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Meals & shopping

The shopping list is at home, and you're standing in the shop.

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From “what shall we cook?” to a full trolley.

  • On your phone, just type what you need at the bottom – patchio automatically sorts it into the right category and gives each item an icon so you find things faster in the shop. The shared list is always with you, works offline too, and sends the others an “I'm off to the shops” notification.

  • “What are we eating this week?” starts over every single day.

    Fill in the week in the meal plan, and send the missing ingredients to the shopping list with one tap.

  • Out of loo roll, forgot the milk – and you only notice once you're home.

    The pantry tracks what should be in the house: full, running low or out – one tap is enough. If you like, count exact stock, or give an item a restock rhythm like a subscribe-and-save order; on the due date it lands on the shopping list by itself, and ticking it off in the shop refills the pantry again. If an item carries a best-before date, patchio tells the household three days ahead – once, bundled, and switchable off.

  • Favourite recipes are scattered across bookmarks and scraps of paper.

    Collect recipes in cookbooks – by URL straight from the web, or as a photo: snap a cookbook page and upload it instead of hunting for a URL. patchio resizes the image automatically, and it stays private within your household. When you cook, cooking mode takes you through the recipe step by step, with the ingredients for your servings and several timers at once.

  • Retype the whole ingredients list from a photo, by hand?

    If an admin has turned on the optional “AI categorisation, recipe photos & school letters” switch, patchio reads a whole recipe from pasted text, a photo or a PDF at the tap of a button – ingredients with amounts and the method – and the ingredients from a recipe photo. Everything arrives as a suggestion to check and edit, nothing is added automatically.

A pantry with a traffic light & a restock rhythm

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Cooking mode

At every step, only what you need right now.

  • Each step shows its ingredients in the amount for your servings. Tick off whatever's in the pan.

  • Several timers run at once. The kitchen view shows your hob with 2, 4 or 6 rings and the oven, each with its level or temperature and the time left – patchio estimates how far the oven has preheated from the time since you switched it on.

  • If AI features are switched on for your household, patchio splits the method into steps and assigns ingredients, hob level, temperature and timers – up to 30 recipes per household a month. Without preparing, you cook with your recipe's numbered steps.

  • On a tablet in landscape, the step and the kitchen sit side by side. If you like, patchio reads each step aloud with a voice on your device and keeps the screen on.

patchio doesn't control any appliances or measure temperatures – what you see follows the recipe. In the browser, a timer rings as long as the page is open. Cooking mode is in the iPhone app from version 1.16, the Android app follows.

Guide: Cooking mode

One step with its ingredients and two running timers
Kitchen view with hob and oven

Frequently asked questions about Meals & shopping

Meals & shopping is just the start.

patchio brings your whole family life into one app – instead of five. These modules are part of it too, for example:

Try patchio with your family.

All modules for 30 days, for the whole household. Or click through a week with patchio first, no sign-up needed.

No card needed · cancel monthly · then €4.99/month per household (VAT included)