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Life & fun · November 3, 2024

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…

Tinder, but to decide what to eat launched on November 3, 2024 with 266 votes, #155 of 4,990 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

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In plain words

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 combinations they can swipe through together to find a match. Designed for households that struggle with dinner decision fatigue, it streamlines the process of choosing meals by replacing lengthy text message negotiations with a simple, collaborative voting system.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Struggling to decide what’s for dinner? WhatDinner.com helps couples and families plan meals effortlessly with customizable recipes, preferences, and simple meal planning tools. Make dinner stress-free today!

WhatDinner makes it easy for couples to decide on a meal together . Our simple meal planning interface is designed for couples who enjoy cooking dinner as a team. Manage your recipes and see at a glance how often you want to prepare them. Decide how often you'd like to prepare your own recipe. We respect and integrate your preferences for eachfrom whatdinner.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

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…

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