Release Notes

v1.5.0

Released on May 18, 2026

  • Tap any time in a recipe step (like "5 minutes" or "1 hour") to start a cook timer — timers fire as OS notifications, run several at once, and survive an app restart
  • Import your whole Paprika library: share a .paprikarecipes file into Magic Meal Kit and the recipes flow right in
  • Your recipes now show up in iPhone home-screen search; tap a result to jump straight into the recipe
  • A short first-launch quiz captures your dietary preferences and food allergies so the Assistant tailors suggestions from day one
  • Imported recipes show the source site under the title — tap it to open the original page
  • Box ingredients now show as a single alphabetical list, and iPads and other large screens lay out boxes with recipes and ingredients in independent side-by-side columns
  • Cleaner Assistant chat with less behind-the-scenes noise and a safety reminder that only appears when it's actually useful
  • Fixed bugs and made improvements to improve the user experience

v1.4.0

Released on May 11, 2026

  • Meet your new AI Assistant, a Pro-only chat tab that finds, imports, organizes, and creates recipes for you, with results shown as tappable recipe and box cards
  • Attach a photo to the Assistant to pull a recipe straight out of an image or screenshot
  • Smarter recipe importer handles more cooking sites, including modern app-style pages, and gives a clearer message when a site blocks imports
  • Shared recipe and box links now unfurl with a title, description, and image in iMessage, Slack, and social apps
  • New help center at magicmealkit.com/help with one article per major feature
  • Fixed bugs and made improvements to improve the user experience

v1.3.0

Released on April 22, 2026

  • Organize recipes into Collections
  • Manage recipes and boxes by chat with your favorite AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini
  • Estimate nutrition for any recipe with one tap
  • Set dietary preferences, food allergies, and choose what nutrition info to show
  • Add recipes to a box based on ingredients you already have
  • Cook for a crowd — recipes now scale up to 100 servings
  • Fixed bugs and made improvements to improve the user experience

v1.2.1

Released on April 12, 2026

  • Fix Instacart finding wrong products for ingredients with preparation notes like "minced" or "diced"
  • Fix duplicate recipes when importing via the iOS share sheet
  • Improved login screen with inline confirmation messages and better layout on web

v1.2.0

Released on April 11, 2026

  • Adjust servings per recipe in a box and the shopping list scales automatically
  • Scan printed recipes with your camera or photo library
  • Share recipes and boxes with friends via a link
  • Import recipes from all Instagram post types including photos and carousels
  • Faster recipe imports when the same recipe has been imported before
  • Subscriptions now sync between mobile and web
  • Warn before archiving a recipe that's still used in a box
  • Fix nutrition data showing zeros when the original recipe has no nutrition info
  • Fix Instacart button when all ingredients are marked as on hand

v1.1.0

Released on April 11, 2026

  • Import recipes from TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels
  • Offline support for recipes and boxes
  • Duplicate recipes and boxes to create variations
  • Subscribe on the web with full payment support
  • Improved onboarding experience for new users
  • Faster recipe parsing for websites

v1.0.0

Released on April 11, 2026

  • Import recipes from any website or create from scratch
  • Group recipes into Boxes for Instacart delivery or export to Apple Reminders
  • Combine ingredients across recipes and filter out ingredients you already have
  • Follow step-by-step cooking mode in the kitchen