Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Tinder, but to decide what to eat
Hello HN, My girlfriend and I waste too much energy to decide what to eat. Every day, we would text each other, "what do we eat tonight" messages, and go over options and many times spend too much time on deciding. I am an indie dev and created this app to solve my own problem: decide with my girlfriend what to eat for dinner. Initially, I created a simple app, in which we listed all the recipes we ever prepared, and it would propose randomly three of them. We would then choose together one of them. This app[0] turned into a tinder-like app, which would propose every day a set of recipes to…
WhatDinner is a meal-planning app that helps couples decide what to eat by swiping through recipe suggestions in a Tinder-like interface. Users build a list of recipes they've prepared, and the app proposes daily… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Tinder, but to decide what to eat launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Simple Meal Planer to aid you decide on what to cook or eat
2024 · whatdinner.com · its alternatives →
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SomeYum▲2Recipe swiper - tinder for food recipes | quick dinner ideas
Nov 2025 · visieasy.com · its alternatives →
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Tinder Stacks▲142Make decisions with your friends with a swipe in iMessage
2016 · tinderpressroom.com · its alternatives →
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Unforkd▲24Tinder for restaurants — swipe together, eat together
May 2026 · unforkd.com · its alternatives →
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Swipe, vote & pick restaurants with your friends
2017 · ktchup.com · its alternatives →
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End the pain of deciding what's for dinner once and for all!
2020 · sporkfed.app · its alternatives →
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16 foods compete in head-to-head matchups until one winner remains. Built with React + Framer Motion. Feedback welcome!
Nov 2025 · thedinnerdecider.au · its alternatives →
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Meals You Love is a meal planning app that creates weekly meal plans tailored to your tastes and dietary preferences. It integrates with Kroger and Instacart's APIs so you can add your meal plan groceries directly to your cart. You can also import your own recipes to include alongside AI suggestions. I originally built this to help my wife with meal planning and grocery shopping. We were always struggling to decide what to make and inevitably forgot ingredients. Most meal planners felt too rigid or generic, and few handled the grocery side well (or at all). We've also used meal kits like…
Oct 2025 · mealsyoulove.com · its alternatives →
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A Tinder-style app for deciding where to eat!
2020 · findalicious.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
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