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Samsung Food Alternative: Only Recipes vs Samsung Food

Free meal planner and recipe platform, formerly Whisk. Here is how Only Recipes compares as a Samsung Food alternative, including where Samsung Food is the better choice.

Checked October 14, 2026
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Only Recipes

Recipe manager for web, iPhone and Android

Free plan

Premium $2.99/month or $24.99/year

The free plan saves up to 15 recipes from any website and is ad-free. Premium adds unlimited recipes, collections, grocery lists, ingredient scaling, video imports and a shared kitchen, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan.

  • Web, iPhone and iPad, Android
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Samsung Food

Free meal planner and recipe platform, formerly Whisk

Free, or $59.99/year

The core app is free. The US App Store lists Samsung Food+ at $6.99 monthly or $59.99 yearly; it adds AI-personalized meal plans, serving and ingredient customization, a step-by-step cooking mode, pantry management and nutrition tracking.

  • iPhone and iPad, Android, Web
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What is Samsung Food?

Samsung Food is a meal planning and recipe app from Samsung, built on Whisk, which Samsung acquired in 2019. The App Store listing still names the developer as Whisk food. It combines a large public recipe library with saving recipes from any website, weekly meal plans, shared shopping lists and grocery delivery, on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web.

Feature Comparison

FeatureOnly RecipesSamsung Food
Save recipes from websites
Yes
Yes
Grocery list
Premium
Yes
Meal planning calendar
No
Yes
Pantry tracking
No
Samsung Food+
Ingredient scaling
Premium
Samsung Food+
Web app
Yes
Yes
iPhone and iPad app
Yes
Yes
Android app
Yes
Yes
Free plan
Yes (15 recipes)
Yes

AvailablePartialNot available

Rows only appear where Samsung Food's own website or app store listing states the feature.

Where Samsung Food is the better choice

Choose Samsung Food if
  • You want meal planning and shared shopping lists for free.
  • You want to discover recipes, not just save them: Samsung Food has a large public recipe library and food communities.
  • You want grocery delivery from integrated retailers.
  • You want nutrition information and health scores on recipes.
  • You have Samsung SmartThings Cooking appliances.
Worth knowing
  • Serving adjustments, the step-by-step cooking mode and pantry management are on Samsung Food+.
  • Samsung Food+ costs $59.99/year in the US, more than Only Recipes Premium at $24.99/year.

Who is Samsung Food best for?

Households that plan meals around a weekly shop and want recipe ideas as well as storage.

The Verdict

Samsung Food is the better choice for free meal planning, recipe discovery and grocery delivery. Only Recipes is a smaller, focused recipe box: choose it if you mostly save your own recipes from websites and social video and want a cheaper paid plan.

Sources

Pricing and features checked on October 14, 2026. Prices are US prices and can change; check Samsung Food's listing before you buy. Only Recipes pricing is from our pricing page.

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