Roux
AI cooking assistant that plans meals, manages recipes, and guides home cooks.
Product memo
Roux simplifies home cooking with AI-powered recipe management and guidance. It adapts to user tastes, dietary restrictions, and cooking habits, offering a broad workflow from meal planning and grocery list generation to step-by-step cooking assistance. This approach reduces the stress associated with preparing meals at home.
- For who
- Home cooks and meal planners
- Solves what
- Simplifies home cooking with AI-powered recipe management and guidance.
- Personalized recipe suggestions
- Step-by-step cooking assistance
- Automated meal planning & grocery lists
Operator & company
Company
- Founded
May 2026
Operating model
- Business model
Saas
- Platform
Mobile
- Audience
Consumers
Builder strategy
- Strategy Type
- Niche Specialist
- Stage
- Pre Revenue
- Effort
- Solo Buildable
Source evidence
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Developer
- Omar Parbhoo
- Download
- Free download
- Current version
- 1.0.6
- Store rating
- 5 from 16 App Store ratings
Latest observed release
v1.0.6 · May 21, 2026
- Meal plans can now be printed or shared - You can now filter your recipes more easily
Evidence sources
About Roux Expand
Roux provides an AI-powered kitchen companion for home cooks and meal planners. It offers a broad workflow, from generating personalized recipe suggestions and organizing existing recipes to creating automatic grocery lists.
The platform then guides users through each meal with step-by-step instructions.
In their own words
Cook more.
Roux is your personal kitchen companion. Get real help while you cook so dinner actually happens.
Roux listens, learns, and guides you through every meal — from planning your week to the last bite.
Competitive context
3 peers · Same primary niche · Radar benchmark · Roux #5797.
Commercial cues
- Model
- subscription
- Free tier
- Yes
- Trial
- No
Pricing strategy
- • A free tier with session and upload limits drives initial adoption.
- • Annual plans reduce monthly costs, encouraging longer-term user commitment.
- • A Family plan allows household sharing, increasing the perceived value.