AddAlong

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  Start with your meal and find one practical addition.

Why AddAlong

Improving a meal should not require replacing the food you enjoy or planning an entirely different diet. AddAlong starts with the meal already in front of you and helps you find one practical addition, without calorie counting, macro tracking or restrictive meal plans.

What it does

Choose or describe your meal, then tell AddAlong what matters today: time, effort, budget, available ingredients or other practical preferences. Explore an addition, ask for another if it is not for you, and save the combinations you want to use again. Favourites and meal history help turn useful discoveries into repeatable habits.

Standard suggestions provide a quick starting point. AddAlong AI offers a more tailored idea using your meal details, dietary choices, ingredients and an optional photo, with a short preparation guide. It is designed around the decision of what to add to this meal, rather than a blank chat.

Design

The interface uses warm cream, greens, clear typography and food imagery to make the experience inviting. The central interaction stays focused on one manageable addition. Practical constraints are selectable, alternatives are easy to request, and favourites can be reopened without repeating the whole flow. The aim is useful support with less decision-making and no judgement about the meal you chose.

How it is built

AddAlong is a native iOS app built with Swift and SwiftUI. RevenueCat supports subscription offerings, purchases, entitlement access, trial eligibility and restores. The personalised feature uses a backend with device verification and usage allowances.

A key implementation challenge is separating the always-available standard suggestions from the metered personalised feature while making the Free and Pro choices understandable. The app exposes the billing period, trial terms and restore option on its plan screen.

Free and Pro

Free includes unlimited standard suggestions, 3 personalised AI ideas per calendar month, 3 saved favourites and 7 days of history. Pro adds 90 AI ideas per calendar month, unlimited favourites and full meal history, with monthly and annual subscription options. An eligible annual seven-day trial includes 10 AI ideas in total.

The business hypothesis is that people who repeatedly find useful additions will value more personalisation and a growing collection of favourites. The AI allowance bounds a recurring service cost while standard suggestions remain useful for free. The next step is to measure repeat use, trial conversion, renewals and AI cost per paying user, then improve the packaging from those results.

Built With

• revenuecat
• swift
• swiftui