Help and FAQ

Getting started

What does Cauli do?

Cauli plans and runs your eating week. It decides how every meal happens (a Cook, a Batch cooked once for several meals, or a Leftover on a busy night), portions each day to your calorie and protein target, and keeps one grocery list that always matches the plan. When your week changes, you tell Cauli and it re-plans.

Do I need an account?

Yes. You sign in with Apple or Google on the first screen, then answer a few short questions about your goal, your week and your kitchen. Cauli starts building your first Week while you finish. Cauli needs an internet connection to work.

Is Cauli the same as Caullie or CauliBox?

No. Cauli (getcauli.com) is an AI meal planner for iPhone made by CW Frontier Innovations LLC. It is not connected to apps or products with similar names, such as Caullie, a meal planning app, or CauliBox, reusable food containers. Our about page lists Cauli's official accounts.

How does Cauli set my calorie and protein target?

From your goal, body and activity, at a sensible Pace you can change. You can also type your own numbers in Settings; Cauli never recomputes numbers you set yourself. Each day is planned to land within 5% of your calories with protein as high as fits. Days are never averaged across the week.

Your Week and the Weekly Reset

How does the Week work?

A Week is the days Cauli plans as one unit, usually seven. It begins the day after your Reset day, so you have time to shop. Each meal shows how it happens and why; a Batch says which later meals it feeds, and a Leftover says where it came from. Review the Week, Swap anything you like, then Confirm. Confirm locks the Week and makes your grocery list.

What is the Weekly Reset?

Once a week, on the Reset day you pick, Cauli sends a push. You open one grid of the coming days and tap any meal as Busy (Cauli has it ready, no cooking) or Don't need (you won't eat it from the plan). Then you can answer one question, "Anything different this week?", and Cauli builds your next Week. It never plans a week you didn't ask for. You can do the Reset up to two days early, and change your Reset day in Settings.

How do I mark what I ate?

Tap Ate it on a meal. It's the only mark: eaten meals count toward the day, and a meal you didn't mark is simply unknown, never counted as skipped. There's nothing to log.

Swapping and changing meals

How do I swap a meal?

Open the meal and tap Swap. Cauli offers one alternative at a time, or you can choose something from your Cookbook. Swapping a Batch also covers the Leftovers it was feeding. Your grocery list updates in the same moment, and anything you already bought is kept.

My week changed after I confirmed it. What now?

Use "Re-plan the rest of the week" on the Week tab: it reopens the grid for the days left and returns one Proposal. Or tell the Cauli chat, for example "Thursday's a late night". Meals you marked Ate it and Leftovers from a Batch you already cooked stay as they are.

Can I change just one thing about a meal?

Yes. On the meal screen, tap "Ask Cauli about this meal" and say what you want: "air fryer instead", "swap the mushrooms". A small change that barely moves the numbers applies at once with an Undo; anything bigger comes back as a Proposal you Confirm or Discard.

The Cauli chat

What can I ask the Cauli chat?

Anything about your own week, meals, groceries and targets, and any food, cooking or nutrition question, like "what does julienne mean" or "what can I make tonight with what I have?". The chat button sits at the end of the tab bar and knows which screen and meal you're on. You can also send a food or cooking photo with a question.

Will the chat change my plan without asking?

No. A change to your plan or settings comes back as a Proposal showing what it does to your numbers and groceries, and nothing moves until you Confirm. The exceptions are small changes inside one meal (applied with an Undo), an allergy you add, and edits to What Cauli knows or Your kitchen.

What won't the chat do?

It doesn't give medical advice, recommend supplements or write training programs, and it keeps to food. If you're struggling with food or your body, it will point you to support.

Allergies and food

How does Cauli handle allergies?

Cauli plans around your allergies. Labels change, so always check the package. An allergy covers its whole food family, not just the word: set crustacean shellfish and Cauli leaves out shrimp, crab and lobster. Allergies are absolute, so Cauli refuses a request or product that would break one, including products whose label says "may contain". Add or remove allergies in Settings › Allergies; adding one replaces affected meals in your current Week at once.

What about foods I just don't eat?

Tell Cauli ("no mushrooms", "no chickpeas at breakfast") and it becomes a Won't eat line in What Cauli knows, which you can see and edit from your profile. Unlike an allergy, you can still ask for that food when you want it.

Where do the nutrition numbers come from?

From food data, not from an AI's guess: USDA FoodData Central for ingredients, and the real label for a branded product you bring in. Cauli computes each meal's calories, protein, carbs and fat from the actual quantities. If a product's label differs, you can fix its numbers from the label.

Units and time zone

How do I change units?

Settings › Units has two settings: body weight (kg, lb, or st & lb) and recipes and groceries (US measures or metric). Both start from your phone's region. Changing one converts every number at once. Nutrition is always in grams and kcal.

Why didn't my days change when I traveled?

Cauli keeps your days in your home time zone, set from your phone when you sign up, so travel never moves your Week. If your phone has been in another time zone for a few days, Home offers once to switch. You can change it any time in Settings › Your week; a switch applies at the next 4 am turnover.

Subscription

How does the subscription work?

Cauli is a subscription, managed and billed by Apple through your Apple ID. The price is shown on the App Store listing and in the app before you subscribe. You can cancel any time in Settings.

How do I cancel or change my subscription?

In the app, open Settings › Subscription and tap Manage subscription, which opens Apple's screen. Or, on your iPhone, open Settings › your name (Apple ID) › Subscriptions › Cauli. Cauli never hides cancellation or adds steps to it. Apple handles billing and refunds; you can request a refund at reportaproblem.apple.com.

I got a new phone or reinstalled. How do I get my subscription back?

Sign in with the same account and tap Restore purchase, in Settings › Subscription or on the subscribe screen. Restore checks the Apple ID signed in on the phone, so use the one you subscribed with.

What happens if my subscription ends?

Your data is kept. When you subscribe again, you come back to Home with your record, your Cookbook and what Cauli knows about you.

Your account and data

How do I delete my account?

In the app: tap your avatar, then Settings › Account › Delete account, and confirm. Deletion is immediate and final: your Weeks, Cookbook, Weigh-ins, What Cauli knows, Your kitchen and Kitchen photos and chats are deleted, and nothing can be restored, including by support. Deleting your account does not cancel your Apple subscription; cancel it first under Manage subscription.

Can I get a copy of my data?

Email info@cwfrontierinnovations.com and we'll handle your request as the law requires. Our privacy policy explains your rights.

Is Cauli medical or dietary advice?

No. Cauli plans meals toward the targets you choose. It is not medical advice and doesn't diagnose or treat any condition. If you have a medical condition, are pregnant or have an eating disorder, talk to a qualified professional before changing how you eat. Cauli is for people 16 and over.