Hungry & Grumpy

Early build · on the stove right now

Hungry & Grumpy helps you work out what you’re actually in the mood for, then helps with the next question: cook it yourself, or go out for it.

Open the app See how it works

It runs in your browser at app.hungryandgrumpy.app. It’s early days: you can make an account and look around, and the mood questions are what we’re building next.

  • Order 07Ramen, extra egg
  • Order 12Something cheesy
  • Order 19Shakshuka
  • Order 23Tacos, lots of lime
  • Order 31Pancakes at 9pm
  • Order 38A really good salad
  • Order 42Curry, hot
  • Order 47Grilled cheese
  • Order 53Pho, big bowl

How it works

From grumpy to fed, one small question at a time.

Choosing dinner is hard when you’re already hungry. This is the app we’re cooking up: five small steps between “I don’t know” and a plate in front of you.

A sketch of where the app is going, not a screenshot.

  1. A few quick questions: how hungry you are, how much effort you can face, comfort food or something new.

    Up first

  2. Your answers narrow it down to the kind of food you’d actually enjoy right now, instead of a list of everything.

    Up next

  3. Then the big question: is tonight a night to cook, or a night to let someone else do it? It weighs up the time and what you’re likely to have in.

    Up next

  4. If you cook, a simple recipe that fits the craving, one step at a time, with the timers built in so nothing boils over.

    Planned

  5. It keeps track of what you picked, so it can spot a noodle streak and nudge you toward something different when you want it to.

    Planned

Where it is

Today’s menu

Hungry & Grumpy is an early build. An honest list of what’s being served, what’s on the stove, and what’s still on the shopping list.

Served Works now

  • An account with your email address and a password, or with Google
  • The app in your browser, on a phone or a computer
  • Light and dark mode, following your device

Simmering Up next

  • The mood questions
  • Finding the craving from your answers
  • The cook-or-go-out decision

Shopping list Later

  • Recipes to cook along with
  • A history of what you picked
  • Places to eat, only when you ask
  • Apps for iPhone and Android

Your data

Small on purpose.

The app keeps your account and what you tell it about your cravings, and nothing it doesn’t need. No ads, no analytics, no tracking cookies, and your data is never sold. It doesn’t ask for your location.

Read the privacy policyDelete your account

A small app

serves: just you

Ingredients

  • 1account, with your name and email
  • a fewanswers about your cravings
  • 0ads
  • 0trackers or analytics
  • 0data sold, ever

Method

  1. Keep only what the app needs.
  2. Don’t ask where you are.
  3. Delete it all when you ask.

Hungry now?

Open the app, make an account and see where it’s heading. Ideas and complaints are both welcome at support@hungryandgrumpy.app.

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