# OnlyRecipe 2.0

24 Hacker News commenters recommended OnlyRecipe 2.0 and 16 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 3.9 years (3 owners).

**Verdict:** Recommended for removing ads and clutter from recipe blogs and for its feature set. Critics most often say unit conversion skips the instructions.

## Why people recommend it

- Extracts recipes from websites (2 comments): "Instantly convert US Customary (cups/oz) to Metric (grams/ml) for any extracted recipe." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46148469)) "your site was able to scrape it just fine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46153818))
- Feature list has wanted features (2 comments): "Highlighted ingredient names and inline amount/sizing so there isn't as much back-and-forth referencing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46153684)) "your feature list has everything I wanted" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46152771))
- Attractive, well-made design (3 comments): "Looks great, will give it a try." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158344)) "It's beautiful and helpful." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46155222)) "this is extremely well done" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46168610))
- Better than the original version (2 comments): "TIL I've been using the original version for 4 years now!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46155780)) "It is wayyy better than the first one." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46156324))

## What people warn about

- Metric conversion gives wrong values (3 comments): "if you change to metric system suddenly you get numbers like 453,59 grams fusili pasta - its quite demotivating" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46151379)) "it makes more sense to use cups as a measurement of volume, not mass, when converting to metric" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46151436)) "I'm not convinced that the units conversion is right." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46149980))
- Unit conversion misses instructions (2 comments): "The metric conversion works fine for the ingredient list. But I noticed that it does not convert unit that are used in the instructions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158061)) "Something I'd like to see in a recipe app is scale is not only reflected in the ingredients list but also in the directions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46150693))
- Back button breaks navigation (2 comments): "Clicking on back button of my mouse starts an infinite loop." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46150167)) "it had a freakout when I went in and tried going back" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46156749))
- Text selection does not work (2 comments): "Regarding selection of text, that has been a problem with flutter." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46149831)) "I don't seem to be able to select text to copy and paste." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46149718))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Serious Eats](https://hackerapproved.com/p/serious-eats.md): 8 recommend
- [New York Times Cooking](https://hackerapproved.com/p/new-york-times-cooking-app.md): 8 recommend
- [Mealie](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mealie.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "OnlyRecipe 2.0", https://hackerapproved.com/p/onlyrecipe-2-0/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).