No, but it is an amazing deal! Regal Pantry is a one-time download with no subscription, no in-app purchases, and no ads. You pay once and everything is included: all 480 recipes, all 16 cuisines, Cook Mode, Shopping List, Pantry Tracker, and Cost Tracking.

Regal Pantry is available on:

• Android — download from the Google Play Store

• iPhone / iPad — download from Apple App Store

No. There are no accounts, no sign-up forms, and no login. You open the app and it's immediately ready to use. All your data is stored privately on your device — we never see it.

Go to Settings after first launch and:

• Set your household name and number of people

• Choose your currency and measurement system (Metric or US)

• Register any household food allergies under Allergen Alerts

• Toggle cuisine packs on or off — all 16 are on by default

Cost estimates are already active — 921 US average grocery prices come pre-loaded, so you'll see cost badges on recipes from your very first visit without importing anything.

Yes. Once you have opened the app at least once, it works fully offline. All 480 recipes, your planner, shopping list, pantry, and settings are stored on your device. The only things that need internet are the flag emoji images and fonts — these are cosmetic only, and the app functions perfectly without them.

The first time you open Regal Pantry, you'll see a short disclaimer covering a few important points: that all 480 recipes were AI-generated and should be cooked at your own judgement, that nutrition figures are estimates rather than certified values, and that allergen filters are algorithmic guides — not guarantees.

Tap "I Accept — Enter Regal Pantry" to proceed. You only need to accept once on each device. You can review the full terms at any time in Settings → Legal & About.

Regal Pantry includes 480 recipes across 16 world cuisines: Italian, Greek, French, Spanish, Mexican, Portuguese, Philippine, Vietnamese, Mediterranean, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Indian, American, and BBQ.

All built-in recipes were generated by an AI model (Claude by Anthropic). They carry a small ✦ AI badge on the card. They have been reviewed for quality and safety, but as with all AI-generated content, we recommend using your own judgement when cooking.

To use allergen filters, you first need to register your household's allergens in Settings → Allergen Alerts. Only registered allergens become clickable filter buttons in the Recipe Catalog.

When you activate a filter, a warning banner appears asking you to acknowledge that allergen tags are computer-generated estimates — not verified by a food safety professional. Tap "I understand" to proceed. A compact reminder stays visible while any filter is active.

Important: Always verify every ingredient label yourself, especially for serious food allergies. AI-generated allergen tags may not account for hidden allergens, cross-contamination, or brand-specific formulations.

Yes — in three ways:

1. Paste from a website: Copy all text from any recipe page, tap "Paste Recipe" in the catalog toolbar, and the app parses it automatically into the recipe editor.

2. Create from scratch: Open any recipe and tap Edit — this creates a modified copy you can change however you like.

3. Import via CSV: Use the Import CSV button to bulk-import recipes in the standard format.

Your own recipes show a ✏️ Modified badge and can be edited or deleted at any time.

You can export recipes you have created, modified, or imported — but not the 480 built-in recipes. The built-in recipes are proprietary to Regal Pantry and protected by our Terms of Service.

The Export My Recipes button shows the count of exportable recipes in brackets. If you have none, clicking it shows a brief explanation instead of downloading an empty file.

Yes — fully. Toggle the Metric / US switch in the Recipe Detail header (or in Settings) and both the ingredient quantities and the method step text convert simultaneously.

For example, a step reading "Bake at 190°C for 35 min with 400g of flour in 240ml of water" becomes "Bake at 374°F for 35 min with 14.1 oz of flour in 1 cup of water" in US mode. The conversion applies in Recipe Detail, Print/PDF, Cook Mode, and all share/copy text.

Yes. Use the Sort dropdown in the Recipe Catalog and choose Lowest Cost. This ranks every recipe by estimated per-serving cost using the pre-loaded prices (or your own imported prices). It's a great way to plan budget-friendly weeks.

The Planner shows a 7-day grid with four meal slots per day: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Snack. You can add recipes to any slot in two ways:

• Click "+ Add to Planner" on any recipe card and choose the day and slot

• Click "+ add recipe" in a specific planner slot to browse the catalog with that slot pre-selected

Each slot can hold multiple recipes — for example a main dish and a side dish in the same Dinner slot. Cook Mode will schedule them all together.

Yes. Scroll to the bottom of the Planner to see a daily calorie bar chart and a weekly cost estimate. Both update in real time as you add and remove recipes. The cost estimate uses the pre-loaded US average prices (or your own imported prices if you've added them).

Tap the Clear All button at the top of the Planner. A confirmation dialog will appear asking "Clear all meals from your weekly planner? This cannot be undone." Tap OK to confirm, or Cancel to keep your plan.

Tip: The confirmation step was added specifically to prevent accidental frustration. You can dismiss it and go back to your plan at any time.

Yes. Recipe chips in the planner are drag-and-droppable. Grab a chip and drop it on any other day or slot. On mobile, use a long-press and drag.

Cook Mode uses critical-path backward scheduling. It finds the longest recipe in your meal, marks it as starting first, then works backwards to calculate exactly when each shorter recipe needs to start so they all finish at the same time.

The Gantt chart shows this visually — the longest recipe has a solid ▶ First badge, and shorter recipes show a +Xm badge indicating how many minutes to wait before starting them. All bars end at the same right edge.

Yes, on supported devices. When you tap "Start Cooking", Regal Pantry requests a Screen Wake Lock to prevent your screen from dimming or locking while you're following the steps. A ☀ Screen on indicator appears in the top bar to confirm it's active.

If you switch to another app and come back, the wake lock is automatically re-acquired. When you exit Cook Mode, the wake lock is released and your phone returns to its normal screen timeout.

Compatibility: Screen Wake Lock is supported on Android Chrome, modern iPhones (iOS 16.4+), and desktop browsers. On older devices it silently falls back to normal behavior — your screen may dim, but cooking still works perfectly.

Yes. Open any recipe in the Recipe Catalog and tap "Start Cooking" directly from the recipe detail. This launches Cook Mode for that single recipe without needing anything in the Planner.

To cook a full planned meal (multiple dishes timed together), go to Cook Mode from the sidebar and tap "Start Cooking" on any meal card.

Steps with a set cooking time show a countdown timer card below the step text. Tap Start to begin the countdown. While it counts down you can:

• Tap Pause to hold it

• Tap Resume to continue

• Use Prev / Next to navigate to other steps while the timer keeps running in the background

• Yes. Tap Print / PDF in the Cook Mode toolbar. An in-app screen opens with the full cook plan including the Gantt chart and all steps. Use:

• ↑ Share / Export on a real mobile device — opens the native share sheet

• 📋 Copy Cook Plan on desktop or emulator — copies as plain text to clipboard

Regal Pantry comes with 921 US average grocery prices pre-loaded. You don't need to import any CSV or configure anything — cost badges appear on recipe cards, in your planner's weekly summary, and on every shopping list item from your very first visit.

These are reasonable average prices from US grocery stores. If you want more accurate estimates for your area or preferred stores, you can import your own price list in Settings → Ingredient Price List → Import CSV.

The Shopping List automatically combines every ingredient from every recipe across your entire planned week. Duplicate ingredients are merged and quantities are added up. Everything is sorted into nine store sections: Produce, Meat & Fish, Dairy & Eggs, Dry Goods & Grains, Canned & Jarred, Oils/Spices & Condiments, Frozen, Bakery, and Other.

You can also add extra items manually with the + Add Item button, choosing your own store section and optional price.

If you use the Pantry Tracker, the shopping list checks each ingredient against your pantry and shows a badge:

• 📦 In Pantry · [qty] (green) — exact name match. You have this recorded in your pantry.

• 📦 Possible Pantry Match (amber) — similar name. Worth checking before you buy.

Badges are informational only — they don't check items off or change the cost total. You decide whether to buy or skip.

Go to Settings → Ingredient Price List → Download Template. This gives you a CSV pre-filled with every ingredient from the catalog — add your prices in column B and import it back. Your prices override the pre-loaded defaults for those ingredients; everything else keeps the built-in averages.

You can also enter prices one at a time in the Recipe Editor — open any recipe, tap Edit, and fill in the $/unit column next to each ingredient. Prices save globally and apply everywhere that ingredient appears.

Yes. Go to Settings → Ingredient Price List → Reset to Defaults. A confirmation dialog warns you that any custom prices you've entered will be lost. Confirming restores all 921 pre-loaded US average prices.

The Pantry is a reference list of what you regularly keep stocked at home — olive oil, garlic, rice, common spices, and so on. Add items once and the Shopping List will flag matching ingredients with "In Pantry" badges so you know to check before buying them.

The Pantry is not a live inventory that auto-deducts when you cook. It's a staples reference — you update it periodically as you run out of things.

Yes. Tap the pencil ✏️ icon on the right side of any pantry row. The row expands into edit mode showing:

• A quantity field with −½, −1, −5 quick-decrement buttons for reinventorying as you use things up

• Store Section pills to reassign the category if it was auto-detected incorrectly

Tap ✓ Save to confirm or Cancel to discard.

Tap Download Template to get a CSV with example rows and a list of valid categories. Fill in your items (delete the comment rows first), then tap Import CSV to load them.

The CSV format is four columns: name, quantity, unit, category. Leave the category blank to auto-assign based on the ingredient name. Valid categories are: Produce, Meat & Fish, Dairy & Eggs, Dry Goods & Grains, Canned & Jarred, Oils Spices & Condiments, Frozen, Bakery, Other.

Note: Write "Oils Spices & Condiments" without a comma in the CSV — this keeps the file clean in Excel. The app recognizes it and maps it correctly.

Tap the pencil ✏️ icon on that pantry row, then tap the correct store section pill, then tap Save. The item will move to the right filter section immediately.

The automatic categorization uses ingredient name keywords. Common edge cases: plain "garlic" goes to Oils/Spices (as a spice/condiment), while "garlic cloves" or "fresh garlic" goes to Produce. If you're seeing unexpected results, the edit mode is the quick fix.

All your data is stored in your device's local storage — your planner, recipes, pantry, shopping list, prices, and settings never leave your device.

To back up your data before reinstalling or switching devices:

• Export your custom recipes via Recipes → Export My Recipes

• Export your pantry via Pantry → Export My Pantry

• Export your prices via Settings → Export My Prices

Keep those CSV files safe. When you reinstall, import them back to restore everything.

Android's WebView (the browser engine inside apps) doesn't support the standard browser download dialog. Instead, Regal Pantry uses Android's native Filesystem to save exports directly to your Documents folder. You'll see a confirmation alert: "Saved to Documents/[filename]".

Open your phone's Files app and navigate to Documents to find your export. You can then move, share, or open it from there.

Close and reopen the app. As a web-based app, memory builds up over long sessions on mobile devices. A fresh open clears everything. Your data is safe — it's all in localStorage, which persists across restarts.

On Android: Settings → Apps → Regal Pantry → Storage → Clear Data.

On iPhone: Settings → Apps → Manage Storage → Regal Pantry → Delete Data from Cloud.

This is irreversible, so export any custom recipes, pantry items, and prices first if you want to keep them.

If you're seeing this on a real device, it may indicate an older Android WebView version. The app works fine regardless — only the cosmetic fade is affected.

No. Regal Pantry collects zero personal data. There are no servers, no analytics, no advertising networks, no user accounts, and no tracking of any kind. Your meal plans, recipes, pantry, and settings are stored exclusively on your device and never leave it.

The only outbound network requests the app makes are to load emoji images (Twemoji CDN) and fonts (Google Fonts) — standard asset requests that don't transmit any personal information.

All 480 built-in recipes were generated by Claude (Anthropic's AI model) and reviewed for quality, safety, and accuracy. However, as with any recipe — whether from a cookbook, a website, or a chef — you should use your own cooking judgement.

Specifically: ingredient quantities in AI-generated recipes may occasionally need adjustment to taste, timing can vary by oven, and nutritional values are estimates rather than certified figures. We recommend treating the recipes as excellent starting points rather than rigid formulas.

The 480 built-in recipe database is proprietary to Regal Pantry. Automated scraping, copying, or reproducing the database — in whole or in part — is prohibited under our Terms of Service, regardless of whether individual recipes are individually copyrightable.

Recipes you create, modify, or paste yourself are your own and can be exported and used freely.

No — not as a sole safeguard. The allergen filter is a helpful guide for everyday meal planning, but it is not a medical tool and should not be treated as one.

Allergen tags are generated algorithmically from ingredient names. They may not account for:

• Hidden allergens in brand-specific products (e.g. some soy sauces contain wheat)

• Cross-contamination during manufacturing

• Ingredient substitutions you make while cooking

• Your specific medical threshold for an allergen

Always read every physical ingredient label before cooking for someone with a serious food allergy, and consult a qualified allergist for medical dietary guidance.

In the app: Settings → Legal & About → collapsible sections for Disclaimers, Privacy Policy, and Terms of Service

Privacy Policy

Effective date: May 2026  ·  Last updated: May 2026

🔒 The short version: Regal Pantry collects no personal data. Everything stays on your device. We have no servers, no accounts, and no analytics.

1. Who We Are

Regal Pantry is a household meal planning application developed and published by Regal Pantry. This Privacy Policy applies to the Regal Pantry mobile app on Android and the web application at our Netlify deployment.

2. Data We Collect

We collect no personal data whatsoever.

Regal Pantry does not collect, transmit, store on external servers, or share any information about you or your use of the app. There are no user accounts, no sign-up forms, no analytics SDKs, no advertising networks, and no tracking of any kind.

3. Data Stored on Your Device

The app stores the following data locally on your device only, using your device's storage:

• Your weekly meal plan

• Your favourite recipes

• Any recipes you have created, imported, or modified

• Your shopping list items

• Your pantry stock list

• Your ingredient price list

• Your settings (household name, number of people, currency, measurement system, allergen alerts, enabled cuisines)

• Your legal acceptance record

This data never leaves your device. It is not backed up to any cloud service by Regal Pantry (though your device's own backup service, such as Google Drive backup, may include it as part of general app data backup — this is controlled by your device settings, not by us).

4. Third-Party Services

The app makes the following outbound requests for display assets only:

• Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com) — loads the Inter and Playfair Display typefaces. No personal data is transmitted.

• Twemoji CDN (cdn.jsdelivr.net) — loads flag emoji SVG images. No personal data is transmitted.

These are standard CDN asset requests equivalent to loading an image from a website. Neither service receives any information about your identity, usage, or recipe data.

No other third-party services, SDKs, analytics tools, advertising networks, or crash reporting services are used.

5. Permissions

The Android app requests the following permissions:

• Storage / Documents access — used only when you explicitly tap an export button (Export My Pantry, Export My Recipes, Export My Prices, Download Template). Files are saved to your Documents folder on your request. We never read, scan, or access any other files on your device.

• Internet access — used only to load Google Fonts and Twemoji assets as described above. No personal data is transmitted.

6. Children's Privacy

Regal Pantry is a general-audience cooking and meal planning app rated for all ages. We do not knowingly collect any information from children under 13, and in fact we collect no information from anyone of any age.

7. Data Deletion

Since all data is stored locally on your device, you can delete it at any time by:

• Android: Settings → Apps → Regal Pantry → Storage → Clear Data

• Web app: Open browser DevTools → Application → Local Storage → delete all entries prefixed with mealos_

• Uninstalling the app also removes all locally stored data.

8. Changes to This Policy

If we ever change this policy, the updated version will be posted at this URL with a new effective date. Since we collect no data, any changes would only reflect changes to how the app operates technically.

9. Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through the Google Play store listing for Regal Pantry.