I do agree Half Lemons does a better job than most of the apps that tackle this problem. Specifically I think the tag layout you’ve built does make it much faster to input your ingredients when you first download.
So I did that and felt like we might be onto something! There was no confirmation button or anything, and then I realized that’s the permanent ingredient tab. Ok.
Then I went over to the recipes tab. The images are way too big, especially once you click into a specific recipe.
The ingredients list is not particularly well formatted. I think making some abbreviations with the measurements would really help.
But the biggest thing is the same issue that every ingredient inventory app runs into. For me to update my ingredients, I have to either mark a curated recipe as cooked, or manually edit the list of ingredients, which isn’t so easy because there is no searching, and some are hidden.
Here are a few suggestions.
- Add search to the ingredients tab. Make it easy to select/deselect availability directly from the search results.
- Show some core ingredients with each recipe in the recipe list. And make them buttons that I can tap or long press, so I can tell Half Lemons if I don’t have those ingredients any more.
- Do the same on each recipe, if I long press on an ingredient.
Wow! Excellent feedback! Sincere thanks for putting in the time to not only try the app, but also share such thoughtful feedback.
I hear you loud & clear that you'd like an easier process for keeping your ingredients up-to-date. This is the common theme I see across your suggestions. We've got some great features in the works to make it happen. You touched on some of them. And suggested good ideas for others that we hadn't considered. Kudos!
So I did that and felt like we might be onto something! There was no confirmation button or anything, and then I realized that’s the permanent ingredient tab. Ok.
Then I went over to the recipes tab. The images are way too big, especially once you click into a specific recipe.
The ingredients list is not particularly well formatted. I think making some abbreviations with the measurements would really help.
But the biggest thing is the same issue that every ingredient inventory app runs into. For me to update my ingredients, I have to either mark a curated recipe as cooked, or manually edit the list of ingredients, which isn’t so easy because there is no searching, and some are hidden.
Here are a few suggestions.
- Add search to the ingredients tab. Make it easy to select/deselect availability directly from the search results.
- Show some core ingredients with each recipe in the recipe list. And make them buttons that I can tap or long press, so I can tell Half Lemons if I don’t have those ingredients any more.
- Do the same on each recipe, if I long press on an ingredient.