AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to CookThis, the app that fights food waste
Hey HN! I've just launched CookThis, my new app that helps fight food waste by using up leftover ingredients. It uses ML in a couple of ways to aid this, both by using a CNN to detect ingredients from a camera feed, and by using an LLM to generate new recipes. Would be great to get some feedback! There's a week free trial available with no commitment
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CookThis, the app that fights food waste launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hello everyone, I created a EasyCook app, this app will generate food recipes based on your ingredients. The idea is not to waste food, and if you have left some ingredients in the Kitchen, you can write it down in app and get a recipe based on these ingredients. The app is free to use, however have more features available for paid users. Would be thankful for feedback, so I can improve the app more!
2024 · easycook.app · its alternatives →
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Fridgify▲72A simple and convenient app to reduce food wastes
2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Take a photo and instantly determine if it's healthy or not
2021 · testflight.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Sulagan▲75AI food storage system to reduce food waste, make life easy
2021 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Get Recipes based on YOUR Fridge, Pantry! No more waste!
Jan 2026 · myaifoodbuddy.com · its alternatives →
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I built this web-app to solve my own food waste problem. It uses a dual-mode AI engine: you can either input what's in your fridge to get a recipe, or search for a dish to get the ingredient list. I focused on making the UI as simple as possible so it’s actually usable while cooking. It supports multiple languages and I'm currently working on integrating grocery delivery APIs to automate the shopping part. I am curious to hear your thoughts on the recipe accuracy and the UI flow
Feb 2026 · ingredinotapp.base44.app · its alternatives →
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Souva▲8Hi HN, I'm a solo student dev. Souva started with a problem my mom and I always ran into: we'd open a full fridge and have no idea what to make, then open a full pantry and still have no idea what to make. Most recipe apps expect you to find a recipe and go out and get everything, but we didn't have the time or the space for niche ingredients we'd only ever use once. Souva works with what you already have. You enter what you have by snapping a photo of your fridge, scanning a barcode, or typing it in, and the app finds recipes you can actually make right now. If you're like me and always…
Jul 2026 · souva.app · its alternatives →
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I am happy to announce the updated release of my web app, 7courses. http://7courses.com/ 7courses makes it ridiculously easy to jot down and manage your collection of recipes. As someone who cooks, I often find recipes online or in cookbooks, but have no way to organize them. I have been looking for a digital "recipe box". After plenty of searching I just made my own. 7courses was built around the idea that you should be able to choose how you want to organize your recipes, and doing so should be easy and quick. The UI is responsive and intuitive, with a no frills design. Just jump right in…
2011 · 7courses.com · its alternatives →
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Swap any food, keep the same macros. Nothing else.
Jul 2026 · fillthewrap.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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Scan your fridge, save money & reduce food waste with AI
2025 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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My free to use app lets you schedule your favorite recipes with a few clicks
2024 · simplechore.xyz · its alternatives →
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Hi hn! It has always annoyed me that recipe websites are so cluttered and have so much (in my opinion) useless fluff, so I made a little website to solve that problem! One good thing about SEO for once is that Google has pretty much forced the internet to adopt JSON-LD for recipes so many recipes are directly extractable and for others I have several fall back parsers including an indieweb parser :) If you do find a website that is broken feel free to click the flag button or share it as I would love to fix any edge cases
Apr 2026 · tangled.org · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, Happy to share the project I've been vibe-coding on for past few months. The Problem: Like many people, I often found myself staring at a fridge full of random ingredients (some about to expire) with no idea what to cook. I was tired of food waste and the repetitive cycle of making the same few meals. I wanted a way to creatively use what I already had. The Solution: So, I decided to build Chefiniti. It's an iOS app that acts as a personal AI chef. The core idea is to turn your available food into delicious, custom recipes. I know there are already tons of apps like it but this one is…
2025 · chefiniti.app · its alternatives →
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FlavorForge▲13No recipe ideas? Just tell us what's in your fridge
2025 · recipe-generator-sable.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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All your recipes in one place. Save recipes from anywhere.
Jan 2026 · foodofile.com · its alternatives →
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Avoid food waste by cooking meals based on your ingredients
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Share food, not waste. Connect with neighbors who need it.
Dec 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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