Parsener: AI Recipe Saver and Ingredient & Grocery Manager

Ditch the "pause & rewind" recipe struggle. Parsener uses Gemini 2.5 to turn videos into smart lists. Built natively with KMP and RevenueCat for a production-ready Pro experience.

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Inspiration

We live in a world of "snackable" culinary content. We’ve all been there: you see a mouth-watering recipe on an Instagram Reel or a YouTube video, but the "save" button is where the dream dies. To actually cook it, you spend 10 minutes pausing, rewinding video to jot down ingredients. I built Parsener to eliminate that friction and bridge the gap between digital inspiration and your grocery cart.

What it does

Parsener is an AI-native mobile application that turns any food-related video into a structured, actionable grocery list. By leveraging the multimodal capabilities of Gemini 2.5 Flash, the app "watches" the video to extract ingredients, exact quantities, and step-by-step instructions—instantly.

How we built it

As a Senior Engineer, I didn't just want a prototype; I wanted a production-ready product.

Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP): I used KMP to share 100% of the business logic, networking, and data parsing between Android and iOS, ensuring a consistent experience without doubling the development time.

Gemini 2.5 Flash: This provides the "brain" of the app, handling complex, unstructured data with high speed and low latency.

RevenueCat: To ensure the project is commercially viable, I integrated RevenueCat for a "Pro" subscription layer, allowing for features like unlimited cloud-synced lists and advanced video parsing.

What's next for Parsener: AI Recipe Saver and Ingredient & Grocery Manager

  1. Interactive Video Q&A (Month 1): Allow users to ask questions about the video context (e.g., "How finely did he chop the onions?", "What brand of sauce was that?") using Multimodal AI.
  2. Social Cookbook (Month 2): Allow users to create public "Collections" (e.g., "Ketogenic Dinner", "Best Pastas") and share them with friends. Implement "Remixing" where users can clone and tweak a friend's recipe. User Discovery: Follow chefs and creators based on their unique recipe collections.
  3. Meal Planning Integration (Month 3): Drag-and-drop recipes into a weekly calendar. Auto-generate a consolidated shopping list for the week.
  4. Hands-Free Cooking Mode (Future): Voice integration ("Next step", "Read ingredients") to keep screens clean.

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