Tomaito
Tomaito - Recipe Generator is an AI-powered mobile application available on the App Store that provides users with personalized recipe reco...
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What is Tomaito?
Tomaito is an iPhone recipe generator app that uses AI (GPT-3.5 and Dall-E-2) to create custom recipes and accompanying images based on your inputs. You can specify ingredients you have, dish type, cuisine, dietary preferences, cooking time, difficulty level, and number of servings, and Tomaito will generate a tailored recipe with step-by-step instructions and a visual representation of the final dish.
The app is designed for food enthusiasts, home cooks, and anyone who wants to explore new recipes without browsing multiple websites. It lets you customize generated recipes by adjusting ingredient quantities and instructions, then save them to a personal cookbook. Tomaito also helps with meal planning and grocery shopping by letting you add recipe ingredients directly to a grocery list with a few taps.
Tomaito operates on a coin system: each recipe costs one coin and each image costs five coins. New users receive 10 free coins, and additional coins can be purchased in packs. The app features a clean, user-friendly interface and runs on iOS 16+ (iPhone, Apple Silicon Mac, and Apple Vision). It is particularly useful for people who want quick, personalized meal ideas, visible previews of dishes, and an organized place to store and revisit their favorite AI-generated recipes.
Special features include the ability to create recipes using random ingredients for inspiration, duplication highlighting for repeated ingredients in a recipe, background generation improvements, and continuous additions of new ingredients to expand recipe variety. The app focuses solely on recipe generation and cookbook management rather than importing external recipes or offering full meal-plan automation.
Tomaito is ideal for users who enjoy experimenting in the kitchen, want visual guidance for what a dish should look like, need help using specific ingredients, or simply want a fast, personalized alternative to traditional recipe search engines. It is less suited for users who need Android support, advanced meal planning features, or the ability to import and organize recipes from external websites or social media.
Tomaito pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Tomaito is free to download with in-app purchases. New users receive 10 free coins. Coins are used to generate content: each recipe costs 1 coin and each image costs 5 coins. Available coin packs are: 50 coins for $0.99, 150 coins for $1.99, 350 coins for $3.99, and 600 coins for $5.99. There is no subscription mentioned; you pay only for coin packs as needed.
Tomaito pros
- Generates fully custom recipes based on your exact inputs
- Creates beautiful AI-generated images for each recipe
- Lets you customize ingredient quantities and instructions
- Saves recipes to a personal in-app cookbook
- Transforms recipe ingredients into a grocery list instantly
- Works with dietary preferences and restrictions
- Supports multiple cuisines, dish types, and difficulty levels
- Allows random ingredient-based recipe inspiration
- Requires only iOS 16+ and works on Apple Silicon Macs
- Highlights duplicated ingredients for clearer recipe reading
- Prevents recipe generation failures when app goes to background
- Generates images even if you leave the recipe screen
- Starts with 10 free coins to try the app immediately
- Very small app size (about 30.7 MB)
- Affordable coin packs starting at $0.99
Tomaito cons
- Only available on Apple devices (iPhone, Apple Silicon Mac, Vision)
- Uses a coin system that can run out quickly for heavy users
- Each image costs five coins, which adds up fast
- No Android or web version currently
- Limited to 10 free coins before needing to purchase more
- No built-in feature to import recipes from websites or social media
- Does not provide full meal planning or calendar features
- Relies on AI so recipe accuracy and realism can vary
- No visible nutritional information or calorie counts
- Interface is relatively basic compared to dedicated meal planners
- No multi-lingual support beyond English at present
- Cannot directly share recipes outside the app without workarounds
- No built-in community or recipe sharing with other users
- No advanced filtering like allergen-specific searches
- Limited control over exact recipe style beyond broad categories
Frequently asked questions about Tomaito
How does the coin system work in Tomaito?
Tomaito uses a coin-based system where each generated recipe costs 1 coin and each generated image costs 5 coins. When you request a recipe with an image, it will consume 6 coins total. You start with 10 free coins, and when they run out you can buy more coin packs in the app.
Can I customize recipes after they are generated?
Yes. After a recipe is generated, you can edit ingredient quantities, adjust cooking instructions, and tweak other details to match your taste or what you have available. Once you're satisfied, you can save the customized version to your cookbook.
Does Tomaito support dietary preferences like vegan or gluten-free?
Yes, you can specify dietary preferences when generating a recipe. Tomaito will take these into account to create recipes that align with choices such as vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, or other dietary restrictions you indicate.
Can I use Tomaito if I only have a few specific ingredients?
Absolutely. You can generate recipes based on the exact ingredients you have. Tomaito will build a recipe around those ingredients while respecting any additional filters you set, such as cuisine, difficulty, or cooking time.
What happens if I close the app while a recipe or image is generating?
Recent updates improved background behavior: recipe generation no longer fails when the app is put in the background, and images can still finish generating even if you exit the recipe screen. This means you don't have to keep the app open and waiting for the process to complete.
Is there a way to avoid buying more coins if I only want to browse ideas?
The app is centered around generating recipes and images, both of which consume coins. There is no separate free browsing mode; you use your free 10 coins to explore, and additional exploration requires purchasing more coins.
Can I import recipes from other websites or apps into Tomaito?
No. Tomaito is focused on AI-generated recipes rather than importing external ones. You can only create recipes within the app using its generation system and then save them to your cookbook.
Does Tomaito provide nutritional information for recipes?
No, Tomaito does not currently show nutritional data such as calories, macros, or allergen details. It focuses on generating the recipe text, steps, and images, not nutritional analysis.
Can I use Tomaito on my iPad or Mac?
Tomaito is designed for iPhone but also runs on Macs with Apple M1 or later running macOS 13.0+, and on Apple Vision with visionOS 1.0+. iPad support is not explicitly stated, so compatibility depends on whether the iPadOS version is treated as part of the iPhone universal build.
What kinds of cuisines and dish types can I generate?
You can specify a wide range of cuisines, dish types (such as appetizers, main courses, desserts, etc.), difficulty levels, cooking times, and serving sizes. The app continuously adds new ingredients, expanding the variety of recipes it can create across different styles and categories.