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.
The ranking
Saucepan our app
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. Saucepan
CookNest
Du willst einen kostenlosen Plan mit Teilen, Android und dem Web oder ein gedrucktes Kochbuch deiner Rezepte.
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. cooknest.app
Foodie
Du willst eine neue iPhone-App, die außerdem eine Haushaltsliste teilt. Sie ist jung und hat zu wenige Bewertungen im App Store, um eine Punktzahl zu zeigen.
Short of full marks: Scan cookbook pages and cards (partly), 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. foodie.chewable.fit
Deglaze
Du willst kostenloses Haushaltsteilen, eine Web-App und Android sowie einen Connector für ChatGPT und Claude mit einem kostenpflichtigen Tarif.
Short of full marks: Interactive cards in the chat (not found), What can I make from what I have (partly), 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. App Store
Samsung Food
Du willst kostenlose Essensplanung mit geteilten Listen auf Android und im Web sowie auf dem iPhone.
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).
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. App Store
Recipe Keeper
Du willst einmal zahlen, du hast Familie auf Android oder Windows, oder du hast einen großen Stapel Papierrezepte.
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 (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. App Store
ReciMe
Du willst den meistgenutzten Speicher für Social-Videos, du nutzt auch Android und brauchst keinen Vorratsschrank.
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).
Price. Free with 5 imports a week. In the US the yearly plan is $39.99, with a 7-day trial. recime.app
Cookpad
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), 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. App Store
Plan to Eat
Du planst die ganze Woche in einem Kalender aus deiner eigenen Rezeptbox und willst auch Web und Android. Es hat keinen kostenlosen Tarif.
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).
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. plantoeat.com
Pestle
Du willst einen designorientierten Rezept-Manager mit Apple-Watch-App und Chrome-Erweiterung und zahlst gern für 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), 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. App Store
Copy Me That
Du speicherst Rezepte meist von Websites, willst den niedrigsten Preis und nutzt den Browser genauso gern wie das Telefon.
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), Nutrition (not found).
Price. Free up to 40 recipes. $0.99 a month for unlimited recipes, or $65 for lifetime. App Store
Mela
Du willst eine ruhige, nur für Apple gedachte Bibliothek auf iCloud mit einem einmaligen Preis und einer Mac-App. Das letzte App-Store-Update war im Juni 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), Nutrition (partly).
Price. Free to download. Mela+ is a one-time unlock: $6.99 on iPhone and iPad, $14.99 on Mac, bought separately. App Store
Partly qualify, so 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).
Funktion für Funktion
- Ja
- Teilweise
- Nein
- Nicht gefunden
- Demnächst
| App | ChatGPT | Claude | Other MCP | Karten im Chat | Social video | Scannen | Was kann ich kochen | Nährwerte |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saucepan (ours) | Ja | Ja | Ja | Ja | Ja | Ja | Ja | Ja |
| Honeydew | Ja | Ja | Ja | Nicht gefunden | Ja | Ja | Ja | Ja |
| CookNest | Ja | Ja | Ja | Nicht gefunden | Ja | Ja | Ja | Ja |
| Foodie | Ja | Ja | Ja | Ja | Ja | Teilweise | Ja | Nicht gefunden |
| Deglaze | Ja | Ja | Ja | Nicht gefunden | Ja | Ja | Teilweise | Nicht gefunden |
| Samsung Food | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Ja | Ja | Ja | Ja |
| Recipe Keeper | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Ja | Ja | Teilweise | Ja |
| ReciMe | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Ja | Ja | Nicht gefunden | Ja |
| Cookpad | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Ja | Ja | Ja | Nicht gefunden |
| Plan to Eat | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Ja | Ja | Nicht gefunden | Ja |
| Pestle | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Ja | Ja | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden |
| Copy Me That | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Ja | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden |
| Mela | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Nicht gefunden | Ja | Ja | Nicht gefunden | Teilweise |
Tap a mark for the note and its source. Each app’s name opens a page with every row.
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.
Saucepan is our app. It is scored from its own feature list by the same rule.
Fragen
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.