Building in public

What's new in Belly.

Every feature, improvement, and fix — logged as we ship it. No marketing copy, no spin. Just a running record of what's changed.

21 updates
shipped
7 weeks
building
June 2026
1 update
v0.9.0

No more passwords, and a better planner.

Passwords are out. A few planner improvements landed too — adding recipes on mobile got a lot smoother, and you can now upload a new recipe straight from the planner.

  • NEWSign in with a verification code instead of a password — no more resetting forgotten passwords. After hearing from multiple users who regularly had to reset theirs, we made the switch. It also aligns with current security best practices.
  • IMPROVEDAdding a recipe to your weekly plan on mobile now slides up as a menu instead of navigating away — much faster to use on a small screen.
  • NEWUpload a new recipe directly from the weekly planner — you used to have to go to the Recipes page first.
The Belly sign-in screen showing an email field and a "Send code" button — no password required
The weekly planner on mobile with a slide-up sheet for adding a recipe, including an "Add new recipe" button at the bottom
May 2026
6 updates
v0.8.0

Planner notes, and meals without recipes.

The weekly planner got more flexible — room for the little reminders, and space for the meals that don't need a recipe at all.

  • NEWAdd a note to any recipe on your weekly plan — a substitution, a pairing reminder, whatever you need for that day.
  • NEWAdd a meal to the weekly plan without a recipe — sometimes you're cooking something that doesn't need one, but you still want it on the calendar. (Suggestion from a Belly user — thank you!)
  • FIXEDWeekly plan feature was only working on desktop — now works on mobile too.
The weekly planner showing a recipe with a "This Week" note and a quick meal card on the calendar
v0.7.0

The changelog, the journal, and a tidier sidebar.

A little housekeeping week. We gave the marketing site a proper changelog and journal, and made the app sidebar less in-the-way.

  • NEWThis page — a changelog so you can follow along with what we're building.
  • NEWLaunched the Journal — recipes, stories, and notes from behind the scenes.
  • IMPROVEDThe sidebar menu is now collapsible on desktop and tablet, giving recipes more room to breathe.
  • FIXEDSquashed some bugs with the ingredient pills in recipe steps.
v0.6.0

Add a recipe from a photo.

Two ways into Belly got a lot better this week — snap a picture, or paste a link that finally just works.

  • NEWPhoto upload when adding a recipe — a cookbook page, a screenshot, a scribbled note. Belly reads it and fills in the rest.
  • IMPROVEDURL import is much more reliable now. A lot of links were quietly failing before; we brought in AI to handle the messy ones.
The Add Recipe dialog with three options: import from a link, create from scratch, or upload a photo
v0.5.0

Recipe playlists.

Curate recipes into playlists — a week of meals, a themed collection, or just the dinners that actually work. Whatever makes sense for how you cook.

  • NEWGroup recipes into playlists and arrange them however you like.
  • NEWBuild a meal plan by collecting recipes into a single playlist.
An "Easy Weeknight" playlist showing four recipe cards with photos, tags, and cook times
From Mia

Playlists were the feature I most wanted to build. I keep a mental list of "dinner party recipes" and "things that reheat well for lunch" — and now Belly can actually hold that for me instead of my brain. This one took a few tries to get right, but I'm really happy with where it landed.

v0.4.0

Shareable recipe links.

Found something good? Send it. Share any recipe with a link, and friends can add it straight to their own Belly.

  • NEWEvery recipe now has a shareable link. Send it to a friend and they can save it to their Belly in one tap.
v0.3.0

Belly has a website.

A big week — Belly got its own home on the web — alongside a couple of planning and cooking touches, one of them straight from a user.

  • NEWMarketing site launch — Belly now has a proper home on the web.
  • NEWMeal type tags in the planner — mark whether a recipe is for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a snack.
  • NEWIngredient tags now appear right inside recipe steps, so you can see what you need at each stage without scrolling back up. (Suggestion from a user — thank you!)
  • FIXEDSmoothed out a batch of mobile responsiveness bugs — most of you cook with Belly on your phones, so this one mattered.
April 2026
2 updates
v0.2.0

Import from a URL.

You shouldn't have to retype a recipe you found online. Paste a link and Belly does the typing for you.

  • NEWPaste a link to any recipe page and Belly pulls in the ingredients, steps, and photo automatically.
  • NEWNew accounts now get a welcome email to help you get started.
v0.1.0

First build.

The very beginning. A place to save a recipe and give it a home. That's the whole app — and it's enough to start.

  • NEWSave a recipe, add a photo, and keep it somewhere you'll actually find it again.
From Mia

This is where it starts. We've wanted a proper home for our recipes for years — somewhere that isn't a screenshot folder or a bookmark we'll never open again. Day one of building Belly in public. Thanks for being here this early.

More on the way every week.

In progress: collaborative playlists, nutrition estimates, and a companion iOS app. We'll log them here as they ship.