Is there a good app for import recipes from websites?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
96
Opportunity /100
98
Demand /100
33
Competition /100
98
Execution gap /100
2
Apps serving it
80
Mined complaints
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to import recipes from websites, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| cant find saved recipes | ux | 2 | I've saved several recipes, but cannot for the life of my find how to access them |
| recipes not saving | reliability | 2 | the app didn't save a single one |
| cannot import recipes from external sources | missing-feature | 1 | the fact that I can no longer add recipes from elsewhere... a limitation to have to looking in several apps |
| cannot import written recipes from social media | reliability | 1 | It can't import anything except photos of recipes ... misleading advertisements |
| web recipe import doesn't work | missing-feature | 1 | importing recipes from the web does not work |
| recipes do not import | reliability | 1 | Tried importing 10 different recipes not one of them uploaded |
| cant import external recipes into collection | missing-feature | 1 | I was able to transfer a recipe from a source outside the app... I can no longer do that |
| recipe import limited to specific formats | missing-feature | 1 | the app just doesn’t accept recipes from blogs/only can import from very specific formats |
| recipe import via URL broken | bug | 1 | import recipes via url...This feature does not work and none of the recipes I’ve tried have imported |
| recipe import does not work | reliability | 1 | I've tried to import several recipes and none of them have actually worked |
| Instagram recipes do not import | reliability | 1 | None of the recipes I sent from Instagram imported. I tried 20 different ones |
| recipes dont transfer/import accurately | reliability | 1 | Not all recipes transfer well ... I end up having to type all the directions myself |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReciMe: Recipes & Meal Planner | 4.8★ | 236,805 | Free |
| Cooking Fever: Restaurant Game | 4.5★ | 336,488 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 96 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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