Kitchen Stories is built around a catalog of tested recipes with step-by-step photos and videos, plus personal cookbooks and shopping lists. 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 to save from Instagram and TikTok without a subscription, a pantry you fill by scanning a receipt, or a free ChatGPT and Claude connector.
Ingredients, steps, a photo and credit to the creator.
It reads the receipt on your phone and lists the food it found.
One grocery list from your plan, sorted by aisle.
| Detail | Kitchen Stories | Saucepan |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Vision, Mac with Apple silicon (as the iPad app) and Android. The website shows recipes without an account.App Store | 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 | Not found on its own pages. | Sign in and your library syncs to every device. Without an account, recipes stay on your phone.Saucepan |
| Saves from | With Plus, on iOS: Instagram, TikTok, any website or blog, screenshots and handwritten notes.pages.kitchenstories.com | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook and most recipe websites, plus cookbook pages, handwritten cards and screenshots.Saucepan |
| Last App Store update | Version 27.6.0, November 4, 2026.App Store | New. Launches November 13, 2026. |
| Ratings | 4.8 stars from 22,778 ratingsApp Store | None yet. It launches soon. |
You want a large catalog of tested recipes with step-by-step photos and videos, on iPhone, Apple TV or Android.
You want to save from Instagram and TikTok without a subscription, a pantry you fill by scanning a receipt, or a free ChatGPT and Claude connector.
You do not have to choose today. Keep Kitchen Stories while you try Saucepan on a few recipes.
| Feature | Kitchen Stories | 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 | Partlypages.kitchenstories.com | YesSaucepan |
| Save from websites | Partlypages.kitchenstories.com | YesSaucepan |
| Scan cookbook pages and cards | Partlypages.kitchenstories.com | YesSaucepan |
| Planning & shopping | ||
| Meal plan | PartlyApp Store | YesSaucepan |
| Grocery list | YesApp Store | 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 | Yespages.kitchenstories.com | YesSaucepan |
| Cook mode | Yespages.kitchenstories.com | YesSaucepan |
| Timers | YesGoogle Play | YesSaucepan |
| Nutrition | Yeskitchenstories.com | YesSaucepan |
| Apple extras | ||
| Widgets | YesApp Store | YesSaucepan |
| Live Activities | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Apple Watch | NoApp Store | PartlySaucepan |
| Siri and Shortcuts | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Mac and iPad | PartlyApp Store | Partly |
| CarPlay | Not found | PartlySaucepan |
| Platforms & price | ||
| Android | YesGoogle Play | Coming |
| Web app | Partlykitchenstories.com | Partly |
| Free plan | YesApp Store | YesSaucepan |
Tap a mark for the note. “Not found” means we looked on their own pages and did not see it.
Saucepan has works in ChatGPT, works in Claude, other AI apps via MCP, interactive cards in the chat, shared with a household, Pantry, receipt scan, Live Activities and Siri and shortcuts. We did not find these on Kitchen Stories’s pages.
Yes free plan
Free for recipes, cookbooks and shopping lists. Kitchen Stories Plus adds recipe import and fridge-based suggestions; the App Store lists it at $6.99, $7.99 and $79.99, with a 7-day free trial.
App StoreYes 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 Kitchen Stories 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.
Kitchen Stories: Free for recipes, cookbooks and shopping lists. Kitchen Stories Plus adds recipe import and fridge-based suggestions; the App Store lists it at $6.99, $7.99 and $79.99, with a 7-day free trial. 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.
Kitchen Stories: Partly. 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. Saucepan: Yes. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest and Facebook. Reads the caption and, for videos, the on-screen text and narration.
Kitchen Stories: Yes. Kitchen Stories: Recipes on Google Play (contains ads, in-app purchases). Recipe import is iOS only for now. Saucepan: Android is coming soon. It runs on iPhone now.
We found no ChatGPT, Claude or MCP connector from Kitchen Stories on its own pages. Saucepan connects to both for free.
The US App Store lists Kitchen Stories at version 27.6.0, updated November 4, 2026. We checked on November 4, 2026.
We found no way to export a whole library from Kitchen Stories 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 Kitchen Stories if you want a large catalog of tested recipes with step-by-step photos and videos, on iPhone, Apple TV or Android.
