# Sidekick by Sorted Food

> Meal Planner & Tasty Recipes

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1472765520](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1472765520)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1472765520`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sorted Food
- **Category:** Food & Drink
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (299 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.5.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-18
- **First published:** 2019-10-23
- **Size:** 103 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sidekick-by-sorted-food/id1472765520)
- **Website:** [https://sortedfood.com/sidekick/](https://sortedfood.com/sidekick/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sorted.club/privacy-policy/](https://sorted.club/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Sidekick by Sorted Food is your kitchen partner for smarter cooking. It helps you plan meals, generate weekly shopping lists, and discover 1,000+ recipes tailored to your tastes, dietary needs, and pantry staples. Features include step-by-step instructions, audio guides, timers, and offline access to keep cooking simple and enjoyable.

With personalised recipe suggestions, dietary and allergen filters, portion sizing, substitutions from the Sorted community, and a focus on reducing waste, Sidekick makes home cooking efficient, affordable, and sustainable. Start with a free 1-month trial today and see how easy it is to cook delicious meals with confidence.

## Rankings

- #90,575 — Overall

## Review summary

Sidekick is praised for streamlining meal planning with auto-generated shopping lists and meal packs, saving time and money while reducing waste. Users enjoy tasty, easy-to-follow recipes with adaptable twists and strong family-use benefits. Common drawbacks include onboarding freezes, diet-preference misalignment, variability in local ingredient availability, and occasional stability issues. Some also find notification prompts bothersome. Overall, its planning and recipe quality are strong, but technical and dietary-matching issues recur across multiple reviews.

### Pros

- Easy meal planning with auto-generated shopping lists and meal packs that save time and reduce grocery waste.
- Saves time and money while simplifying family dinners and reducing food waste.
- Delicious, easy-to-follow recipes with clear step-by-step directions, visuals, and audio prompts.
- Substitutions and twists via community features allow flexible adaptation of recipes.
- Overall helpful for busy households, covering planning, shopping, and cooking in one app.

### Cons

- Onboarding freezes/crashes during initial setup, making first-use frustrating.
- Dietary options sometimes misalign with preferences (limited gluten-free options and occasional meat/pescatarian incongruities).
- Local grocery availability can vary, leading to substitutions or shopping across multiple stores.
- Occasional stability/UI glitches (e.g., screen size issues or intermittent performance problems).
- Some users find push notifications intrusive or disruptive to their experience.

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