FAQ - MealScribe

MealScribe is a personalized meal planning and recipe management application that helps you discover, create, organize, and plan meals using AI-powered recipe generation and intelligent ingredient management. Build your perfect cookbook with recipes extracted from social media, YouTube videos, images, or generated from text prompts.

MealScribe is available for both iOS and Android devices. You can download it from the Apple App Store for iOS devices and Google Play Store for Android devices. The app is optimized for smartphones and tablets.

MealScribe offers a free tier with basic recipe management and meal planning features. We also provide premium subscription plans that unlock advanced AI-powered features like recipe generation, extraction from URLs and images, recipe remix, ingredient detection, and priority customer support.

MealScribe offers multiple ways to create recipes:

Manual Entry: Create recipes step-by-step with ingredients, prep work, and cooking steps
AI Generation: Generate recipes from text prompts using AI, incorporating your dietary preferences
URL Extraction: Extract recipes from websites, social media platforms (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook), and YouTube videos using AI
Image Extraction: Extract recipe information from uploaded images using AI vision models
Recipe Remix: Modify existing recipes using AI to adjust ingredients, cooking methods, or dietary requirements

Absolutely! MealScribe supports a wide range of dietary preferences and restrictions:

Dietary Preferences: Vegetarian, Vegan, Keto, Paleo, Gluten-Free, Low-Carb, Mediterranean, Pescatarian, Flexitarian, Whole30, DASH, and Anti-Inflammatory
Restrictions & Exclusions: Nuts, Dairy, Eggs, Soy, Shellfish, Wheat, Gluten, Sesame, Nightshades, Sulfites, and more
Cuisine Preferences: Italian, Mexican, Asian, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indian, Mediterranean, French, American, Greek, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, Middle Eastern, and many others
Custom Requests: Add custom dietary requirements and preferences

These preferences are used when generating or remixing recipes with AI to ensure they match your dietary needs.

MealScribe offers powerful recipe organization features:

Recipe Folders: Organize recipes into custom folders for better categorization
Favorites: Mark recipes as favorites for quick access
Advanced Search: Fuzzy matching search across recipe titles, ingredients, descriptions, and folder names
Filtering: Filter recipes by meal type, creation method, favorites status, and pantry ingredient availability
Weekly Chef's Picks: Receive weekly AI-generated recipe collections

MealScribe offers flexible meal planning options:

Calendar-based Scheduling: Schedule recipes on specific dates using an interactive calendar view
Recipe Queuing: Queue recipes for the week without specific date assignments
Ingredient Availability Checking: Check which ingredients are available in your pantry for scheduled meals
Automatic Shopping Lists: Automatically generate shopping lists from your meal plans and recipes

MealScribe offers comprehensive pantry management:

AI-powered Ingredient Detection: Detect ingredients from photos using AI image recognition
Barcode Scanning: Scan product barcodes using Open Food Facts database integration
Manual Entry: Add ingredients manually with quantity, unit, and expiration date
Expiration Tracking: Track ingredient expiration dates with visual indicators
Ingredient Search: Fuzzy matching search to quickly find ingredients in your pantry
Bulk Operations: Select and manage multiple ingredients at once

Currently, MealScribe stores all data locally on your device for privacy and offline access. You can import recipes from shared URLs via app share intent, which makes it easy to build your cookbook from recipes found online. Recipe sharing features may be available in future updates.

Your data security and privacy are our top priorities. All your data is stored locally on your device for offline access. You can export and import your app data for backup or device migration. For AI-powered features, data is processed securely and we use industry-standard security measures. We never share your personal information with third parties except as necessary for AI processing. You can read our full Privacy Policy for more details.

We offer multiple support channels to help you. You can reach us via email at support@mealscribe.app. Premium users get priority support with faster response times.

You can request deletion of your data stored on our servers by submitting a data deletion request. Visit our Data Deletion Request page, where you'll need to provide your Anonymous User ID (found in the app under Settings > App Settings > Anonymous User ID). Your request will be processed within 30 days in accordance with GDPR requirements. Note that data stored locally on your device is not affected by this request.

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