iCostRecipes

August 2009 – August 2009

iCostRecipes is an iPhone utility for cooks and small-scale food businesses that calculates recipe costs, manages ingredient databases, converts measurements, and stores personal recipe collections.

Business Purpose & Overview

iCostRecipes is an iPhone productivity app for home cooks and small food businesses that need to estimate the cost of recipes. Users build an ingredient catalog, define measurements and conversions, create recipes, and see calculated costs per dish.

Key Features & Capabilities

Recipe creation and personal recipe library
Ingredient database with add/edit workflows
Unit conversion for cooking measurements
Recipe cost calculation from ingredients and quantities
Measurement reference and conversion tables
Searchable recipe list with custom cells

Technical Architecture

iCostRecipes is a single-tier iPhone app written in Objective-C with UIKit. It uses custom model objects for recipes, ingredients, and measurements, and standard UITableView-driven navigation for browsing, adding, and editing records. The app was built with Xcode 3.1 for iPhone OS 3.0+.

Component Ecosystem

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iCostRecipes

iPhone Only

iCostRecipes is an iPhone utility for cooks and small-scale food businesses that calculates recipe costs, manages ingredient databases, converts measurements, and stores personal recipe collections.

iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4

OS: iPhone OS 3.0 – iOS 6.1.6

Features (6)

Recipe creation and personal recipe library
Ingredient database with add/edit workflows
Unit conversion for cooking measurements
Recipe cost calculation from ingredients and quantities
Measurement reference and conversion tables
Searchable recipe list with custom cells