# Best AI recipe apps

By the rule below, the best AI recipe app is Saucepan (our app) (16 of 16 points), if you want to save from Instagram, TikTok and websites, fill a Pantry by scanning your receipt, and cook with timers that ring, on iPhone. Next are Honeydew (14 of 16 points), if you want a household that shares everything on iPhone and Android, and you will pay for Plus; and CookNest (14 of 16 points), if you want a free plan with sharing, Android and the web, or a printed cookbook of your recipes. 13 apps qualify.

https://getsaucepan.com/best/ai-recipe-apps · checked November 4, 2026 · For people who want AI to do the typing: reading videos and photos, and answering in ChatGPT or Claude.

## Ranked

1. Saucepan (our app): 16 of 16. Pick it if you want to save from Instagram, TikTok and websites, fill a Pantry by scanning your receipt, and cook with timers that ring, on iPhone. It is new: it launches November 13, 2026. Price: Free to use, with no ads. Saucepan+ is $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. (/pricing)
2. Honeydew: 14 of 16. Pick it if you want a household that shares everything on iPhone and Android, and you will pay for Plus. Short of full marks: Interactive cards in the chat (not found). Price: Free with a limited number of saves. Plus is $6.99 a month or $39.99 a year. (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/-/id6714449541)
3. CookNest: 14 of 16. Pick it if you want a free plan with sharing, Android and the web, or a printed cookbook of your recipes. Short of full marks: Interactive cards in the chat (not found). Price: Free with 3 automatic imports a week and no card. The App Store lists PRO purchases from $3.99 to $29.99, with periods not shown. (https://cooknest.app/)
4. Foodie: 13 of 16. Pick it if you want a new iPhone app that also shares a household list. It is young and has too few ratings on the App Store to show a score. Short of full marks: Scan cookbook pages and cards (partly) and Nutrition (not found). Price: Free: 3 AI imports and 5 chef messages every 7 days. Premium is $6.49 a month or $44.99 a year. (https://foodie.chewable.fit/)
5. Deglaze: 11 of 16. Pick it if you want free household sharing, a web app and Android, and a connector for ChatGPT and Claude with a paid plan. Short of full marks: Interactive cards in the chat (not found), What can I make from what I have (partly) and Nutrition (not found). Price: Free: 20 imports, then 5 a week, with household sharing. Pro is $49.99 a year, with a 7-day trial. (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/-/id6443578246)
6. Samsung Food: 8 of 16. Pick it if you want free meal planning with shared lists on Android and the web as well as iPhone. Short of full marks: Works in ChatGPT (not found), Works in Claude (not found), Other AI apps via MCP (not found) and Interactive cards in the chat (not found). Price: Free for saving recipes, planning and shared lists. Samsung Food+ is $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year, with a 7-day trial. (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/samsung-food-meal-planner/id1133637674)
7. Recipe Keeper: 7 of 16. Pick it if you want to pay once, you have family on Android or Windows, or you have a big backlog of paper recipes. Short of full marks: Works in ChatGPT (not found), Works in Claude (not found), Other AI apps via MCP (not found), Interactive cards in the chat (not found) and What can I make from what I have (partly). Price: Free download. Pro Upgrade is $19.99, once, on iPhone and iPad. The Mac version is $29.99. Each platform is a separate purchase. (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/recipe-keeper/id974683711)
8. ReciMe: 6 of 16. Pick it if you want the most widely used social-video saver, you are on Android too, and you do not need a pantry. Short of full marks: Works in ChatGPT (not found), Works in Claude (not found), Other AI apps via MCP (not found), Interactive cards in the chat (not found) and What can I make from what I have (not found). Price: Free with 5 imports a week. In the US the yearly plan is $39.99, with a 7-day trial. (https://recime.app/help/en/articles/11630592-wie-viel-kostet-das-recime-abo)
9. Cookpad: 6 of 16. Pick it if you want a large community of home-cook recipes with photos from people who cooked them, on iPhone, Android and the web. Short of full marks: Works in ChatGPT (not found), Works in Claude (not found), Other AI apps via MCP (not found), Interactive cards in the chat (not found) and Nutrition (not found). Price: Free, with no ads. The App Store lists Premium Service at $4.99 and $1.99. Premium puts the most popular recipes first in search, allows unlimited imports and adds advanced filters. (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cookpad-recipe-meal-planner/id585332633)
10. Plan to Eat: 6 of 16. Pick it if you plan the whole week on a calendar from your own recipe box, and you want the web and Android too. It has no free plan. Short of full marks: Works in ChatGPT (not found), Works in Claude (not found), Other AI apps via MCP (not found), Interactive cards in the chat (not found) and What can I make from what I have (not found). Price: No free plan. $5.95 a month or $49 a year, with a 14-day trial and no card. The App Store lists a one-year membership at $54.99. (https://www.plantoeat.com/pricing)
11. Pestle: 4 of 16. Pick it if you want a design-led recipe manager with an Apple Watch app and a Chrome extension, and you are fine paying for Pro. Short of full marks: Works in ChatGPT (not found), Works in Claude (not found), Other AI apps via MCP (not found), Interactive cards in the chat (not found), What can I make from what I have (not found) and Nutrition (not found). Price: Free for 15 recipes. Pestle Pro is $24.99 a year, with a 14-day trial. The App Store also lists a monthly plan and lifetime purchases. (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pestle-recipe-manager/id1574776971)
12. Copy Me That: 2 of 16. Pick it if you mostly clip recipes from websites, want the lowest price, and like to use a browser as much as the phone. Short of full marks: Works in ChatGPT (not found), Works in Claude (not found), Other AI apps via MCP (not found), Interactive cards in the chat (not found), Scan cookbook pages and cards (not found), What can I make from what I have (not found) and Nutrition (not found). Price: Free up to 40 recipes. $0.99 a month for unlimited recipes, or $65 for lifetime. (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/copy-me-that-recipe-manager/id956800243)
13. Mela: 5 of 16. Pick it if you want a quiet Apple-only library on iCloud with a one-time price and a Mac app. Its last App Store update was June 2025. Short of full marks: Works in ChatGPT (not found), Works in Claude (not found), Other AI apps via MCP (not found), Interactive cards in the chat (not found), What can I make from what I have (not found) and Nutrition (partly). Price: Free to download. Mela+ is a one-time unlock: $6.99 on iPhone and iPad, $14.99 on Mac, bought separately. (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mela-recipe-manager/id1548466041) Not updated since June 2025.

Partly qualify, not ranked: Paprika (Only in Paprika 4 open beta (Sep 2026): TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube; not in shipping Paprika 3); Cooklist (TikTok and Instagram Reels import (What's New 1.104.4–1.105.2); other platforms not mentioned); Umami (Instagram, Facebook and TikTok; recipe must be in the post text/description); Kitchen Stories (Instagram and TikTok via the share sheet, with Kitchen Stories Plus only, on iOS only for now. The trial allows up to 6 imports. YouTube, Facebook and Pinterest are not listed.).

## Feature by feature

- Saucepan: Works in ChatGPT yes; Works in Claude yes; Other AI apps via MCP yes; Interactive cards in the chat yes; Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube yes; Scan cookbook pages and cards yes; What can I make from what I have yes; Nutrition yes
- Honeydew: Works in ChatGPT yes; Works in Claude yes; Other AI apps via MCP yes; Interactive cards in the chat not found; Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube yes; Scan cookbook pages and cards yes; What can I make from what I have yes; Nutrition yes
- CookNest: Works in ChatGPT yes; Works in Claude yes; Other AI apps via MCP yes; Interactive cards in the chat not found; Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube yes; Scan cookbook pages and cards yes; What can I make from what I have yes; Nutrition yes
- Foodie: Works in ChatGPT yes; Works in Claude yes; Other AI apps via MCP yes; Interactive cards in the chat yes; Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube yes; Scan cookbook pages and cards partly; What can I make from what I have yes; Nutrition not found
- Deglaze: Works in ChatGPT yes; Works in Claude yes; Other AI apps via MCP yes; Interactive cards in the chat not found; Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube yes; Scan cookbook pages and cards yes; What can I make from what I have partly; Nutrition not found
- Samsung Food: Works in ChatGPT not found; Works in Claude not found; Other AI apps via MCP not found; Interactive cards in the chat not found; Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube yes; Scan cookbook pages and cards yes; What can I make from what I have yes; Nutrition yes
- Recipe Keeper: Works in ChatGPT not found; Works in Claude not found; Other AI apps via MCP not found; Interactive cards in the chat not found; Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube yes; Scan cookbook pages and cards yes; What can I make from what I have partly; Nutrition yes
- ReciMe: Works in ChatGPT not found; Works in Claude not found; Other AI apps via MCP not found; Interactive cards in the chat not found; Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube yes; Scan cookbook pages and cards yes; What can I make from what I have not found; Nutrition yes
- Cookpad: Works in ChatGPT not found; Works in Claude not found; Other AI apps via MCP not found; Interactive cards in the chat not found; Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube yes; Scan cookbook pages and cards yes; What can I make from what I have yes; Nutrition not found
- Plan to Eat: Works in ChatGPT not found; Works in Claude not found; Other AI apps via MCP not found; Interactive cards in the chat not found; Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube yes; Scan cookbook pages and cards yes; What can I make from what I have not found; Nutrition yes
- Pestle: Works in ChatGPT not found; Works in Claude not found; Other AI apps via MCP not found; Interactive cards in the chat not found; Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube yes; Scan cookbook pages and cards yes; What can I make from what I have not found; Nutrition not found
- Copy Me That: Works in ChatGPT not found; Works in Claude not found; Other AI apps via MCP not found; Interactive cards in the chat not found; Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube yes; Scan cookbook pages and cards not found; What can I make from what I have not found; Nutrition not found
- Mela: Works in ChatGPT not found; Works in Claude not found; Other AI apps via MCP not found; Interactive cards in the chat not found; Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube yes; Scan cookbook pages and cards yes; What can I make from what I have not found; Nutrition partly

## How we ranked

Reading recipes from social video is required, since that is the AI most of these apps lead with. Then connectors for ChatGPT, Claude and other assistants, cards in the chat, scanning, cooking from what you have, and nutrition.

- To qualify, an app must have “Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube” (Yes, not Partly). Closed apps and general tools like Apple Notes and Notion are left out.
- Score: 2 points for Yes, 1 for Partly, 0 for No, Not found or Coming, over 8 features: Works in ChatGPT, Works in Claude, Other AI apps via MCP, Interactive cards in the chat, Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Scan cookbook pages and cards, What can I make from what I have and Nutrition. Most is 16.
- Apps with no App Store update since November 2025 go below the ones that are kept up.
- Ties go to the app with more US App Store ratings. Saucepan has none yet, so it goes below any app it ties with.
- “Not found” scores zero: we credit only what an app’s own pages show. That can undercount an app that does more than its pages say.

## Questions

### What is the best AI recipe app?
By the rule below, the best AI recipe app is Saucepan (our app) (16 of 16 points), if you want to save from Instagram, TikTok and websites, fill a Pantry by scanning your receipt, and cook with timers that ring, on iPhone. Next are Honeydew (14 of 16 points), if you want a household that shares everything on iPhone and Android, and you will pay for Plus; and CookNest (14 of 16 points), if you want a free plan with sharing, Android and the web, or a printed cookbook of your recipes. 13 apps qualify.

### How did you rank these apps?
To qualify, an app must have “Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube” (Yes, not Partly). Closed apps and general tools like Apple Notes and Notion are left out. Score: 2 points for Yes, 1 for Partly, 0 for No, Not found or Coming, over 8 features: Works in ChatGPT, Works in Claude, Other AI apps via MCP, Interactive cards in the chat, Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Scan cookbook pages and cards, What can I make from what I have and Nutrition. Most is 16. Apps with no App Store update since November 2025 go below the ones that are kept up. Ties go to the app with more US App Store ratings. Saucepan has none yet, so it goes below any app it ties with. “Not found” scores zero: we credit only what an app’s own pages show. That can undercount an app that does more than its pages say.

### Which of these have a free plan?
Saucepan, Honeydew, CookNest, Foodie, Deglaze, Samsung Food, Recipe Keeper, ReciMe, Cookpad, Pestle, Copy Me That and Mela. Free plans have limits; each app’s line above says what it is.

### Which of these work on Android?
Honeydew, CookNest, Deglaze, Samsung Food, Recipe Keeper, ReciMe, Cookpad, Plan to Eat and Copy Me That, as their own pages say.

### Is Saucepan on this list because you make it?
Saucepan is our app, so we score it by the same rule from its own feature list, and say so on the list. It ranks #1 of 13 here. It launches on November 13, 2026 and has no ratings yet.

### When was this checked?
Feature marks were read from each app’s App Store listing, website and help pages on November 1, 2026, and prices, platforms and update dates on November 4, 2026. Apps change often.