Saucepan vs Yummly

Yummly closed on December 20, 2024. It was built around a free recipe search engine from Whirlpool, with personalized recommendations, a weekly meal planner and a shopping list. 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 need a new home for your recipes now that Yummly has closed, with saving from Instagram and TikTok, a pantry you fill by scanning a receipt, and timers that ring even on silent.

Yummly closed on December 20, 2024. Its website and apps shut down, and yummly.com now sends you to KitchenAid’s recipe pages. Their notice

Saucepan in use

  1. Share a Reel. It becomes a recipe.

    Ingredients, steps, a photo and credit to the creator.

  2. Scan a receipt. Fill your Pantry.

    It reads the receipt on your phone and lists the food it found.

  3. Cook one step at a time.

    Large type, timers that ring, and voice to move on.

Who should pick which

Pick Saucepan if

You need a new home for your recipes now that Yummly has closed, with saving from Instagram and TikTok, a pantry you fill by scanning a receipt, and timers that ring even on silent.

  • Saucepan launches on November 13, 2026, so it has no track record or ratings yet.
  • It is on iPhone first. Android is coming soon.
  • Yummly is ahead on send the list to grocery delivery.

Feature by feature

Yummly and Saucepan, feature by feature
FeatureYummlySaucepan
AI assistants & MCP
Works in ChatGPTNot foundYesSaucepan
Works in ClaudeNot foundYesSaucepan
Other AI apps via MCPNot foundYesSaucepan
Interactive cards in the chatNot foundYesSaucepan
Saving
Save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTubeNot foundYesSaucepan
Save from websitesYesweb.archive.orgYesSaucepan
Scan cookbook pages and cardsNot foundYesSaucepan
Planning & shopping
Meal planYesweb.archive.orgYesSaucepan
Grocery listYesweb.archive.orgYesSaucepan
Shared with a householdPartlyweb.archive.orgYesSaucepan
Send the list to grocery deliveryYesweb.archive.orgNo
Kitchen
PantryNot foundYesSaucepan
Receipt scanNot foundYesSaucepan
What can I make from what I haveYesweb.archive.orgYesSaucepan
Cook modePartlyweb.archive.orgYesSaucepan
TimersPartlyweb.archive.orgYesSaucepan
NutritionYesweb.archive.orgYesSaucepan
Apple extras
WidgetsNot foundYesSaucepan
Live ActivitiesNot foundYesSaucepan
Apple WatchNoweb.archive.orgPartlySaucepan
Siri and ShortcutsNot foundYesSaucepan
Mac and iPadPartlyweb.archive.orgPartly
CarPlayNot foundPartlySaucepan
Platforms & price
AndroidNoweb.archive.orgComing
Web appNoweb.archive.orgPartly
Free planNoweb.archive.orgYesSaucepan

Tap a mark for the note. “Not found” means we looked on their own pages and did not see it.

Where Yummly is stronger

  • Send the list to grocery delivery. Pre-shutdown: Buy Now on the Shopping List sent items to a chosen delivery provider, in select US locations. Providers not named on the official pages fetched web.archive.org Saucepan: no. Not available yet.

What Saucepan adds

Saucepan has free plan. Yummly’s own pages say it does not.

Saucepan has works in ChatGPT, works in Claude, other AI apps via MCP, interactive cards in the chat, save from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, scan cookbook pages and cards, Pantry, receipt scan, widgets, Live Activities and Siri and shortcuts. We did not find these on Yummly’s pages.

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Price

Yummly

No free plan

Closed on December 20, 2024. Before that it was free, and in 2024 its former paid features were listed as free.

web.archive.org

Saucepan

Yes 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 pricing

Prices 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.

Starting over

We found no way to export a whole library from Yummly now that it has closed. 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.

Questions

Has Yummly closed?

Yes. Closed on December 20, 2024. Before that it was free, and in 2024 its former paid features were listed as free. Their notice: https://web.archive.org/web/20241221010004/https://help.yummly.com/hc/en-us/categories/360002376231-Smart-Thermometer

How much does Yummly cost compared with Saucepan?

Yummly: Closed on December 20, 2024. Before that it was free, and in 2024 its former paid features were listed as free. 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.

Can I move my recipes from Yummly to Saucepan?

We found no way to export a whole library from Yummly now that it has closed. 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.

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