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Features

Everything your kitchen needs

Five core pillars, a full cooking session experience, and AI features that actually save you time. Here's everything Sofra does.

Features

Everything you need, nothing you don't

Five core pillars, each solving a real problem home cooks face every day.

Smart Import

Any URL → beautiful recipe card

Paste any recipe URL — from any website, food blog, or cooking platform — and Sofra extracts the title, ingredients, steps, times, and hero image. Clean, structured, and ready to cook from. No more ads, auto-play videos, or walls of text.

  • Supports thousands of recipe websites
  • AI-powered extraction when structured data is missing
  • Auto-detects ingredients, quantities, and prep steps
  • 5 imports/month free · unlimited with Premium
Import from anywhere in one tap
What Can I Cook?

Dinner decided in under 10 seconds

Mark what's in your pantry with a single tap. Sofra matches your ingredients against your entire recipe library and ranks results by how many ingredients you actually have. No more buying ingredients you already own.

  • Binary pantry model — in stock or need more
  • Ranked matches with missing ingredient counts
  • Warm AI explanations for each suggestion
  • 3 queries/day free · unlimited with Premium
Cook from what you already have
Cooking Companion

Your sous-chef during every session

Ask questions while you cook — "what temperature is medium heat?", "can I substitute the cream?", "how do I know when the onions are ready?" — and get instant, contextually aware answers from an AI that knows the recipe you're following.

  • Contextually aware of your current recipe and step
  • Hands-free cooking mode with wake lock
  • 20 messages per cooking session
  • Premium only
Hands-free cooking mode with built-in timers
AI Substitutions

Missing an ingredient? No problem.

Need to substitute an ingredient? Sofra ranks alternatives by culinary fit and whether you already have them. Every substitution is explained so you understand the impact on flavour and texture.

  • Ranked by Excellent / Good / Acceptable / Poor fit
  • Highlights substitutes already in your pantry
  • Included free for all users
Every detail at your fingertips
Pantry & Shopping List

From recipe to trolley in one tap

Add any recipe's missing ingredients to your shopping list with a single tap. Sofra deduplicates across multiple recipes, consolidates quantities, and marks off items as you shop. Your pantry updates automatically when you check off.

  • One-tap: add missing ingredients from any recipe
  • Smart deduplication across multiple recipes
  • Marks off pantry as you shop
  • Included free for all users
Track your pantry in seconds

Every feature, at a glance

Recipe Library

Unlimited recipe storage, grid/list views, search, filter, sort. Your entire collection in one place.

URL Import

Paste any recipe URL and get a clean card in seconds. Five-tier parsing with >90% success rate.

Cooking Sessions

Step-by-step mode with built-in timers, wake lock, and adjustable text size for cooking in dim kitchens.

Pantry Tracking

Simple in-stock/need-more toggles. No quantities to maintain — just a quick scan of what you have.

AI Substitutions

Missing an ingredient? Get ranked alternatives with culinary fit scores and pantry-aware suggestions.

Shopping List

One tap to add missing ingredients from any recipe. Smart deduplication across multiple recipes.

Recipe Modifications

Apply natural language changes ("make it dairy-free", "double the garlic") and save as named versions.

Premium

Unlock the full Sofra experience

Premium features for cooks who want the full AI-powered experience.

AI Smart Search

Natural language queries across your entire library. Ask "quick pasta with what I have" or "something low carb for dinner tonight" and get ranked, relevant results.

Cooking Companion

An AI sous-chef that knows your current recipe and step. Ask anything mid-cook — temperatures, timings, substitutions, technique questions — and get instant answers.

YouTube Import

Import recipes directly from YouTube cooking videos. Sofra extracts the recipe from the video transcript and formats it as a clean recipe card.

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