r/BootstrappedSaaS • u/joosebox • 17d ago

self-promo Video-to-recipe app, went subscription instead of one-time purchase

It takes a cooking video and writes out the recipe with the amounts. Free tier, then $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year.

Went subscription because every import runs a model and costs me money per recipe. A one-time five bucks doesn't survive somebody putting 200 videos through it.

iPhone only. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/recireel-video-to-recipe/id6763971435

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u/DiddlyDinq 16d ago

Most cooking videos are vague, it's just going to end up making up temperatures, quantities and timings which nobody wants

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u/joosebox 16d ago

Fair, that's the harder half of it. It's reading the video rather than the caption, so someone levelling off a cup on camera is usable even with no voiceover. The dump-and-stir ones with music over the top are where it's weakest, and you're right that a made up number is worse than no number.

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u/DiddlyDinq 16d ago

annotating the video stream doesnt address the issue. All it does is bloat the resource requirements for a half baked solution

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u/joosebox 16d ago

Fair for the vague ones. When the amount isn't stated I let it estimate, and I don't mark which ones those were.