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Sapora turns the recipe videos you scroll past into clean, cookable recipes. Paste a TikTok, Instagram Reel, YouTube or Pinterest link and in about ten seconds you get ingredients, steps, macros, timing and a cook-ready layout — no more pausing and rewinding.

iPhone running iOS 16 or later, and Android 10 or later. The web dashboard at sapora.app is read-only for now — you can browse your recipes and planner but imports happen in the app.

No — you can continue as guest and everything stays on-device. Sign in with Apple, Google or email when you want to back up your recipes and sync across devices.

Yes, and it's free forever. You can write unlimited recipes by hand, plan your week, build shopping lists and browse local flyer deals. You also get 3 AI credits to try social imports. After that, upgrade to Plus for unlimited imports or top up pay-as-you-go credits.

TikTok, Instagram (Reels + posts), YouTube (including Shorts), Pinterest, Facebook, and most recipe blogs. You can import from any of these in three ways:

• Tap Share in the source app and pick Sapora
• Copy the link and paste it into Sapora's import screen
• Start from a blank recipe and type it in yourself

Usually 6–12 seconds. Longer videos (over two minutes) can take up to thirty. You can close the app — we'll finish in the background and notify you when it's ready.

We also read on-screen captions, overlay text and the post description. If we can only find the ingredient list, we'll tell you — you can add the steps yourself, or ask the AI to draft them from the rest of the context.

Yes. Every field is editable — tap ingredient quantities, step text, times, or the title. Your edits save instantly and are used to improve future imports across the community (without sharing your personal data).

If the account is public we can read it. For private content, open it in the source app, tap Share → Sapora — your own session authorizes the share.

One credit = one AI-powered extraction. Anytime Sapora watches a video and pulls out ingredients, steps and macros, it uses one credit. Manual recipes you write yourself, and re-opening recipes you've already imported, are always free.

• Unlimited social imports
• Full macros & micronutrients on every recipe
• AI meal-plan generator
• Priority extraction (skip the queue)
• Household sharing — up to 5 people
• Advanced export (PDF, Markdown, Notion)

$4.99 / month, or $49.99 / year (save 17%). Students get 50% off with a valid .edu address. Prices shown are USD and may vary by region.

Yes — top-up packs are available from the Settings → Subscription page:

• 10 credits — $1.99
• 50 credits — $7.99
• 200 credits — $24.99

Credits never expire.

Plus subscriptions are billed through the App Store or Google Play. Open Settings → Subscriptions on your device to cancel — you keep Plus until the current period ends, then automatically drop to Free.

Refunds are handled by Apple and Google per their policies. If you were billed by mistake or the app isn't working, email us at [email protected] and we'll help.

Every ingredient is matched to the USDA FoodData Central database and scaled by your quantities. Accuracy is typically within 10% — tight enough for meal planning and tracking. Plus subscribers also see micronutrients (iron, vitamin C, calcium, fibre, sodium, potassium).

Yes. On the recipe detail screen, tap the Macros tab → Edit. You can override kcal, protein, carbs or fat per serving; we keep your override and stop re-calculating unless you reset it.

Yes. Use the servings stepper and every ingredient quantity plus macros rescale live.

Go to Settings → Dietary preferences to set your preferences and allergies. The planner, Discover feed and search will flag non-matching recipes, and the AI meal-plan generator will avoid them entirely.

Open any recipe and tap the + calendar icon to pick a day and meal slot. Or in the Planner tab, tap an empty slot to pick a recipe from your library.

Yes — swipe the week header forward to plan up to four weeks ahead. Free users can plan the current week; Plus removes the limit.

Plus-only. Tap ✨ Generate week and Sapora builds a balanced plan from your library, factoring in your dietary preferences, nutrition targets, prep time and pantry overlap. You can regenerate individual meals without redoing the whole week.

Yes, with Plus. Add up to five people to your household; everyone sees the same plan and shopping list in real time, and can add or swap recipes.

Automatically from your weekly plan. We combine ingredients across recipes (three recipes that need garlic → one line), group them by aisle (Produce / Dairy / Pantry / Meat / Frozen), and update as you check items off.

Yes — tap + at the top of any aisle, or the Add section, to type free-form items that aren't tied to a recipe.

Yes. If one recipe calls for 2 cups of spinach and another for 200 g, we normalize both to the same unit (metric or imperial, whichever you chose in Settings).

We scan weekly flyers from major grocers (Loblaws, Metro, Whole Foods, Costco and more). Deals match against your shopping list in real time — if an ingredient you need is on sale, you'll see it in the Flyers tab with a matching-recipes chip.

Canada and the US are live. More regions rolling out through 2026 — you can vote for yours in Settings → Flyer regions.

Yes. Settings → Flyers → Stores. Hidden stores won't appear in matches or savings math.

We pull directly from the store's own flyer, but errors happen. The store's posted price at checkout is what you pay — if you spot a mismatch please report it in-app and we'll update.

• Full-screen, dark, oversized type — legible across the kitchen
• Built-in timer per step (prefilled from the step's own time)
• Voice guide reads each step aloud
• Screen-wake-lock keeps your phone awake the whole time
• Say "next" or "back" to navigate (on supported devices)

Wake-lock requires iOS 16.4 or Android 10 +. If your device is older, dim sleep-timeout in your system settings before cooking, or enable Keep screen awake in Sapora → Settings → Cook mode.

Yes — Settings → Cook mode → Voice. We use your system's installed voices, so the list depends on your OS and language packs.

Settings → Profile → Security. Email changes require a verification link; password changes require your current password.

Yes — Settings → Profile → Security → Two-factor. TOTP apps (1Password, Authy, Google Authenticator) are supported.

Settings → Data & Privacy → Delete account. We purge your recipes, plans, payment records and personal data within 30 days. Anonymised aggregate usage data may be retained for service metrics.

The recipes you import, the plans you build, and usage analytics needed to keep the app running and improve extraction quality. We never sell your data. Read the full Privacy Policy.

Yes — TLS 1.3 in transit, AES-256 at rest. Payment information is handled by Apple, Google and Stripe; we never see your card.

Settings → Data & Privacy → Export. You'll get a ZIP of your recipes (JSON + Markdown), plans, and shopping list history within 24 hours.

A failed import doesn't consume an AI credit. Try again in a few minutes, and if it still fails tap Report issue on the error screen — we'll investigate. Common causes: the video was taken down, the creator set it to private, or the post has no recipe signal.

• Update to the latest version from the App Store / Google Play
• Restart your device
• Settings → Troubleshooting → Clear cache (doesn't delete your recipes)
• If the issue persists, send us a diagnostic report from Settings → Help → Send logs

The shopping list only includes recipes in your current plan window. Check that the recipe is actually on a day in the active week. If items still look off, pull-to-refresh at the top of the list.