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MatchMeal is a fun food discovery app that helps you find recipes through swiping. Feast solo to discover recipes you love, or feast with friends in real-time to find meals everyone agrees on!

No account is required to get started! MatchMeal automatically creates a guest account when you launch the app. However, you can sign in with Google or Apple for a better experience, cloud sync across devices, and access to premium features.

Guests can browse and search all recipes, swipe in solo and duo feasts, use My Ingredients, and set dietary preferences. To save recipes, create collections, create your own recipes, or host group feasts, you'll need to sign in with Google or Apple. You can sign in later—your data is preserved.

Signing in with Google or Apple lets you: • Save recipes and create collections • Create and share your own recipes • Host group feasts (3+ people) • Cloud sync across all your devices • Access to premium features Guest accounts are great for browsing and solo/duo feasts but have limited features.

Yes! MatchMeal is free to download and use with all core features—feast swiping, recipe browsing, My Ingredients pantry, dietary filters, and more. We also offer an optional premium subscription with AI-powered meal plans, custom avatar & invite code, and more coming soon.

Your user code is a unique 6-character code (like "A3B-7KM") automatically assigned to your account. Friends use it to invite you to duo or group feasts. You can find it on your Profile. Premium subscribers can customize their code to something personal.

Go to your Profile to edit your display name, choose from 10 preset avatars, and set your dietary preferences. Premium subscribers can also upload a custom profile photo and personalize their invite code.

Yes! MatchMeal supports English, Spanish, and Turkish. Go to your Profile, scroll to the Settings section, and tap the language option to switch.

Yes! Use the search bar in the Explore tab to search by recipe name, ingredients, or cuisine. Combine search with filters like cooking time, dietary preferences, and cuisine type. You can also use My Ingredients—add what you have at home and find recipes you can actually make. Recipe details show how many of your pantry ingredients match.

These are recipes selected specifically for you based on your previous swipes, saved recipes, dietary preferences, favorite cuisines, and even the time of day. The more you use MatchMeal, the better these recommendations become!

My Ingredients is your digital pantry. Add the ingredients you have at home, and MatchMeal finds recipes you can actually make. Browse 22 ingredient categories or search to quickly add items. Recipe details show an ingredient match count so you know what you can cook right now.

When you add ingredients to My Ingredients, recipe details show how many of your pantry items match (e.g., "8/12 ingredients"). You can also filter the recipe browser by your available ingredients to see only recipes you can make.

There are three feast types: • Solo Feast: Personal recipe discovery—swipe at your own pace and build your taste profile • Duo Feast: Feast with one friend in real-time, get notified when you both match • Group Feast: Feast with multiple friends to find recipes the whole group loves

Tap "Start Feast" and select Duo or Group Feast. Share your unique code or QR code with friends. Once they join, you'll both swipe through recipes. When you both swipe right on the same recipe—it's a match!

The feast host can show their QR code from the invite screen, and you can scan it by tapping the QR scanner button. This instantly joins the feast without needing to type a code. You can also show your own QR code for others to scan.

Group feast results show three tiers: • Unanimous matches – Recipes everyone swiped right on • Majority picks – Recipes most people liked (shows vote count, e.g., "4/5") • Personal picks – Recipes only you liked This way you always find something the group agrees on!

No, you don't see individual swipes—you only get notified when you BOTH swipe right on the same recipe. This keeps the experience exciting and unbiased!

Absolutely! Go to your Feast History and tap the action button on any past feast—"Feast Again" for solo, or "Invite" for duo and group. Your current filter settings will be applied, and you can adjust them before starting.

Before starting a feast, you can customize what recipes you see: choose specific cuisines, set maximum cooking time, filter by meal type, apply dietary preferences, and more.

Every recipe includes: • Full ingredient list with measurements • Step-by-step cooking instructions • Cook time and servings • Nutritional information (calories, protein, carbs, fat) • Dietary tags and allergen warnings • Cuisine type and difficulty level

Yes! On the recipe detail page, use the servings adjuster to increase or decrease the number of servings. All ingredient amounts automatically scale proportionally.

Tap "Where to Eat" on any recipe to open Google Maps and search for nearby restaurants that serve that dish. Great for when you want to try the meal at a restaurant instead of cooking!

Recipes are rated on a 1 to 5 difficulty scale. Level 1 is very easy (basic skills), and level 5 is challenging (advanced techniques). You can filter recipes by difficulty when browsing or starting a feast.

Yes! Tap the share button on any recipe to send it via messaging apps, email, or social media. Perfect for sending dinner ideas to friends and family.

Yes! Signed-in users can create recipes through a 4-step wizard: basics (name, photo, category), ingredients, step-by-step instructions, and details (nutrition, dietary tags, allergens). Save as draft or publish. Recipes can be private (just for you) or public (shared with the community).

Go to your Profile, tap "Food Preferences", and select your dietary restrictions (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, keto, paleo, etc.) and any allergens to avoid. These are applied automatically to your feasts.

MatchMeal supports dietary preferences including Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Keto, Paleo, Low-Carb, High-Protein, and Sugar-Free. Halal and Kosher options are also available in your profile preferences. You can select multiple at once.

While we provide allergen filtering, our data may not be 100% comprehensive. Recipes may contain trace allergens. If you have severe allergies, always verify ingredients independently before consuming any recipe.

Tap the heart/save icon on any recipe card or from the recipe details page. Swiping right during a feast does not automatically save recipes—you need to manually save the ones you want to keep.

Collections are custom folders to organize your saved recipes by theme (e.g., "Quick Dinners", "Date Night", "Holiday Recipes"). A recipe can be added to multiple collections for flexible organization.

While the app doesn't currently support direct export, you can share individual recipes or create collections to organize them. More export options may be added in future updates.

Yes! Open the Feast tab and tap History to see all your past solo, duo, and group feasts. View detailed stats, revisit matched recipes, see who you feasted with, and easily restart any previous feast.

Your feast history shows a scrolling stats banner with: • Total feasts completed • Total swipes and like percentage • Favorite cuisine (your most-liked category) • Current streak and longest streak • Most feasted-with friend • Your all-time favorite recipe The more you feast, the more stats you unlock!

Premium subscribers get access to: • Personalized weekly meal plans – AI-generated daily breakfast, lunch & dinner with nutrition info • Custom avatar & invite code – Set a profile photo and personalize your invite code • AI Recipe Assistant – Let AI help you create recipes (coming soon) • AI-powered recipe import – Import recipes from any link or text (coming soon)

Premium users get AI-generated weekly meal plans with daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner suggestions. Each plan shows total nutrition info (calories, protein, carbs, fat). You can swap individual recipes for alternatives or regenerate your entire plan up to 3 times per week. Plans are tailored to your dietary preferences and allergens.

Premium subscriptions are managed through the App Store (iPhone) or Google Play Store (Android). To cancel, go to your device's subscription settings. Your premium features remain active until the end of the current billing period.

MatchMeal sends notifications for feast events like match alerts during duo/group feasts, and when a feast you're invited to starts. You can manage notification permissions through your device settings.

You can delete your account through the app settings. Visit our Account Deletion page for detailed instructions and to proceed with deletion.