Well this is late, as the post got flagged and reinstated, so I didn't get a chance to update with this comment, but better late than never:
Hi HN, I'm a solo developer and Trophikos is something I built mostly to scratch my own itch.
Most recipe apps I tried didn't fit what I was looking for, I wanted something to keep track of the food I cook, and the cocktails I make, plus a way to share something nicely formatted with the people in my life.
It's native to Apple platforms, there's no advertising and no third-party analytics, and sync runs through your own iCloud account rather than a server I control. Premium features (iCloud sync, custom themes, an Apple TV companion) are behind a subscription; the app itself is free to try.
Honest tradeoffs: it's iOS-only right now (macOS is on my list, not built yet), and it's deliberately not a meal planner or a discovery feed, if you want those, this isn't the app. It's a library for things you already cook.
I've been thinking about this idea and concept for the past couple years, but finally started designing and building late last year. I am really excited to have it out in the world finally.
Happy to answer anything about the design decisions, the privacy approach, or anything else I'd genuinely value feedback, including the critical kind.
Thank you! I haven’t implemented support for importing from IG, would you drop a couple of links and I’ll take a look and see! Searching on meta anything is so bad.
Hi, I’m working on Trophikos, a recipe organization app for iOS. Not a meal planner, not a social feed. Just a calm, well-designed place to collect your own recipes, food, baked goods, and even native support for cocktails. Manual entry, OCR importing, URL importing, and the ability to share and export.
I’m still actively working on it but just submitted to App Store review. TestFlight is open if anyone wants to try it before launch: https://testflight.apple.com/join/baWAQ4tj
Happy to hear any feedback, especially from people who currently store recipes across Notes, screenshots, and 15 open browser tabs.
How can they justify an exponential price increase like this? The blog post doesn’t really mention new features aside from bringing features from the desktop website to the mobile app…
Even though I bought my lifetime membership years ago, I think it’s time to explore other options. I don’t like this.
on Tuesday, with 4.6, I waited for my 5 hour window to reset, asked it to resume, and it burned up all my tokens for the next 5 hour window and ran for less than 10 seconds. I’ve never cancelled a subscription so fast.
Meta's algorithm on IG has gone so far down the toilet over the years. Before I deleted my account last year, I'd have to scroll through 5-7 sponsored posts before I'd actually see something from someone I actually follow. Nevermind the amount of regular old ads that were inserted into my feed.