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WELTEN vs Recipes We Share

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WELTEN compared with Recipes We Share
DetailWELTEN logo WELTENRecipes We Share logo Recipes We Share
What it doesMac focus timer that grows a forest behind your desktop icons The shared family cookbook app for digitizing handwritten recipes and preserving food traditions
StageStartup Not given
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Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFree: 10 focus sessions. One-time purchase: €24.99 includes Waldlichtung forest world, two personal installations and published 1.x updates. Free plan: up to 20 recipes, up to 3 household members. Starter: $39.00/year (up to 150 recipes, up to 10 household members). Family: $79.00/year (up to 200 recipes, up to 20 household members). Legacy: $129.00/year (up to 500 recipes, up to 50 household members).
Key features
  • Customizable focus sessions from 1 to 180 minutes
  • Desktop forest visualization with seven tree families
  • Background sound options including forest ambience and white, pink or brown noise
  • Pomodoro timer with customizable breaks and rounds
  • Integration with Apple Reminders
  • Mac Focus automation with Do Not Disturb
  • Multi-display support
  • Persistent forest that never withers
  • Optional Wurzel companion on desktop
  • Automatic forest archiving after 500 sessions
  • Private by default, data never sold to advertisers
What makes it different
  • Forest visualization grows behind desktop icons without changing wallpaper
  • No account or subscription required, data stays on your Mac
  • Keeps the original handwritten recipe card image permanently attached to each digitized recipe
  • One subscription covers the whole family with individual accounts, no separate subscriptions needed
  • Preserves family stories, memories, and cooking traditions alongside recipes
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
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Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)01
Citation Flow (Majestic)118
Referring domains (Majestic)62

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