Hello everyone!
First off, I hope this post is ok. I checked the rules, it seems like it is, but... Anyway!
I'm a software engineer with a passion for cooking and baking, and recently I've been developing an app to solve some issues I had with existing recipe/cooking guide apps.
It is definitely not yet ready to be shared, but I've been personally testing it for a few weeks and, at least in my experience, it's being extremely helpful. So much so that I'm actually thinking it might be worth sharing after some polishing.
The main features it has as of now are:
\- ingredient quantities are not only in the ingredient list at the top, but can be inserted into the recipe steps themselves, including fractions. Quantity in both ingredient list and recipe steps automatically scales with the required portions.
I hated having to keep scrolling up and down to double-check quantities.
- timers are integrated in the app, directly into the recipe steps themselves.
No more going back and forth between the recipe and timer app, or relying on remembering the right time by watching the kitchen clock.
- "focus mode", which presents you one step at a time, and has awareness of what can be done and what has to wait for a previous step (so long as the recipe is written correctly).
So I'm here to ask you all your opinions to improve it even more.
Do you use apps when cooking or baking? If you don't, assuming you didn't find any that is good enough, what were they missing for you to consider?
If you use apps: what are the features you like? And more importantly: what features do you wish the app had?
Thank you! I will share the app in the future. If you're interested, feel free to ask me anything!