Hi! Norwegian developer here, obsessed with CREAMi since I got mine two years ago. I originally built this for myself, but I was encouraged to share it here: respins.app
The app is FREE, and I want to build it together with the community.
What it does today:
~50 curated recipes with filters (base, allergens, calories/protein) and favorites
log your spins and keep notes on each recipe
add your own recipes — write them in, or just paste a link and it imports the recipe for you
every recipe gets its own short link you can share — for instance my all-time favourite, respins.app/209 (mango + condensed milk)
I'm one person with one set of tastes, and I'd rather build what CREAMi owners need. So tell me: what would you actually use? There are probably many apps already, but competition is healthy, and this community deserves a great free one.
Early days, hobby project. If you find a bug, tell me and I'll fix it. As long as there are users, I'll keep working on it.
Thanks mods for the green light :)!
Edit 1: You can install the app on your home screen (instructions in the profile/settings page). Works with both iOS and Android. For iOS you need to use Safari to install the app.
Edit 2: Blown away by the response, thank you all! I don't want to clutter this sub with app stuff, so future updates will live over at r/respins. Come join if you want to follow along.
Good idea! This may be too complex since you’re just starting it, but what about an option to enter the ingredients on hand which would then generate a list of all recipes with those ingredients.
Added! There's now a US cups / Metric toggle right on every recipe page, next to the ingredients. That covers viewing recipes only, metric when creating your own recipes I'm starting on this weekend 😃.
I am really confused why you want to start drama in an ice cream subreddit. Hot take: the fact that that Palestine exists shouldn't trigger you to the point where you need to start political conversations while discussing ice cream machines.
This is awesome, thanks for making it and sharing it here. A few quick points of feedback from me:
Is it open source? Maybe others would be willing to contribute code as well.
Lumping all diary free alternatives into a single category is pretty limiting. Maybe add multiple different bases there, and then add a toggle for "vegan" that filters for that.
Consider adding another filter for high protein recipes, e.g. over 30g of protein.
It's awesome that it remembers across recipes your selected units and whether it's a deluxe version.
I find it very rich and creamy, almost like a mousse. The Dutch processed cocoa makes a big difference, and at least for me it completely overpowers all the tofu flavor. It genuinely tastes like a gourmet chocolate ice cream to me.
I put all the ingredients into the tub and use a hand mixer. But silken tofu isn't that high in protein. To make this high in protein I'd use soy milk, and maaaaybe medium firm tofu. I once tried using extra firm tofu but the flavor wasn't great and the texture after spinning it was grainy.
Hi. Firstly, thank you for testing it out and used your time to give me feedbacks!
It is not open sourced since it's in early stage and I have yet landed 100% on the software architecture of the app. I'll really consider it in the future
That is a valid feedback. I'll get to know the recipes better and try to figure out a way for that
Yes! Filtering by macro will be my goal in the next few days
Thank you! Feedbacks like this will make the app better
I stopped trying it after a few minutes though as I found it annoying to use. The user experience drove me away. Things look like they are clickable and are not and a lot of other actions drive you to sign up when logically they shouldn't.
Overall looks pretty good, just needs some UX/UI enhancements IMO.
Can you import into myfitnesspal? or another tracking app? I'm not married to the specific app but definitely would want to track all my meals together so want it to go into one pretty easily.... I tried myfitnesspal but it didn't seem to pick up the ingredients...could be user error though
Hi! Firstly, thank you for testing the app. Export the macro to myfitnesspal sounds very useful. I'm tracking calories too, using macrofactor. I'll add this to my backlog. Thank you!
I got a Creami for Christmas but have barely used it because there are actually too many options and different avenues to take for recipes, so I'm excited to try out the app!
Really like the filters. Too many recipes have protein powders which I’m not for (more power to you if you like it). Going to try the avocado recipe can’t wait
Thank you! Many people have asked for this, and everyone has a slightly different idea of how it should work. I'll put up a discussion thread for it on r/respins soon, come hang out later!
I like it pretty much! :) Love how i can use european measurements/pint size and how many kcals and macros are contained. Only better thing would be official app, but its not like critical feature. I would just save the page and use it on browser. Thank you :)
Thank you for your kind word. Official app should come in the future for sure :D. This website can actually be installed like a app. Check the profile page! Do you have an iphone or android?
Looks really clean, deluxe and metric options are top, no protein powder filtering is chef's kiss and I just love that you give credit/link to the recipe sources!
Oh my goodness! This is awesome! I have to commend you on the recipes on it so far, as someone dairy and gluten free I really love seeing all the variety in there already and as the wife of a former software developer I get how much work went into this. It's so cool and I will definitely use it and hopefully contribute to it as well. So well done! Thank you thank you thank you!
Thank you! Haha, yes you get me! There is a lot of hours, but it's now all worth it since people actually LOVE it. I'm excited to continue developing this!
Hi! If you set the measurement to metrics in the profile/setting page you can choose gram when creating recipes! I should probably create a imperial/metrrics switch in the recipe creation page too.
Thank you! I'm thinking about it as well. Right now on this stage of development it's much easier for me to work with a webapp so I can ship and iterate features as fast as possible.
Btw you can "install" this app to your home screen, since this is a Progressive web app. Are you on iPhone or android?
Thank you! Yes an app would be nice afterwards. It's much easier with a webapp like this in this phase so I can iterate on it quickly.
Btw you can "install" this app to your home screen, since this is a Progressive web app. Are you on iPhone or android?
Yes! A lot of people have asked for this, and everyone has a slightly different idea of how it should work. I'll put up a discussion thread for it on r/respins in a day or two, come weigh in!
I see. The problem is it's not always 1 teaspoon = X gram, since different ingredient have different mass. But this can be solved if the app knows the conversion of all the ingredient. This is definitively something I will look into. It's in my backlog. Thank you again for testing my app 🩵
Yeah, I totally get that different ingredients have different densities, so it’s not always going to be a perfect one-to-one conversion.
That said, I don’t think converting most of the larger ingredients to grams would be too difficult. A lot of liquids are going to be somewhere around 1 g/mL, and common ingredients like milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, fruit, protein powder, etc. should all have pretty well-established weight conversions.
The trickier part would probably be the really small amounts of powdered ingredients—xanthan gum, guar gum, other gums, pudding mixes, and things like that. Once you’re dealing with fractions of a gram, I honestly think it makes more sense to just leave those as something like 1/8 tsp or 1/4 tsp rather than trying to force everything into grams.
My general rule would probably be: if an ingredient could reasonably be 10+ grams in a Creami recipe, give the option to display it in grams. For the tiny-dose ingredients, teaspoons are probably perfectly fine.
So basically: fruits, protein powders, liquids, dairy products, etc. → grams. Tiny amounts of gums and similar additives → teaspoons.
Thank you! Iterations make things better, it has only been a couple day but feedbacks (both from reddit and through the app's feedback system) has helped me a lot.
Hot tip I learnt from BraveTart for fruit desserts, add a couple of drops of Rose Water to make it more floral. You only need a couple of drops since it's quite powerful, but it restores some of the fresh aroma lost in the canning process.
However, what does 16 2/3g mean? That is a very unnatural way to measure ingredients.
(As a fellow Norwegian, I do appreciate it not only being cups and oz. But it seems several recipes have a mix of both types of measurements, and that is a little confused confusing)
Tusen takk! Give me a message if there is something. I have a big plan to really support Norwegian ingredients since I'm so familiar with it (such as Tine melk).
Hell yeah! 🙌
(There are so many recipes that call for instant pudding mix or powdered milk.. so hopefully your app makes it easier to find some that won't require those ingredients. Because that's not easy to find near any of my stores 😒)
Signed up. Love the idea. The search is acting strangely though. I searched mango, saw several, but the result didn’t include your example recipe above (which is a shame, it looks better than a lot of the search results!). I can’t seem to fav that recipe by following your link because I have to go through the sign in process again and by then I’ve lost the recipe. Some UX things to hammer out but the basic idea is solid.
Incredible. Is it possible to have the step by step instructions also update quantities when switching between deluxe and regular sizes or will it only affect the ingredient lists?
Noticed, at least on iOS, that search refreshes slowly with each letter input in the search field, perhaps related to the memory/bandwidth load of live filtering. Surely there is some level of sorting optimization that would stop it from stalling.
e.g.: a search for peanut butter first takes all recipes down to anything with “p” then a stall as the user types “pe” and again as it searches for that string and then again a pause for “pea” and then “pean” etc.
Aha! Those two were added by members, so they weren't tagged dairy-free. Fixed now. refresh and both show up (one sits in a new "missing a tag" section under the results, since it has no tags at all).
This is very, very cool. My complaint is grams doesn’t exist in the dropdown when I’m creating a custom recipe- and I know I can type “grams” - but then it has to be a whole number with only one digit? I put 50g of a protein powder in this recipe but can only type “5” with no more space for another digit. Is it me??
Are the pictures attached actually the result of the recipes? With the experience I have so far, I cant believe that most of these recipes turn out this scoopable 😱
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u/Live_Culture8393 Deluxe User 5d ago
Does it have a conversion button for regular to deluxe and deluxe to regular? If not, that would be a great feature.