Is there a Letterboxd for food?
Updated 15 November 2026.
For food you cook at home, yes: Plateoff. Letterboxd keeps a diary of the films you watch. Plateoff keeps one of the dishes you cook: a photo, a title and a short note for each, on your profile and in your friends' feed. Letterboxd asks you to rate a film. On Plateoff you never rate your own food: other cooks judge it blind.
Letterboxd is a social app for film lovers: you log each film you watch, rate it, write a short review, and follow friends to see what they watched. "Letterboxd for food" can mean two different things. For restaurants, there are apps that rank the places you eat out. Plateoff is for the other half: the food you make yourself.
What carries over
| On Letterboxd | On Plateoff |
|---|---|
| Log a film you watched | Check in a dish you cooked, with a photo and a title |
| Your diary | A calendar of the days you cooked, month by month |
| Your profile of films | Your profile of dishes, and how many meals you have cooked |
| A short review | A short note on each dish, up to 140 characters |
| Following friends | Friends and packs: the people you cook with |
| Likes and comments | Likes and one comment thread on each dish |
What is different
- You rate nothing. Other cooks do, blind. They see your dish next to another one, with no names, and pick the one they would most like to try. No stars, and no number from you.
- It is a game. Every dish is worth points, and the week ends at Saturday midnight with a reveal. Your three best dishes of the week count.
- Streaks. A weekly streak counts the weeks in a row in which you cooked at least once.
- Private when you want. Each dish is Public, Friends or Private. A private dish is just for your own log and is never judged.
- No recipes, no calories. Plateoff is not a recipe box or a food diary for dieting. It records what you cooked, not what you ate.
Start your log
- Open live.plateoff.app on your phone and sign in. There is nothing to download.
- Check in tonight's dinner with a photo and a title.
- Invite the friends whose cooking you would like to follow.
Questions
Is Plateoff connected to Letterboxd?
No. Letterboxd is a separate app from a separate company. We name it because people looking for "Letterboxd for food" are often looking for something like Plateoff.
Can I log restaurant meals?
No. Plateoff is for dishes you cooked yourself, at home. That is what other cooks judge.
Is it a recipe app?
No. You can write a short note on a dish, but Plateoff does not store or suggest recipes.
Can I keep my log private?
Yes. Mark a dish Private ("Just for me") and only you see it. Private dishes are never judged and earn no points.
You are cooking tonight anyway.
Start cooking