Build Mode vs Scappi

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Build Mode compared with Scappi
Detail	Build Mode	Scappi
What it does	Private time tracker for Mac that records focused work with one button	Recipe box for organizing recipes from links, photos and cookbooks
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	2026
Based in	Not given	EE
Pricing model	Paid	Freemium
Pricing	$29 one-time payment (early builder price, will rise to $49). Includes one-button time tracking, daily/weekly/all-time totals, automatic app tracking, custom categories, long-term hour goals, weekly visual reflections, and local data storage. No subscription, no account.	Free plan with 15 recipe imports to start, then 3 in any 30 days, and 6 recipe chat changes. Scappi Pro: €5.99 per month or €39.99 per year (US$5.99 and US$39.99 in the US) with 2-week free trial; raises imports to 100 in any 30 days, includes recipe chat and collection sharing for up to five family
Key features	One-button keyboard shortcut to start and stop sessions Live session clock in MacBook notch Automatic mode suggestions from active app Pauses idle time and display sleep Dashboard with daily, weekly, and all-time totals Wrapped weekly visual recap shareable as image Custom categories or skills All data stored locally on Mac	Save recipes from links, screenshots, cookbooks and handwritten cards Automatic recipe extraction without ads or life stories Step diagram showing parallel cooking tasks Recipe scaling with ingredient amounts adjustment Integrated timers in recipe steps Offline cooking access Multi-recipe combined view for one meal Recipe adaptation via AI chat Support for 8 languages with automatic translation Recipe collections and sharing with family or friends
What makes it different	No screen recording or access to browser history One-time lifetime purchase with no subscription Built by a solo founder for their own use	One clear recipe from any source—links, cookbooks, photos and handwritten cards all become the same format Step diagram view shows what cooks in parallel instead of only a numbered list Free plan with unlimited cooking, timers and saved recipes—no paywall to cook No ads and user data not sold Automatic translation and unit conversion between languages and measurement systems
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	27 no change since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	22	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	27	0
Referring domains (Majestic)	76	0

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