
Recipe One
Save all your recipes at one place
AI · Founded 2025
- Mobile Apps
- AI
- Content Creation
- Productivity
Can you vibecode this?
Yes
The core loop — paste a link or share a video, AI extracts the recipe, store it in a searchable library with meal planning and a grocery list — is pure code. Expo app, LLM extraction, sync, and paywall wire up with no licence or catalogue required.
The business
Total revenueEstimated from public sources and the business’s own reporting, not independently verified.
$20K+
Verified recently
Monthly revenueEstimated from public sources and the business’s own reporting, not independently verified.
$1K+/mo
↑ Growing · 60-day average
Peak month
~$3K
Best single month
Growth
~2.5×
Early months vs recent
Profit margin
82%
For owners
Own Recipe One? List it for sale.
Founders read this page looking for a business to build like your $1K+/mo one — some would rather buy one that already works. They skip the line, you get a clean exit. $25 one-time, no commission.
Why it works
Value proposition
Saves any recipe from any source into one clean, searchable library.
Problem
Recipes scattered across screenshots, saved posts and forgotten bookmarks.
Audience
Home cooks who collect recipes from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and food blogs.
Business model
App subscription charged through the App Store, with no pricing page currently live.
Can you vibecode this?
Yes
The core loop — paste a link or share a video, AI extracts the recipe, store it in a searchable library with meal planning and a grocery list — is pure code. Expo app, LLM extraction, sync, and paywall wire up with no licence or catalogue required.
Moat
- Switching costs
- Proprietary data
Why people pay Recipe One
Recipe One's 1,000+ users have already built personal libraries of saved recipes, organised cookbooks and meal plans inside the app. That accumulated collection is not easy to move, and a fresh copy starts empty.
Product complexity
LowA web and mobile app with AI extraction, cookbooks, meal planning and grocery lists.
Data
LowNo proprietary dataset; AI parses user-supplied links, images and videos on demand.
Integrations & infrastructure
LowStandard hosting and AI models handle extraction from public URLs and uploaded media.
Human operations
LowThe product is fully automated; no staff are needed to deliver recipes to users.
Regulation / hardware
LowNo licences or approvals are required to run a recipe-saving app.
Build this business
Use the build specification below with any AI coding tool, or build it directly with Leapd.
Build This with Leapd →Leapd builds
- Web app with recipe library, cookbooks, meal planner and grocery list
- Subscriptions with Stripe
- Superwall connection
- A landing page
Leapd runs
- Meta ads
- LinkedIn and X posts
- SEO and AI-search visibility
- A daily report of what shipped
Opportunity check
- Passes: Proven market: $1K+/mo already paid for it
- Partly: Proven model: NA
- Passes: Proven need: Home cooks need one recipe library
- Passes: Buildable: Leapd builds it end to end
Build a web app where home cooks save, organise and cook from recipes imported from any source, sold as a subscription.
Product:
- User accounts with a personal recipe library that syncs across devices
- AI extraction that pulls ingredients, steps, cook time and metadata from pasted URLs, uploaded photos, screenshots and video links
- Cookbooks: user-created collections to organise saved recipes, with tagging, rating and filtering by diet or cook time
- Distraction-free cooking view with screen-awake mode and no ads
- Meal planner where users pick saved recipes and schedule them for the week
- Grocery list builder that turns planned meals into a checklist users can check off while shopping
- Recipe sharing and PDF export
Billing:
- Subscription access charged with Stripe
Integrations:
- Superwall connection for paywall and subscription management via the customer's own credentials
Business details
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Questions
How much revenue does Recipe One make?
Recipe One has made $20K+ in revenue to date and brings in $1K+/mo, with its best month around $3K.
How does Recipe One make money?
Recipe One sells access to its AI-powered recipe keeper as an app subscription paid by home cooks.
Is Recipe One profitable?
Yes. Recipe One reports a 82% profit margin.
Is Recipe One growing?
Yes. Revenue has been rising over the last 3 months. Since its early months, monthly revenue has grown about 2.5×.
Can you vibecode a business like Recipe One?
Yes, with Leapd. It builds the product, then helps you find customers with outreach, ads and SEO. See the build spec →
Ready to build it?
The market is proven. The opportunity is real. Build your version with Leapd.
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