SideChef: Recipes & Meal Plans

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About this app

SideChef’s 18,000 step-by-step recipes help you get from “what’s for dinner?” to cooking your next meal in just minutes. Filter by diet and preferences, search by ingredients, create a grocery list, and instantly shop ingredients on Walmart. Called “best app” by USA Today and the New York Times’s “favorite cooking app,” SideChef empowers you to eat healthier, save money, and live your most delicious life.
PERSONALIZED RECIPE RECOMMENDATIONS
Quickly find recipe inspiration tailored to your specific preferences. Filter by dietary requirements, allergies, food preferences, and ingredients you already have at home to find a recipe you like in less than one minute.

ONE-CLICK GROCERY SHOPPING
Easily create a grocery list, and shop ingredients directly from Instacart, Walmart, Amazon Fresh, Target, and many more of your favorite grocers . Ingredients are intelligently matched to in-store products, and updated with real-time prices and availability. Make smarter decisions by seeing the percentage of each ingredient used in a recipe – an easy way to plan for leftovers and minimize food waste, while also saving money.

GREAT FOR BEGINNERS
New to cooking? Our step-by-step recipes include an image or video at every cooking step so you know exactly what to do. Built-in timers ensure you never overcook anything again, while how-to videos teach you valuable culinary skills – from how to properly dice an onion, to how to press tofu. Rate recipes, upload photos, exchange tips, anad share cooking fails and successes with the SideChef home cooking community.

EASY MEAL PLANNING
Use our meal planning tool to select recipes for the week, or save appealing recipes to your cookbook. Browse thousands of curated recipe collections and meal plans for more inspiration and ideas on what you’ll cook next.

AUTOMATED CONTROL OF APPLIANCES
Remotely control your compatible smart appliances with 2,000+ CookAssist-enabled smart recipes. Compatible brands include: LG, GE, and Bosch Home Connect brands including Thermador and Gaggenau. Simply link your devices and start cooking.

RECIPES FOR EVERYONE
Personalized recipe recommendations for these diets and allergens: Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Low-Carb, Paleo, Keto, Gluten, Egg, Dairy, Soy, Peanut, Tree Nuts, Fish, Shellfish
Recipes cover a variety of cuisines: American, Italian, Mediterranean, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, French, and more! Browse recipes from your favorite culinary influencers – top food bloggers, writers, and renowned chefs.

PRAISE FROM MEDIA
“Favorite cooking app” – New York Times

”Best App of 2017” – Google Play

“It’s not just recipes, it does everything for you” – The Today Show

”SideChef has become a game-changer in the crowded space of cooking apps” – Forbes

”Best Cooking App” – Tom’s Guide

OPTIONAL SIDECHEF PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION
SideChef is free to download and use. Should you choose to upgrade to SideChef Premium, we offer an auto-renewing subscription option at a price of $4.99 USD / month or $49.99 USD / year.

By downloading and using this app or purchasing a SideChef Premium subscription, you are agreeing to the SideChef terms of use and service: https://www.sidechef.com/terms

For more information about how we use your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy: https://www.sidechef.com/privacy-policy. By downloading this app, you acknowledge the terms of our Privacy Policy.
Save time and money with AI recipe ideas for all diets and easy grocery shopping
Updated on
Sep 29, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    Personal info, Photos and videos and 3 others
  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, Photos and videos and 3 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

8K reviews
Karsten Keese
March 27, 2022
Requires users to create yet another account with yet another company. For the money you will spend on this ripoffware over the years in terms of recurring subscription fees (there is no possibility to purchase the app once and for all), one could buy a dozen good books -- sure, they won't contain a million run-of-the-mill, cheaper-by-the-dozen variations on a theme, but 100 original, sophisicated, high-quality menus instead of 1 mio. mediocre simple plates will taste a lot better. Uninstalled.
68 people found this review helpful
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SideChef
March 31, 2022
Thanks for taking the time to give us a review! You can actually skip the CREATE AN ACCOUNT process (only available for non-GDPR users) by tapping on the SKIP button when you open the App for the first time. We would really appreciate it if you could reconsider your rating for us. If you need further assistance, email us at support@sidechef.com
Takedria Mingo-Berry
January 3, 2025
Love it! Meal planning is a breeze with the feature. Helps keep me on track with time, financial, and health goals. The availabilty of so many different recipes keeps the palate from boredom while pursuing goals. I used it reviously on my Lg app.I would have given 5 stars but my order did not sync to the cart in the Walmart app so had to manually add each item. Also, staple pantry ingredients such as salt, pepper, and oil should populate differently where you check only if needed.
51 people found this review helpful
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SideChef
January 20, 2025
Thank you for providing your valuable feedback. Please reach out to us at support@sidechef.com, if you have other suggestions.
A Google user
August 8, 2019
I downloaded a bunch of cooking apps, this one was the best. It pretty much has everything you could ask for except the nutritional value, but I think its still worth it. Not only it has the basic shopping list/cookbook/ meal planner and a lot of categories thing that many cooking apps do. IMO sidechef has the nicest interface and a lot of other features. IT HAS AN INGREDIENTS WIKI! it tells you the benefits, ways to prepare it, how to buy it, etc. Also, I live for its meal plans and colections!
18 people found this review helpful
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SideChef
August 16, 2019
Hi there, happy to hear you are enjoying our app! Our small team really appreciates the 5-star rating :)