PurePlates – A Recipe Scraping iOS App
Hey Everyone! This is my first post on Hacker News, and I wanted to share my project with you! From a young age, I dreamed of becoming a chef, but life took me down the path of software engineering instead. Nevertheless, my passion for creating delicious meals has always remained close to my heart. This journey led me to seek out recipes to enhance my cooking skills, but I often found myself frustrated by the websites I encountered—ads everywhere, walls of text, and recipes that were difficult to follow. That’s where PurePlates comes in. PurePlates allows users to share a recipe through…
PurePlates – A Recipe Scraping iOS App launched on September 30, 2024 with 8 votes, #1,619 of 5,281 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
What it does
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This app legit makes cooking so much easier. Find a URL of a recipe you like but hate scrolling through ads and random instruction formats? This is ONE easy to follow format, and it gives you all the ingredients and calories up front - oh and you can make categories and save them for later AND share with friends - best kitchen app! This app legit makes cooking so much easier. Find a URL of a recipe you like but hate scrolling through ads and random instruction formats? This is ONE easy to follow format, and it gives you all the ingredients and calories up front - oh and you can make categories and save them for later AND share with friends - best kitchen app! To help you better understand…from apps.apple.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey Everyone! This is my first post on Hacker News, and I wanted to share my project with you! From a young age, I dreamed of becoming a chef, but life took me down the path of software engineering instead. Nevertheless, my passion for creating delicious meals has always remained close to my heart. This journey led…
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