Mealbuddy | What MealBuddy Can't Do

MealBuddy does a lot, but not everything. Here's what the app can't do, and what you can do instead.

Gestures

No swipe actions. Swiping a recipe, recipe list, grocery item, planned meal or chat message left or right does nothing. Use the ⋯ menu or the buttons on the screen instead.
There are only two long-presses. Long-press a recipe inside a recipe list (including My recipes) to select several recipes. Long-press a meal in the Planner to select meals. Nothing else inside the app reacts to a long-press.
There's only one drag. In Edit recipe, drag the grip on an ingredient or step to change its order. Nothing else can be dragged.
No pinch to zoom on recipe photos. If a recipe has several photos, swipe across the photo at the top to see the others.

No favorites or hearts. Create a recipe list, for example "Favorites", and add recipes to it.
No reordering of recipes or recipe lists. You can switch between list and grid view with the two icons, and search your recipes.
No "Select" button. To select several recipes, long-press one inside a list.
Servings you change on a recipe aren't saved. The + and − buttons only change the servings while you look at it. To change a recipe's servings for good, use Edit recipe.
No print, PDF or export. To send a recipe to someone, tap Share, then Share with… or Copy link.
You can't change a recipe someone else added to a shared list. Tap Make it yours to save your own copy, then change that.

No timers. Use your phone's clock app.
No reading aloud and no voice control. Tap the sides of the screen to move between steps: the left side goes back, the right side goes forward.
No swiping between steps. Tap instead.

The screen stays on while you cook, so you don't need to change your phone's settings.

You can't edit an item's name or amount by typing. For items you added yourself, tap the microphone (an icon without a label) and say what you want, for example "Change the tomatoes to 5". Voice edits are limited per day. To fix a typo, remove the item and add it again.
You can't remove a single ingredient that came from a recipe. Check it off, or take the whole recipe off with the × on its card. To change how much you need, tap the recipe on your list and change its servings.
You can't reorder items. Tap the sort button next to To buy and choose Sort by Category, Sort Alphabetically or Sort by Date instead.
No export or print. Share the list instead, so others can open it in MealBuddy.

To remove an item you typed in, tap the chevron on its row, then the × next to Added manually (on a shared list, the name of who added it).

No breakfast or snacks. Buddy plans lunches and dinners only.
No dragging meals to another day. Long-press the meal, tap Change, then Adapt, and tell Buddy, for example "Move it to Monday".
No changing past days. Only today and the days ahead can be changed.

No voice input in the chat. Type your message. You can dictate by voice when you describe a recipe, adapt a recipe or edit your plan.
You can't clear or delete the chat. It's deleted only when you tap Stop sharing with Buddy (Profile > Profile > Diet), which also deletes your diet, allergies and what Buddy remembers, or when you delete your account.
You can't edit or delete a message you sent. Tapping a message copies it.

No undo after deleting. Deleting a recipe, a recipe list or a grocery list, removing a recipe from your grocery list or clearing checked-off items can't be undone. Most of these ask you to confirm first.
In Edit recipe, you can bring back an ingredient or step you just removed with Undo. Tap Discard to throw away all changes you haven't saved.
A grocery item you checked off by mistake can be unchecked: tap it under Checked off.

No dark mode. MealBuddy always uses its light design.
No language setting. MealBuddy uses your phone's language. To change it, change the language in your phone's settings.
No text size setting. If you choose larger text on your phone, MealBuddy's text grows a little too, up to a limit.
No email or password. You sign in with Apple (on iPhone) or Google. You can't change your account's email address in the app.