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Yes. Sofrito doesn't require an account, doesn't use ad networks or third-party analytics, and keeps most of your activity on-device. Read the privacy policy for specifics on what leaves your phone and why.

Open the import screen, tap Camera or Photos, and point at a printed recipe or screenshot. Sofrito uses on-device OCR to extract the text, then structures it into a real recipe. Your photo never leaves your device.

Yes, and Sofrito can detect when a scan looks handwritten and auto-suggest keeping it private. Private recipes stay only on your device. You can export them as PDFs to AirDrop, email, or save to Files so you don't lose them when you switch phones.

For the Pantry Chef (photograph what's on your counter and get a recipe idea) and for recipe import (photograph a cookbook page or recipe card). Camera access is only used when you explicitly tap those buttons.

For hands-free cooking mode. When you're cooking with floury hands, the voice narrator reads steps aloud and listens for 'next', 'repeat', 'pause'. Speech recognition runs entirely on-device — nothing is transmitted.

For the Seasonal tab, to know whether you're in the northern or southern hemisphere so the right seasonal recipes surface. Location is resolved to a hemisphere locally; no coordinates leave your device.

Set your profile once (celiac, diabetes, allergies, hypertension, kosher, halal, vegan, etc.) and every recipe you see is filtered to be safe for your profile. The catalog is tagged from public ingredient data; for severe allergies, always cross-check the ingredient list.

Yes. Open Settings → Language and pick Spanish. The interface, recipe text, and AI responses all switch to Spanish.

Tap Order Online on your shopping list. Sofrito sends your ingredient list to Instacart through our backend, and Instacart returns a shoppable page with products already matched. You pick a store, swap brands if you want, and check out inside Instacart. Sofrito earns a small commission on qualifying purchases (never changes the price you pay).

Use the form below — tell us what you were doing, what you expected to happen, and what actually happened. Screenshots help. We read every message.

Most data is local — deleting the app removes it. If you've submitted a community recipe or sent a support message and want it removed, email us via the form below with the approximate date and a few words from the content so we can find and delete it.