Phone App That Gives AI Cooking Times Tailored to Your Air Fryer
Enter a food, amount and whether it is fresh or frozen; the app returns time, temperature and steps fitted to your air fryer, and can identify the model from a photo.
In plain English
Air Fryer Genius is a phone app that tells you the right time and temperature for food in your air fryer. You type what you are cooking, how much, and whether it is fresh or frozen, and it gives steps that fit your machine's brand and size. You can also photograph the fryer so the app can recognize the model. It is free to try, then $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year.
~$55 MRR; $88 verified revenue last 30 days; $751 all-time (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Nov 8, 2026)
Operator: Eduard Lainer (founder)
Revenue independently checked: documents reviewed by a publication, or a public dashboard.
Not disclosed.
The tool stack
Mobile subscriptions
Anthropic API ↗LLM / agents
App Store ↗iOS distribution
Expo ↗Phone app framework
Prices are the vendors' published list prices as researched in Oct 2026 and change often — always check the vendor's pricing page.
Step-by-step setup
- Ask for the food, the amount and whether it is fresh, chilled or frozen.
- Return a time, temperature and steps fitted to the user's own fryer.
- Let people photograph the machine so the app can recognize the model, then save recipes and run a timer.
- Free to try with a usage limit; sell a monthly or yearly subscription inside the app.
What's automated vs. the human 10%
The machine does
- Core AI generation/analysis
- Billing and onboarding
You still do
- Product quality and support
- Distribution and marketing
- Compliance and edge cases
Overview
Enter a food, amount and whether it is fresh or frozen; the app returns time, temperature and steps fitted to your air fryer, and can identify the model from a photo.
Operator: Eduard Lainer (founder). Website: https://airfryer-genius.lainer.dev/
Estimated split: about 90% of the work automated, 10% human.
Realistic income
TrustMRR (checked Nov 8, 2026) shows about $55 MRR, $88 in RevenueCat-verified revenue over the last 30 days and $751 over its tracked history, with 18 active subscriptions. The business is listed for sale on TrustMRR (asking $2,000). This is one operator’s result, often after months or years of work, and doesn’t predict yours. Check the live listing — numbers change.
Risks
- The listing is for sale on TrustMRR (asking $2,000), so ownership may change.
- Revenue is still small: about $88 in the last 30 days and $751 all-time.
- Big recipe apps could add the same feature.
- Startup cost and time to first dollar are not disclosed.
*Income figures are illustrative ranges based on public pricing and typical outcomes reported by practitioners, not guarantees. Most new online businesses earn little or nothing at first. Not financial, legal or tax advice.
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