Private beta · iOS via TestFlight

Cooking is
the good part.

About Thyme handles the rest. It plans your week, builds one grocery list, and fills your cart, so your time in the kitchen goes to real meals from whole ingredients, not to logistics.

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10 min and Sunday planning is done
1 list the whole week's groceries, ready for Instacart
½ the cost of a meal-kit week, even counting your groceries
A planned week of meals in the About Thyme app.A planned week of meals in the About Thyme app.

The goal isn't to cook less. It's to cook more.

More meals from whole ingredients, fewer 6pm surrenders to takeout. When the planning, the list, and the cart handle themselves, you get the headspace to be creative at the stove: your tastes, your schedule, your picky eaters. The AI helps when you ask, and every recipe stays yours.

How it works

Here's how a week goes

  1. Sunday night

    Plan from the couch

    Tell Thyme what the week looks like: practice Tuesday, guests Friday, one vegetarian night. A drafted week comes back in seconds, and you swap anything you don’t love.

  2. Monday

    Groceries, one list

    The week rolls up into a single sorted list. Send it to Instacart or shop it yourself, with nothing forgotten and nothing bought twice.

  3. Weeknights

    Cook, don’t decide

    Open tonight’s recipe and go. And when plans change, someone’s traveling, pizza won Tuesday, just tell Thyme and the plan, recipes, and list rework themselves.

The app

A handled week, in about ten minutes

  • Chatting with Thyme, the assistant, to plan the week in plain language.Chatting with Thyme, the assistant, to plan the week in plain language.

    Just tell Thyme

    "Three dinners, one vegetarian, parents over Thursday so something heart-healthy." Say it and the week comes back planned.

  • A generated week of dinners with cook times and recipe sources.A generated week of dinners with cook times and recipe sources.

    A week of meals, decided

    Pulled from your library and the cooks you follow, and Thyme fills the gaps.

  • Sending a weekly grocery list to Instacart from the app.Sending a weekly grocery list to Instacart from the app.

    One list, straight to Instacart

    The whole week's groceries, in your cart in a tap. Or shop it anywhere you like.

  • A recipe detail screen with an "ask, edit, or vary this recipe" prompt bar.A recipe detail screen with an "ask, edit, or vary this recipe" prompt bar.

    Edit any recipe by asking

    Scale it up, make it faster, swap the ingredient your kid won't touch. It stays your recipe.

  • Sharing a YouTube recipe video to Thyme, which imports it as a recipe in the library.Sharing a YouTube recipe video to Thyme, which imports it as a recipe in the library.

    Save recipes from anywhere

    See one on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube? Share it to About Thyme and it becomes a real recipe. Same for links, cookbook-page photos, or a craving you describe.

  • A cookbook library of recipe cards with photos, ratings, and cook times.A cookbook library of recipe cards with photos, ratings, and cook times.

    Your family cookbook, kept

    Every recipe, rating, and planned week in one place the whole household shares.

  • Plan as a household

    One shared plan and one grocery list, so whoever's at the store sees exactly what's needed.

  • Follow cooks you trust

    See what friends are cooking and drop their dinners straight into your week.

  • Share with a link

    Send a recipe, a planned meal, or your whole cookbook to anyone with one link.

  • It learns your taste

    One question after you cook: make it again? Plans get better at picking what your family actually eats.

What's coming

Where it's headed

  • More carts to fill

    Instacart is live today. Walmart is next, with more grocers after that. Wherever you shop, the week's list should just show up.

  • Taste that steers the whole week

    Your make-again answers already shape what gets suggested. Next: every repeat and skip steering the entire week's draft, so it starts closer to right every time.

  • Plan it from a text

    Further out: text Thyme what your week looks like and get the plan and the list back, no app-opening required.

FAQ

Questions, answered

What does it cost?

The beta is free. At launch, About Thyme will be one subscription that covers your whole household. The meal-kit comparison, spelled out: your subscription plus a normal week of groceries usually adds up to about half of what a family meal-kit service charges for the same week of dinners.

What do I need to run it?

An iPhone. The beta ships through Apple TestFlight, and we send you the link. Android is on the roadmap once iOS is where we want it.

How do invites work?

Leave your details below. We invite in small batches so every household gets real attention, and we reach out the moment a spot opens.

Do I have to use Instacart?

No. The weekly grocery list stands on its own. Sending it to Instacart is one tap, but you can shop it anywhere you like.

Is the AI in charge of my cooking?

No. You are. The AI drafts, edits, and suggests only when you ask, and every recipe stays yours to change. As with anything AI-suggested, double-check ingredients against allergies and dietary needs.

Get an early invite

About Thyme is in private beta on iOS via TestFlight. Leave your details and we'll send your invite the moment a spot opens.

About

Who's behind About Thyme

About Thyme began as a birthday gift.

One of our founders built the first version for his wife: they love cooking together, but the weekly planning and shopping kept crowding out the part they enjoyed most. It worked well enough in one kitchen that we decided to build it for everyone.

Today About Thyme is built and operated by About Thyme LLC, an independent software company making an AI-assisted cookbook and meal-planning app for people who like cooking but are short on time. The app is in private beta on iOS via TestFlight.

Questions, press, or partnership inquiries: hello@aboutthyme.ai. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for how we handle your data and the terms that govern the service.