Paprika is a fine recipe box that never got a web app or a shared kitchen, and you pay for it again on every device. Mealfolder reads its export file directly: recipes, photos, categories, ratings and notes.
The free plan holds 10 recipes; the import tells you how many were over the limit so you can upgrade and finish it, nothing is lost.
| Paprika 3 | Mealfolder | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 per phone, $29.99 per computer, each platform bought separately | Free, or $12.99 a year for everything on every device |
| Web app | No | Yes |
| Shared kitchen | One login shared by everyone | Up to six accounts, one kitchen, live list sync |
| Photo of a cookbook page | No | Yes, read by AI |
| Plan the week from your recipes | Manual | Manual or AI-suggested with constraints |
| Grocery list by aisle | Yes | Yes, with staples skipped and quantities combined |
| Import formats | Many | Paprika, JSON today; more coming |
| Export | Yes | Yes, always free |
Paprika prices from its App Store and Mac App Store listings, 7 September 2026.