Foodie-Friendly iPhone Apps On Rise

by Pervaiz Shallwani, Posted Apr 22nd 2009 @ 3:00PM

By Pervaiz Shallwani
We're big proponents of buying local when possible and just spied some curious data about 5,500 iPhone users buying a $3 Locavore app (created by a Slashfood friend) in a mere month. It tells iPhone addicts what's in season, what's en route and where nearby farmers' markets are located.

Whoa. We wondered what other yummy things we could do if we got with the times and finally embraced an iPhone for our foodie needs. Boy, were we shocked. There are hundreds of free and paid downloads including one for beer, one for soda and a fast-food meal calorie counter.

Not only are food nerd darlings Serious Eats, Food Network and Yelp at our fingertips, so is the FDA with food recall news (though their freebie Twitter also works), a guide to finding cheap or free kids' meals at nearby eateries and Twecipe, which matches the dregs of those fridge contents to a recipe.

All this edible ammo available at the touch of a button makes us wonder whether Googling our munching needs is becoming just so 2008 and whether we should cave to the iFeed – er, iPhone -- trend. Have you?

Tags: FDA, food network, food recalls, FoodNetwork, FoodRecalls, google, iphone, locavore, phone, serious eats, SeriousEats, twecipes, Twitter Hour, TwitterHour, yelp

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4-22-2009 @3:17PM Shannon B said... Don't forget the new FoodReviews iPhone app from us over at Zeer :D (just released last thursday) Search over 100,000 grocery products and read reviews from real consumers, filter by kosher or organic, save items to your favorites, and see top 10 products in 35 food categories.

http://www.zeer.com/food-reviews-app.htm
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4-22-2009 @3:40PM Bear Silber said... What about watching your pizzas being made from, your iPhone:
http://www.pizzapartyonline.com/pizzacam.html#iphone
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4-23-2009 @2:04PM teresa said... i have been going crazy with all the fruits and veggies at farmers markets lately. i like the iphone app too. it's a great one! seems i can't pull myself away from a computer, so i wanted to share a good spot for healthy recipes. i've been using an online food journal that shows all of my nutritional values for the day. i log my foods and exercise and the graphs are amazing. if i'm low on vitamin c or a, it suggests which veggies or fruits contain the nutrient or vitamin. anyway, it's really cool and it's at http://www.nutrimirror.com - cheers!
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