Which is cheaper, Paprika or Mealfolder?

Paprika is a one-time purchase per platform: $4.99 on iPhone, $29.99 on Mac or Windows. Mealfolder is free for 10 recipes, then $12.99 a year on every device.

Is there a Mealime alternative that has my old recipes?

Mealfolder kept a copy of all 3,291 Mealime recipes. Paste the names of your favorites and get the exact recipes back with photos.

Switching recipe apps

Mealfolder vs Mealime, Paprika and Plan to Eat

If you came from Mealime after it closed, or you are tired of paying for Paprika on every device, this is the side-by-side. Prices come from each company's own pages. Where we could not confirm something, the cell shows a dash instead of a guess.

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Side by side

	Mealfolder	Mealime	Paprika 3	Plan to Eat
Status	Active	Closed October 21, 2026; Mealime says personal data is deleted	Active	Active
Price	Free for 10 recipes; Plus $12.99 a year; Household $19.99 a year	—	$4.99 on iPhone and iPad, $29.99 on Mac, $29.99 on Windows; each platform bought separately	$5.95 a month or $49 a year
Free plan	10 recipes and this week's plan, no time limit	—	Windows trial: up to 50 recipes, no cloud sync	No free plan; 14-day free trial
Web app	Yes	—	No	Yes
Save a recipe from a web link	Yes	—	Yes, built-in browser	Yes, Recipe Clipper
Photo of a cookbook page	Yes, read by AI	—	—	—
Weekly meal planner	Yes, manual or AI-suggested from your own recipes	—	Yes, weekly or monthly	Yes, a week, a month or longer
Grocery list by aisle	Yes, quantities combined	—	Yes, duplicates merged	Yes, by store and aisle
Shared household	Household plan: up to 6 people, live shared list	—	—	—
Export your recipes	Yes, on every plan	No export	Yes, HTML or Paprika file	Yes, .csv or .txt
Move into Mealfolder	—	Paste your favorites, get the exact recipes with photos	Upload the Paprika file, photos included	Upload the .csv export

Competitor details from mealime.com/closing, Paprika's App Store and Mac App Store listings and paprikaapp.com, and plantoeat.com/pricing, checked 23 October 2026. Prices are in US dollars before tax and can change; check the company's page before you buy.

When another app is the better pick

Paprika is a one-time purchase, so if you cook from one device and never want a subscription, it can cost less over several years. Plan to Eat has a long track record and clips recipes from Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest. Mealfolder is the cheaper subscription, works in any browser and on Android, reads a photo of a cookbook page, and lets up to six people share one kitchen on the Household plan.

Moving takes one file. Paprika and Plan to Eat both export your whole library, and Mealfolder reads those files directly. Mealime has no export, so Mealfolder matches your favorites by name against every recipe Mealime published. The free plan holds 10 recipes; if your import is bigger, you get $4 off the first year of Plus at that moment. Start free.