It's great to see my good friend @andreaskam, the maker of the Fit Men Cook app, out with another handy recipe app. I've been religiously using FMC recipes. I'm really looking forward to the healthy option of cooking only vegetables in season using Krautkopf.
@paul_s_kemp Thank you so much Paul! We've been away from Product Hunt for a while since FitMenCook outvoted Snoop Dog's album launch(!!!) but it feels great to have something new to show hunters.
My boyfriend is a Vegetarian (I'm not - I'm Pescatarian), but he does a lot of the cooking, which means I"m eating a lot less seafood. When I cook, I get so lost because Idk what to make (that's not a salad), and get overwhelmed quickly. This app would be so helpful, especially for me. Plus the food looks delicious. Thak you @kikischirr for hunting this!
@anselm_k I often hear from my friends: "Apps should be free, I'm not paying for this!". That's fair - it's everyone choice and they don't have to pay for it. But of course if nobody pays it's impossible to create an app. If nobody pays, the Krautkopf app would never exist.
Why the higher price? Three reasons:
1. The app has a less broad appeal than FitMenCook, so we have to make the revenue we can from the audience we have. Keep in mind it was 2-3 months or recipe development and 2-3 months of app development (not to mention the 3 years we've put in to recipe apps already). None of that is free.
2. FitMenCook has additional in app purchases that can make additional revenue.
3. The other option is a free app with lots of advertising - we think that detracts from the experience and we're against advertisers being able to track our users behaviour
I'd invite you to consider the opinion that apps in general are a bargain. A recipe book is $20+ and will give you limited functionality.
I hope that perhaps helps a little bit to explain - thank you for sending the question.
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@andreaskam No worries, as a developer I fully understand. I have no problem with paying. I just feel like as vegetarian I too often have to pay a little more for choosing no to keep damaging the environment , it is not fair even when taking into account the market size issue ☹️
@iliescualex thank you very much! It was a labour of love - the Krautkopf guys (Suzann & Yannic) have an amazing eye for detail, so it added a few challenges because we were using custom fonts (not for the faint hearted!).
Krautkopf recipes are inspired by produce at the local farmers market, with a focus on cooking dishes that are in season as it usually means more flavour, lower cost and a friendlier approach to the environment.
Many of the recipes are gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan. Refined sugar is replaced with natural sweeteners such as honey, rice syrup and coconut sugar.
With the Krautkopf app, we wanted to highlight the beautiful food photography, so we've gone for a minimal design and adapted to some of the browsing styles that people are used to - for example, you can swipe to move between recipes (like a cookbook) and you can double tap on a recipe picture to add it to your favourites (like Instagram).
We then added in features that we felt would make cooking easier, like ticking off each step as you go along, so you don't lose your place in the recipe.
The feature perhaps most loved by users is the shopping list, which is organised by aisle. This is a real time saver at the grocery store.
Anyway - that's enough of an introduction from me but if there are any questions - I'd be happy to answer!
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@andreaskam Honey, rice syrup etc are all simple carbohydrates. Your body doesn't care one way or the other - it reacts the same to them, whatever the source. People are fooling themselves by assuming that honey, for example, is in any way healthier than plain white sugar.
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@andreaskam Congrats on launching the app. Love the design and something that caters to vegetarians. Will be passing this onto my friends, they'll love it.
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