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24 alternatives to WhatToCook.org

Search recipes by name, category, or by ingredients you have

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. WhatToCook.org launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Meal Engine▲73

   Search recipes by ingredients

   2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Foodies: Recipe by ingredients▲117

   Search recipes by ingredients. Tons of recipes to choose.

   2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   DishTango▲83

   What's for dinner? Recipes using your ingredients

   2019 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   What Can I Cook At Home▲86

   Search for recipes that best match the ingredients you have

   2021 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   What's For Dinner?▲100

   A new recipe every day 🍕🥗🍔🍲

   2018 · cookthis.xyz · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Frydge▲114

   Search recipes by ingredients

   2020 · frydge.app · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Noodles Explore▲89

   Find the best recipes on the web.

   2015 · getnoodl.es · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Discover Meals▲128

   Find the meal recipes by the ingredients that you select.

   2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   UnitStand▲69

   Recipe search engine by ingredients

   2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

10. 10DR
    Discover Recipes by Ingredients▲55

    2014 · skipthepizza.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Stovetop▲96

    No BS recipe search engine

    2021 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Famysh▲86

    Find Recipes and Restaurants When You Can't Decide

    2021 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Recipe Finder Demo▲6

    Find recipes with whatever ingredients you have to hand.

    2025 · recipe-finder-demo.up.railway.app · its alternatives →

14. 14
    YouGotCooking▲80

    Recipes with ingredients you have at home, easy & zero waste

    2023 · yougotcooking.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    EatHow▲161

    Figure out what to make with the food you already have

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Munchy, a search engine to discover recipes▲79

    Introducing Munchy, a search engine for recipes. Search recipes by ingredients and filter by your dietary preferences.

    2021 · joinmunchy.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Just the Recipe▲133

    Remove clutter from recipes and get right to the instruction

    2021 · justtherecipe.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Kitchenese▲94

    Recipe discovery through inventory matching

    2023 · kitchenese.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    munchlab▲145

    Get recipes based on ingredients you have at home

    2019 · sedo.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    EatAI▲95

    Recipe recs based on prefs - digital cookbook & meal plan

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Meals App▲118

    Awesome meal plans and tasty recipes 😋

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    CookTime – Recipe index▲73

    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…

    2022 · letscooktime.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    What Dinner?▲64

    Can't decide what to have for dinner? Let this app choose!

    2019 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Cuisine▲56

    Meal planification and preparation made simple

    2021 · pirocso.com · its alternatives →

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