Common questions, plain answers.

Sharp Cooking is a private cooking system for home cooks. Save recipes from anywhere — websites, cookbooks, photos, handwriting, PDFs — organize your collection, plan meals, and build shopping lists. It connects the whole workflow in one place.

Sharp Cooking is in public beta and free to use, with no limits on recipe imports during beta. We expect to launch a paid version around October. When that happens, every recipe you've imported during beta stays free — you'll be able to view, search, cook from, export, and share them. Adding new recipes after launch will require a paid subscription.

No. Recipe managers help you store recipes. Sharp Cooking connects those recipes to meal planning, shopping lists, and cooking so you actually use them.

Home cooks who already have recipes they trust and need a better way to use them. If you have recipes scattered across bookmarks, cookbooks, screenshots, and emails — and you want one place to keep, find, plan around, and cook from them — Sharp Cooking is built for you.

Beta means Sharp Cooking is in active development. The core features work and your data is real — you can use it as your everyday recipe system today. But you may run into rough edges, missing features, or occasional bugs while we polish things. We're sharing it with a small group of early users to learn what works and what doesn't before opening it more widely. Your feedback during this period directly shapes what gets fixed and built next.

Recipes you imported during the beta stay accessible to you forever, even without a subscription. You'll be able to view, search, cook from, export, and share them — all the same things you do today. After paid launch, adding NEW recipes will require a subscription, but your existing collection from beta belongs to you free of charge.

Inside the app, click the Feedback button in the top nav (or "Send Feedback" in the footer). You can submit bug reports with severity ratings, feature requests, quick reactions, or open-ended thoughts. We read every one. If you'd rather email: Hello@SharpCooking.com.

Sharp Cooking automatically extracts recipes from most websites. Paste a URL and it pulls the title, ingredients, instructions, and timing into a clean format. Some websites block automated access; for those, copy and paste the recipe text instead.

Photograph cookbook pages or handwritten recipe cards — the AI reads handwriting too. Upload images or PDFs. Paste text from emails, messages, or documents. On a laptop, scan the QR code on the import screen to use your phone as a camera — no cables needed. Works in any language.

When you import a recipe, the source content is sent to an AI service to extract the structure. Only import content is processed — your saved recipes, meal plans, and notes are never sent to an AI service. The content is not used to train models and is not retained after processing. You review the result before anything is saved. Read the full details in our Privacy Policy →

It works well with clearly structured recipes from websites, typed text, and legible handwriting. Always review the result before saving — most fixes take a few seconds. Everything is editable.

Yes. Every recipe is fully editable. Change the title, ingredients, instructions, timing, servings, tags, and photos. Add notes and adjustments. Changes save automatically and sync across all your devices.

Yes — privacy is a core part of how Sharp Cooking is designed. Your recipes are private by default — not published, not indexed by search engines, not visible to other users. We don't sell your data, don't build advertising profiles, and actively block AI scrapers from accessing your collection. Read more about our privacy approach →

Yes. Share individual recipes via private link, QR code, text, or email. Recipients don't need an account to view it. For ongoing sharing, create a private group. You can also set up an event — a potluck, a holiday meal — to coordinate who's making what.

We respect copyright. Sharp Cooking is a personal digital locker, not a distribution platform. Save recipes for your own use, share individual recipes with specific people — that's it. No public feed, no bulk distribution.

Any modern device with a web browser: phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop. Chrome, Safari, and Edge are supported. Your recipes sync automatically across all devices.

Sharp Cooking is a Progressive Web App (PWA). Install it from Safari on iOS or Chrome on Android and it appears on your home screen. It works offline, syncs across devices, and behaves like a native app — without an App Store download.

Yes. Once installed as a PWA, Sharp Cooking caches your recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists locally. Cook from any recipe without an internet connection. Changes sync when you're back online — useful if your grocery store doesn't have mobile or WiFi coverage.

The app interface is available in nine languages — English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Portuguese, and Polish — with more coming. Recipe import is a separate matter: AI can handle many languages, but we're still testing it.

Yes. Built to meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA — we treat that as a floor, not a ceiling. Keyboard navigation, screen reader support, large readable text, high-contrast colors. Designed for real cooking conditions, not ideal desktop environments. Read our accessibility statement →

Open the meal planner and see your whole week. Drag recipes into breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack slots. Move meals when plans change. Add your meal plan to a shopping list in one click.

Build lists from your meal plan or add items manually. Items organize by store category. Check items off as you shop. Lists work offline and sync across all devices in real-time.

Registration requires only a name and email — no password to create. Sign in with a magic link or set up a passkey for biometric sign-in (Face ID, Touch ID, Windows Hello). Passkeys can't be phished or stolen.

Yes. Export your full recipe collection at any time. Your data isn't locked in — you own it and can take it with you.

Go to Settings and click "Delete Account." All recipes, meal plans, shopping lists, and personal data are permanently deleted. This cannot be undone — export anything you want to keep first.