Best recipe apps
Recipe apps ranked for one job at a time, by a rule printed on each page and built from the features each app’s own pages show. Saucepan is our app; it is scored by the same rule.
Best recipe apps for iPhone
Top by our rule: Pestle, Saucepan, Crouton. 22 apps ranked.
Best apps to save recipes from Instagram and TikTok
Top by our rule: Samsung Food, Plan to Eat, Deglaze. 13 apps ranked.
Best meal planning apps
Top by our rule: Samsung Food, Honeydew, SideChef. 22 apps ranked.
Best recipe apps with grocery lists
Top by our rule: AnyList, Samsung Food, Honeydew. 23 apps ranked.
Best free recipe apps
Top by our rule: Samsung Food, Deglaze, Honeydew. 21 apps ranked.
Best recipe apps for families and couples
Top by our rule: AnyList, Samsung Food, Deglaze. 16 apps ranked.
Best apps to scan cookbooks and recipe cards
Top by our rule: Samsung Food, Deglaze, Honeydew. 14 apps ranked.
Best AI recipe apps
Top by our rule: Saucepan, Honeydew, CookNest. 13 apps ranked.
Best recipe apps for Apple Watch
Top by our rule: AnyList, Crouton, Pestle. 6 apps ranked.
Best recipe apps with a pantry tracker
Top by our rule: Cooklist, Samsung Food, Honeydew. 8 apps ranked.
Head to head
Two other apps side by side, every feature and price with its source.
- Paprika vs Mela
- Paprika vs Crouton
- Mela vs Crouton
- Paprika vs AnyList
- Paprika vs Copy Me That
- Paprika vs Plan to Eat
- Samsung Food vs Paprika
- ReciMe vs Honeydew
- Mealime vs Samsung Food
- Pestle vs Mela
- Crouton vs Pestle
- Plan to Eat vs AnyList
- Recipe Keeper vs Paprika
- Deglaze vs ReciMe
- BigOven vs Paprika
- Samsung Food vs Plan to Eat
- NYT Cooking vs Paprika
- Tasty vs NYT Cooking
- Kitchen Stories vs Tasty
- Samsung Food vs SideChef
- SuperCook vs Cooklist
- Eat This Much vs Samsung Food
- Pinterest vs Paprika