FOOBY: Recipes & More is a culinary utility for iOS and Android that offers recipe discovery, automated shopping lists, and a personal cookbook feature.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app removes the friction of managing disparate recipe sources by allowing users to consolidate digital links and physical cookbook photos into one searchable profile.
For Home cooks ranging from beginners to professionals who require meal planning, shopping assistance, and recipe organization.
What does it look like?
Key features
Generates custom recipes using artificial intelligence models
Automatically adjusts ingredient quantities based on serving sizes and sorts by supermarket aisle
Aggregates external recipe links and user-uploaded photos of printed recipes into a centralized profile
How much does it cost?
The app operates as a free, ad-supported utility with no visible IAP or subscription gates.
Velocity
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The app currently operates at a maintenance cadence, averaging approximately one release every seven weeks. Development activity is currently focused on integrating AI features and addressing technical debt through performance and bug fixes. There is no evidence of a recurring live-ops schedule or high-frequency feature deployment. The current pace suggests a stable, low-intensity update cycle.
Who built it?
Coop
12 apps tracked · Food & Drink
Coop Depositenkasse
WeNeed. Die Einkaufsliste
JUMBO - Garten, Haus & Hobby
Supercard
WeNeed, the shopping list
Coop's online supermarket
Coop supermarket
FOOBY: Recipes & Cooking
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What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads mixed. Users appreciate detailed recipe instructions and ingredient scaling options help home cooks achieve consistent results during meal preparation and the ability to save and organize personal recipe collections provides a useful tool for meal planning, but report frequent application crashes and connection errors disrupt the cooking process and force users to restart searches.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Detailed recipe instructions and ingredient scaling options help home cooks achieve consistent results during meal preparation
- The ability to save and organize personal recipe collections provides a useful tool for meal planning
- Frequent application crashes and connection errors disrupt the cooking process and force users to restart searches
50 of 50 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for FOOBY: Recipes & More
How's the Food & Drink market?
FOOBY holds a 4.73 rating on iOS across 94 reviews, but the 2.78 rating on Android across 3,187 reviews signals a significant technical disparity. The lack of monetization gates suggests the app functions primarily as a retention tool for the broader Coop retail brand.
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Key takeaways for FOOBY: Recipes & More
Where is it heading?
The food and drink utility market is shifting toward integrated planning and grocery delivery, leaving FOOBY exposed if it remains a static recipe repository. The PM must prioritize platform stability to prevent further rating erosion, as the current technical debt is the primary barrier to scaling the user base.
- Frequent crashes and favorite-recipe loss in the latest version erode user trust, which directly correlates with the low Android rating.
- The addition of AI-powered recipe generation shows active feature investment, signaling that the app is not in a long-term maintenance state.
The SWOT
- Personal cookbook feature aggregates external links and physical photos into a centralized, high-switching-cost repository
- Integrating with third-party grocery list apps would satisfy a top-requested utility gap
Next best moves
Audit Android crash logs because connection errors are the top-cited frustration theme → stabilize the core retention loop
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's lack of monetization is its primary competitive advantage…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The report identifies a strategic shift in FOOBY's market positioning toward a retail-retention tool for the Coop brand, alongside a more granular assessment of the 1.95-point Android-iOS rating disparity.
Bottom line
Stabilizing the Android experience is the prerequisite for growth, as the current technical instability negates the utility of the personal cookbook feature. Addressing these crashes will unlock the retention potential of the existing user base before adding new planning features.
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Is FOOBY free to use?
Does FOOBY work offline?
Can I save recipes from other websites?
Sources
- [1] Play Store listing, source
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