Recipe app comparison
Best Apps to Save Recipes from Instagram & TikTok (2027)
By TastySave · Updated October 24, 2026
Disclosure: this guide is published by TastySave, the company that makes the TastySave app. Competitor details come from each company's official website, help center and US App Store listing, checked on October 24, 2026. We assign no scores or ratings.
You tapped Save on a Reel. You bookmarked a TikTok. Three weeks later, the creamy orzo you promised yourself you'd make is buried between a dance trend and a hotel tour, and the ingredient list only ever lived in the caption.
A recipe saver app fixes that by turning the post into a real recipe you can search, plan and shop from. We compared five popular apps on how they save Instagram and TikTok recipes, what you get for free, and what happens after the recipe is saved.
The short answer
- Our pick is TastySave: save from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, websites and screenshots, then organize, plan meals by week or month, build a shopping list and cook, all in one app.
- More free saving without a subscription: 3 starter scans, then up to 3 more every day by watching a short ad. That's up to 21 extra scans across 7 days, compared with ReciMe's 5 free imports every 7 days.
- Long recipe on several screens? TastySave reads up to 6 screenshots together as one recipe, for a single scan.
- If your favorite creators only say the recipe out loud, ReciMe and Flavorish can try to pick it up from the video's audio. TastySave reads the post's text.
- Prefer Hebrew? TastySave's app works in English and Hebrew.
Instagram and TikTok Recipe Savers Compared
The table below is based on each app's official materials and US App Store listing on October 24, 2026. "Not stated" means we did not find it in those official sources on that date, not that the feature does not exist.
| Feature | TastySave | ReciMe | Flavorish | FoodiePrep | Samsung Food |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instagram & TikTok | Yes: reads the caption, description and comments | Yes, and can try to detect a recipe from the video's audio | Yes, including recipes the creator walks through in the audio | Yes: Instagram Reels and posts, TikTok videos | Share extension for apps like Pinterest and Facebook; Instagram and TikTok not stated |
| Other sources | Facebook, YouTube, websites, screenshots, photos, text | Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, websites, images, text | YouTube, Facebook, websites, images, text | YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, websites, photos, text | Websites, photo scans |
| Free saving | 3 starter scans, plus up to 3 a day by watching short ads | 5 imports every 7 days, websites included | Unlimited from websites; 5 social, 5 image and 5 text imports | Library of up to 25 recipes | Website saving; 3 photo scans |
| Screenshots per import | Up to 6, for one scan | Up to 3 at once | Not stated | Up to 5 photos in one scan | Add pages to a scan; no maximum stated |
| Meal planner | Free: week and month views | Free: weekly calendar | Free: weekly | AI-personalized weekly plans | Free: weekly |
| Shopping list | From recipes or your meal plan, reviewed before adding | Free, sorted by aisle | Free, aisle sorting and real-time sharing | Generated from your meal plan | Aisle sorting, shared with collaborators |
| Serving scaling | Yes: 3 free uses a week, unlimited with Pro | Yes | Yes | Through the Chef Foodie assistant | Yes |
| App languages | English and Hebrew | English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish | English | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish | English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Platforms | iPhone, Android | iPhone, Android, web, Chrome extension | iPhone, Android, web | iPhone, Android, web | iPhone, Android, web |
| Paid plan (USD) | Pro $9.99/mo or $49.99/yr; 20-scan pack $4.99 | ReciMe Plus $39.99/yr | $4.99/mo or $49.99/yr | Nutrition Pro $8.99/mo or $59.99/yr | Food+ $6.99/mo or $59.99/yr |
How We Compared the Apps
We followed one recipe journey through each app: you discover a recipe on Instagram or TikTok, bring it into the app, check it, and then use it to plan, shop and cook. For each step we looked at what the app's official materials say it does, and what it costs.
Competitor details come from official websites, help centers and US App Store listings checked on October 24, 2026. TastySave details reflect the current app release, version 1.0.9. We did not run speed or accuracy benchmarks, and we don't assign scores, because a ranking number would suggest more precision than this kind of comparison can offer.
- How the app gets a recipe out of an Instagram or TikTok post
- What you can save for free, and whether the allowance renews
- Screenshot and photo imports, including several images at once
- Search and organization once you have dozens of recipes
- Meal planning and shopping lists
- Languages, platforms and price
1. TastySave: Our Pick for Saving, Planning and Cooking in One App
TastySave is built around one idea: a recipe you saved from social media should become something you actually cook. Share an Instagram post or Reel, a TikTok, a Facebook or YouTube video, or a recipe website to TastySave, or paste the link. TastySave reads the recipe text that comes with the post, such as the caption, description or comments, and turns it into a clean ingredient list and steps you can review. The link to the original post stays with the recipe.
- Free
- 3 starter scans + up to 3 ad scans a day
- Paid (TastySave website)
- Pro $9.99/mo or $49.99/yr; 20-scan pack $4.99
- Saves from
- Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, websites, screenshots
- Languages and platforms
- English and Hebrew; iPhone and Android
- Discover
- Import
- Review
- Save
- Organize
- Plan
- Shop
- Cook
More Ways to Save Recipes Without a Subscription
Every account starts with 3 free scans. After that, you earn 1 more scan for each short rewarded ad you watch to the end, up to 3 a day. Over 7 days that adds up to 21 extra scans, as long as an ad is available each time. If you'd rather not watch ads, a one-time 20-scan pack adds scans without a subscription, and Pro removes ads entirely.
Several Screenshots, One Recipe
Long recipes rarely fit on one screen. Select up to 6 screenshots or photos from your gallery and TastySave reads them together as one recipe, using a single scan. It works from what the images show, so make sure the ingredients and steps are visible in them.
From Saved Videos to an Organized Cookbook
- Search by recipe name, ingredient or tag
- Favorites, 16 built-in categories and your own custom tags
- Sort by newest, oldest or A to Z, or group recipes by category
- Edit ingredients, steps, times, servings and tags, and keep private cooking notes
- Check off ingredients and steps as you cook, with a built-in timer
Your Recipes, Meal Plans and Shopping Lists in One Workflow
The Meal Planner is free for everyone. Plan in a weekly or monthly view, add saved recipes as breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack, set the servings for each meal, add notes, and copy last week's plan with one tap.
When it's time to shop, choose ingredients from your plan or from several recipes, review them, leave out what you already have, and add the rest to your shopping list. Check items off in the store, add your own, or copy and share the list.
What Should I Eat Today?
Saved 50 recipes and still can't decide? Swipe through up to 10 daily suggestions picked from your own saved recipes, and add today's pick straight to your shopping list. It needs at least 6 complete recipes in your cookbook.
Smart Quantity Scaling
Change the number of servings and the ingredient amounts adjust with it, or choose a multiplier when the original serving count isn't listed. Free accounts get 3 scaling uses a week, and Pro is unlimited. For a quick calculation without the app, use our free online Recipe Scaler.
English and Hebrew
TastySave's app works in English and Hebrew, with a right-to-left layout in Hebrew. Imported recipes can be translated into your app language, or kept in their original language if you prefer, so a cookbook can hold recipes from creators who post in either language.
Worth Knowing
- TastySave reads the text that comes with a post, not the video's audio or frames. If a creator only says the quantities out loud, add them while you watch.
- It's a mobile app for iPhone and Android, with no web version.
- The free plan shows ads, and each smart import (a link, text or screenshots) uses one scan.
- There is no full cookbook export yet; you can share any recipe as text.
Save your next Instagram or TikTok recipe properly
Download TastySave free, start with 3 scans and earn up to 3 more a day with short ads. No subscription required.
2. ReciMe: Strong Social Import With a Weekly Free Limit
ReciMe is one of the best-known recipe savers, and its social import is genuinely capable. Share a post from Instagram or TikTok and ReciMe reads the written recipe; when there isn't one, its help center says it will try to detect the recipe from the video's audio, and then look for the original recipe website. Its weekly meal plan, aisle-sorted grocery list and cookbooks are part of the free plan.
- Free
- 5 imports every 7 days
- Paid (US)
- ReciMe Plus $39.99/yr
- Saves from
- Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, websites, images, text
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android, web, Chrome extension
What stands out
- Audio-based recipe detection for videos without a written recipe
- Free weekly meal plan, aisle-sorted grocery list and cookbooks
- A web app and Chrome extension alongside the mobile apps
What to consider
- The free plan allows 5 imports every 7 days, and websites, screenshots and pasted text count toward it
- Image imports take up to 3 images at once
- Unlimited imports, the nutrition calculator, the measurement converter and export/print are ReciMe Plus features
3. Flavorish: Generous With Websites, Capped for Social
Flavorish imports recipes from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook, and its guide says it can work from a recipe the creator walks through in the audio. Its free plan is unusually generous for recipe websites and includes collections, meal plans and grocery lists without ads. For social savers, the catch is the allowance: the free plan includes 5 social media imports, which Flavorish's free-plan guide describes as a one-time credit.
- Free
- Unlimited website imports; 5 social, 5 image, 5 text
- Paid (US App Store)
- $4.99/mo or $49.99/yr
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android, web
- Languages
- English
What stands out
- Unlimited free imports from recipe websites, with no ads
- Grocery lists you can share in real time
- A full-library export file, plus imports from apps such as Paprika 3
What to consider
- Social, image and text imports are limited to 5 each on the free plan
- The interface is English only
4. FoodiePrep: AI Meal Plans With a Small Free Library
FoodiePrep is built around an AI assistant, Chef Foodie, that creates personalized weekly meal plans and tracks nutrition. It imports from websites, YouTube, Instagram Reels and posts, TikTok and Facebook, and its blog says it can read up to 5 photos in a single scan.
- Free
- Up to 25 recipes in your library
- Paid (US App Store)
- Nutrition Pro $8.99/mo or $59.99/yr
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android, web
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
What stands out
- AI-generated weekly meal plans with nutrition tracking
- Up to 5 photos in one scan
- Pantry tracking and a shopping list built from your plan
What to consider
- The free Taster plan holds up to 25 recipes in total, so a growing social collection fills it quickly
- Its focus is nutrition-led planning, which suits people who want an AI plan more than a large personal cookbook
5. Samsung Food: A Large Free Platform Built Around Websites
Samsung Food combines a recipe box, a weekly meal planner, shared shopping lists and nutrition information in one large platform. Saving from websites is free, and its share extension works from apps like Pinterest and Facebook. Its official help did not describe Instagram Reel or TikTok video import when we checked on October 24, 2026, so test it with your own favorite creators before you commit.
- Free
- Website saving; 3 photo scans
- Paid (US App Store)
- Food+ $6.99/mo or $59.99/yr
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android, web
- Languages
- 7, including Korean
What stands out
- Free website saving, weekly meal planning and nutrition details
- Shopping lists you can share with collaborators
What to consider
- Free accounts get 3 photo scans; unlimited scans need Food+
- Social video import is not stated in the official help we checked
Design and Workflow: What Each App Is Built Around
Rather than give the apps a design score, it's more useful to look at what each one puts at the center. That decides which screens you'll spend time on.
ReciMe and Flavorish invest most in the moment of import, including listening to videos, which helps when a creator never writes the recipe down. FoodiePrep and Samsung Food are planning platforms first: AI meal plans, nutrition and shared lists sit at the center, and saved recipes feed them.
TastySave is organized around the cooking journey. A saved recipe becomes a searchable cookbook entry, goes on your weekly or monthly plan, feeds a shopping list you review before adding, and comes back as a suggestion when you can't decide what to make. Each step happens in the same app, in English or Hebrew.
| App | Built around | A good fit if you... |
|---|---|---|
| TastySave | The full journey from saved post to cooked meal | Save often from social media and want planning, shopping and cooking in one place |
| ReciMe | Fast social import, including video audio | Follow creators who rarely write the recipe down |
| Flavorish | Free website imports and sharing | Mostly save from recipe websites and cook with a household |
| FoodiePrep | AI meal plans and nutrition targets | Want the app to plan your week around nutrition |
| Samsung Food | A large cooking platform with planning and nutrition | Want a free planner and recipe box built around websites |
Free Use and Pricing: What You Get Before You Pay
Free plans limit different things. Some cap how many recipes you import, others how many you can keep. That matters more for social savers than the subscription price, because a recipe saver is only useful if you can save the recipes you find.
- TastySave: 3 starter scans, then 1 scan per rewarded ad, up to 3 a day. Pro is $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year on the TastySave website, with hundreds of scans a month, unlimited edits and no ads. The one-time 20-scan pack is $4.99.
- ReciMe: 5 imports every 7 days on any source. ReciMe Plus, with unlimited imports, is $39.99 a year in the US according to ReciMe, with a 7-day free trial.
- Flavorish: unlimited website imports, plus 5 social, 5 image and 5 text imports. Premium is $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year.
- FoodiePrep: up to 25 saved recipes and 5 AI recipes a month. Nutrition Pro is $8.99 a month or $59.99 a year.
- Samsung Food: free website saving and 3 photo scans. Food+ is $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year after 7 free days.
Is TastySave the cheapest?
Not always: ReciMe costs less per year, while Flavorish and TastySave both advertise $49.99 annual plans. TastySave stands out on how much you can save before you pay anything, and on the option to buy a one-time scan pack instead of subscribing. TastySave prices are from the official TastySave website; competitor prices are from US App Store listings checked October 24, 2026. The checkout price may differ by platform or region.
About the 21 ad-earned scans
Rewarded scans are earned one at a time by watching a short ad to the end, up to 3 a day, and depend on an ad being available. The 3 starter scans are a one-time welcome bonus, not a weekly allowance.
How to Save Instagram and TikTok Recipes With TastySave
Find the recipe
Open the Instagram post, Reel or TikTok. Check that the ingredients and steps are written in the caption, description or comments.
Share it to TastySave
Tap Share and choose TastySave, or copy the link and paste it into the app. For a recipe spread across several screens, take screenshots and select up to 6 of them in one scan. Screenshot tips
Review the recipe
Check the ingredients, quantities and steps. Edit anything that needs fixing, and add details the creator only said out loud.
Organize it
Add tags or a category and mark your favorites, so search finds it in seconds.
Plan, shop and cook
Add the recipe to your Meal Planner, review the ingredients into your shopping list, adjust the servings, and cook with the ingredient and step checklist.
Final Verdict: Save More. Organize Better. Cook Smarter.
If you mostly save recipes from Instagram and TikTok and want them to turn into real meals, our pick is TastySave. It keeps free saving going every day, reads up to 6 screenshots at once, and connects your cookbook to a weekly or monthly Meal Planner, a reviewed shopping list and a daily recipe picker, in English or Hebrew.
Choose ReciMe or Flavorish if the recipes you save often exist only in a video's audio. Choose FoodiePrep if AI meal plans and nutrition targets matter most, and Samsung Food if you want a large free platform built around websites, planning and nutrition.
We're continuing to build new ways to bring your favorite recipes together and make everyday cooking easier.
Try TastySave free
Start with 3 free scans, earn more every day with short ads, and keep every Instagram and TikTok recipe in one cookbook you'll actually cook from.
Official Sources (Checked October 24, 2026)
- How your 5 free weekly imports work (ReciMe Help Center)
- Import from Instagram (ReciMe Help Center)
- Import from images (ReciMe Help Center)
- How much does the ReciMe subscription cost? (ReciMe Help Center)
- How to use your meal plan (ReciMe Help Center)
- How to use Groceries (ReciMe Help Center)
- Flavorish plans and pricing (Flavorish)
- Flavorish free plan explained (Flavorish blog)
- Save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook (Flavorish blog)
- Importing from other recipe apps (Flavorish blog)
- How to back up, export and restore your recipes (Flavorish blog)
- FoodiePrep features and pricing (FoodiePrep)
- How to digitize handwritten recipes (FoodiePrep blog)
- Food+ plans (Samsung Food)
- How to save recipes to your Samsung Food recipe box (Samsung Food Help)
- Create and manage shopping lists (Samsung Food Help)
- TastySave on the App Store (Apple App Store (US))
- ReciMe on the App Store (Apple App Store (US))
- Flavorish on the App Store (Apple App Store (US))
- FoodiePrep on the App Store (Apple App Store (US))
- Samsung Food on the App Store (Apple App Store (US))