Allrecipes is built around a free recipe website with ratings and reviews from home cooks. Its app was withdrawn in March 2023. Saucepan saves recipes from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and websites, shows which ones you can make tonight, and cooks them hands-free. Pick Saucepan if you want an iPhone app with Cook Mode and timers, a meal plan with a grocery list, and a pantry filled by scanning a receipt.
Ingredients, steps, a photo and credit to the creator.
It reads the receipt on your phone and lists the food it found.
Your saved recipes, checked against your Pantry.
| Detail | Allrecipes | Saucepan |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | The website only. The Allrecipes app was withdrawn on March 20, 2023.web.archive.org | iPhone, and it runs on iPad. Android is coming soon. Your library, collections and grocery list are also on the web at getsaucepan.com/app.Saucepan |
| Syncs through | Saved recipes and collections are stored in your MyRecipes account, linked to your Allrecipes account.support.people.inc | Sign in and your library syncs to every device. Without an account, recipes stay on your phone.Saucepan |
| Saves from | Not found on its own pages. | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook and most recipe websites, plus cookbook pages, handwritten cards and screenshots.Saucepan |
| Last App Store update | Not found on its own pages. | New. Launches November 13, 2026. |
| Ratings | No app on the US App Store since March 20, 2023, so no App Store rating.web.archive.org | None yet. It launches soon. |
You want to browse recipes rated and reviewed by home cooks on the web, and you’re fine keeping your saves in MyRecipes.
You want an iPhone app with Cook Mode and timers, a meal plan with a grocery list, and a pantry filled by scanning a receipt.
You do not have to choose today. Keep Allrecipes while you try Saucepan on a few recipes.
| Feature | Allrecipes | Saucepan |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistants & MCP | ||
| Works in ChatGPT | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Works in Claude | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Other AI apps via MCP | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Interactive cards in the chat | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Saving | ||
| Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Save from websites | Noallrecipes.com | YesSaucepan |
| Scan cookbook pages and cards | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Planning & shopping | ||
| Meal plan | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Grocery list | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Shared with a household | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Send the list to grocery delivery | Not found | No |
| Kitchen | ||
| Pantry | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Receipt scan | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| What can I make from what I have | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Cook mode | Partlyallrecipes.com | YesSaucepan |
| Timers | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Nutrition | Yesallrecipes.com | YesSaucepan |
| Apple extras | ||
| Widgets | Noweb.archive.org | YesSaucepan |
| Live Activities | Noweb.archive.org | YesSaucepan |
| Apple Watch | Noweb.archive.org | PartlySaucepan |
| Siri and Shortcuts | Noweb.archive.org | YesSaucepan |
| Mac and iPad | Noweb.archive.org | Partly |
| CarPlay | Noweb.archive.org | PartlySaucepan |
| Platforms & price | ||
| Android | Noweb.archive.org | Coming |
| Web app | Yesallrecipes.com | Partly |
| Free plan | Yessupport.people.inc | YesSaucepan |
Tap a mark for the note. “Not found” means we looked on their own pages and did not see it. Allrecipes is not a recipe app, so rows where we found nothing for either side are left out.
Allrecipes keeps whatever you put in it. It does not read a Reel into ingredients and steps, sort a grocery list or run a timer for you, as far as its own pages say. That is the job Saucepan does.
Yes free plan
Free. Allrecipes and MyRecipes, where your saved recipes are kept, don’t charge a fee.
support.people.incYes free plan
Free to use, with no ads. Saving, Cook Mode, timers, meal plans, groceries and sharing are free. Saucepan+ is $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial, and includes Family Sharing.
Saucepan pricingPrices are US dollars from each app’s own pages, checked November 4, 2026. Apps change them. In-app purchase lists on the App Store do not always say how long each one lasts, and we say so when they do not.
We found no way to export a whole library from Allrecipes on its own pages. You can still bring recipes over one at a time: share the original link to Saucepan, paste the text, or use a screenshot or photo.
Allrecipes: Free. Allrecipes and MyRecipes, where your saved recipes are kept, don’t charge a fee. Saucepan: Free to use, with no ads. Saucepan+ is $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. Prices checked November 4, 2026.
Allrecipes: We did not find it on its own pages. Saucepan: Yes. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest and Facebook. Reads the caption and, for videos, the on-screen text and narration.
Allrecipes: No. The app, which also ran on Android, was withdrawn on March 20, 2023. People Inc. now points Android users to its MyRecipes app. Saucepan: Android is coming soon. It runs on iPhone now.
We found no ChatGPT, Claude or MCP connector from Allrecipes on its own pages. Saucepan connects to both for free.
We found no way to export a whole library from Allrecipes on its own pages. You can still bring recipes over one at a time: share the original link to Saucepan, paste the text, or use a screenshot or photo.
Choose Allrecipes if you want to browse recipes rated and reviewed by home cooks on the web, and you’re fine keeping your saves in MyRecipes.
