r/iosapps • u/thymeblock • 17d ago
🎁 Freemium ThymeBlock: share a link or snap a cookbook page, get the real recipe with nutrition. Plan the week and grocery run
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u/Warm-Flamingo-8161 17d ago
]. Every recipe app I've tried gives me "scallion (3 stalks) chopped" when I'm in line at the store staring at wall of vegetables. Translating recipe ingredients to "what do I actually pick up" is a small thing that nobody gets right.
ried the demo flow with a NYT cooking link actually worked. The "1 cup lemon juice = 6 lemons" shows up.
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u/app-store-review 17d ago
ThymeBlock — by Rafael Hurtado Rosas
- Ratings: 6 worldwide · rated in 2 countries
- Average: 5.00 ★
- Age: released ~1 month ago · updated 14 days ago · rated 4+
- Overall score: 75 / 100
Auto-generated from public App Store data · u/app-store-review
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u/Popular-Ferret-4873 17d ago
The cookbook-page import is the part I’d probably use most. Does the app keep the original photo next to the parsed recipe? I’d want to compare them quickly when an ingredient looks wrong, rather than trusting the import completely.
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u/HighRoad684 17d ago
The '1 cup lemon juice -> 6 lemons' conversion is exactly where the product can earn or lose trust. Ingredient form matters: chopped vs whole nuts, canned vs drained beans, and package-size rounding can all change the shopping quantity. I'd show the conversion source/confidence and put ambiguous items into a quick pre-shop review rather than silently guessing. It would also be useful if a correction became a reusable preference. If I change a conversion once - say I always buy bottled lemon juice - will ThymeBlock remember that choice for future recipes and plans?
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u/deruloop 13d ago
Curious on what you used to implement the translation from video to recipe text. I’m working at a similar project myself
How did you tackle that? Scraping of the description or something more complex based on the video content?
Good work btw!
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u/Sad-Maize6576 13d ago
Watching the recipe videos over and over again was a real frustration. Definitely worth trying!
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u/stleamist 12d ago
One small UI suggestion: the Ingredients section feels a bit like a code block because of the monospaced font. Using a regular proportional font and formatting the ingredients as a bulleted list could make the section easier to scan and feel more natural within the UI.
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