Verdict
Samsung Food saves a recipe from almost any website, merges a week of meals into one shopping list and is free for that core job, which works on iPhone and Android as well as Samsung phones. The AI parts are AI-built weekly meal plans, a step-by-step cook mode and turning cookbook photos into recipes, and most of it needs Food+ at £6.99 a month. Reviewers find the app busy, and the explore feed pushes recipes from strangers.
Best for
Households planning a week of dinners from saved recipes
Skip if
Anyone who wants one simple recipe list without feeds
Key facts
- Category
- Home, family & everyday life
- Made by
- Foodient Ltd (Samsung)
- Based in
- United Kingdom
- Launched
- 2023
- Works on
- iPhone, Android, Web
- In the UK
- Yes
- Price from
- £6.99 a month
- Free plan
- Recipe saving from any site, meal planner, shared shopping lists, nutrition info and goals, and tailored week plans up to twice for free
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| Food+ Monthly | £6.99 | month |
| Food+ Yearly | £59.99 | year |
What it does
- saves recipes from any website into one recipe box
- builds weekly meal plans by dragging in saved recipes
- turns recipes and meal plans into shopping lists
- shows nutrition and calorie details for saved recipes
- shares and finds recipes in cooking communities
Ratings
What people say
Samsung Food became the go-to suggestion for Mealime users before that app closed on 21 October 2026, and switchers praise the import tool and shopping list. Complaints are that it sends people back to the original website for instructions, pushes a dated weekly plan, and lacks a curated recipe set. The UK App Store rating rests on only 1,803 ratings, so it is thin.
“It does everything meallime did/does, but better.”
Individual user review, 20 September 2026 · source
“Actually seems like a great alternative, I’m ignoring the homepage/explore area for now”
Individual user review, 27 September 2026 · source
“But, Samsung food throws you back to the creator website for recipe instructions. And forces you to choose dates for your meals.”
Individual user review, 21 September 2026 · source
“Nope - I tried it and one of the blessings of MeaLime was that I didn’t have to trawl the internet for recipes.”
Individual user review, 20 September 2026 · source
Press reviews
- Android Authority 2025-01-24
The reviewer's favourite Android cooking app; recipe import and AI Smart Cook Mode praised, but Food+ at $6.99 a month 'feels a bit pricey'.
- Plan to Eat (rival app's blog) 2026-01-01
A 'solid option' with generous free features, but upsells straight away and its suggested meal plans ignored the tester's diet.
- Pann (rival app's blog) 2026-06-24
One of the best free recipe hubs with excellent web import, but busy, and the AI mostly hands back a list of options.
Privacy
- Trains on your data
- Yes: the policy says usage, food preference and behavioural data are used to 'enhance our technologies (e.g. through machine learning algorithms)' and for AI profiling, under legitimate interest
- Opt-out
- Right to object to legitimate-interest processing and withdraw consent by contacting the Data Protection Officer; health data only with explicit consent; non-essential cookies optional
- Retention
- As long as needed for the purpose; accounts typically deleted after about two years of inactivity; cookies up to two years; data stored on Google Cloud in the EEA
- Age limit
- UK App Store age rating 18+; the privacy policy found states no minimum age
Official videos
- Introducing Samsung Food 2023-08-30
FAQ
Is Samsung Food free?
Yes for saving recipes, meal planning, shopping lists and nutrition goals. Samsung Food+ costs £6.99 a month or £59.99 a year for AI meal plans, recipe tweaks and the step-by-step cook mode.
Do I need a Samsung phone to use Samsung Food?
No. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web. Samsung appliances and Samsung Health add extra links but are optional.
Is Samsung Food the same as Whisk?
Yes. Whisk was renamed Samsung Food in 2023, and the Android app still uses the Whisk package name.
What can replace Mealime?
Mealime closed on 21 October 2026, and Samsung Food is the replacement most often suggested in user reviews. It can import Mealime recipes through the share menu or browser extension.
Scores are based on published evidence, not lab tests. How we score.
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