Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to CookTime – Recipe index
Hi HN, COVID lockdowns made me and my wife cook a lot more at home, and we had a need to streamline our recipe management woes. These were some of the problems we identified: - Most recipe websites are what I call "mommy blogs", and the principal problem is that the recipe ingredient list and instructions are buried in a SEO-laden essay that we don't care about. We were sharing links to our favorite recipes, but links don't allow you to skip past the unnecessary essay prefacing the recipe. We knew we wanted a way to have recipes uncompromised by unrelated essays. - Popular recipe aggregating…
CookTime is a recipe index designed for home cooks who want to organize and share recipes without the clutter of blog content. It addresses the problem of recipe websites burying ingredient lists and instructions… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CookTime – Recipe index launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2021 · stovetop.app · its alternatives →
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Recipe Search with Typesense
2020 · recipe-search.typesense.org · its alternatives →
- 3IH
2019 · feastgenius.com · its alternatives →
- 4RS
1) Summary = RecipeHunt(http://recipehunt.app) is a Recipe Search Engine that gives you the only 3 things that matter in my opinion: (a) Picture, (b) Ingredients, (c) Directions 2) Problem = Every recipe site is bloated(e.g. full of ads, long backstory). I just want to see 3 things: Picture, Ingredients, Directions. 3) Solution = Built a simple Recipe Search Engine that gives you only those 3 things. 4) Tech Stack = Vanilla HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, SQL (some JQuery). Frameworks are too complicated for me, so I just wanted to build with what I know. 5) Design -Main Feed = Similar…
2022 · recipehunt.app · its alternatives →
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NYT Cooking▲278iPhone app with 17,000 free recipes from The New York Times
2015 · cooking.nytimes.com · its alternatives →
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Teeny Recipes▲277Search and filter Facebook recipe videos in one place 🍳🍔🍪
2016 · teenyrecipes.com · its alternatives →
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Just the Recipe▲133Remove clutter from recipes and get right to the instruction
2021 · justtherecipe.com · its alternatives →
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Search for recipes that best match the ingredients you have
2021 · its alternatives →
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Search recipes by name, category, or by ingredients you have
2022 · its alternatives →
- 107T
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 →
- 117T
2012 · 7courses.com · its alternatives →
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Introducing Munchy, a search engine for recipes. Search recipes by ingredients and filter by your dietary preferences.
2021 · joinmunchy.com · its alternatives →
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ReciMe▲95Ultimate cooking app to store recipes & share with friends
2023 · join.recime.app · its alternatives →
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Eatlicious▲163Simplify your mealtime process - from idea to plate
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 15EF
2017 · eathow.com · its alternatives →
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Recipes with ingredients you have at home, easy & zero waste
2023 · yougotcooking.com · its alternatives →
- 17MC
2011 · ingredientpairings.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · rapidrecipe.reichel.dev · its alternatives →
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- 23DR
2014 · skipthepizza.com · its alternatives →
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