We’re building Refine with creators, not just for them.
Small batches, real economics, no content calendars.
Refine is a recipe app where creators get paid every time someone cooks one of their recipes. Not when someone scrolls past it. Not when someone “likes” it. When someone actually opens the kitchen, follows the steps, and finishes the dish.
That’s the entire model. A pool of subscription revenue splits each month based on attributed cooks, weighted by tier. No ad units. No sponsored placements. No content calendars. No algorithm telling you to post seven times a week to stay visible.
We’re looking for the first twenty-five creators. Founding cohort gets a permanent payout multiplier, a guaranteed monthly minimum for six months, direct input on the product, and a badge we won’t hand out again. The seat closes when it’s full.
Cook completion is the metric we’re building everything around. It’s the most honest signal in food — nobody cooks a recipe they don’t actually want to make — and it’s the one number every other recipe platform pretends isn’t there.
If this resonates and you’d like to be one of the first twenty-five, the form is below. We review every application ourselves. You’ll hear from us either way.
— Christian, founder
Apply to the founding cohort
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