Features

Every feature, with a real example.

Sously is a pantry-first cooking app for iPhone and Android: it tracks what is in your kitchen, builds recipes from what you already have, and shares one Pro plan across two phones.

Here is what each part does — and the actual thing you would do with it.

Fresh herbs, a tomato, and a chef’s knife on a wooden board
Sous Chef

A sous-chef that cooks from what you own

Sous Chef builds real recipes from your pantry, a photo, or a single line of text — then adapts them on demand. It is web-grounded, so the techniques it suggests are ones cooks actually use.

  • Snap three vegetables on the counter → get a dinner that uses all of them.
  • Long-press "buttermilk" → four substitutions with ratios and how each changes the result.
  • Tap "make it vegan" or "one-pot" → the recipe rewrites itself.
Fresh ingredients arranged on a linen cloth
Smart Pantry

Cook from what you have — and waste less

Track the fridge, pantry, and freezer in one place. Use-soon alerts surface anything within three days of expiring, and recipes are scored by how much you already own — so dinner starts with what is already in your kitchen.

  • Items about to expire jump to the top of your pantry, so they get cooked first.
  • Recipes show a pantry-match score → tap to see the few things you would still need to buy.
  • Snap a grocery receipt → items, quantities, and shelf life fill in automatically.
A warm home-cooked dinner on a wooden table
Imports

Bring your whole recipe library — free

Switching apps usually means leaving years of recipes behind. Not here: import your entire collection in one tap, with photos, categories, and source links intact. No copy-paste, no lock-in.

  • Bulk-migrate from Paprika, RecipeKeeper, Mealie, or Crouton (Crouton is iPhone-only).
  • Paste any cooking-blog URL → Sously extracts the full recipe.
  • Import from Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook reels, a PDF, or a photo of a cookbook page.
A bright plated lunch on a wooden table
Meal Planner

A week of meals, planned in minutes

Drag recipes onto any day and meal. When you would rather not, let Sously fill the week around your goals — and the days that repeat become reusable templates.

  • Drag Sunday’s roast into the planner → leftovers slot into Monday lunch.
  • Ask "Fill the Week, high-protein" → seven days planned around your goal.
  • Save "Weekday Breakfasts" as a template → reuse it with one tap.
A spread of fresh vegetables
Shopping List

A list that already knows your pantry

Every ingredient from your plan, gathered into one list — with anything you already own checked off. Built for the aisle, not just the screen.

  • Build the week → the shopping list assembles itself, minus what is in your pantry.
  • At the store, use the searchable picker to add a staple you forgot.
  • Keep separate lists for separate stores or trips.
A balanced meal photographed from above
Nutrition

Log a meal in two taps and a photo

Most calorie apps fail because they are slow. Snap a photo of your plate and Sously logs it with macros — no typing. It is all grounded in a bundled USDA database of ~2,400 foods that works offline.

  • Photograph a finished plate → macros logged in one tap.
  • Scan a barcode for packaged foods, or check an ingredient for dietary flags.
  • See your 7-day and 30-day rolling macro averages.
A warm breakfast scene on a wooden table
Household

One subscription covers you and your partner

Why pay for two cooking apps? One Sously Pro plan covers your household — invite one person with a six-digit code and your pantry, meal plan, and shopping list stay live on both phones, syncing in real time.

  • Your partner checks off the shopping list at the store → it updates on your phone instantly.
  • Plan on one phone, cook on the other — always in sync.
  • Sign in to sync across your own devices too; survives reinstalls and new phones.

Free to start. The whole kitchen, on one page.

The recipe library, pantry, and planner are free with no account. Add Sously Pro for Sous Chef, recipe images, and cloud sync.

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