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Notes and updates from Lyfify.

• Households: Plan and Shop Together

  Lyfify now has Households. Share a meal plan and a grocery list with the people you live with, choose exactly what you share, and keep your personal data yours. Plus a long list of upgrades that came with it.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 5 min read

• Lyfify Cloud Replaces Google Drive Sync

  Lyfify no longer syncs through your Google Drive. Recipes, meal plans, grocery lists and photos now sync through Lyfify Cloud, encrypted at rest on servers in Frankfurt. Here is what changed, what you need to do, and what it means for your data.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 9 min read

• Save a Recipe from a Website Link or Photo

  Turn a recipe URL, a TikTok or Instagram caption, or a photo of a card into a Cookbook draft you review, save, put on a meal plan, and shop from.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 5 min read

• Introducing Recipe Collections and Linked Recipes

  Group recipes into your own collections, plan and filter by them, and link the sides and sauces you always make together so they land on your grocery list too.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 3 min read

• Lyfify and Google Drive, and What Replaced It

  Where your recipes live, who can read them, and what changed when Lyfify stopped syncing through your Google Drive and started syncing through Lyfify Cloud.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 4 min read

• A Usage Meter for Lyfify AI, and a Free Month of Basic

  Hosted AI no longer shows credit amounts. Plans show a usage meter instead, larger jobs draw more usage than small ones, and the first monthly Basic checkout can include a free month.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 4 min read

• Mealime Alternative After the 21 October 2026 Shutdown

  Mealime shuts down on October 21, 2026. Pro is free until then. Catalog meals stay in Mealime’s world. Here is how to keep the dinners you actually cook, and a grocery list you can take to any store.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 8 min read

• Cookbook Changelog, September 2026

  Lyfify is still just me, and the last couple of weeks have been a lot of Cookbook. Getting Started, restyled recipes, Discover saves on the card, a pricing page, and a long list of smaller changes.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 3 min read

• What’s for Dinner? Decision Fatigue and a Calmer Meal Plan

  By evening, “what’s for dinner?” feels harder than it should. Here’s what research says about decision fatigue, and how a simple meal plan lowers the load.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 6 min read

• Getting Started with Lyfify Cookbook

  First time in Cookbook, tap Get Started. A small card walks you through a recipe, a meal on the plan, and a grocery list.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 3 min read

• Better Nutrition Estimates, and Smarter Smart Add

  Estimate Nutrition now matches ingredients to a local USDA food list instead of guessing. Smart Add can group a recipe on its own, and it keeps ingredients that have no amount.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 1 min read

• Shop Ahead of Your Grocery Window

  Step forward to next week's grocery list before next week starts, tick things off there as you shop, and let it become the current list when the window rolls over.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 2 min read

• A Meal Timeline for Your Day

  Put every meal where it actually happens on a 24 hour timeline, give snacks a real time and their own reminders, and watch your home page fill in as the day goes.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 3 min read

• A Grocery List That Updates Itself

  Lyfify's grocery list now builds itself from your meal plan, subtracts what you have already bought, and covers anywhere from 1 to 14 days of shopping.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 4 min read

• A New Front Page, and a Faster Lyfify

  Lyfify's front page has been rebuilt to explain what Lyfify actually is and where your data lives. Long lists also scroll a lot better now, and tips follow your account instead of your browser.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 2 min read

• Push Notifications for the Lyfify App

  The installed Lyfify app can now remind you about upcoming meals and prep notes, with notification content encrypted on your device before it leaves the app.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 2 min read

• Compact Groceries, Collapsible Categories, and Smarter Adds

  A grocery list that takes up less room on your phone, categories you can collapse, adjustable list width on desktop, and Smart Add that can pull a recipe straight from a link.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 2 min read

• Install Lyfify as an App

  Put Lyfify on your home screen, Start menu, or dock like a real app. It opens in its own window and keeps working even when you're offline.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 2 min read

• Free Cookbook App for Recipes, Meals, and Groceries

  Lyfify is a free cookbook app for saving recipes, planning meals, and building grocery lists, with optional sync across your devices and no ads.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 9 min read

• Smoother Mobile, Clearer Search, and a Gentler Start

  A calmer phone experience, clearer recipe search on mobile, a simpler Cookbook welcome, and forms that point you to what’s missing when you try to submit.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 1 min read

• Dock Controls, a Lighter Meal Planner, and Recipe Photos

  Search, grocery add, and back buttons move into the nav dock on mobile. Meal planning is cleaner and faster on phone and desktop. Share long recipe links as a text file, upload photos that sync with the rest of your cookbook, and a few visual polish passes across the site.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 2 min read

• Ingredient Substitutes, Plan Defaults, and a Clearer Cookbook

  Add substitute options on ingredients, set default servings on meal plans, get a lighter Recipes dock, and find Feature Tips plus an updated Statistics page.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 2 min read

• Cook Mode on Mobile, Clearer Groceries, and Faster Sync

  A focused Cook Mode on your phone, cleaner recipe pages, optional items marked on the list, hide ingredients you never want, and snappier sync.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 2 min read

• Nutrition on Recipes, Adapt with AI, and Better Discover Picks

  Add nutrition to any recipe, estimate it with AI when you want a draft, Adapt a keeper for tonight, and get Discover picks shaped by what you cook and star.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 2 min read

• Shareable Recipes and Smarter Groceries

  Share a recipe with a private link, sort groceries into aisles, and optionally let Smart Sort tidy the list for you.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 2 min read

• Lyfify Beta is Out!

  Cookbook is open for testing: recipes, meal plans, and groceries in your library, optional AI when you want it, and no copies of your content on Lyfify servers.

  Written by Simon Gravgaard · 3 min read