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iOS Community Features

Last updated: 2026-10-23

Connect with other home cooks through momoChef's community features. Discover new recipes, follow friends, join cooking groups, and share your creations.

Community Overview

The Community tab is your gateway to discovering and sharing recipes with the momoChef community. Access it from the bottom navigation bar.

What You Can Do

  • Browse public recipes from other users
  • Search and filter by cuisine, diet, or keyword
  • Follow your favorite cooks
  • Join or create cooking groups
  • Message friends and share recipes
  • Rate and comment on recipes

Browsing Public Recipes

Discover recipes shared by the momoChef community.

Exploring the Feed

The Community tab shows a curated feed of public recipes:

  1. Open the Community tab
  2. Scroll through featured recipes
  3. Tap any recipe card to view details
  4. Use pull-to-refresh to see new content

Sorting Options

Change how recipes are ordered:

  • Newest: Recently shared recipes
  • Popular: Most saved
  • Top Rated: Highest rated
  • Quickest: Fastest to make
  • Trending: Recipes gaining popularity

Filtering Recipes

Tap the Filters button to narrow results:

  • Tags: Cuisine, diet, and more — pick several to see recipes matching all of them
  • Keyword chips: Combine keywords to narrow further (up to 10)

Searching Recipes

Find specific recipes by keyword:

  1. Pull down on the community feed to reveal search
  2. Type your search term (recipe name, keyword, etc.)
  3. Results update as you type

Saving Community Recipes

Found a recipe you love? Save it to your collection:

  1. Open a community recipe
  2. Tap the bookmark icon (Save recipe)
  3. The recipe is copied into your Bookmarks shelf, where you can move it into a book or edit your copy

Tip: Saved recipes are copied to your library, so you can customize them without affecting the original.

Following Friends

Stay connected with friends and see what they're cooking.

Finding Friends

  1. Open the Community tab and tap the search bar
  2. Search by name or email address
  3. Open their profile and tap Follow

Following Someone

  1. Find the user you want to follow
  2. Tap Follow on their profile
  3. Their public recipes appear on their profile, which you can visit anytime

Your Followers

See who's following you:

  1. Go to your profile (tap your avatar)
  2. Tap Followers to see the list
  3. Follow back or view their profiles

Groups

Groups let you share recipes with a specific community — family, friends, coworkers, or people with shared interests.

Browsing Groups

  1. In Community, scroll to see public groups
  2. Scroll to Explore Groups to see available groups
  3. Tap a group to view it, then tap Join

Joining a Group

  1. Find a group you're interested in
  2. Tap to view group details
  3. Tap Join Group — every group is open, so anyone can join

Creating a Group

  1. Go to Community
  2. Tap the group icon in the toolbar
  3. Select Create Group
  4. Enter group name and description
  5. Tap Create

Managing Your Groups

As a group owner or admin, you can:

  • Create group books and set who can contribute (everyone, with approval, or admins only)
  • Approve or reject shared recipes in approval-required books
  • Remove members and assign other admins
  • Remove recipes — reversibly, for 30 days

Sharing to Groups

Share your recipes with group members:

  1. Open one of your recipes
  2. Open the recipe menu
  3. Tap Share to Group
  4. Choose which group(s) to share with

Tip: Create a family group to easily share weekly meal plans and favorite recipes with household members.

Messaging

Send private messages to friends and share recipes directly.

Starting a Conversation

  1. Tap your avatar, then tap Messages
  2. Tap New Message
  3. Select a friend or search by name
  4. Type your message and send

Sharing Recipes in Chat

  1. In a conversation, tap the Share Recipe button at the top
  2. Choose a recipe from your collection
  3. Add a message and send

Message Features

  • Send text messages
  • Share recipes with preview cards
  • See when messages are read
  • See unread counts on your conversations list

Managing Conversations

  • Tap a user's name to view their profile
  • Blocking someone from their profile removes the conversation — blocking is instant and mutual

Sharing Your Recipes

Share your culinary creations with the community.

Making a Recipe Public

  1. Open one of your recipes
  2. Tap Edit
  3. Toggle Publish to Community to on
  4. Tap Save

Sharing via Link

  1. Open a recipe (public or private)
  2. Tap Share
  3. Choose Copy Link
  4. Share the link anywhere

Sharing to Social Media

Share recipes directly to other platforms:

  1. Open a recipe
  2. Tap Share
  3. Select the social media app
  4. A preview card is generated automatically

Collaborative Recipe Books

Invite others to contribute to your recipe books:

  1. Open a recipe book
  2. Tap the Collaborators button
  3. Invite them by email
  4. Set permissions (view or edit)

Ratings and Comments

Engage with recipes through ratings and comments.

Rating Recipes

  1. Open a community recipe
  2. Scroll to the rating section
  3. Tap the stars to give 1–5 stars (tap your rating again to clear it)

Commenting

  1. Open a community recipe
  2. Scroll to the comments section
  3. Type your comment
  4. Tap Post

Helpful Features

  • Upvote helpful comments
  • Get notifications for replies to your comments
  • Delete your own comments

Tip: When commenting, share modifications you made or tips for other cooks. This helps everyone improve the recipe.

User Profiles

Your profile showcases your public recipes and cooking activity.

Viewing Your Profile

  1. Tap your avatar in the top-right corner
  2. See your public recipes, followers, and following

Editing Your Profile

  1. Go to your profile
  2. Tap Edit Profile
  3. Update your display name, bio, and photo
  4. Tap Save

Privacy Settings

Control your visibility in Settings → Privacy:

  • Profile visibility: Public, semi-private, or private
  • Discoverable in search: Whether others can find you by email or search
  • New recipes are always private until you publish them

Viewing Other Profiles

Tap any user's avatar or name to:

  • See their public recipes
  • Follow or unfollow
  • Send a message (friends only)

Community Guidelines

Help keep momoChef a welcoming community for all cooks:

Be Respectful

  • Provide constructive feedback on recipes
  • Be kind in comments and messages
  • Respect different cooking styles and traditions

Share Authentically

  • Share recipes you've actually made
  • Give credit when adapting others' recipes
  • Use original photos when possible

Report Issues

If you see inappropriate content or behavior:

  1. Tap the ... menu on the content
  2. Select Report
  3. Choose the reason for reporting

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