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Jason Lee — How I Vibe Coded a Recipe App using Claude Code (Full Build + Marketing)

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Jason Lee — How I Vibe Coded a Recipe App using Claude Code (Full Build + Marketing)

Source: YouTube Channel: Jason Lee (180000 subs) Duration: 33:31 Views: 55518 · Likes: 2068 Video: Watch on YouTube

I found an app called ReciMe that makes $800,000 a month, and I rebuilt it using Claude Code without writing a single line of code. In this video I walk you through how to design and build a full iOS app in 2026 using Claude Design for the frontend and Claude Code or Codex for the backend, plus how to add real AI features with the OpenAI API. This is the exact workflow I use to go from idea to a working app on my phone.

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Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:11 What is ReciMe 3:58 Tools Needed 5:10 Claude Code Setup 6:52 Start Building with Claude Code 8:15 Claude Design (Building Frontend) 15:03 Sponsor 17:04 Claude Code (Building Backend) 20:18 Adding More Features 25:32 Preview App on Phone 29:44 Adding Database and Paywall 32:35 App Store Checklist

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I found this app that makes 800,000 a month and I just built the entire thing without writing a single line of code. So, this app is called ResuMe and it basically lets you grab a recipe from any website or even a YouTube video and uses AI to organize everything into clean collection of recipes. So, this video I'm going to show you a step-by-step in how to design and build this app using Cloud Code including all the features, how to add the AI functionality and how to even test it live on your phone. And not only that, but I'm also going to show you how they market the app cuz you can build this app, but you're not going to make any money if you don't know how to get paying users. So, I'm going to show you what they did to market this app so you can see what's working for them and adapt it for your own app. And if you're a beginner, don't worry. I didn't touch a single line of code building this app. I just basically had a conversation with Claude in plain English. So, if you've used Claude or ChatGPT before, you'll definitely know how to do this. But before we start building, let me show you what this app actually does. So, the core functionality of this app is basically very simple. So, let's say you're watching a recipe on YouTube and you want to save it. Normally, you'd have to manually dig through the description here and copy everything manually or if it's not here, if it's on a website, you have to click here and you have to copy and paste everything. It's very manual and then you're probably going to dump it in your notes app and it will get very messy and very hard to manage once you have multiple recipes. But with this app, you just paste in the link and the AI pulls everything out and puts it into a clean recipe card with all the details right there. Or you can also scan a physical recipe like this. Maybe you have an old recipe that you want to bring into the app. You just take a photo and you can have the AI read it and format it in the same way. And because the app is AI powered, it can also give you an estimate of the calories, which is a really nice feature to have. There's actually another app called Calorie AI that does something similar. You take a photo of your food and it counts the calories and and this app is making millions of dollars. So, there's clearly a demand for this kind of thing. And speaking of demand, the app that we're building today is Resep Me. So, this is a validated idea and people actually want to use this tool. And by the way, there are two things that makes an app like this very attractive to me. First, recurring revenue, obviously, 800,000 every single month. And secondly, it is quite sticky cuz once you sign up, they make it hard for you to leave, right? Cuz imagine if you build a collection of 20 30 recipes, if you cancel, you lose everything. And that layer of stickiness helps reduce churn. And there’s also a huge potential for a good exit here. Apps like this typically sell for two to four times its annual profit. So, you can check this data on acquire.com or Flippa or even Trust MRR. And just to give you guys a rough estimate, let’s say this app makes 50% margin, so that is 400,000 a month times 12 months, that is 4.8 million a year in profit, which means that even with a low multiple of 2x, you could potentially sell this for at least 9.6 million, which is pretty sweet. Now, there are already some players in the market, which is actually a good sign in my opinion. It just means that there's really strong demand for this and all you need to do is build a version of this that is unique. And I think one idea is that maybe you can target a specific demographic like maybe target a particular country, which is exactly what this app is doing. This app's called Cookpad. It was created for the Japanese market and they're actually making 900,000 a month. And this just proves to me that narrowing down or niching down does not mean you’re going to make less cuz you may potentially do b

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