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One personalized dinner a week (Split Plates included), the full Gastroque Library, up to 2 diners, a basic grocery list, Cook Mode and one swap a week. No card, no time limit.

You set the limit — 45 minutes of active cooking on weeknights and 90 on weekends by default — and every recipe is designed to fit, with active and total time shown up front. Bonus prep or a Prep Day takes more off.

No. Choose beginner, home cook, confident or chef. Beginners get fewer components and more guidance; confident cooks get the fun stuff. Every step has timers and chef's notes that explain the why.

A sharp knife, a board, a large skillet, a saucepan, a sheet pan and an oven cover almost everything. Tap the rest of your kit in a quick visual picker — air fryer, pressure cooker, Dutch oven, blender, sous-vide — and we'll put it to work. We won't plan around gear you don't own.

Gastroque runs in your browser on laptop, desktop, tablet and phone. Plan the week on a big screen — week grid, recipe and list side by side — then shop and cook from your phone. Add it to your home screen for an offline grocery list and timers; native iOS and Android apps are in Labs.

It depends on your store, your household and the budget you set. Gastroque plans to that budget, shares ingredients across the week and uses up what you have, which helps cut waste. Pro adds estimated prices to your list.

All of them. Your list is sorted by standard aisles, so it works wherever you shop. Sending your list straight to a store cart is on the way — see Send to Instacart and Grocery Autopilot in Labs.

What you buy goes into your Pantry when you finish shopping. When you mark a meal cooked, we subtract what it used and add any leftovers. Staples like oil and salt are tracked as Full, Half, Low or Out. A 30-second Pantry Check-in before each week fixes anything we got wrong — it's an estimate, and you're in charge.

Mark it skipped. The ingredients stay in your Pantry and next week uses the perishables first. Or swap it for something quicker.

Switch between US and metric units anytime. At launch, recipes are written in English and tuned for ingredients in the US. Prices are in US dollars; applicable taxes are calculated at checkout.

Plus and Pro start with a 7-day free trial. No payment needed during early access.

Yes, in Settings → Billing. You keep your plan until the end of the period you've paid for; your recipes, ratings and favorites stay with you on Free.

Yes. Invite a co-cook — 1 on Plus, up to 4 on Pro — to share the plan, grocery list and pantry. One subscription covers the household.

Yes. We never sell your data or show ads. Your household details are used to plan your meals and are sent to our AI provider only to create your recipes. Export or delete everything anytime in Settings → Privacy.

During early access we don't: no payment is needed to start a trial. When payments open, a card will keep the trial for real people, and you won't be charged during the 7 days.

Yes — we email you 3 days before your trial ends, with a one-click link to manage or cancel.

Anytime in Settings → Billing. Upgrades take effect immediately (you're charged the prorated difference); downgrades take effect at your next renewal.

Yes. Switching to annual takes effect right away with credit for unused time; switching to monthly starts at your next renewal.

You keep everything until the end of your paid period, then move to Free. Your recipes, ratings, favorites and history stay in your account.

Trials are free — cancel before the trial ends and you're never charged. Annual plans can be refunded in full within 14 days of any annual charge (first year or renewal); your plan then moves to Taster right away. Monthly plans aren't refunded for partial months — you keep your plan until the end of the month you paid for — but if a renewal surprised you, contact us within 7 days and, if you haven't generated new recipes since, we'll refund it. Billing mistakes are always refunded. Where local law gives you more (for example the EU/UK 14-day withdrawal right), that applies.

Major credit and debit cards, plus Apple Pay, Google Pay and Link where available — processed securely by Stripe.

Prices are shown in USD before tax. Where sales tax or VAT applies, it's calculated at checkout.

Yes. The household owner pays; co-cooks (1 on Plus, up to 4 on Pro) share the plan at no extra cost.

Yes — give a month, get a month. Share your link from Settings → Billing; when your friend's first payment goes through after their trial, you both get a month free (as a credit on yearly plans). Up to 12 free months a year.

60 swaps a week is far more than a typical week needs; the limit exists to prevent automated abuse.