Frequently asked questions

No. Kaun works without sign-up, email, or password. Download the app and start planning immediately.

Open the Meal plan tab, tap + Add meal on any day, choose a recipe and meal time, then repeat for a few meals. Generate a grocery list when ready.

Recipes, Meal plan, Templates, Grocery, and Settings. Most people follow recipes → plan → grocery → cook.

Yes. Tap Skip anytime during first-launch onboarding. You can set household size and preferences later in Settings.

Most people plan 3–5 dinners in a few minutes. Use Auto Plan Week to fill empty slots even faster.

Like recipes with the heart icon, tap Add recipe to create your own, or Import recipe to paste a URL.

Tap Import recipe on the Recipes tab, paste the URL, review the preview, and save. Requires internet.

Favorites are catalog recipes you liked. My Recipes are ones you created, imported, or remixed.

Remix copies a recipe into the editor so you can customize it. The original stays unchanged.

Use the search bar plus meal-time chips and Advanced filters for cuisine, protein, category, and cook time.

You can edit recipes you created or remixed. For catalog recipes, use Remix to make your own version.

Open the recipe, tap the menu (⋯), and choose Delete Recipe. This removes it from My Recipes.

Enter ingredients on hand and Kaun finds recipes you can make. Great for using up what is in your kitchen.

Free accounts include 5 URL imports per month. Kaun Plus will offer unlimited imports when it launches.

Catalog recipes live in Explore until you favorite them. Favorites stay in the Favorites tab.

Add recipes to days and meal times on your plan. Kaun uses your plan to build grocery lists.

Swipe left on a meal in Day Plan, or open the recipe and choose Remove from Plan.

Kaun suggests recipes for empty slots based on your preferences. Preview and confirm before applying.

Saved weeks you can reuse. Save a week as a template, then apply it to future weeks with merge, append, or replace.

Free accounts can save up to 3 templates. Kaun Plus will offer unlimited templates.

Duplicates meals from one day to other days. Choose merge, append, or replace when copying.

Yes. When adding or editing a meal, set servings for that day. This affects grocery quantities.

Settings → Meal times. Enable or disable Breakfast, Lunch, Snack, and Dinner.

Kaun merges ingredients from your meal plan (or a single recipe), groups by category, and respects servings.

Open your list and tap items or checkboxes. A progress ring shows how much is left.

Open the list and tap Regenerate on the stale banner to rebuild from your latest meal plan.

Free accounts support 5 active lists. Kaun Plus will offer unlimited lists.

Yes. Tap Edit on a list and use Add item for anything else you need at the store.

Yes. Tap Share on a list and send the link. The recipient imports a copy into their Kaun app.

Open a recipe and tap Cook now. Swipe through steps and use timers as needed.

Yes, once the recipe is saved on your device.

Yes. Cook mode keeps the screen awake until you end the session.

Recipes, grocery lists, meal plan templates, and day or week plans.

Open the link on your phone. Kaun shows a preview — tap Import. Choose keep, import as new, or overwrite if duplicate.

Yes. Shared links may expire after a period of time. Ask the sender to share again if needed.

No. Creating and opening share links requires an internet connection.

Yes. Browse recipes, plan meals, use grocery lists, and cook mode work without internet. Import and sharing need a connection.

On your device. Shared links temporarily store a copy on our servers only to power the link.

Delete the Kaun app from your device. Contact support to remove hosted share links.

Use device backup (iCloud/Google) and share important recipes or templates to yourself as links.

Optional notifications per meal time to remind you to plan or eat. Enable in Settings → Meal reminders.

Yes — core planning, recipes, grocery lists, cook mode, and sharing are free. Kaun Plus adds higher limits and power features.

A upcoming subscription with unlimited templates, grocery lists, and URL imports. Not live yet.

Cancel through App Store Subscriptions (iOS) or Google Play subscriptions (Android).

Request refunds through Apple or Google according to their policies.

Cloud sync is on the roadmap. Today, use share links and device backup.

We are exploring shared household plans and live grocery lists. Today, share links import copies.

Force-close, restart your phone, update Kaun, then reinstall if needed.

Install Kaun, open the link on your phone, tap Open in app, and update to the latest version.

Local data is removed on uninstall unless restored from a device backup. Share important recipes beforehand.

Update the app, restart your device, and archive old completed grocery lists.

No. We do not sell or rent your personal information.

Only for optional meal reminders and cook timers — you can deny and still use Kaun.

Yes. PostHog helps us understand which features are used; Sentry helps us fix crashes. We do not use this for ads. See Privacy → Analytics and crash reporting.

Use the contact form at kaun-links.vercel.app/contact, or email hans.salangsang@gmail.com.

Email support with steps to reproduce, expected vs actual behavior, device model, and screenshots.

Yes. Download from the App Store or Google Play via our homepage.