Submit an Idea or Feature Request

Cookonut is built with its community in mind. If you have an idea for a new feature, an improvement to an existing one, or a suggestion that would make the app better, we want to hear it.

How to Submit an Idea

1. Open Cookonut and tap the More tab
2. Under Feedback, tap Ideas & Suggestions
3. Tap Submit an Idea
4. Fill in the Title field — a short summary of your idea
5. Fill in the Description field — explain what it is, how it would work, and why you’d find it useful
6. Tap Submit

After you submit, you’ll see a confirmation. Your idea is verified by our team first, then it goes live for the community to vote on. Until it’s approved, it shows a Waiting for approval status that only you can see.

What Makes a Great Idea Submission

The more detail you provide, the better we can understand your suggestion:

• What’s the feature? Describe it in a sentence or two
• Why do you want it? What problem does it solve for you?
• How would it work? If you have an idea for how it would look or function, describe it
• Example scenario: “I often cook for large groups, so I’d love to be able to scale recipes beyond 12 servings”

You don’t need to be a designer or a developer — just describe what you’d like to see from your perspective as a user.

Examples of Good Ideas

Here are the kinds of ideas that help us improve Cookonut:

• “I’d love a way to mark recipes as ‘tried’ so I can see which ones I’ve actually cooked”
• “It would be great if the grocery list could automatically remove items I usually have at home”
• “Could the meal planner show total calories for the day? It would help with diet planning”
• “I wish I could import recipes by sharing directly from Safari to Cookonut”

All of these describe a user need with a clear scenario, which makes them actionable for us.

What Happens After You Submit

1. We verify every idea — your submission starts as Waiting for approval and no idea goes unread
2. Approved ideas open for voting — once verified, your idea becomes Open for voting and the whole community can vote on it
3. Popular ideas get prioritized — if many users vote for the same thing, it moves up our list and can become In Progress
4. Implemented or not planned — ideas we build are marked Implemented; ones that don’t fit are marked Not planned

We can’t promise every idea will be built, but every idea influences our roadmap.

There’s a limit of 5 ideas per day to keep things organized — if you reach it, come back tomorrow with more suggestions.

Browse Community Ideas

You can also browse ideas submitted by other Cookonut users in the same Ideas & Suggestions screen:

1. Use the Vote tab to see ideas that are open for voting, and the Done tab to see what’s already implemented
2. Sort by Top Voted, Newest, or My Ideas
3. Tap Vote on ideas you agree with (see the “Vote on Community Ideas” article)

Voting helps us understand which features matter most to the community.

Ideas vs. Bug Reports

• Ideas are suggestions for new features or improvements
• Bug reports are about something that’s broken or not working correctly

If something isn’t working as expected, use Report a Bug (also under More → Feedback) rather than submitting it as an idea. See the Contact Support article for details.

Tips

• Search existing ideas first — someone may have already suggested the same thing. If so, vote for it instead of submitting a duplicate.
• Be specific — “make the app better” is hard to act on, while “add a timer that beeps louder” is very clear
• One idea per submission — this makes it easier for us to track and for others to vote on
• Your ideas matter — many of Cookonut’s best features started as user suggestions