Best Mealime Alternatives
Reviewed
The top-ranked Mealime alternative is Whisk (Samsung Food) (Freemium).
Mealime was discontinued on 21 October 2026, and its recipes moved to Meals Hub inside Albertsons Companies grocery apps. If you want a standalone meal planner instead, Samsung Food is free, while Plan to Eat, Eat This Much and Paprika cover recipe saving, nutrition targets and grocery lists.
1Whisk (Samsung Food)
FreemiumA recipe saver and meal planner with smart shopping lists.
2Plan to Eat
SubscriptionMeal planner that turns saved recipes into organized shopping lists.
3Eat This Much
FreemiumAn automatic meal planner that builds plans to hit your calorie goals.
Paprika Recipe Manager
PaidRecipe manager that saves, organizes, and scales recipes with meal plans.
A shared grocery and recipe list app for households.
Prepear
FreemiumA meal planner and recipe organizer with shopping lists.
BigOven
FreemiumRecipe organizer with grocery lists and leftover meal ideas.
Popular calorie and macro tracker with a huge food database.
Cookpad
FreemiumGlobal platform for sharing and discovering home-cooked recipes.
What happened to Mealime?
Mealime was discontinued on 21 October 2026, according to the closing notice on Mealime's own website. Its recipes moved to Meals Hub, a free section inside Albertsons Companies grocery apps and store websites, supported by the same core team. Mealime says all personal data is deleted when the app shuts down.
Top Mealime alternatives compared
Samsung Food
Samsung Food, formerly Whisk, is a free app for planning meals, saving recipes from any website and building shopping lists you can share. Samsung Food+ adds AI-personalized weekly meal plans, pantry management and nutrition tracking for $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year. It suits people who want a free planner close to Mealime.
Plan to Eat
Plan to Eat saves recipes from other sites in one click, puts them on a meal-planning calendar and fills an organized grocery list automatically. It costs $5.95 a month or $49 a year after a 14-day free trial that needs no payment details. It suits cooks who already have favorite recipes online.
Eat This Much
Eat This Much builds meal plans around your calorie and macro targets and can use your pantry items first. The free account generates daily plans, while Premium, at $5 a month on an annual subscription, adds weekly planning, an automatic grocery list and grocery delivery integration. It suits people who plan meals around nutrition goals.
Paprika Recipe Manager
Paprika has a built-in browser that downloads recipes from the web, plus weekly or monthly meal planning and grocery lists sorted by aisle. Cloud Sync keeps recipes, lists and plans the same across devices, and each platform version is sold separately. It suits people who want to keep their own recipe collection.
| App | Price | Platforms | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Food | Free, Samsung Food+ $6.99/mo | iOS, Android | Free meal planning and shared lists |
| Plan to Eat | $5.95/mo or $49/yr after a 14-day trial | Web, iOS, Android | Planning with recipes saved from the web |
| Eat This Much | Free daily plans, Premium $5/mo (annual) | Web, iOS, Android | Calorie and macro targets |
| Paprika Recipe Manager | Paid, each platform sold separately | Windows, Mac, iOS, Android | A personal recipe collection |
We checked each app's official site or app store listing on 6 November 2026. Of the four, only Samsung Food and Eat This Much have a free plan that keeps working after a trial: Plan to Eat is paid after 14 days and Paprika is sold per platform.
Mealime alternatives: FAQ
What is the best alternative to Mealime?
Whisk (Samsung Food) is ranked first on this list (Freemium). The ranking combines our base score with readers' votes, so it can change.
Which Mealime alternatives work on Mac?
Paprika Recipe Manager run on macOS.
Are there Mealime alternatives for Android?
Yes: Whisk (Samsung Food), Plan to Eat, Eat This Much and Paprika Recipe Manager have Android apps.
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