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The 7 best Samsung Food alternatives in 2026.

Samsung Food, the app Whisk became in 2023, is free, has had no ads since July 2025, and has more than 240,000 recipes to browse. Its help center shows the limits: for most saved recipes the steps stay on the creator's website, tailored meal plans need Food+ after the first two, and it doesn't describe any way to export your recipes. Here are seven alternatives and who each one suits.

By Hedgehog Chef · · 9-minute read

The short answer

For a Samsung Food or Whisk app alternative that saves your own recipes in full, plans the week with AI and shops from one shared list, without trackers, Hedgehog Chef is our pick. BigOven is the closest swap for browsing and saving, with more than a million recipes and a recipe box of your own. Plan to Eat is the long-running planner for recipes you collect, Paprika the recipe manager you buy once, AnyList the cheapest shared list, Copy Me That the cheapest web recipe box, and Eat This Much the one for calorie and macro targets.

  1. 1. Hedgehog Chef: best for your own recipes saved in full, with AI planning and no trackers
  2. 2. BigOven: best for the closest swap: a big recipe library plus your own recipe box
  3. 3. Plan to Eat: best for planning by hand from recipes you collect
  4. 4. Paprika: best for a recipe manager you buy once
  5. 5. AnyList: best for a cheap, polished shared list with a meal calendar
  6. 6. Copy Me That: best for the cheapest web recipe box that keeps full copies
  7. 7. Eat This Much: best for meal plans built to calorie and macro targets

At a glance

The 7 best Samsung Food alternatives in 2026: each app at a glance
1. Hedgehog Chef Best for: your own recipes saved in full, with AI planning and no trackers 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. BigOven Best for: the closest swap: a big recipe library plus your own recipe box Price: BigOven Pro: $2.99/month or $24.99/year Without paying: Its recipe library, saving recipes and a grocery list, with ads; Pro lifts the cap on recipes you add
3. Plan to Eat Best for: planning by hand from recipes you collect 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
4. Paprika Best for: a recipe manager you buy once 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
5. AnyList Best for: a cheap, polished shared list with a meal calendar 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
6. Copy Me That Best for: the cheapest web recipe box that keeps full copies Price: About $1/month, or a yearly or lifetime membership; one membership covers every device Without paying: Every feature, up to 40 recipes
7. Eat This Much Best for: meal plans built to calorie and macro targets Price: Premium: $59.99/year ($5/month) or $14.99 month to month Without paying: One day's meal plan at a time, food tracking and custom recipes

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:

  • Saving the whole recipe in the app, not a link to the creator's site
  • What it keeps from Samsung Food: a recipe catalog, AI plans, a pantry, grocery ordering
  • Sharing recipes, the plan and the list with the household
  • Privacy: ads and tracking
  • Price, next to Samsung Food's free tier and Food+ at $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year

The apps

Our app

1. Hedgehog Chef

Best for your own recipes saved in full, with AI planning and no trackers

Samsung Food starts from its catalog. Hedgehog Chef starts from the recipes you keep. Paste a link, use the bookmarklet, the iOS Shortcut or the Android share sheet, or photograph a cookbook page, and the whole recipe is saved: ingredients, steps, times and a photo, with the source credited and linked. Samsung Food's help center says that unless a recipe was written in Samsung Food, "most recipe instructions live on the creator site".

From there, the AI planner drafts the week from your recipes, pantry and budget for you to approve, the list sorts itself by aisle and remembers where you move things, and the pantry tracks expiry dates. There are no ads and no trackers. 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 from a link, a photo of a cookbook page or handwritten card, pasted text, or a TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or Pinterest link
  • 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
  • The list sorts itself by aisle, merges amounts and skips what's already in the pantry
  • A pantry with fridge, freezer and cupboard, expiry dates, barcode scanning and “What can I make?”
  • No ads and no trackers, on any plan
  • Export everything, any time, even after a trial or subscription ends

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)
  • No big public recipe catalog to browse: it's built around the recipes you save
  • 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
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

Tour the featuresPricing

2. BigOven

Best for the closest swap: a big recipe library plus your own recipe box

BigOven has the same mix of browsing and saving as Samsung Food: a library of more than 1,000,000 recipes, a clipper for saving recipes from other sites, RecipeScan for turning a photo of a handwritten recipe into text, and a meal planner with a grocery list you can share with your household, sorted by department or by recipe. Its free "Use Up Leftovers" tool suggests recipes from up to three ingredients you have.

The free app has ads. BigOven Pro, $2.99 a month or $24.99 a year, removes them and adds nutrition details, advanced search filters, custom folders, unlimited recipe uploads, 25 RecipeScan credits and a week's plan you can share across BigOven accounts. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android.

Pros

  • More than 1,000,000 recipes to browse
  • A clipper and photo scanning for your own recipes
  • A planner and a grocery list shared with the household
  • Pro is inexpensive: $24.99 a year

Cons

  • Ads unless you pay for Pro
  • Nutrition details and advanced search filters need Pro
  • A cap on the recipes you add without Pro
  • We couldn't find AI plan generation
Platforms
iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android apps, and bigoven.com
Price
BigOven Pro: $2.99/month or $24.99/year
Without paying
Its recipe library, saving recipes and a grocery list, with ads; Pro lifts the cap on recipes you add

BigOven's website

3. Plan to Eat

Best for planning by hand from recipes you collect

If what bothers you is that Samsung Food leaves recipes on other people's websites, Plan to Eat works the other way round: its Recipe Clipper saves a private copy of each recipe to your own recipe book, and you drag recipes onto a planner that builds the shopping list. The phone app works offline and syncs later, and Plan to Eat has been around since 2008.

It's subscription-only after a 14-day trial with no card, at $5.95 a month or $49 a year, and a household shares one login.

Pros

  • Saves a private copy of every recipe you clip
  • A drag-and-drop planner that builds the list
  • An offline phone app that syncs later
  • Around since 2008

Cons

  • No free plan after the 14-day trial
  • One shared login for the household
  • You plan by hand; we couldn't find AI plans
  • 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

Plan to Eat's websiteHedgehog Chef vs. Plan to Eat

4. Paprika

Best for a recipe manager you buy once

Paprika's built-in browser saves recipes from anywhere on the web into native apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and Windows, with meal plans for the week or the month, reusable menus, a grocery list and a pantry. Paprika 3 is bought once per platform: $4.99 on iPhone and iPad, $29.99 on Mac or Windows.

There's no web app, and in Paprika 3 a household shares one login. Paprika 4, in open beta since September 28, 2026, gives each family member their own login, and its premium features will need a subscription after the beta.

Pros

  • Pay once per platform (Paprika 3)
  • A built-in browser for saving recipes from any site
  • Meal plans, reusable menus and a pantry
  • Native apps on five platforms

Cons

  • Bought separately on each platform
  • No web app
  • Paprika 3 has one shared login for the household
  • Paprika 4's subscription price isn't announced
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

Paprika's websiteHedgehog Chef vs. Paprika

5. AnyList

Best for a cheap, polished shared list with a meal calendar

If Samsung Food's shopping list was the part you used most, AnyList is a shared list first, with native apps on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and Apple Watch. In the US, its phone apps can send the list to Instacart, Walmart, Kroger and other stores. AnyList Complete adds a meal-planning calendar, recipe photos and scaling, and the web app, for $14.99 a year for a household.

The planner is a calendar you fill in, the free tier is mostly the list, and we couldn't find a pantry.

Pros

  • $14.99 a year for a household
  • Household accounts
  • Sends lists to US grocery services from the phone apps
  • Native apps, including Mac and Apple Watch

Cons

  • The planner and web app need Complete
  • A calendar you fill in; no AI plans found
  • No pantry or nutrition found
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

AnyList's websiteHedgehog Chef vs. AnyList

6. Copy Me That

Best for the cheapest web recipe box that keeps full copies

Copy Me That saves a full copy of each recipe, from websites and most apps, into a recipe box you can open in any browser or in its iPhone and Android apps. It has a meal planner, a shopping list you can sort by category or by recipe, a pantry list, and a one-click button for desktop browsers.

It's free up to 40 recipes, then about $1 a month, or a yearly or lifetime membership, for every device. A family shares one login, sync needs a connection, and we couldn't find a cook mode or nutrition.

Pros

  • Keeps a full copy of every recipe
  • About $1 a month on every device
  • Web app, iPhone, Android and a browser button
  • Free up to 40 recipes

Cons

  • One shared login for the household
  • Sync needs a connection
  • No cook mode or nutrition found
Platforms
iPhone, iPad, Android, any web browser, and Chrome and Firefox extensions
Price
About $1/month, or a yearly or lifetime membership; one membership covers every device
Without paying
Every feature, up to 40 recipes

Copy Me That's websiteHedgehog Chef vs. Copy Me That

7. Eat This Much

Best for meal plans built to calorie and macro targets

If you used Samsung Food's tailored plans to eat toward a goal, Eat This Much is the specialist: it generates meal plans to a calorie target and macros from its food database and your own recipes. The free plan generates a day at a time; Premium plans the week and makes the grocery list for you.

Pros

  • Plans to exact calorie and macro targets
  • A free daily plan generator
  • Web, iPhone and Android

Cons

  • Weekly plans and the grocery list need Premium
  • Built around nutrition targets more than favorite recipes
Platforms
The web, iPhone, iPad and Android
Price
Premium: $59.99/year ($5/month) or $14.99 month to month
Without paying
One day's meal plan at a time, food tracking and custom recipes

Eat This Much's websiteHedgehog Chef vs. Eat This Much

How to choose

Start with what you want Samsung Food to stop doing. If it's sending you to the creator's site for the steps, pick an app that keeps the whole recipe: Hedgehog Chef, Plan to Eat, Paprika or Copy Me That. If you'd miss browsing a big catalog, BigOven is the closest swap. If it's the tracking, Hedgehog Chef has no trackers. Check the privacy label of any app you try.

Moving takes a little work, because we couldn't find a recipe export in Samsung Food's help center. Most saved recipes link to the site they came from, so paste those links into the new app; for recipes you wrote in Samsung Food, copy the text or take a screenshot. Hedgehog Chef imports pasted text and screenshots, and our Hedgehog Chef vs. Samsung Food comparison goes through the two apps row by row.

If you'd rather stay, Samsung Food is a good free app: no ads, a huge catalog, two tailored plans and grocery ordering, and nothing on this list matches its Samsung appliance support. What we say about it comes from its help center and its App Store listing and version history, read on November 2, 2026, and our comparison links each help page. Samsung Food is a trademark of Samsung Electronics, which isn't affiliated with us.

Questions

Is Samsung Food the same as Whisk?

Yes. Samsung Food is built on Whisk, which Samsung Next acquired in 2019, and launched under the Samsung Food name on August 30, 2023. An app called “Whisk: Recipe Keeper & Planner”, in the App Store since 2024, comes from a different developer and isn't the old Whisk.

What is the best free alternative to Samsung Food?

BigOven's free app has a library of more than 1,000,000 recipes, saving recipes, a grocery list you can share and a leftovers tool, with ads. Copy Me That is free up to 40 recipes, and AnyList's free tier is mostly a shared list. Hedgehog Chef and Plan to Eat have free trials, then a subscription.

Can I export my recipes from Samsung Food?

We couldn't find a recipe export in Samsung Food's help center. Most saved recipes link to the website they came from, so you can paste those links into another app; recipes you wrote yourself can be copied as text or saved as screenshots. Hedgehog Chef imports both.

Does Samsung Food still have ads?

No. Its July 2025 update notes say ads were removed for everyone. Its App Store privacy label still lists data used to track you (identifiers). Hedgehog Chef has no ads and no trackers.

Do you need a Samsung phone to use Samsung Food?

No. Samsung Food has iPhone and Android apps and a web app, and it also runs on Samsung Family Hub fridges. Samsung appliances add extras, like setting a connected oven from a recipe step.

Which Samsung Food alternative plans meals with AI?

Hedgehog Chef's AI planner drafts a week from your own recipes, pantry and budget for you to approve. Eat This Much generates plans to calorie and macro targets. Samsung Food itself gives every account two tailored plans, then asks for Food+.

Sources, checked on November 2, 2026:

BigOven, Plan to Eat, Paprika, AnyList, Copy Me That, Eat This Much are trademarks of their owners (BigOven: Lakefront Software, Inc.; Paprika: Hindsight Labs LLC; AnyList: Purple Cover, Inc.; Copy Me That: Copy Me That IVS; Eat This Much: Eat This Much, Inc.). 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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