Pricing

Choose the plan that fits how seriously you develop recipes.

Start with a limited free tier, then upgrade when you want more guided refinement, deeper recipe evolution, and more room to build a cookbook around your real cooking habits.

Limited free tierTaste-aware Chef guidanceVersion-based workflow

What you already get

Guided dish development
Recipe import and version history
Favorites, organization, and cooking mode
Taste profile memory and personalization

Starter

Free

A limited free tier for trying the workflow, saving recipes, and building the foundation of your cookbook without committing up front.

Best for

Trying the workflow and building the first shelf of your cookbook

  • Chef guidance with a limited monthly usage cap
  • Constraint-based dish directions and refinement
  • Cookbook with favorites, hide, and archive controls
  • Save recipes with version history
  • Import recipes from pasted text
  • Taste profile and personal cooking preferences
  • Deterministic backup recipe engine when AI is unavailable
Best value

MealMaxer Pro

$49.99/year

$4.17/month billed annually

For cooks who want Chef available more often, deeper personalization, and more room to evolve recipes into repeatable standards.

Best for

Frequent cooking, active recipe development, and long-term kitchen planning

  • Higher Chef usage limits for regular cooking and planning
  • Unlimited recipe versions, refinements, and remix flows
  • Advanced recipe development actions like faster, spicier, or vegetarian
  • Live cooking mode with step-by-step recipe flow
  • Grocery list workflow and pantry-aware planning
  • More personalized guidance from your taste profile and behavior
  • Priority access to new planning, billing, and support tools

Feature comparison

What changes as you upgrade

Guided recipe development

Free

Limited

Pro

Expanded

Cookbook

Free

Core access

Pro

Full access

Recipe versions

Free

Included

Pro

Unlimited

Smart meal builder

Free

Included

Pro

Included

Recipe import

Free

Included

Pro

Included

Cooking mode

Free

Included

Pro

Included

Taste-based personalization

Free

Included

Pro

Deeper personalization

Fallback recipe engine

Free

Included

Pro

Included

Start now

Start free, upgrade when recipe development becomes part of how you cook.

The free tier gets you into the workflow. Pro is there when you want more guidance, more recipe evolution, and a stronger personal cooking system.