Complete Guide To Build Cooking Mobile App

Cooking apps have arrived as a quick resort to all the Mothers and homemakers when they couldn’t decide what to prepare for dinner or lunch. It is easy! No need to get the dusty cookbooks from the drawers or scroll through different recipe sites on the web. All they need is to open the app, dive into a range of recipes, choose one out of the lot and get the instructions well to prepare.

Clearly, if there’s one way to learn cooking on-the-go apart from going to cooking classes is using such a food recipe app.

 

While there’s no doubt that demand for cooking apps are fast increasing, how to make one that will meet up to their needs is a big concern for the appreneurs. It is not just another service-based app, but there’s much more about it. Here are discussed some of the must-include functionalities in a cooking app.

 

#1 Different cooking modes

Not just one group of people, but the app is supposed to target all. So, it can turn useless if it comes with just one or two modes of cooking. Vegan and non-vegan dishes, breakfast or lunch, snacks or desserts, Chinese and Continental, users can want any!  The app must cater to all the food preferences of the users by including a wide range of cuisines or cooking modes.

 

#2 Registration and profile creation formality

The users must have the option to login into the app using their own credentials,  like the phone number or email id. Login separately with credentials means users will have their own individual profiles, where they could enter their preferences, dislikes or best choices of cuisines. This is necessary because that is then only the app can suggest them recipes as per their food habits.

 

#3 Advanced search

The app must make it easy for all the users to get the right kind of recipe they want, and that too faster. So, there’s should be proper filters on the search field to allow them to find so such as dish category, country dishes, ingredients. Apart from that, the users also should be given the advanced option to search recipes as per the occasion, mood, cooking skills,  health, diet habits, etc.

 

#4 Instructional videos

Well, this is a mandatory feature to include because just the ingredients and a written procedure of how to prepare are not enough. Particularly, in the case of bit lengthy and complex dishes. In fact, there is a need for both images and video tutorials for each of the recipes to help users prepare the dishes easily.

 

#5 Addition of recipes

This is one extra feature but adds more charm to the app. Besides learning new recipes, they can help others learn too with their own fresh dish ideas. Many pro cooks can record and load images of their home-made recipes in their profiles, which can be seen and tried by others.

 

Apps have gradually become the part and parcel of every life. In every business or utilitarian area, there are apps to make things simple. But, creating one such app is a mammoth and challenging job. The idea givers or aspiring app owners need the concrete support from an app development company which knows well how to get apps for Android devices, iPhones and even build apps on iPad.

Rob Stephen is a seasoned app developer at Envertis, one of the pioneered firms for Android, iPhone and iPad app development in Australia with widespread excellence in the latest software or apps development tools.