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The 6 best Copy Me That alternatives in 2026.
Copy Me That is one of the cheapest ways to keep recipes on every device: a one-click clipper, a meal planner and a shopping list, free up to 40 recipes and $0.99 a month after that. If you've reached that limit and want more for the money, or you'd like a cooking mode, cookbook scanning, nutrition or a login for each person at home, these six apps are the ones to look at, with the kind of Copy Me That user each one suits.
By Hedgehog Chef · · 9-minute read
The short answer
Hedgehog Chef is our pick if you want Copy Me That's web-and-phone recipe box plus a cook mode, cookbook-photo import, nutrition, an AI planner and a login each for two people; it imports Copy Me That's export directly. Plan to Eat is the long-running planner that also imports it, Paprika the best one-time purchase, AnyList the best shared grocery list for a household, ReciMe the best at social imports, and Recipe Keeper the best for scanning cookbooks, with apps for phones, Mac and Windows.
- 1. Hedgehog Chef: best for cook mode, cookbook photos and a login each, with your recipes brought along
- 2. Plan to Eat: best for a long-running planner that imports Copy Me That and works offline
- 3. Paprika: best for paying once and cooking offline
- 4. AnyList: best for a shared grocery list with a login for each person, for $14.99 a year
- 5. ReciMe: best for saving recipes from social posts
- 6. Recipe Keeper: best for scanning cookbooks, with apps for phones, Mac and Windows
At a glance
| App | Best for | Price | Without paying |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Hedgehog Chef | Best for: cook mode, cookbook photos and a login each, with your recipes brought along | Price: $5.99/month or $49.99/year for one person (Individual), or $9.99/month or $83.99/year for two people (Family) | Without paying: A 14-day free trial with everything, no card needed; no free plan after it |
| 2. Plan to Eat | Best for: a long-running planner that imports Copy Me That and works offline | Price: $5.95/month or $49/year on its website ($54.99/year in the App Store) | Without paying: A 14-day trial without a card; no free plan |
| 3. Paprika | Best for: paying once and cooking offline | Price: Paprika 3 is bought once per platform: $4.99 iPhone/iPad, $4.99 Android unlock, $29.99 Mac, $29.99 Windows | Without paying: On Android and Windows, up to 50 recipes without sync; iPhone, iPad and Mac are paid up front |
| 4. AnyList | Best for: a shared grocery list with a login for each person, for $14.99 a year | Price: AnyList Complete: $9.99/year for one person or $14.99/year for a household | Without paying: Shared lists and recipes, with 5 web recipe imports; meal planning needs Complete |
| 5. ReciMe | Best for: saving recipes from social posts | Price: ReciMe Plus: $39.99/year in the US | Without paying: 5 imports a week, with meal plans, grocery lists and cookbooks |
| 6. Recipe Keeper | Best for: scanning cookbooks, with apps for phones, Mac and Windows | Price: A Pro upgrade bought per platform: $19.99 on iPhone/iPad and Android, $29.99 on Mac | Without paying: Free to download, with the Pro upgrade in the app |
How we chose
We make Hedgehog Chef, so it's first on this list: that's our bias, stated up front, and its cons are as honest as everyone else's. The other apps are in the order we'd suggest them for this job. Everything we say about them comes from their own websites, help pages and app-store listings, checked on November 2, 2026 and linked at the end, and each entry says who should pick it instead of ours. We left out store ratings, which change daily.
What we looked at:
- Can it import your Copy Me That recipes, so you don't start over?
- Saving recipes from websites and social apps as easily as Copy Me That's clipper
- Help while cooking: a step-by-step mode, timers and scaling
- Running on the web and on phones, with a login for each person if you want one
- Price: Copy Me That is free up to 40 recipes, then $0.99 a month
The apps
Our app
1. Hedgehog Chef
Best for cook mode, cookbook photos and a login each, with your recipes brought along
Hedgehog Chef covers what Copy Me That users rely on, saving recipes from websites and social posts and reaching them from any browser or phone, and adds help in the kitchen: a full-screen cook mode with timers and read-aloud, recipes read from a photo of a cookbook page or a handwritten card, nutrition calculated from the ingredients, a pantry with expiry dates and “What can I make?”, and an AI planner that drafts the week from your own recipes for you to approve. On the Family plan, two people each sign in as themselves.
Moving over is one file: export from Copy Me That and choose it under Recipes › Import › Other apps; photos, tags, ratings and notes come along. It costs more than Copy Me That. Hedgehog Chef has no free plan: every kitchen starts with a 14-day free trial with everything included and no card, then it's $5.99/month or $49.99/year for one person (Individual), or $9.99/month or $83.99/year for two people (Family).
Pros
- Imports whole libraries from Paprika (photos included), Mela, Crouton, Recipe Keeper, MasterCook, Plan to Eat, Copy Me That and more
- Imports from a link, a photo of a cookbook page or handwritten card, pasted text, or a TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or Pinterest link
- Full-screen cook mode with that step's ingredients, timers you set with a tap, read-aloud, and voice commands in Chrome, Edge and Safari
- Nutrition calculated from the ingredients with USDA data, with daily goals on the plan
- 2 people on Family, each with their own login
- An AI planner: ask for “a week of high-protein dinners under $150” and it proposes a plan and a list from your recipes, for you to approve
Cons
- No free plan: after the 14-day free trial it's $5.99/month or $49.99/year for one person (Individual), or $9.99/month or $83.99/year for two people (Family)
- New: launched in 2026, so it doesn't have years of track record yet
- No App Store or Google Play app yet: it installs from the browser instead
- Only partly offline: the shopping list, this week's plan and saved recipes open without a connection, the rest needs one
- Platforms
- Any web browser, installable as an app on iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows and Chromebook
- Price
- $5.99/month or $49.99/year for one person (Individual), or $9.99/month or $83.99/year for two people (Family)
- Without paying
- A 14-day free trial with everything, no card needed; no free plan after it
2. Plan to Eat
Best for a long-running planner that imports Copy Me That and works offline
Plan to Eat has helped people plan meals from their own recipes since 2008, on the web, iPhone and Android. Its bulk import reads Copy Me That's export, and its phone app keeps your recipes, the planner and the current shopping list on the phone, so they work without a connection and sync later. A Recipe Clipper, a drag-and-drop planner, an aisle-by-aisle list, nutrition tracking and a Cooking View that can step through a recipe one instruction at a time round it out.
It costs more than Copy Me That: $5.95 a month or $49 a year after a 14-day trial without a card, with a 60-day money-back guarantee. A household shares one login, and Plan to Eat decided against a pantry.
Pros
- Imports Copy Me That's export in bulk
- The phone app works offline and syncs later
- Web app plus iPhone and Android apps
- A step-by-step Cooking View
- A 60-day money-back guarantee
- Eighteen years of track record
Cons
- No free plan after the 14-day trial
- One shared login for the household
- No pantry, by design
- Platforms
- iPhone and Android apps and the web
- Price
- $5.95/month or $49/year on its website ($54.99/year in the App Store)
- Without paying
- A 14-day trial without a card; no free plan
3. Paprika
Best for paying once and cooking offline
Paprika is the long-standing choice for owning your recipe app: native apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and Windows that work offline, with a built-in browser for saving recipes, a meal planner, a grocery list and a pantry. Paprika 3 is bought once per platform ($4.99 on iPhone and iPad, $29.99 on Mac). Its import list doesn't include Copy Me That, but the Paprika 4 beta's does, and that beta is open to current Paprika users.
There's no web app, each platform is a separate purchase, and Paprika 4, in open beta since September 28, 2026, will need a subscription for its premium features after the beta.
Pros
- Pay once per platform (Paprika 3)
- Native apps that work offline
- A meal planner, grocery list and pantry
- The Paprika 4 beta imports Copy Me That's export
Cons
- No web app
- Bought separately on each platform
- Paprika 3 can't import Copy Me That's export
- Paprika 4's premium features will need a subscription
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and Windows apps; no web app
- Price
- Paprika 3 is bought once per platform: $4.99 iPhone/iPad, $4.99 Android unlock, $29.99 Mac, $29.99 Windows
- Without paying
- On Android and Windows, up to 50 recipes without sync; iPhone, iPad and Mac are paid up front
4. AnyList
Best for a shared grocery list with a login for each person, for $14.99 a year
AnyList is one of the best shared grocery lists, with a recipe box and a meal-planning calendar on top. AnyList Complete is $9.99 a year for one person or $14.99 a year for a household, close to what Copy Me That costs, and everyone in the household has their own AnyList account. It has native apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and Apple Watch, a cooking view that highlights your step and turns times in the steps into timers, and, in the US, lists you can send to Walmart, Instacart, Kroger and more.
Its free tier is mostly a list: web recipe imports stop at five, and the meal-planning calendar and the web app on a computer are part of Complete.
Pros
- $14.99 a year for a household, with a login each
- Native apps, including Mac and Apple Watch
- Sends lists to Walmart, Instacart, Kroger and more (US)
- A very polished shared list
Cons
- Only 5 web recipe imports on the free tier
- Meal planning and the web app need Complete
- Lighter recipe tools than a dedicated recipe box
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad and Android apps; the Mac app, Apple Watch and the web app need Complete
- Price
- AnyList Complete: $9.99/year for one person or $14.99/year for a household
- Without paying
- Shared lists and recipes, with 5 web recipe imports; meal planning needs Complete
5. ReciMe
Best for saving recipes from social posts
If you mostly use Copy Me That to save recipes from Instagram and TikTok, ReciMe is built around that: it imports from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube and Pinterest as well as websites, screenshots, photos and pasted text, on iPhone and Android, with meal plans and a smart grocery list on the free plan.
Free accounts get five imports a week. ReciMe Plus ($39.99 a year in the US) adds unlimited imports, step-by-step cooking, a nutrition calculator, a measurement converter and export. A household shares one login.
Pros
- Imports from five social networks, websites, screenshots and photos
- Meal plans and a grocery list on the free plan
- iPhone and Android
Cons
- 5 imports a week on the free plan
- Cooking mode, nutrition and export need Plus
- One shared login for the household
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad and Android apps, a desktop web beta and a Chrome extension
- Price
- ReciMe Plus: $39.99/year in the US
- Without paying
- 5 imports a week, with meal plans, grocery lists and cookbooks
6. Recipe Keeper
Best for scanning cookbooks, with apps for phones, Mac and Windows
Recipe Keeper has native apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and Windows that sync with each other and work offline. It scans recipes from the camera, photos and PDFs with OCR, so cookbooks, magazines and handwritten cards can come in too, and it has a weekly and monthly meal planner, a shopping list grouped by aisle and a shared family recipe collection.
The Pro upgrade is bought separately on each platform ($19.99 on iPhone and iPad, $29.99 on Mac), there's no web app, and Copy Me That isn't among the apps it names for importing.
Pros
- OCR scanning from the camera, photos and PDFs
- Native apps on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and Windows
- Works offline
- A shared family recipe collection
Cons
- Pro is bought per platform ($19.99–$29.99)
- No web app
- Copy Me That isn't among its named imports
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and Windows apps; no web app
- Price
- A Pro upgrade bought per platform: $19.99 on iPhone/iPad and Android, $29.99 on Mac
- Without paying
- Free to download, with the Pro upgrade in the app
How to choose
Start with why you're looking. If Copy Me That suits you and you've only reached 40 recipes, its $0.99-a-month membership is the simplest fix. If you want more help in the kitchen (a cook mode, cookbook scanning, nutrition and a planner that drafts the week), that's what Hedgehog Chef is built for, and Plan to Eat is the long-running planner on the web and phones.
If you'd rather not subscribe, Paprika 3 is bought once per platform, and Recipe Keeper's Pro upgrade is bought per platform with no subscription listed in its stores; both run on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and Windows but not in a browser, and Recipe Keeper also scans cookbooks. If you mostly save from Instagram and TikTok, try ReciMe. If the shared grocery list is the heart of it, AnyList.
Whatever you choose, export your Copy Me That recipes first. Hedgehog Chef and Plan to Eat import that file, and so does the Paprika 4 beta, so you can try more than one with the same export. Our side-by-side comparison of Hedgehog Chef and Copy Me That goes through it row by row.
Questions
Is Copy Me That still free?
Up to 40 recipes. Copy Me That's App Store listing says the free version has a limit of 40 recipes; after that it's $0.99 a month for unlimited recipes, or a yearly or lifetime membership (the lifetime one is $65 in the App Store). One paid membership covers all your devices.
Can I move my recipes out of Copy Me That?
Yes. Copy Me That's App Store listing says your recipes belong to you and you can export them at any time. Hedgehog Chef and Plan to Eat import that export, and so does the Paprika 4 beta (Paprika 3 doesn't). In Hedgehog Chef, photos, tags, ratings and notes come along, and recipes you already have are skipped.
What's the best free alternative to Copy Me That?
None of the full replacements here is free with no limits. Paprika's Android and Windows versions are free up to 50 recipes, without sync; ReciMe's free plan keeps meal plans and a grocery list with five imports a week; and AnyList's free tier is a shared list with five web recipe imports. Copy Me That itself is free up to 40 recipes. Hedgehog Chef and Plan to Eat have 14-day free trials that don't need a card.
Which Copy Me That alternative has a cooking mode?
Hedgehog Chef's cook mode shows one step at a time with that step's ingredients, timers you set with a tap and read-aloud. Plan to Eat's Cooking View can step through a recipe one instruction at a time, AnyList's cooking view highlights your step and starts timers from the step text, Paprika 3 and Recipe Keeper let you highlight the current step and check off ingredients (the Paprika 4 beta adds a cook mode that reads steps aloud), and ReciMe's step-by-step cooking needs Plus. Copy Me That keeps your iPhone or iPad awake while you follow a recipe; we couldn't find a step-by-step mode.
Which alternative lets each person at home have their own login?
Hedgehog Chef: on its Family plan, two people each sign in as themselves in one shared kitchen. AnyList's household plan adds people who each have their own AnyList account. Copy Me That, Plan to Eat and ReciMe each say a household shares one account's login.
Sources, checked on November 2, 2026:
- Plan to Eat pricing
- Plan to Eat FAQ
- Plan to Eat offline use
- Plan to Eat bulk import (help)
- Plan to Eat Cooking View (help)
- Plan to Eat on a pantry
- Paprika
- Paprika for Windows
- Paprika news (Paprika 4 beta)
- Paprika 3 user guide (iOS)
- Paprika 4 beta user guide (iOS)
- Paprika 3 on the App Store
- Paprika 3 on Google Play
- AnyList Complete
- AnyList features and pricing
- AnyList on the web
- AnyList online shopping (help)
- AnyList cooking view (help)
- AnyList household members (help)
- AnyList on the App Store
- ReciMe
- Is ReciMe free? (help)
- What's in ReciMe Plus (help)
- ReciMe Plus price (help)
- ReciMe's 5 free weekly imports (help)
- ReciMe: import from TikTok (help)
- Sharing a ReciMe account (help)
- ReciMe on a computer (help)
- ReciMe on the App Store
- Recipe Keeper
- Recipe Keeper on the App Store
- Recipe Keeper on the Mac App Store
- Recipe Keeper on Google Play
Plan to Eat, Paprika, AnyList, ReciMe, Recipe Keeper are trademarks of their owners (Paprika: Hindsight Labs LLC; AnyList: Purple Cover, Inc.; ReciMe: ReciMe Pty Ltd; Recipe Keeper: Tudorspan Limited). Hedgehog Chef isn't affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. Prices are in US dollars as listed on the day we checked, and change; app-store prices can differ from website prices.
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