Nombox: Cooking Assistant
Jeremy Shaw Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touchApple Watch
Nombox: Cooking Assistant is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Jeremy Shaw. Rated 5.0/5 from 7 ratings. Requires iOS 18.0.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 7 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 13 MB
- Age 17+
- Updated
- Oct 21
- 2026 · v2.2.0
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About Nombox: Cooking Assistant
Nombox is your cooking assistant: write your recipes, cook them step by step, plan your week and know what to prep ahead. CREATE AND EDIT RECIPES WITH AI • Write your own recipes with photos, sections and step-by-step directions. • Ask AI to change a recipe: make it spicier, swap an ingredient, or scale it. See exactly which words changed before you save. • Scale servings, and switch between cups and grams. COOK STEP BY STEP • Cook mode walks you through each step in big, clear text. • Timers start right from the step, and keep running while you move on. • Each step shows the ingredients it needs, scaled to your servings. PLAN YOUR WEEK • Put meals on a weekly calendar in a tap. • Get AI meal ideas for the week, based on the recipes you love. • Share your calendar with family, so everyone knows what's for dinner. KNOW WHAT TO PREP AHEAD • Today shows what you're cooking, with a prep plan for the days ahead. • Check off prep tasks as you go. IMPORT RECIPES • Import recipes from any link. GROCERY LISTS AND APPLE WATCH • Add items by typing or by voice, sorted by aisle. • Share lists with family and shop together in real time. • Check off items on your Apple Watch. DISCOVER • Browse recipes that home cooks share, in English and Chinese, and save the ones you like. Nombox works in English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. Questions or ideas? Reach us from Settings in the app.
Ratings & reviews
5.0
7 ratings
What’s new
Version 2.2.0 · Updated October 21, 2026
Features • Your recipes, week plan and Today open straight from your phone, even with no signal. • Apple Watch: tap the mic at the bottom of a list and say what you need. • Sign in with email: get a link and tap it on your iPhone. • Pull down to refresh shows the Nombox box while it syncs. • Cook mode marks an ingredient you already used part of as "Rest". • Links in recipes accept plain addresses like example.com. Fixes • "Two dozen eggs" stays "2 dozen" on your list. • Sharing a list tells you why it didn't go through. • Very tall photos no longer stretch recipe tiles. • Editing an ingredient or step keeps the keyboard open.
App privacy
The developer, Jeremy Shaw, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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