If you're looking for a ReciMe alternative, the short answer is: it depends on which part of ReciMe you are replacing. Flavorish, Pestle and Crouton each overlap with part of it, and Tradish (launching soon) covers social saves, website imports, handwritten card scanning, meal planning and an aisle-sorted grocery list in one app. ReciMe itself is still a great choice for a lot of people, and we'll say why.
We're Lindsay and Scott, the siblings building Tradish, so yes, we have a horse in this race. We've tried to keep this fair: every competitor detail below comes from the app's own listing or homepage as of this writing, and prices change often, so double-check before you subscribe.
Here's how to think about it.
Let's start with credit where it's due. ReciMe is one of the most popular recipe-saving apps out there, with a 4.8-star rating from roughly 312,000 ratings on the iOS App Store. That's not an accident.
ReciMe Plus is $39.99 a year in the US after a 7-day free trial, at the time of writing. Plus adds unlimited social imports, unlimited image uploads, and nutrition info.
Even with a great rating, a few themes show up again and again in reviews:
None of these are dealbreakers for everyone. They're just the reasons people go looking. Here are the options we'd consider.
Flavorish has one of the more generous free tiers we've seen for basic saving.
Pestle is an iOS-only app with a playful, Apple-friendly feature set.
Crouton is a polished app with an in-app Plus upgrade.
Tradish is launching on iOS and Android soon. If your recipes come from TikTok, blogs, and handwritten cards all at once, Tradish is built to save all of them in one place. Join the waitlist for early access and our best launch price.
Tradish isn't out yet. We're launching on iOS and Android soon, so if you need something today, one of the apps above is the right call. But if you're shopping for where your recipes should live long term, here's what we're building and where we think it fits.
Every kind of recipe, one Add button. When you tap Add in Tradish, you'll see five ways to save: paste a link, scan a recipe card or upload a photo, record a voice memo, or write it out. You can also share straight from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, or Reddit using "Save to Tradish" in your phone's share sheet.
You check it before it's saved. Every import lands on a review screen where you can fix any field and pick a cookbook before saving. If an import reads something wrong, you catch it right there. We know that's one of the frustrations people mention with AI imports, so we built the check into the flow.
Handwritten cards are a priority, not an afterthought. Tradish scans handwriting and printed text, and you can combine up to 5 photos into one recipe (handy for a card with notes on the back). You can keep a photo of the original card in the recipe's "From" section. More on our recipe scanner.
Honest limits on social imports. Tradish reads the caption or description, not the video itself. Posts need to be public. If a TikTok caption is thin, Tradish tries the auto-generated captions, which aren't perfect. A recipe that's only spoken out loud with no text anywhere isn't supported.
Plan, shop, cook. Named meal plans with start and end dates, a monthly calendar, and a grocery list built from your plan that combines duplicates and sorts by aisle, with separate aisle orders for different stores. Cook Mode walks you through one step at a time with timers that keep running as you move between steps, and you can cook more than one recipe at once.
Works offline where it counts. Browsing, searching, reading recipes, Cook Mode, and grocery list edits all work offline and sync when you're back online. Importing does need internet.
Pricing. The free plan is $0 forever with 5 imports per week, and meal planning, grocery lists, scanning, and cookbooks are all free. Pro is $4.99/month or $29.99/year as a launch offer, and adds unlimited imports, Cook Mode (including multi-recipe cooking), and Nutrition Facts.
What isn't there yet. No web app or browser extension, and no household or shared cookbooks, so sharing is one recipe at a time via a link. All of it is on the way, but if you need it immediately it is worth knowing now.
Prices and features as of this writing. Always check the app's listing for current details.
| App | Free option | Paid price | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReciMe | 5 imports/week; grocery lists, meal plans, cookbooks free | $39.99/yr (US), 7-day trial | iOS, Android, web, Chrome extension |
| Flavorish | Unlimited saves and website imports | Premium $4.99/mo | See app listing |
| Pestle | Up to 15 recipes | Pro $24.99/yr | iOS only |
| Crouton | Free download | In-app Plus upgrade | See app listing (Apple Watch support) |
| Tradish | $0 forever, 5 imports/week; planning, grocery list, scanning free | Pro $4.99/mo or $29.99/yr (launch offer) | iOS and Android, launching soon |
It depends on what you want to change. Flavorish offers free unlimited website saves, Pestle a lower annual price on iPhone, and Crouton runs on the Apple Watch. Tradish, launching soon, is aimed at people who save from social, websites, and handwritten cards and want planning and groceries in the same app.
ReciMe has a free plan. As of this writing, its homepage lists 5 recipe imports per week on free, with grocery lists, meal planning, and cookbooks included. ReciMe Plus adds unlimited social imports, unlimited image uploads, and nutrition.
Several apps have free tiers that work well for light use, including Flavorish (unlimited saves and website imports on free) and Pestle (free up to 15 recipes). Tradish's free plan is $0 forever with 5 imports per week, and meal planning, grocery lists, and scanning stay free.
ReciMe accepts photos of handwritten recipes, and Crouton offers scanning. Tradish scans handwriting and printed text and can combine up to 5 photos into a single recipe, with the original card photo saved alongside it.
The simplest route is to re-save your favorites from their original links, since most apps import from a URL or a social share. Start with the recipes you actually cook, rather than trying to move everything at once.
ReciMe is genuinely good, especially if most of your recipes come from social video. If you want something different, there's a solid option for almost every priority, from free website saving to Apple Watch cooking. And if you want TikTok saves, blog recipes, and Grandma's index cards living in one calm place with a meal plan and an aisle-sorted grocery list, that's exactly what we're building. Join the Tradish waitlist to be first to know when we launch.
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