Creating Your Account and Setting Up Your Profile

Getting started with PrepSmart takes just a few minutes. There's no password to create and nothing to pay — by the time you finish setup, you'll already have your first Weekly Plan and a Recipe Box full of recipes that fit how you eat.

Step 1: Download the App

Find PrepSmart on the iOS App Store or Google Play Store. Search for "PrepSmart" and tap Install. The app is free to download, and the full plan → shop → cook loop is free forever.

Step 2: Sign Up With Your Phone Number

PrepSmart is password-free. To create your account:

1. Tap Sign Up and enter your phone number.
2. We'll text you a one-time code (an OTP).
3. Enter the code to verify, and you're in.

That's it — no email, no password to remember. If a code doesn't arrive, tap Resend to get a new one.

Logging in later works exactly the same way: enter your phone number, receive a one-time code by text, and enter it. Resend is always available if you need a fresh code.

Step 3: Pick Your Diet

Your diet is the heart of PrepSmart. It's the organizing principle for your Food World — your personalized universe of recipes and creators, filtered to what fits how you eat.

• You'll see a single, continuous list of 25+ diet types and growing — from Keto and Vegan to Mediterranean, Paleo, AIP, and more.
• Choose one that matches how you eat. Think of it as your YES list — the foods you can eat, not a rule about how you should eat.
• Don't see yours? Tap the request a diet row at the bottom of the list to let us know.

Your diet filters your Food World — change it anytime, nothing is deleted. If you switch diets later, your saved recipes and follows stay put; your Food World just re-filters around the new choice.

Step 4: Follow Creators, Brands, and Stores (at least 3)

Next, follow at least 3 creators, brands, or grocery stores whose food fits your life. Following is always free — it's how you fill your Food World with recipes you'll actually want to cook.

Every account also comes with Starter Recipes: a small, fixed set of free recipes already matched to your diet. Your Starter Recipes count as 1 of your 3 follows, so you're already part of the way there.

Step 5: Choose Your Grocery Store(s)

Tell us where you shop. Picking your grocery store(s) makes your Smart Shopping List store-aware, so items line up the way you actually shop.

Step 6: Add Your Appliances and Brands

Select the appliances and brands you have on hand (air fryer, slow cooker, favorite pantry brands, and so on). PrepSmart uses these to surface recipes you can make with what's already in your kitchen.

Step 7: Set Your Default Household Servings

Choose how many servings you usually cook for: 2, 4, or 6. The default is 4. This sets the portion size PrepSmart scales recipes and shopping lists to — and you can adjust it any time, per recipe or in Settings.

Step 8: Set a Weekly Planning Reminder

Pick a day and an hourly time for a gentle weekly nudge to plan your week. This is a real reminder delivered to your phone — a small habit that keeps your week organized.

Step 9: Claim Your Picks

To finish setup, you'll Claim Your Picks — one free recipe from each creator you followed. The first is that creator's top-rated recipe; the others are swappable, so you can pick the ones that look best to you.

These land in your Recipe Box and seed your first Weekly Plan — so you walk out of setup with recipes saved and a plan started, all before any mention of price.

What's Free, and What You Can Add Later

PrepSmart is free by default, 100% ad-free, with two optional upgrades you can add anytime — or never.

Free foundation (free forever):

• The full Plan → Shop → Cook loop.
• Your Recipe Box and sortable shopping lists.
• Starter Recipes matched to your diet.
• Recipes from the brands, stores, and appliances you follow.
• Plus 3 free recipes from every creator you follow — yours to keep, forever.

PrepSmart+ ($4.99/mo or $39.99/yr, with a 7-day free trial) adds:

1. Save & reload any week
2. Import any recipe
3. Shop smarter
4. One pass, many hands

PrepSmart+ also includes cloud sync, household sharing for up to 5 people, and offline access.

Creator subscriptions are separate and decided in-app, not during setup. Following a creator is always free. If you want a creator's full catalog beyond your 3 free recipes, you can subscribe to them — creators set their own price (most fall between $2.99 and $9.99/mo). Creator subscriptions are independent of PrepSmart+: you can have either, both, or neither, and you never need PrepSmart+ to subscribe to a creator.

Need to Update Your Profile Later?

Open Settings anytime to change your diet, adjust your default household servings, update your stores and appliances, manage your follows, or change your weekly reminder. Changing your diet is non-destructive — nothing is deleted; your Food World simply re-filters. Your changes apply immediately.

Questions?

If a verification code doesn't arrive or you hit a snag during signup, tap Resend for a new code, or check our troubleshooting section or contact support.