OnlyRecipe.app
Consumer and social
recipe reader
SHOW HN2022
560points
345comments
#42of 2,570 in 2022
Top 2%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
20 positive, 32 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 24 critical, out of 78 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Idea: 7 for, 11 againstDesign: 4 for, 4 againstExecution: 2 for, 6 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Removing recipe-site clutter is useful.
From 2 comments
Nicely done! I just ran into this "clutter" issue last week while trying to read a recipe that kept auto-scrolling due to a pop-up ad intermittently changing height at the top of…
mstudio on HNThank you, I hate blog-post-type recipes! Do you plan on adding a dark mode?
laurentlbm on HN
Objections
Copies content that earns ad revenue from recipe sites.
From 2 comments
The fact that this app is stealing content (that mostly makes money by ads) and monetizing it with ads is horrible. Right up the entitlement-alley of HN.
newfonewhodis on HNThis is theft that gets around a copyright loophole. Don’t steal recipes.
shortformblog on HN
Bugs: QR scanner, back button trap in Safari, print and failed sites.
From 4 comments
Feedback: visiting recipe pages, such as the one bearjaws shared, using Safari[0] can result in you being "trapped" -- the back button doesn't have the desired effect. It looks…
notreallyserio on HNLooks poorly tested. QR code scanner doesn't work and the "how to use?" tip doesn't display anything. Manually entering a url requires the user to include the subdomain AND…
seabea on HNAs some other commenters have said -- often, the "print" function will give you a more concise / readable version. I keep a recipe folder with PDFs "printed" from recipe web…
mvexel on HNNicely done! I just ran into this "clutter" issue last week while trying to read a recipe that kept auto-scrolling due to a pop-up ad intermittently changing height at the top of…
mstudio on HN
Requests
Print support.
From 1 comment
As some other commenters have said -- often, the "print" function will give you a more concise / readable version. I keep a recipe folder with PDFs "printed" from recipe web…
mvexel on HN
Unit conversion and recipe scaling.
From 1 comment
Since OnlyRecipe.app is already parsing the recipe site, it would be a great feature to allow conversion to weights from volume (e.g. show 120g of flour vs. 1c of flour). Also,…
switzer on HN
Dark mode.
From 1 comment
Thank you, I hate blog-post-type recipes! Do you plan on adding a dark mode?
laurentlbm on HN
Questions
Why recipe sites bury recipes under life stories.
From 2 comments
What is the reason that every single recipe site, without fail, follows this same horrible pattern? I.e. the twenty paragraph "When I was a child growing up in Atlanta..."…
2bitencryption on HNAnyone know why this life story rubbish seems particularly acute on recipe websites? I get the authors are doing it to boost Google rankings. But why do I only see it on cooking…
adwww on HN
Alternatives named
Paprika
From 2 comments
reminds me of https://www.paprikaapp.com/
asow92 on HNIf you are looking for a way to tame your recipes look into Paprika [0]. It can import/scrape recipes from any site and lets you organize them and save them for later. You can…
joshstrange on HN
Saffron
From 2 comments
You simply must try https://www.mysaffronapp.com It really successfully imports and de-clutters recipes from any and all recipe sites I've thrown at it. Ben Awad, the programmer…
figbert on HNBen Awad developed a great little app which addresses this problem also. I believe he developed it with his mother - who is a the designer. https://www.mysaffronapp.com/
danychok on HN
Recipe Filter browser extension
From 2 comments
In the same vein, I made the Recipe Filter extension for browsers: Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recipe-filter/ahlcdjbkdaegmljnnncfnhiioiadakae FF:…
fancy_pantser on HNThere's this Chrome add-on which also filters out the junk from recipes: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recipe-filter/ahlcdjbkdaegmljnnncfnhiioiadakae?hl=en It was…
mrsuprawsm on HN