Import · AnyList

Moving from AnyList: what carries over, and what does not yet.

Straight answer first: Mealfolder does not have a one-click AnyList importer today. It reads Paprika files and its own JSON. A direct AnyList importer is on the list, and this page will change when it ships. Until then, here is what AnyList lets you get out and the route that works now.

Move recipes today, one at a time

In AnyList, open a recipe, tap Actions (•••) → Email, Print & AirDrop, and email it to yourself. The message contains the recipe text.
Create a free Mealfolder account.
Open Add recipe → Paste, paste the email text, check the parsed recipe, save.

Start moving recipes

If the recipe came from a website, paste the source link instead; Mealfolder reads the page directly, with the photo.

What AnyList can send out today

Checked on help.anylist.com, 7 September 2026. AnyList's recipe help covers three ways out of a single recipe: email or message (the recipe text, with an optional attachment that only opens in AnyList), print, and AirDrop to another AnyList user. It also lets you send the original source link. We did not find a bulk export of all recipes in the help articles, and its Paprika article is about importing from Paprika, not exporting to it. If AnyList adds a full export, the workaround below gets much shorter; tell us at support@mealfolder.com and we will update this page.

The workaround, in order of least effort

Recipes saved from websitesSkip AnyList entirely. Paste the source URL into Mealfolder's link import; you get the recipe with its photo and the site credited. This is usually most of a library.

Recipes typed in by handEmail each one to yourself from AnyList and paste the text into Add recipe → Paste. The parser reads ingredients and steps; you check it before saving. About a minute per recipe.

Recipes that only exist as a photoPrint to PDF from AnyList, or screenshot, and use Add recipe → Photo. Same photo import that reads a cookbook page.

Your shopping list and pantryThese do not move. In Mealfolder the list is written from the week's plan, so start with a plan and the list follows.

Photo and paste import use AI assists: 10 a month on the free plan, 200 on Plus, 500 on Household. Link import does not use an assist.

If AnyList ever adds a bulk export

Upload the file as is. Mealfolder's archive importer reads CSV, HTML, JSON and zip exports from other apps (Plan to Eat, Copy Me That, Recipe Keeper, Evernote and more), so a future AnyList export would go through the same door. No date is promised here. When either ships it will be announced on this page and in the app.

AnyList vs Mealfolder

	AnyList	Mealfolder
Price	Free for lists; Complete is $9.99 a year for one person, $14.99 a year for a household	Free, or $12.99 a year; Household $19.99 a year for up to six people
Web app	Complete subscribers only	Yes, on every plan
Recipe import from websites	5 free, then Complete	Unlimited link imports; the Free plan holds 10 recipes
Photo of a cookbook page	Not found in the help articles	Yes, read by AI
Plan the week from your own recipes	Calendar and list view, templates	Drag and drop, or AI-suggested with constraints
Grocery list by aisle	Yes, with prices and running total, store assignment	Yes, quantities combined, staples skipped
Voice assistants	Alexa skill; AnyList documents problems under Alexa+ since March 2026	In-app voice in cook mode on Android and Fire; no Alexa skill
Import formats	Paprika files, browser extension, copy and paste	Paprika, JSON, link, paste, photo; AnyList planned
Export everything	No bulk export found	Yes, always free, written into the terms

AnyList facts from anylist.com/complete and help.anylist.com, read 7 September 2026. Prices and features change; check theirs before deciding.

Fair to say about AnyList: it is a very good shopping list, its online-ordering handoff to US grocers is something Mealfolder does not have, and its ratings are high. The reasons people write to us about leaving are the web paywall, the account requirement for a list, and not being able to get their recipes out in one file. That last one is the thing Mealfolder promises never to do to you.