Set Your Preferences

Cookonut works great out of the box, but taking a minute to adjust your preferences makes the experience feel truly personal. Here’s how to set everything up just the way you like it.

How to Access Settings

1. Open Cookonut
2. Go to the More tab
3. You’ll see all available settings organized into sections

Language

Cookonut supports 8 languages:

• English
• Polish (Polski)
• German (Deutsch)
• French (Français)
• Spanish (Español)
• Italian (Italiano)
• Portuguese (Português)
• Brazilian Portuguese (Português do Brasil)

To change your language:

1. Go to the More tab
2. Tap Units & Regional
3. Under Language & Translation, tap App language
4. Select your preferred language — all menus, buttons, and labels update immediately

This setting controls the app interface language. Recipe content stays in whatever language it was imported in, unless you use the translation feature (available with Premium).

Measurement Units

Choose between metric and US standard units so recipes display measurements in the system you’re comfortable with:

1. Go to the More tab
2. Tap Units & Regional
3. Under Measurement units, choose Metric (grams, milliliters) or US Standard (ounces, cups)

When you change units, existing recipes will automatically show converted measurements. You can also convert units on the fly while viewing any recipe.

Appearance (Theme)

Cookonut offers light and dark themes:

1. Go to the More tab
2. Tap Personalization
3. Under Appearance, choose from:
   • Light — bright background, easy on the eyes during the day
   • Dark — darker tones, great for evening use and battery saving on OLED screens
   • System — automatically follows your phone’s system-wide setting

Notifications

Cookonut has a detailed notification settings screen with options organized into sections:

• Cooking — Timer alerts when your cooking timer finishes
• Sharing — Notifications when someone shares a recipe with you
• Meal Planning — Weekly reminders to plan your meals (with configurable time and days)
• Account — Reminders about trial periods and Premium subscription status
• Tips & Suggestions — Feature tips, a monthly cooking recap email, and onboarding tips for new users
• Your Feedback — Updates on ideas you’ve submitted, features you’ve voted for, and bugs you’ve reported
• In-App Messages — Banners and announcements shown inside the app

Most notifications are on by default. To manage them:

1. Go to More > Notifications
2. Toggle each type on or off
3. Tap Save

For the full list and recommendations, see Notification Settings.

What You Can Customize Later

Beyond these core preferences, you’ll discover additional settings as you use the app:

• Default servings — set how many servings you typically cook for
• Grocery list sorting — choose how items are grouped (by category, by recipe, or as a flat list)
• Meal plan start day — start your week on Monday or Sunday

Preferences Are Synced

All your preferences are tied to your account and sync across devices. If you sign in on a new phone or tablet, your language, units, theme, and all other settings will be right there waiting for you.

Recommended Setup for New Users

If you’re just getting started, we suggest:

1. Set your language to your native language
2. Choose your units — metric if you’re in Europe, imperial if you’re in the US
3. Set appearance to System — so it matches your phone automatically
4. Leave notifications mostly as-is — the defaults are sensible, and timer alerts are the most useful day-to-day

Everything else can wait until you’re more familiar with the app. You can always come back to Settings and make changes at any time.