MenuSync — multi-dish meal timing planner

Turns 'get every dish on the table at once' into one ordered start-time list

Problem

The most frustrating part of cooking is getting everything ready at the same time. One dish is hard enough; a multi-dish meal feels impossible. Users want start times, a single shopping list and step-by-step instructions, but recipe apps handle only one dish and never schedule across a menu.

Solution

Choose several dishes, servings and a target meal time; the system back-calculates a start time for each step, produces one unified timeline, merges the shopping list, and nudges you when the next action is due—focused on backward scheduling, not new recipe content.

Users

Home cooks, dinner-party hosts, holiday meal organizers

MVP

Auto-generated backward timeline from structured recipes (steps + durations); support 2–6 dish menus; merged shopping list; simple countdown reminders; export as checklist text

Revenue

Free basic + subscription for complex menus/family sharing; affiliate with grocery or kitchen brands; one-time lifetime unlock

Why now

Home cooking and multi-dish meals are stable demand, but recipe platforms do not do scheduling. Indie developers can attack this ignored gap with a lightweight scheduling engine.