Not all recipe savers are created equal. Some are great for cookbook-style recipe websites. Others shine when you're pulling from Instagram, YouTube, or Facebook. Some charge a flat fee; others lock features behind a yearly subscription. I spent time with the most popular options and some new emerging ones so you don't have to.
| Feature | Paprika 3 | RecipeKeeper | ReciMe | RecipeBox | Whisk | Recimarry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing & Access | ||||||
| Pricing | $4.99 lifetime (iOS/Android)Desktop version $29.99 lifetime, sold separately. | $19.99 lifetime | $39.99/year | $69.99/year | $39.99/year | $3.49 / 200 recipes |
| Free Trial | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓40+ free recipes. |
| Sync across devices | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import | ||||||
| Recipe websites | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Social media | ✗ | ~IG & TikTok: yes if recipe in caption. Pinterest: yes if recipe in link, no if recipe in image. | ✓ | ~Unreliable. Slow, often fails if recipe is in comments or image (e.g. Pinterest). | ✓ | ✓ |
| YouTube | ✗ | ~Only if recipe is in caption. | ~Yes if recipe in caption, transcript, or linked site. May extract wrong content from links. | ~Only if recipe is in caption. | ~Only if recipe is in caption. | ✓Caption, transcript, or video audio. Costs 5 points if video processing needed. |
| Image / screenshot | ✗ | ✓ | ✓Up to 3 images. | ✗ | ~Supported but encountered hiccups in testing. | ✓Up to 3 images. |
| From other recipe apps | ✓Paprika format or HTML. | ✓Multiple formats supported. | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Organization & Discovery | ||||||
| Own recipe database | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓2M+ recipes. | ✗ | ✗ |
| Search by ingredient | ✗ | ✗ | ~Filter by ingredient icons, but inconsistent — "beef" won't surface steak; "rice" won't surface fried rice. | ✗ | ✗ | ~Occasionally false positives — e.g. searching "fish" may also surface fish sauce recipes. |
| Search by tag | ✗ | ✗Search by category or collection only. | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓Multiple tags per recipe; multiple collections. |
| Meal Planner | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗Coming soon. |
| Shopping List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓Instacart & Walmart integration coming. | ✓Instacart & Walmart integration. | ✓Items sorted by grocery store aisles. | ✓Items grouped by grocery store aisles. |
| Cooking Features | ||||||
| Unit conversion | ✓US standard & metric. | ✓ | ✓Premium access. | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scale servings | ✓Scale by multiplier. | ✓Scale by person count. | ✓Premium access. | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Nutrition info | ✗ | ~Shown if recipe includes it; users can add manually. | ✓Premium access. | ~Available for built-in database only; not for imported recipes. | ✓ | ✗Coming soon. |
| Cook time estimation | ~Shows time only if present in the recipe. | ~Total time only; not available for all recipes. | ~Estimates total time only, not per step. | ~Shows cook time if present in the recipe. | ✓Estimates time per step. | ~Shows time if present in the recipe. |
| Assisted cooking | ✓Siri. | ✓Alexa. | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓Siri. |
| Recipe Management | ||||||
| Edit after import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓Reorder ingredients & steps; attach photos per step. | ✓ | ✓Nutrition info doesn't re-estimate after edits. | ~Only tags and remarks can be edited. |
| Print recipe | ✓ | ✓PDF, printer, or recipe book. | ✓Premium access. | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Export recipe | ✓ | ✓ | ✓Premium access. | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Rate recipes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pin for quick access | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Language | ||||||
| Translation | ✗ | ✗ | ✓Since 2026. | ✗ | ✓Translates to profile language. | ✓Translates to profile language; can override per recipe at import time. |
↓ Read the full review of each app below
When it comes to collecting recipes, Paprika is the most well-known option. It costs a one-time fee of $4.99 for iOS/Android ($29.99 for the desktop version, sold separately) and can import recipes from almost any recipe website. It's budget-friendly and packed with practical cooking features: unit conversion, scaling, Siri-assisted cooking, a meal planner, and a shopping list.
However, Paprika feels like it belongs to an earlier era of recipe collecting. It doesn't support imports from social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube, and for $4.99, you can't expect translation features. Still, for users who don't save recipes from social media, Paprika is a no-brainer.
RecipeKeeper is an impressive, feature-comprehensive app. It supports imports from recipe websites and social media (if the post includes a recipe in the caption or a link). It can also import from images or screenshots. Despite a slightly outdated interface, its functionality is broad — including the ability to create custom cookbooks with different fonts and layouts. It offers Alexa-assisted cooking and costs $19.99 (one-time) with a free trial.
ReciMe dominates when it comes to social media imports. It handles both recipe websites and social media, and goes the extra mile to fetch recipe content from captions, descriptions, links, or transcripts. That said, it can sometimes misidentify links that aren't actually recipes. It also supports image imports. Its shopping cart integrates with Instacart and Walmart (coming soon). ReciMe offers a free trial, with premium features like unit conversion, scaling, and nutrition info behind a subscription.
It allows ingredient-based search, though it can be buggy — searching "beef" might not show steak, and "rice" may not surface fried rice recipes. As of 2026, it also supports translation.
RecipeBox operates in a different league. It features its own database of over 2 million recipes and also supports imports from recipe websites and social media. However, it's significantly more expensive at $69.99/year, and the import functionality didn't work reliably in my testing. I tried multiple social media posts (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest) and waited a long time with no items extracted.
RecipeBox also lacks common features found in other apps — meal planner, unit conversion, scaling, assisted cooking — but it does integrate with Instacart and Walmart. I'd recommend it mainly for users looking to explore its built-in database, not for importing from social media.
Whisk (recently acquired by Samsung Food) is relatively young and impressive in its own right. It focuses on a minimalist design and seems aimed at a different type of user. It allows imports from recipe websites, social media, and images. Its most distinctive feature is estimating cooking time for each step and generating a total cooking time, so you can sort recipes by how long they take. Another highlight: shopping list items can be sorted by grocery store aisles. It also estimates nutrition info, though updating a recipe doesn't trigger a recalculation. Translation is supported as well.
Recimarry is a new app designed specifically for collecting recipes from social media and recipe websites. Unlike subscription-based or one-time-purchase models, Recimarry uses point-based pricing: 200 recipes for $3.49. No subscription required.
Its main focus is helping you find recipes within your collection using tags and ingredient-based search. Recimarry supports YouTube videos even when the recipe isn't in the caption or transcript, and can also import recipes from photos and screenshots. It includes a shopping list grouped by grocery store aisles, lets you scale recipes by serving count, and offers Siri-assisted cooking. You can translate recipes into your preferred language, pin favourites for quick access, and share collected recipes with friends.
Compared to more mature apps, Recimarry keeps things minimal — intentionally. It does exactly what it promises: helps you save, organize, and find recipes from modern sources, without feature bloat.