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Food44,880 searches / mo

Recipe organizer

Screenshots and links scattered across four apps.

Opportunity score

7,140 / 10k

Worth a weekend. Demand is real, execution decides it.

Rank

#24

Gap

B

  • Demand

    75

    44,880 contestable searches a month across 25 related keywords.

  • Momentum

    74

    Last three months ran up 29.2% against the three before, seasonality smoothed out.

  • Competition gap

    49

    19 real products rank on page one for this, ad competition 0.06.

  • Crowd

    47

    16 head-to-head rankings from builders, counted at partial weight until 20.

  • Willingness to pay

    62

    Advertisers pay $3.46 a click for this search — some money moves here.

What this score is based on

evidence checked 9/27/2026

  • Search demand verified against Google Ads data
  • 12 months of search history
  • 25 related keywords clustered
  • 8 firsthand pain signals from forum threads
  • 19 competitors analyzed from page-one results
  • 16 crowd rankings from builders

Search demand comes from Google Ads data via DataForSEO and refreshes daily. Competitors come from a live scan of page-one results. Crowd input comes from builders ranking ideas 1-2-3 on the market.

Keyword cluster

25 keywords · 44,880 searches a month combined

Demand counts the whole cluster: 44,880 searches a month across every relevant way people look for this problem. The intent label on each keyword tells you how close that searcher is to wanting software.

KeywordIntentSearchesCPCAd comp.
recipe planner appwants a tool18,100$5.230.15
best apps for recipeswants a tool3,600$3.910.31
recipe keeper appwants a tool2,900$1.870.04
app recipe keeperwants a tool2,900$1.870.04
paprika recipe organizerwants a tool2,900$2.510.02
app for my recipeswants a tool1,600$2.930.03
recipe organizer appwants a tool1,300$2.440.03
recipe manager appwants a tool1,300$3.450.00
cookbook organizer appwants a tool1,300$2.440.03
recipe organiser appwants a tool1,300$2.440.03
free recipe keeper appwants a tool1,000$2.140.26
free recipe organizer appwants a tool880$2.020.34
recipe saver appwants a tool720$3.630.32
digital recipe organizerwants a tool590$2.480.16
app that saves recipeswants a tool590$4.560.42
recipe electronic organizerwants a tool590$2.480.16
recipe organizer electronicwants a tool590$2.480.16
best recipe keeper appwants a tool390$3.380.12
best recipe manager appwants a tool390$3.380.12
best recipe management appwants a tool390$3.380.12
best recipe organizer app freewants a tool390$2.650.29
app for recipe storagewants a tool320$3.160.32
best app for saving recipeswants a tool320$3.430.22
best free recipe organizer appwants a tool260$2.010.22
onenote for recipeswants an article260-0.01

CPC is what an advertiser pays Google for one click on that phrase — a rough price tag on how valuable the visitor is. Ad comp. runs 0 to 1 and is how full the ad auction is: near 1 means advertisers are fighting over it (money is there, but ranking is hard), near 0 means almost nobody bids.

Who has the problem

The process of saving and organizing digital recipes is fragmented and unreliable, requiring manual copy-pasting or screenshots across multiple apps. This makes it difficult to find, use, or scale recipes, turning recipe collection into a disorganized chore.

"As I gather more and more online recipes, I am needing a better option for organizing them than copy & paste into Google drive documents."from a thread we pulled below
Who experiences it
A home cook who gathers recipes from various online sources.
When it happens
They find a recipe online they want to save for later use.
How often
This occurs whenever a new recipe is discovered, typically several times a month.
What they do today
They copy and paste recipes into Google Drive documents, save screenshots, bookmark links, or use general note-taking apps like OneNote for recipes, but these methods scatter information across multiple platforms and often fail to import recipes correctly.

Read off 25 search phrases and 8 forum threads listed below, 9/26/2026.

Why now

Demand is climbing and the field hasn't consolidated.

  • Searches are up 116% year over year

    930 a month twelve months ago → 2,009 now for "recipe organizer app".

  • Rising 29% over the last quarter

    Last three months of searches against the three before them.

  • Peaks in August

    Demand swings 233% across the year and you are inside the peak window right now.

  • Advertisers pay $3.46 a click here

    Buying this intent instead of ranking for it would run roughly $46,585 a month — money is already chasing these searches.

  • 11 real products on page one

    Alongside 8 articles and reference pages, which is room a focused tool can take.

Search data

verified · dataforseo:us · refreshed 9/27/2026

Lead keyword
recipe organizer app
Cluster volume
44,880 / mo
across 25 related keywords; lead phrase is 1,600 / mo
CPC
$3.46
what an advertiser pays for one click here
Ad competition
0.06
0-1 scale: barely any advertisers bidding

Opportunity score 7,140 = 40% contestable search demand (44,880 a month across 25 keywords) + 25% how open the competition still is (19 products on page one) + 15% momentum (last three months vs the three before, capped so one bucketed month can't swing it) + 10% willingness to pay ($3.46 a click) + 10% crowd rankings (Elo 1520, 16 head-to-heads, weighted by how many votes exist). Anything we can't measure is dropped and the rest re-weighted, so a blank signal never counts as an average one. Search data refreshes daily from Google Ads via DataForSEO.

Monthly searches for "recipe organizer app"

16 votes · demand from dataforseo:us, updated 9/27/2026

930
Sep 25
761
Oct 25
930
Nov 25
930
Dec 25
2,009
Jan 26
2,009
Feb 26
1,692
Mar 26
2,009
Apr 26
1,374
May 26
2,009
Jun 26
2,537
Jul 26
2,009
Aug 26

Peak 2,537 · latest 2,009 · low 761 searches a month

Google reports monthly volume in fixed buckets (…27,100 · 33,100 · 40,500 · 49,500), so steady months land on the exact same number. Weekly data isn't published.

This chart tracks the single lead phrase. The demand score uses the whole cluster of 25 related phrases (44,880 searches a month), listed below.

Revenue potential

estimate, not a promise

Priced and converted as a prosumer subscription — the funnel below changes with that model, because a freemium consumer app and a B2B tool convert nothing alike.

MRR by month 12

$464 – $2,800

77–467 paying users · +8–51 new a month at 5% churn

Year-one run rate

$5,567 – $33,604

the month-12 number annualised — you earn less than this during the ramp

Price

$6/mo

same price as the business model below

24-month projection

log scale

Month 24 · hover to scrub

Slow build $555Good execution $3,632Breakout $51,903

The two solid lines are the range above: a slow build and good execution on a slice of this demand. The dashed line is the breakout — you become the default answer for this problem, take roughly a quarter of the intent, convert far better because people arrive already sold, and churn halves. That's the outcome worth chasing, and it's about $51,903 a month by month 24 (21,542 paying users). Most ideas land on the bottom line; the point of the chart is that the ceiling isn't the estimate.

How we got there

  • 44,880 cluster searches a month, 1.6x for app stores and word of mouth.
  • You reach 1.0-5.9% of that, scaled by ad competition 0.06.
  • 10% of visitors sign up, 12% of those pay. Trial-led: people arrive already shopping, so trial-to-paid runs high.
  • That wins 8-51 new subscribers a month. Stack 12 months of that against 5% monthly churn and you're holding 77-467 paying users by month 12.
  • Price $6/mo, taken from the business model below.

Who already builds this

11 real products · 8 articles, explainers and store pages · 6 read in depth · scanned daily on Google for "recipe organizer app"

11 real products own this search. Everything else on page one is a roundup, review post or explainer, listed separately below.

  • #2Mealime

    Ranks #2 on Google for "recipe planner app".

    Pricing Free

    Strengths Offers personalized meal planning with over 200 options, simplified grocery shopping with organized lists, and stress-free cooking with simple 30-minute recipes and a hands-free mode.

    Weaknesses The provided text does not mention any advanced features beyond basic meal planning, shopping lists, and recipes, nor does it detail any paid subscription tiers or their additional benefits.

    ~99,358 organic visits a month (estimate)

    mealime.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

    source page
  • #4Recipekeeperonline

    Ranks #4 on Google for "recipe organizer app".

    Strengths It is available across multiple platforms (iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, Mac), offers comprehensive recipe organization, meal planning, shopping lists, and integrates with Amazon Alexa.

    Weaknesses The provided text does not explicitly state the pricing for paid features or premium versions beyond offering a free trial.

    ~7,548 organic visits a month (estimate)

    recipekeeperonline.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

    source page
  • #5Plantoeat

    Ranks #5 on Google for "recipe planner app".

    Pricing Only $5.95/mo or $49/year; 25% off coupon for annual subscription if partnered

    Strengths Automates grocery list creation from meal plans, organizes recipes digitally, and offers nutrition/macro tracking. Users report significant reductions in time spent planning/shopping and food costs.

    Weaknesses The pricing page mentions a 25% off coupon for annual subscriptions but only if partnered, which implies a potential lack of universal discount availability.

    ~148,149 organic visits a month (estimate)

    plantoeat.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

    source page
  • #6Paprikaapp

    Ranks #6 on Google for "recipe organizer app".

    Pricing each version of Paprika is sold separately

    Strengths Offers cloud sync across multiple platforms (iOS, Mac, Android, Windows), web importing, smart grocery lists, and interactive recipe tools like timers and scaling.

    Weaknesses Each version of the software is sold separately, which may increase cost for users wanting it on multiple platforms.

    ~6,851 organic visits a month (estimate)

    paprikaapp.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

    source page
  • #8Cookbookmanager

    Ranks #8 on Google for "recipe planner app".

    ~13,251 organic visits a month (estimate)

    cookbookmanager.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

  • #9Samsungfood

    Ranks #9 on Google for "recipe planner app".

    ~3,567,059 organic visits a month (estimate)

    samsungfood.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

  • #10Conservefood

    Ranks #10 on Google for "recipe planner app".

    ~341 organic visits a month (estimate)

    conservefood.org · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

  • #14Recime

    Ranks #14 on Google for "recipe organizer app".

    ~8,932 organic visits a month (estimate)

    recime.app · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

  • #14Thetimefairy

    Ranks #14 on Google for "recipe planner app".

    ~1,527 organic visits a month (estimate)

    thetimefairy.co.uk · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

  • #15Mealpreppro

    Ranks #15 on Google for "recipe planner app".

    ~4,259 organic visits a month (estimate)

    mealpreppro.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

  • #16Spoonuniversity

    Ranks #16 on Google for "recipe planner app".

    ~830,344 organic visits a month (estimate)

    spoonuniversity.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

Also ranking, but not products (8)

Roundups, review posts, explainers and store pages. They compete for the search, not for the job — they don't count against the competition gap.

Likely business model

willingness to pay 49/100

Prosumer subscription

People are actively shopping for a tool here, so charge from day one.

How rivals make money 6 competitors read: 5 on subscriptions, 1 one-time, 0 free. Plans seen: Free · FREE 14 day trial; $4.95/month; $39/year ($3.25/month) · Only $5.95/mo or $49/year; 25% off coupon for annual subscription if partnered

Price to test · from real competitor pricing

$4–$8/mo

Median of 3 competitor pricing pages we could read ($6/mo), widened either side.

What to charge for

Trial then subscribe. This crowd is already comparing paid tools, so ask for the card early rather than running a wide free tier.

Willingness-to-pay evidence

  • 6 competitors read: 5 on subscriptions, 1 one-time, 0 free. Plans seen: Free · FREE 14 day trial; $4.95/month; $39/year ($3.25/month) · Only $5.95/mo or $49/year; 25% off coupon for annual subscription if partnered
  • Advertisers pay $3.46 a click for this intent — real money already chases it.
  • Competitors charge a median of $6/mo, from 3 pricing pages read.
  • 80% of the 25-keyword cluster is commercial-intent wording (best, app, pricing, alternative).
  • Ad competition 0.06 — few advertisers fighting for it.

Firsthand pain signals

8 discussions · source links, check them yourself

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