
In ChatGPT and Claude the assistant writes recipe ideas, translations and nutrition estimates itself; PandaChef checks, shows and stores them. That no longer uses your account's AI quota.
Read more →· Applies to Web, iPhone, Android
Ingredient sections survive the import
Sections such as “For the dough” and “For the filling” are recognised on a link import and kept; same-named ingredients from different sections are no longer added up.
Read more →· Applies to Web, iPhone, Android
Import and editor on the phone
The import button, the preview and the editor are laid out again for phone widths: nothing sits under the keyboard or behind the tab bar any more.
· Applies to Web, iPhone, Android
Premium with no cap on recipes
Premium now holds any number of recipes. The free plan stays at 9.
Read more →· Applies to Web, iPhone, Android
A tour with demos and a first-steps card
New accounts get a short tour with real examples of importing, planning the week and the shopping list, then a first-steps card on the home screen. The tour can be replayed from the settings.
· Applies to Web, iPhone, Android
The week's shopping from the planner
One button in the meal plan puts the ingredients of every planned dish on the shopping list, added up.
Read more →· Applies to Web, iPhone, Android
Magazine articles are no longer saved as recipes
A link to an article without recipe data now gets “no recipe found” instead of a recipe made from the article text, and costs no AI request.
· Applies to iPhone, Android
The Instagram import takes the post's picture
A recipe shared from Instagram gets the post's picture as its recipe image, as with YouTube and TikTok.
Read more →· Applies to Web, iPhone, Android
Data export and complete account deletion
In the settings you download all recipes, plans and lists as a file. Deleting the account now removes all of its data.
· Applies to Web, iPhone, Android
The meal plan in your own calendar
The meal plan is available as a calendar subscription for Apple, Google and Outlook, either the whole household's plan or only your own cooking days. The apps can write the next four weeks into the device calendar.
Read more →· Applies to Android
The Android app on Google Play
PandaChef is an Android app, with sharing from other apps and Instagram import on the device. Sign in with Google too.