SuperCook is a recipe generator for Android that matches household pantry ingredients against a database of 11 million recipes.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#139
▲33Food & Drink · free
Sentiment
4.6
19k reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
It removes the cognitive friction of meal planning by only displaying recipes that can be prepared immediately with available items, thereby reducing food waste.
For Home cooks and busy individuals looking to minimize grocery trips and reduce food waste by utilizing existing kitchen inventory.
What does it look like?
Key features
Filters 11 million recipes to display only those compatible with the user's current pantry.
Microphone-enabled input for adding multiple ingredients to the pantry via speech.
User-defined inventory of ingredients categorized by type.
How much does it cost?
The app operates as a free utility with no visible subscription gates or IAP in the current build.
Velocity
Dormant developmentopaqueShow more...
SuperCook - Recipe Generator has been inactive for 292 days, placing it firmly in the zombie category. With only one version recorded in the analyzed window and no updates since October 2025, there is no evidence of ongoing development or maintenance. The lack of recent activity suggests the project is no longer being actively supported.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans thrilled. Users appreciate the ingredient-based search functionality effectively reduces food waste by suggesting recipes for items already in the pantry and the interface provides a simple and intuitive experience that makes meal planning accessible for users with limited cooking time, but report external recipe links often lead to ad-heavy websites that obscure the actual cooking instructions and ingredient lists.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Weekly average review rating
What users say, by theme
- The ingredient-based search functionality effectively reduces food waste by suggesting recipes for items already in the pantry
- The interface provides a simple and intuitive experience that makes meal planning accessible for users with limited cooking time
- The extensive recipe database offers diverse meal inspiration that helps users break out of repetitive cooking routines
- External recipe links often lead to ad-heavy websites that obscure the actual cooking instructions and ingredient lists
50 of 50 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Thrilled overall
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Competitive landscape for SuperCook - Recipe Generator
How's the Food & Drink market?
SuperCook maintains a 4.6-star rating across 18,521 total ratings, signaling strong product-market fit for its core utility. However, the 292-day update gap suggests the current market position is static, leaving the app vulnerable to more active competitors who integrate nutritional filtering.
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Key takeaways for SuperCook - Recipe Generator
Where is it heading?
The recipe-utility market is consolidating around apps that offer integrated, ad-free cooking experiences. SuperCook's current maintenance-only posture leaves it exposed to competitors that provide native recipe rendering and nutritional tracking, which will likely lead to a gradual decline in active usage.
- The 292-day update gap suggests the product is in maintenance-only mode, which prevents the team from addressing top-requested nutritional filtering features.
- Reliance on external recipe links forces users into ad-heavy environments, which directly erodes the user experience and increases churn risk.
The SWOT
- AI-driven matching engine processes 11 million recipes
- Native recipe rendering would eliminate third-party ad friction
Next best moves
Audit external link navigation because users report ad-heavy sites obscure instructions → improve retention
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The lack of updates is not just a…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The competitive outlook shifted from stable to declining as the 292-day update gap persists, and new user feedback highlights a dependency on internet connectivity for core recipe access.
Bottom line
SuperCook's core matching engine provides high utility, but the reliance on ad-heavy external sites and the lack of recent updates creates a significant churn risk. Pivoting to native recipe rendering would address the primary user complaint and stabilize the retention funnel.
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Is SuperCook free to use?
Does SuperCook work offline?
Can I filter recipes by diet or nutrition?
Sources
- [1] Play Store listing, source
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