Is there a good app for find recipes by ingredients I have?
Prime Gap: 18 apps already serve this, and 65 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to find recipes by ingredients I have, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| duplicate recipe results | other | 4 | it gave me 1 recipe repeated 100 times...chips made outta cheese. |
| limited recipe filters | missing-feature | 2 | better filters. Not everyone uses Oz |
| cant search saved recipes by ingredients | missing-feature | 1 | if I'm searching for something I made before but just remember the ingredients, it doesn't get me there |
| find recipes from ingredients on hand | missing-feature | 1 | Also to first list ingredients, and then get recipes |
| cant filter recipes by ingredients | missing-feature | 1 | The filtering, or lack thereof, makes finding recipes based on ingredients poor |
| recipe discovery without known ingredients | ux | 1 | You have to input what's in a recipe your looking for....if I knew...wouldn't need a recipe ! |
| can no longer search recipes by ingredient | missing-feature | 1 | I used to be able to search recipes based on ingredients and I can't do that anymore |
| recipe search clarity | ux | 1 | das Suchen nach Rezepten ist manchmal Etwas unübersichtlich |
| cant find known recipes by title | ux | 1 | i can't find recipes i know bon appétit has, even by searching for the recipe title |
| can't search by multiple ingredients | missing-feature | 1 | I just want to enter more than one ingredient when searching for drinks by ingredient |
| more ingredients and recipes wanted | missing-feature | 1 | maybe there could be more ingredients and recipes please |
| ingredient-to-recipe linking | missing-feature | 1 | allowing to link an ingredient to a different recipe |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| myrecipes ™ | 2.2 | 13 | Free |
| My Recipes - Cookbook | 1.0 | 1 | $0.99 |
| AllRecipe app | 3.0 | 116 | Free |
| RecipeBox - Save Your Recipes! | 4.7 | 13,860 | Free |
| Kitchen Buddy | 3.8 | 4 | $0.99 |
| Yoomla・Recipe Keeper & Planner | 4.6 | 295 | Free |
| ckbk: discover great cookbooks | 4.7 | 96 | Free |
| Kitchen Calculator PRO | 4.2 | 189 | $2.99 |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 84 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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