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Cooking Video to Recipe App

ReelMeal turns cooking videos into recipes. Paste a TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube link and Gemini AI scrapes, transcribes, and extracts ingredients an…

In plain English

ReelMeal turns cooking videos from TikTok, Instagram or YouTube into recipes. Users paste a link and get the steps. People pay a subscription. TrustMRR shows about $20 a month in recurring revenue. The AI writes recipes, while users cook.

Automation85%
Startup cost~$99
Time to first $Not disclosed
Monthly range*$20 MRR

~$20 MRR; $12 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 29, 2026)

DifficultyMedium
SourceTrustMRR - ReelMeal ↗

Operator: Peter Šutarík

Verified

Revenue independently checked: documents reviewed by a publication, or a public dashboard.

Apple Developer $99/yr; other costs not disclosed.

The tool stack

RevenueCat ↗
Free up to $2.5k MTR

Mobile subscriptions

 OpenAI API ↗
Pay per token

LLM / vision

 App Store ↗
$99/yr

iOS distribution

Prices are the vendors' published list prices as researched in Oct 2026 and change often — always check the vendor's pricing page.

Step-by-step setup

  1. Pick one daily job (capture, transcribe, convert).
  2. AI does the heavy lifting on device or via API.
  3. Subscription after a free trial.
  4. App Store search + organic short-form content.

What's automated vs. the human 15%

The machine does

  • Core AI generation/analysis
  • Billing and onboarding

You still do

  • Product quality and support
  • Distribution and marketing
  • Compliance and edge cases

Overview

ReelMeal turns cooking videos into recipes. Paste a TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube link and Gemini AI scrapes, transcribes, and extracts ingredients and steps automatically. Organize recipes into cookbooks, share them, and generate category-grouped shopping lists. Syncs across devices via CloudKit with Sign in with Apple. Built in SwiftUI (Clean Architecture + MVVM), powered by a Cloudflare Worker proxy for AI calls. Live in the App Store since March 2026.

Operator: Peter Šutarík. Category on TrustMRR: Mobile Apps. Website: https://apps.apple.com/sk/app/reelmeal-save-recipes/id6757530030

Estimated split: about 85% of the work automated, 15% human.

Realistic income

TrustMRR (checked Oct 29, 2026) shows about $20 MRR and $12 in RevenueCat-verified revenue over the last 30 days, $76 verified over its tracked history. This is one operator’s result, often after months or years of work, and doesn’t predict yours. Check the live listing — numbers change.

Risks

  • Platform fees and review rules.
  • Big apps may add the same feature.
  • Startup cost and time to first dollar are not disclosed.

*Income figures are illustrative ranges based on public pricing and typical outcomes reported by practitioners, not guarantees. Most new online businesses earn little or nothing at first. Not financial, legal or tax advice.

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