Simple, honest pricing

Is Chefless free? Yes, and Chefless Premium is optional.

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Yes. Chefless is free to download, has no ads, and never sells your data. A free account holds up to five recipes, one remix, one cookbook, a Kitchen of two people, and a five day plan. Chefless Premium removes those limits for $5.99 a month or $34.99 a year.

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Cook mode, shopping lists, following other cooks, and the passport cost nothing.

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Chefless Premium lifts every limit and adds the AI Recipe Helper, Pantry, and more.

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You pay in the app through the App Store or Google Play, and you can cancel any time.

Compare plans

What is the difference between the free plan and Chefless Premium?

The free plan covers saving a few recipes, planning around today, shopping lists, Cook mode, and following cooks. Chefless Premium removes the recipe, remix, cookbook, Kitchen, and calendar limits and adds the AI Recipe Helper, Pantry and What You Can Cook, more Ask about this recipe questions, remix trees, and shareable highlights.

Comparison of the free Chefless plan and the optional Chefless Premium subscription, feature by feature
Feature Free Chefless Premium
Recipes, own and saved together Up to 5 Unlimited
Remixes 1 remix Unlimited remixes
Cookbooks 1 cookbook Unlimited cookbooks
Kitchen members A Kitchen with up to 2 members Unlimited members in a Kitchen you lead
Meal planning calendar From 2 days before today to 2 days after The full calendar, by week, month, or year
Shopping lists made from your plan Included Included
Cook mode, timers, and the Tonight widget Included Included
Following cooks, feeds, ratings, and the Culinary Passport Included Included
Recipe import from links, text, and photos Included, up to 10 a day Included, up to 20 a day shared with other AI features
AI Recipe Helper Not included Write a recipe from ingredients, suggest swaps, tidy rough notes
Ask about this recipe 1 free question Included, within the shared daily 20
Pantry and What You Can Cook Not included Included
Remix trees Not included Included
Share Passport and Wrapped highlights Not included Included
Chef hat profile badge Not included Included
No ads, no selling your data Yes Yes

The Chefless Premium daily allowance of 20 is shared across recipe import, the AI Recipe Helper, and Ask about this recipe. Prices are in US dollars, and other countries see their local price in the App Store or Google Play before they buy.

Price

How much does Chefless Premium cost?

Chefless Premium costs $5.99 a month or $34.99 a year in US dollars, so the yearly plan works out to about $2.92 a month. Other countries see their local price in the store before buying. You subscribe through the App Store or Google Play and cancel any time in your store subscription settings.

Free

$0 a month

Free to download, with no ads. Up to five recipes, one remix, one cookbook, a Kitchen of two, and a five day plan.

Monthly

$5.99 a month

Chefless Premium billed every month. Cancel any time in your store subscription settings.

Yearly

$34.99 a year

Chefless Premium billed once a year, about $2.92 a month. Cancel any time in your store subscription settings.

The free plan

What stays free?

Cook mode with timers, shopping lists made from your plan, following other cooks, the feeds, and the Culinary Passport are free, along with importing recipes from links, text, and photos within your five recipe limit. There are no ads, and we never sell your data.

Core

The whole kitchen

Your recipe book, a Kitchen of two, a calendar around today, and shopping lists made from your plan. Five recipes is enough to try every part of it.

Import

Recipe import

Paste a link, share a post, or photograph a page, up to ten imports a day on the free plan. See how it works on the recipe import page.

Always

No ads, no selling data

Subscriptions pay for Chefless. There are no ads and no data selling, whether you pay or not.

What Chefless Premium adds

What does Chefless Premium add?

Chefless Premium removes the limits and adds the extras. You get unlimited recipes, remixes, and cookbooks, the full calendar, unlimited members in a Kitchen you lead, the AI Recipe Helper, Pantry and What You Can Cook, more Ask about this recipe questions, remix trees, shareable highlights, and a chef hat badge.

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Unlimited recipes

Chefless Premium removes the five recipe limit, so you can save, import, and remix as much as you like, with unlimited cookbooks to keep it all organized.

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The full calendar

Trade the free window around today for week, month, and year planning on the shared meal planner.

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Bigger Kitchens

Invite as many people as you like into a Kitchen you lead. A person can be in one Kitchen at a time.

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AI Recipe Helper

Write a recipe from the ingredients you have, ask for swaps that fit a dietary need, or turn rough notes into a tidy recipe.

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Pantry and What You Can Cook

Keep a pantry and see the recipes you can make with what is already in your kitchen.

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Ask about this recipe, and more

Ask questions while you cook, open remix trees, share passport and Wrapped highlights, and wear a chef hat badge on your profile.

FAQ

Pricing, answered plainly.

Is Chefless free?

Yes. Chefless is free to download and has no ads. A free account holds up to five recipes, one remix, one cookbook, a Kitchen with two members, and planning from two days before today to two days after. Cook mode, shopping lists, following other cooks, and the passport cost nothing.

How much does Chefless Premium cost?

Chefless Premium costs $5.99 a month or $34.99 a year in US dollars, so the yearly plan works out to about $2.92 a month. Other countries see their local price in the App Store or Google Play before they buy. Downloading Chefless and using the free plan never costs anything.

What does Chefless Premium include?

Chefless Premium removes the limits on recipes, remixes, cookbooks, Kitchen members, and the calendar. It adds the AI Recipe Helper, Pantry and What You Can Cook, more Ask about this recipe questions within a shared daily allowance of 20, remix trees, shareable highlights, and a chef hat badge on your profile.

How do I cancel Chefless Premium?

Cancel any time in your App Store or Google Play subscription settings, because billing runs through your store account and not through Chefless. Chefless Premium stays active until the end of the period you already paid for, and then your account returns to the free plan.

Do I lose my recipes if I stop subscribing?

No. Your recipes stay yours and are not deleted when a subscription ends. If you saved more than the free limit while on Chefless Premium, those recipes stay in your book, and the five recipe limit only applies to adding new ones. Subscribe again whenever you like.

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Download Chefless, cook a week from your own recipe book, and upgrade only if you want to.

Free to download with no ads. Free accounts hold up to five recipes, a Kitchen of two people, and a five day plan, and Chefless Premium removes those limits.