Pinterest is built around visual boards where you pin recipes and other ideas from around the web. 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 recipes kept as recipes with ingredients and steps, Cook Mode with timers that ring even on silent, and a meal plan with an aisle-sorted grocery list.
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 | Saucepan | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision, plus Android and pinterest.com in a browser.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 | Saves an image and link from any website with the Save extension for Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari, the share sheet on your phone, or Save from URL.help.pinterest.com | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook and most recipe websites, plus cookbook pages, handwritten cards and screenshots.Saucepan |
| Gets recipes out | You can request a download of your personal data by email. The help page does not say whether boards and Pins are included.help.pinterest.com | Not stated yet. |
| Last App Store update | Version 14.42, October 28, 2026.App Store | New. Launches November 13, 2026. |
| Ratings | 4.8 stars from 5,813,885 ratingsApp Store | None yet. It launches soon. |
You collect recipes as pictures for inspiration, browse boards of ideas from around the web, and plan with friends on group boards.
You want recipes kept as recipes with ingredients and steps, Cook Mode with timers that ring even on silent, and a meal plan with an aisle-sorted grocery list.
You do not have to choose today. Keep Pinterest while you try Saucepan on a few recipes.
| Feature | 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 | Partlyhelp.pinterest.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 | Partlyhelp.pinterest.com | YesSaucepan |
| Send the list to grocery delivery | Partlybusiness.pinterest.com | No |
| Kitchen | ||
| Pantry | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Receipt scan | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| What can I make from what I have | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Cook mode | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Timers | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Nutrition | Not found | YesSaucepan |
| Apple extras | ||
| Widgets | Yeshelp.pinterest.com | 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 | Yeshelp.pinterest.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. Pinterest is not a recipe app, so rows where we found nothing for either side are left out.
Pinterest 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. The App Store lists no paid plan, only ad funds for advertisers.
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 Pinterest 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.
Pinterest: Free. The App Store lists no paid plan, only ad funds for advertisers. 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.
Pinterest: 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.
Pinterest: Yes. Pinterest is on Google Play. Saucepan: Android is coming soon. It runs on iPhone now.
We found no ChatGPT, Claude or MCP connector from Pinterest on its own pages. Saucepan connects to both for free.
The US App Store lists Pinterest at version 14.42, updated October 28, 2026. We checked on November 4, 2026.
We found no way to export a whole library from Pinterest 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 Pinterest if you collect recipes as pictures for inspiration, browse boards of ideas from around the web, and plan with friends on group boards.
