# CookNow: AI Recipe Finder > An AI recipe finder & meal planner app to cook tasty meals from your pantry. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.john.cooknow](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.john.cooknow) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.john.cooknow` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** H.M.Jetpariya - **Category:** FOOD\_AND\_DRINK - **Downloads:** 671 - **Version:** 2.1 - **Last updated:** 2026-06-07 - **First published:** 2024-11-14 - **Publisher country:** IN - **Size:** 7.39 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-15 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.john.cooknow) - **Privacy policy:** [https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/1f319873-268c-474c-b35f-92ae51ec807d](https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/1f319873-268c-474c-b35f-92ae51ec807d) ## Description Looking for a tasty recipe finder that works with what you already have? Meet your new AI cooking coach and recipe keeper!

CookNow is the ultimate recipe generator and meal planning app designed to turn the ingredients already in your kitchen into delicious, easy cooking recipes. Tell CookNow what is in your pantry, fridge, or freezer, choose your diet, and let the AI suggest tasty meals you can actually cook tonight. No more wasted food. No more wondering "what should I cook?" at 7 p.m. It is your very own digital recipe book and personalized mobile cookbook rolled into one.

WHY PEOPLE LOVE COOKNOW

Pantry Recipe Finder: Cook with what you already have—no extra shopping trips required.

AI Meal Planner: Generate balanced meal planning schedules for the full week, built entirely around your personal goals.

Smart Shopping Lists: Create an automated grocery list directly from your weekly meal tracker.

Step-by-Step Instruction Mode: Cook seamlessly with step-by-step guides, timing, and serving sizes. We’ll even keep your phone awake while you cook!

Track Calories & Macros: Monitor your protein, calories, and pantry inventory as you go.

Perfect for Everyone: Works flawlessly for solo cooks, couples, and busy families.

BUILT FOR REAL KITCHENS & GLOBAL CUISINES

CookNow is a highly versatile recipe finder that understands everyday ingredients from kitchens around the world—pasta, rice, beans, eggs, chicken, plantain, garri, indomie, egusi, lentils, tofu, fish, and many more. Whether you are in the mood for Italian, Asian, Mediterranean, African, Mexican, or classic comfort homemade food, our recipe creator finds a tasty meal that matches exactly what you already own.

PERSONALIZED TO YOUR DIET & HEALTH GOALS

Pick your preferred eating style and CookNow instantly filters every single recipe to match your exact needs:

Vegetarian and Vegan (easily hide all recipes with meat!)

Keto and low carb

Halal

Diabetic-friendly

High-protein and weight-loss

Gluten-free options

Family-friendly meals for kids

PLAN YOUR WHOLE WEEK IN ONE TAP

Our AI meal planner builds a balanced 7-day schedule based on your pantry supply, calorie targets, and dietary preferences. Reshuffle any meal you don’t like, and your meal planning app dashboard updates instantly. Track what you’ve cooked and keep your recipe keeper free of clutter.

REDUCE FOOD WASTE, SAVE MONEY

CookNow is built around one simple idea: cook what you already own first. By prioritizing cooking recipes that use ingredients close to expiring, you waste less food, spend less on groceries, and discover incredible new dishes you would never have thought of.

KEY FEATURES AT A GLANCE

Pantry tracker with quick-add for common kitchen items

AI recipe generator based on your live ingredient supply

Weekly meal planner and diet filter tool

Auto-generated shopping lists that sync to your phone

Advanced recipe finder filtering by diet, ingredient, or cuisine

Step-by-step cooking app view with built-in kitchen timers

Calorie and macro tracking for fitness goals

Save favorite recipes to your custom mobile cookbook

Works offline for your saved recipes

GET STARTED IN 60 SECONDS

Add a few ingredients you have at home.

Pick your dietary goals and lifestyle preferences.

Get instant ideas from our AI recipe finder.

Cook, track, and enjoy your tasty meals!

Whether you want to lose weight, save money on groceries, eat healthier, learn new cuisines, or just need a reliable recipe app to answer the daily question of “what should I cook today?”—CookNow is the ultimate AI companion for your kitchen.

Download CookNow today and start cooking smarter! ## Rankings - #1,283,196 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID` - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS` - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK` - `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE` - `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID` - `com.john.cooknow.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Similar extensions and apps - [cooker Recipe](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.cooker.recipe) — 69 users - [Cookme: AI Recipes & Meal Plan](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.quizop.cookme) — 793 users - [Cookn AI](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.cookn.ai) — 5 users - [CookItNow! AI](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.LRStudio.CookItNowAI) — 2 users - [CookMate AI](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.app.cookmate) — 27 users - [cukapp](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.softlogic.cookr) — 42 users - [Cook AI : Photo to recipe](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.rico3634.cookai) — 300 users - [Cookable - AI](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.cookable.app) — 10 users - [Cook AI - Recipe Maker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.lethimcook.recipe_app) — 486 users - [Cookury AI Chef](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.nasaq.cookury.ai) — 3 users - [Cookify: Recipe & Meal Planner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.cyberwiz.cookifyai) — 182 users - [CookFeed](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.tabkhaty.app) — 60 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.john.cooknow)