# Saucepan vs BigOven

BigOven is built around a long-running recipe app with a web clipper, RecipeScan and shared grocery lists. Saucepan saves recipes from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook, websites, cookbook pages, handwritten cards, screenshots, shows what you can make tonight, and cooks hands-free. Choose Saucepan if you want to save from Instagram and TikTok, a pantry you fill by scanning your receipt, and Saucepan inside ChatGPT and Claude.

BigOven US App Store listing, 2026-11-04: "BigOven Recipes & Meal Planner".

## Feature by feature (checked 2026-11-04; "not found" means not on BigOven's own pages)

- Works in ChatGPT: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- Works in Claude: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- Other AI apps via MCP: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- Interactive cards in the chat: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- Save from websites: BigOven yes (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bigoven-recipes-meal-planner/id294363034); Saucepan yes
- Scan cookbook pages and cards: BigOven yes (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bigoven-recipes-meal-planner/id294363034); Saucepan yes
- Meal plan: BigOven yes (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bigoven-recipes-meal-planner/id294363034); Saucepan yes
- Grocery list: BigOven yes (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bigoven-recipes-meal-planner/id294363034); Saucepan yes
- Shared with a household: BigOven yes (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bigoven-recipes-meal-planner/id294363034); Saucepan yes
- Send the list to grocery delivery: BigOven not found; Saucepan no
- Pantry: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- Receipt scan: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- What can I make from what I have: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- Cook mode: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- Timers: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- Nutrition: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- Widgets: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- Live Activities: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- Apple Watch: BigOven yes (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bigoven-recipes-meal-planner/id294363034); Saucepan partly
- Siri and Shortcuts: BigOven not found; Saucepan yes
- Mac and iPad: BigOven partly (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bigoven-recipes-meal-planner/id294363034); Saucepan partly
- CarPlay: BigOven not found; Saucepan partly
- Android: BigOven not found; Saucepan coming
- Web app: BigOven not found; Saucepan partly
- Free plan: BigOven yes (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bigoven-recipes-meal-planner/id294363034); Saucepan yes

Saucepan: free to use; Saucepan+ is $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. iPhone. Android is coming soon.