PrepAI
Snap your groceries → Get a budget-smart, diet-safe meal plan in seconds.
Core trick
Runs vision on fridge and pantry photos to list ingredients, then constrains a GPT-5 meal plan to budget and diet using live store prices.
Description
AI Meal Planner revolutionizes how you plan meals by combining cutting-edge AI technologies. Upload photos of your refrigerator or pantry, and our computer vision system identifies available ingredients. The AI then generates personalized meal plans that maximize what you already have while staying within your budget and dietary preferences.
The application integrates with Kroger's API to provide real-time pricing and product availability, ensuring your shopping lists are accurate and cost-effective. Whether you're a beginner cook or a culinary expert, the AI adapts to your skill level and preferences, offering everything from quick 30-minute meals to elaborate weekend projects.
Key features include image-based ingredient recognition, interactive AI assistant, nutrition tracking, native iOS sharing, and smart store detection. The app helps reduce food waste, save money, and make healthy eating effortless.
README excerpt
<div align="center"> <img src="assets/logo.png" alt="PrepAI Logo" width="600" /> </div> # PrepAI - Smart Meal Planning Powered by GPT-5 **Snap your groceries → Get a budget-smart, diet-safe meal plan in seconds** <div align="center"> [](https://reactnative.dev/) [](https://expo.dev/) [](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) [](https://bun.sh/) </div> ## 🎯 The Problem **Food is getting more expensive:** - Groceries are ~25% higher than in 2019 - Food accounts for ~10.6% of disposable income (2024) - 40% of US food supply gets discarded yearly - Average household wastes $907 of food annually **Time is money:** - 57.2% of people spend 53 minutes daily on meal prep - 74% spend ~40 minutes per grocery trip (travel not included) **Dietary complexity:** - ~10% of adults have food allergies - ~10% identify as vegetarian/vegan - ~33% try to avoid or reduce gluten ## 💡 The Solution: PrepAI PrepAI revolutionizes meal planning by combining **GPT-5's vision capabilities** with real-time grocery pricing and dietary intelligence. From fridge to fork, in one tap. ### How It Works 1. **📸 Upload a photo** of your pantry/fridge 2. **🤖 GPT-5 (vision)** extracts ingredients instantly 3. **🍳 Edamam API** matches recipes to your diet 4.