Is there a good app for log what I cooked?
Fully Served: 15 apps already serve this, and 11 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Good apps already cover what people want. You'd need a strong wedge.
Data refreshed September 7, 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 log what I cooked, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| logging a recipe doesn't capture macros/colors | bug | 1 | it won't log the micros of what color foods it was or how many grams of protein it was |
| frustrating meal logging | ux | 1 | Meal logging is frustrating at best, imposible at worst |
| too complex to log simple meals | ux | 1 | non posso scrivere pasta con pomodoro 100cal.. è per frustrati maniaci |
| log drinks within a meal | missing-feature | 1 | Хотелось бы иметь возможность записывать напитки к приему пищи, не как отдельный прием |
| meal time-of-day logging | missing-feature | 1 | не хватает возможности указать время приёма |
| cannot log partial portion of saved meal | missing-feature | 1 | я хочу зїсти її не всю, а наприклад 200 грм |
| reduced to just meal logging vs original | other | 1 | This is also nothing in any way shape or form except for logging meals compared to the original |
| food-log entry editing | ux | 1 | es bien complicado editar para agregar marcas o detalles |
| too many clicks to log a meal | ux | 1 | When I go to log a meal it’s too many clicks, and I have to move my thumb from bottom of screen to top |
| time-consuming food logging | ux | 1 | Es braucht viel Zeit |
| missing cooking times in recipes | other | 1 | non indica neanche i tempi di cottura |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creami Recipes & Pint Log | 0.0 | 0 | $4.99 |
| Food Diary - Photo & Story | 0.0 | 0 | $0.99 |
| Otter - Food Diary | 4.5 | 21 | $1.99 |
| Restaurant Review Diary | 5.0 | 1 | $1.99 |
| HomeLog for HomeKit | 3.6 | 28 | $4.99 |
| Sourdough Journal | 4.2 | 4 | $7.99 |
| 奶茶日历-每日奶茶咖啡记录 | 0.0 | 0 | $0.99 |
| Borel. | 4.7 | 66 | Free |
Should you build it?
Good apps already cover what people want. You'd need a strong wedge. Opportunity here scores 21 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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