Is there a good app for search recipes by diet or cuisine?
Lacks Features: 49 apps already serve this, and 34 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature.
Data refreshed August 3, 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 search recipes by diet or cuisine, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| diet-type variety | missing-feature | 2 | só mostra um tipo de dieta |
| limited recipe filters | missing-feature | 2 | better filters. Not everyone uses Oz |
| full-text recipe search | missing-feature | 1 | Only searches titles |
| search foods by nutrient content | missing-feature | 1 | Ich würde aber auch sehr gern nach Bestandteilen suchen, wie - in welchen Lebensmitteln ist sehr viel Kalium |
| recipe search relevance | bug | 1 | When searching my recipes, the results are not relative, then refreshes to another different list |
| search within logged daily foods | missing-feature | 1 | eine Suche in den bereits täglich eingegebenen Lebensmitteln |
| recipe search clarity | ux | 1 | das Suchen nach Rezepten ist manchmal Etwas unübersichtlich |
| recipe suggestions from available food | missing-feature | 1 | it should give u a recipe for the for what u have so u can make a quick meal with it but it doesn't |
| cant find known recipes by title | ux | 1 | i can't find recipes i know bon appétit has, even by searching for the recipe title |
| recipe search coverage | other | 1 | no results for roasted brussle sprouts? |
| cant store/filter recipes by food type and meal | missing-feature | 1 | you can’t store by food type and meal |
| search doesnt return relevant recipes | missing-feature | 1 | Search never finds what I'm looking for. Searched vegetable soup and it showed me everything but |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| myrecipes ™ | 2.2 | 13 | Free |
| AllRecipes! | 2.0 | 2 | Free |
| Cookpad Recipes | 4.8 | 4,281 | Free |
| allrecipes ® | 2.2 | 11 | Free |
| AllRecipe app | 3.0 | 116 | Free |
| The Doctor’s Kitchen | 4.8 | 266 | Free |
| ckbk: discover great cookbooks | 4.7 | 96 | Free |
| Yummy Recipes Cookbook & Cook | 4.6 | 26,732 | Free |
Should you build it?
Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature. Opportunity here scores 73 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.
Who has tried building this
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| prashanthk02/whatssup | stale | 2 | JavaScript |
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