Matchmaker
Apple matchmaker
Four questions, then three records with the reason each one was picked. Use this when you know how you want an apple to taste and what you want to do with it, but not which variety to buy.
No account, no sign-up, and nothing is stored.
Provisional data
The ratings, tasting notes, keeping classes, and use tags on this site are unsourced placeholders, not measurements or tested advice. Nothing here has been tasted, verified, or reviewed. Values may change or be replaced once research and editorial review land.
The four questions
- 1. Flavor balance (current)
- 2. Texture (not answered yet)
- 3. Intended use (not answered yet)
- 4. Familiarity (not answered yet)
0 of 4 answered
Clears every answer. Nothing is saved.
How the ranking works
Every record is scored against your answers with this rule:
score = 4 points if the record carries the use tag you picked, otherwise 0, minus the absolute distance from your flavor target, minus the absolute distance from your crispness target, minus 0.5 times the absolute distance from your rarity target.
- Flavor target, measured as flavor balance (sweetness minus tartness)
- sweet-leaning: 4, tart-leaning: -4
- Crispness target, on the provisional 1-5 scale
- crisp: 5, soft: 1
- Use-tag bonus
- 4 points when the record carries the use tag you picked, 0 when it does not
- Rarity target, on the provisional 1-5 scale where 1 is common
- familiar: 1, adventurous: 5
- Rarity weight
- 0.5
All three distance terms are penalties: the further a record sits from the target you chose, the more points it loses. The use-tag bonus is the only part of the score that can be positive, so a record that misses your use can still place when its other values are close, and a record that carries your use can still place low. A higher score means closer to your answers, not better. Ties break by display name from A to Z, which is what makes the same answers always return the same three records.
These targets and weights are an unsourced prototype chosen for this build. They are not measured, tuned, or tested, and they are not verified advice. The record values they read — the scores, tasting notes, use tags, and rarity values — are illustrative provisional placeholders that later research will replace or approve.