Show HN: iOS Grocery List App Powered by Whisper and GPT4(apps.apple.com)
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Show HN: iOS Grocery List App Powered by Whisper and GPT4
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/honeydo-speak-snap-and-shop/id6473463998?platform=iphone
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Thanks for sharing, and creating! This is great - solves a real problem we have at home, too.
First impression was great, worked as advertised and delighted with the auto-categorisation. Handled a ‘not a tangible item scenario’ (snacks for a share plate at a party) smartly.
I can see a want for multiple lists in our household over time (seemed like I could only have one locally but didn’t try too hard to find if I could).
Love that it is native, lightning quick UI and launch.
First impression was great, worked as advertised and delighted with the auto-categorisation. Handled a ‘not a tangible item scenario’ (snacks for a share plate at a party) smartly.
I can see a want for multiple lists in our household over time (seemed like I could only have one locally but didn’t try too hard to find if I could).
Love that it is native, lightning quick UI and launch.
Thanks for the feedback! Delighted to hear it's working well for you. Currently, HoneyDo supports one list to keep the initial release simple, but multiple lists are on the roadmap.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention a feature "Pic to Pick". It's pretty cool; you take a photo of a dish or your fridge's contents, and the app (in this case powered by GPT-4's vision model), identifies the items and suggests them for your list. In my tests it works great.
Works for me. almost an 'AI marriage' saver .
It's great to know it's saving the day!
I'm an iOS engineer who took on the seemingly mad task of creating a new grocery app in this day and age. Yes, there are plenty out there, but I promise there's a method to my madness.
It's born out of a personal need – my wife would rattle off a list of things to buy, and I'd struggle to remember them all. She's not a fan of typing into apps or shared notes, and honestly, neither am I when it's about speed. The epiphany was that all existing grocery apps have an input problem. They're not catering to the way real people communicate about errands. So, I built HoneyDo to solve my own problem, which I suspect might be yours too.
Here's how it works: You or your partner can tell HoneyDo what to buy in a natural, conversational manner. "We need eggs, milk, and don't forget the chocolate cake that's near the entrance." Whisper and GPT4 processes this and voila, a neatly organized list appears on both your phones (synced via iCloud).
Technically speaking, I've crafted a full-stack solution with Swift (it's a native iOS app), and a Node.js-powered backend on AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and OpenAI's API.
I'd love to get feedback. Whether it's about the UI/UX, the technical stack, or how the app performs in real-life scenarios, I'm all ears. I'm here to learn and improve, so please, be brutally honest.