- Is Custrd out yet?
- Yes. Custrd is live on the App Store for iPhone and on Google Play for Android, and new accounts start with a 7-day free trial of Custrd Pro. If you'd rather not install anything, the recipe finder on this site is free and works in any browser with no signup.
- Is Custrd free?
- The recipe finder on this website is free, with no signup. The Custrd app for iPhone and Android is not free to use: new accounts start with a 7-day free trial of Custrd Pro — $0 today, then $39.99/year unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends. There's also a monthly plan at $9.99/month, which also starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. If you created your account before trials started, you keep the free access you already have.
- How does the ingredient scanning work?
- Open Custrd and point your camera at any ingredient or group of ingredients. The app detects them in under 15 seconds using AI-powered computer vision, then matches your exact ingredients against a curated recipe database and shows every meal you can realistically make right now — no substitutions, no guessing.
- Do I have to type my ingredients in by hand?
- No — that's the reason Custrd exists. Pantry apps die the day they make you type in every item by hand, and nobody keeps that up. In Custrd the camera does the entry: point it at your fridge, counter, or pantry and your Kitchen fills itself in, expiry dates included. Typing is there if you ever want it; it's never the job.
- Are the recipes real or AI-generated?
- Every result is a complete dish with its full ingredient list and macro data — never a wall of ads or a life story before the ingredients. Custrd searches 400,000+ recipes. Recipes from Custrd's own library come with full steps and a photo, including dishes submitted by home cooks and verified chefs — those carry a badge naming the cook, so you know when a recipe came from someone's kitchen. Recipes labelled Global come from a large public recipe collection and are shown without a photo; Custrd's AI writes out their step-by-step method the first time you open one in the app.
- What diets and filters does Custrd support?
- Custrd supports 15+ dietary filters including vegan, vegetarian, keto, gluten-free, dairy-free, paleo, high-protein, and low-carb. Set your filters once in your profile and you'll never see a recipe that doesn't fit your diet.
- What's the difference between Scan, Multi, and Scan Pro?
- Scan mode takes a single photo. Multi mode lets you take up to 3 photos to capture more ingredients at once. Scan Pro (available on the Pro plan) lets you take up to 5 photos and scans packaged foods via barcode as well.
- Does it work if I only have a few ingredients?
- Yes — Custrd is specifically built for this. Even with 2 or 3 ingredients, Custrd will find real recipes that match what you have, ranked by how close each one is to cookable — and it can surface meals you're only an ingredient or two away from, so you know exactly what to grab next time you shop.
- Can I save recipes I like?
- Yes. Save any meal to your library, organize them into custom folders, and access them anytime — saves are unlimited.
- Can Custrd order my missing ingredients?
- Almost — it hands them off. Tap “Order on Instacart” on any ingredient, or send a recipe's whole list at once, and it opens in the Instacart® app with your items ready to shop. You pick the store and check out in your own Instacart account; Custrd never places orders for you. Available where the Instacart® service operates (U.S. and Canada).
- Can I share a shopping list with my household?
- Yes. Custrd Pro includes up to 10 shared shopping lists with up to 15 people each — room for more than one household, like a home, a parents' place, or a shared house — and everything syncs in real time, so whoever is at the store sees items the moment someone at home adds them. Joining a list someone invites you to never counts against your own limit, so you can be a member of as many lists as you're invited to. The people-per-list cap follows whoever created the list, so one Pro subscriber upgrades the whole group. Accounts created before trials started keep their original allowance of one shared list for up to 5 people.
- What is the Creator Program?
- The Custrd Creator Program lets home cooks and chefs submit original recipes to the app. Approved dishes are published in the Custrd Library with the creator's name and socials on them, and creators earn rewards as other users cook their dishes. Apply at custrd.com/creators.
- Will there be an Android version?
- Custrd launched on iOS first. Android is planned for a future release, but there is no date yet — we'd rather not promise one we can't keep.
- How does the 7-day free trial work?
- Start your trial in the app and every Custrd Pro feature unlocks right away — $0 today. Apple or Google holds your payment details, and when the 7 days end your Apple ID or Google Play account is charged $39.99 for the year, renewing yearly after that. To avoid being charged, cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends — on iPhone in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions, on Android in Google Play > Payments & subscriptions. There's one free trial per Apple ID or Google account. Prefer to pay monthly? It's $9.99/month, also with a 7-day free trial.
- I already use Custrd. Do I have to start a trial?
- No. If you created your Custrd account before free trials started, you keep the free access you already have — nothing changes unless you choose to upgrade to Pro.
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