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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Bijan Stephen](https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Jun 29, 2014 7:14 PM UTC  Hands Holding Pizza Slices Hands Holding Pizza Slices Getty Images by [Bijan Stephen](https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Jun 29, 2014 7:14 PM UTC Few things are as difficult as ordering the right amount of food for a group; it’s a complex task where the vital details—how hungry everyone is, how much they can eat, what everyone’s in the mood for—are mostly intangible. That goes double when you’re hungry. Fortunately, someone’s addressed the problem (for pizza, at least): Web designer Rick Mendes has written an app, [Pizza Counter](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pizza-counter/id808423515?mt=8), to accurately assess how much pizza you should get. Here’s Alyssa Bereznak, from her review of the app [over at Yahoo Tech](https://www.yahoo.com/tech/this-app-will-calculate-how-many-pizzas-to-order-mmm-89966420124.html): --- > “” --- Although seriously – is there really such a thing as too much pizza? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2938184/pizza-counter-app/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2938184/pizza-counter-app/"},"headline":"This App Tells You How Much Pizza to Order","datePublished":"2014-06-29T19:14:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:14.613Z","description":"No, there's no \"All of it\" option","url":"https://time.com/2938184/pizza-counter-app/","keywords":["Newsfeed","New Jersey","Pizza"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e673fc39e7add54/698699d6cd68485256095764/a0083-000062.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Bijan Stephen","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e673fc39e7add54/698699d6cd68485256095764/a0083-000062.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"pizza","caption":"pizza","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2938184/pizza-counter-app/","name":"This App Tells You How Much Pizza to Order"}}]}] ```