Question 1

What is Shelve?

Accepted Answer

Shelve is a pantry, recipe, meal-planning and grocery-list app for busy households. It keeps what you have, what you plan to cook and what you need to buy connected in one place, so you waste less food and spend less time on home admin.

Question 2

How does Shelve work?

Accepted Answer

Add food across your pantry, fridge and freezer, then find or save recipes, cook, plan meals and build grocery lists. Each step feeds the next, so you use what you already have and buy only what is missing.

Question 3

Is Shelve on iPhone and Android?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Shelve is available on the App Store and Google Play.

Question 4

How do I find new recipes?

Accepted Answer

On Home, tap Find new recipes and answer two quick questions: your cuisine craving and any diet you follow. Shelve searches the web and recommends recipes that fit. Save the ones you like and they go straight into your recipe book.

Question 5

What does "Use what I have" do?

Accepted Answer

It shows your recipes ranked by how many ingredients you already have, for example "7 of 8 in your pantry". Pick one to start cooking, or tap the cart to add just the missing ingredients to a grocery list.

Question 6

How do I cook with Shelve?

Accepted Answer

Open a recipe and switch on Enable cooking mode. Tick Used up? next to ingredients you finish, then tap Mark as done. Shelve asks whether to restock what you used up and adds it to your next grocery run.

Question 7

Can Shelve plan meals for me?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Go to Meals, then Generate a food plan, choose how many weeks you need and how to prioritise recipes: Surprise me, Most ingredients in pantry, Shortest cooking time, or Have not cooked in a long time. Shelve builds the grocery list for the rest.

Question 8

Does Shelve make grocery lists for me?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Shelve creates lists from your recipes and food plans and leaves out ingredients you already have. After shopping, it asks whether to move the items onto the right shelves in your pantry.

Question 9

Can I create my own shelves?

Accepted Answer

Yes. In Pantry, under Shelf category, tap + to add a shelf and pick a colour. Cupboard, Fridge, Freezer and Staple are there to start.

Question 10

Is Shelve free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Free plan includes pantry and recipe management, meal planning, smart grocery lists, expiry alerts and restocking. It includes ads.

Question 11

What does Premium add?

Accepted Answer

Premium removes ads and adds faster recipe capture, household sharing for up to four members, real-time syncing across devices and more powerful planning tools. Shelve Premium is NZ$8.99 per month.

Question 12

How do I set dietary restrictions?

Accepted Answer

Go to Profile, then Dietary restrictions, and tap + to add one. Shelve takes them into account when you use Find new recipes.

Question 13

Can my household use Shelve together?

Accepted Answer

Yes, with Premium. Invite up to four household members so everyone works from the same pantry, recipes, plans and lists, synced in real time.

Shelve FAQs

Less waste,
less stress

Download and use Shelve App now for FREE!

Shelve FAQs

Less waste, less stress

Download and use Shelve App now for FREE!

Less waste,
less stress