For TikTok or Instagram saves, ReciMe and Pestle have clearly documented social import, and Umay adds web links, photos of paper recipes and a Chrome extension downloaded from umay.food. When a caption is blank, Umay can transcribe speech in a clip up to 10 minutes; for YouTube Shorts and videos, Umay reads the first 10 minutes.
Last updated October 17, 2026. We make Umay, so we include it and say where other apps do better. How we compared: on October 17, 2026, we reviewed the official product pages and US store listings linked below, plus the secondary reports labeled there; where a feature or price was unclear, we say so instead of treating it as confirmed.
ReciMe
ReciMe saves recipes from social posts and websites, and its official page also lists photos or screenshots of handwritten recipes. The TikTok help guide says it tries the caption first and can fall back to speech when the caption is empty.
- Price: A third-party US review lists Premium at $4.99 per month; check the current store offer before subscribing.
- Platforms: iOS, Android and web; a Chrome extension is listed on the official site.
- Best for: Saving from Instagram, TikTok and other named social platforms into a recipe collection.
- Limits: Review the saved recipe before relying on an import, especially when the app has to fall back from the caption to audio.
Paprika Recipe Manager
Paprika saves recipes from the web through its built-in browser or share menu, then connects them to meal plans and grocery lists. Check its current listing for social-video import support.
- Price: The US App Store lists the iPhone version at $4.99 and Mac at $29.99; versions are purchased separately.
- Platforms: iOS, Android, Mac and Windows.
- Best for: Keeping a personal web recipe collection with planning and grocery tools.
- Limits: Check the current listing for social-video import support.
Samsung Food
Samsung Food can save recipes from social apps and websites and connects them with a recipe collection, meal plan and shopping list. A 2025 report describes sharing from TikTok or Instagram into the app.
- Price: Free with ads; Samsung Food+ is listed at $6.99 per month or $59.99 per year in the US store and publisher sources.
- Platforms: iOS, Android and web.
- Best for: Saving social recipes into a broader catalog and meal-planning workflow.
- Limits: Check the app's help page for video-import steps in the current version.
Honeydew
Honeydew's US listing describes saving from websites and social platforms, including Instagram Reels, plus screenshots and pantry or dish photos.
- Price: Honeydew Plus is listed at $6.99 per month or $39.99 per year in the US App Store.
- Platforms: iPhone and iPad.
- Best for: Collecting website recipes and social saves in a mobile recipe library.
- Limits: Check the current listing for named social sources and importing steps.
Pestle
Pestle lists social recipe saves, a scanner for physical recipes, web import, a 14-day meal plan and a grocery list. TechCrunch reported that its social importer reads the video's caption rather than the video itself.
- Price: Pro is listed at $2.99 per month or $24.99 per year.
- Platforms: iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch; the listing also shows Mac and Vision compatibility.
- Best for: Social recipe saves plus scanning a paper recipe into a collection.
- Limits: The reported social import uses caption text; it does not process the video itself.
Flavorish
Flavorish saves social and web recipes and accepts screenshots or scans. Its free plan lists five social imports and five image imports; the official guide says the social allowance is one-time.
- Price: Premium is $4.99 per month on the publisher's plan page.
- Platforms: iOS, Android and web.
- Best for: Saving a recipe link or image in a collection that syncs across devices.
- Limits: The free plan lists five social imports total and five image imports; check the current plan page for remaining limits.
Umay
Umay imports recipes from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube (Shorts and videos) and websites, and can turn a photo of a paper recipe into a saved recipe. Recipe Catcher is a Chrome extension distributed as a ZIP from umay.food, not through the Chrome Web Store.
- Price: $6.99 per month or $39.99 per year, with a one-week trial on the annual plan.
- Platforms: iOS, Android and web, plus the Recipe Catcher ZIP from umay.food.
- Best for: Combining social and web imports, paper recipes, meal planning, grocery lists and world recipes.
- Limits: Speech is transcribed for TikTok and Instagram videos up to 10 minutes; for YouTube, Umay reads the first 10 minutes. On the free plan, each import counts toward the 5 recipes per week.
Quick picks
- Best documented TikTok caption and speech fallback: ReciMe.
- Best for a paper recipe scan: Pestle or Umay.
- Best for social, web and a fridge-to-meal workflow: Umay.
- Best cross-platform web library: ReciMe or Flavorish.
Does Umay support YouTube?
Yes, since October 17, 2026: paste a YouTube Short or video link and Umay reads the first 10 minutes to rebuild the recipe. Private or deleted videos cannot be imported.
What happens when a TikTok caption is blank?
ReciMe's help page says it may try audio after checking the caption. Umay can transcribe speech when audio is available, for clips up to 10 minutes; neither workflow is a guarantee that every recipe will import correctly.
Can I save a handwritten recipe?
ReciMe's official page lists photos or screenshots of handwritten recipes. Pestle lists a physical recipe scanner, and Umay can import a recipe from a paper photo.
Sources
- ReciMe official page
- ReciMe TikTok import help
- ReciMe pricing review
- Paprika official site
- Paprika US App Store listing
- Samsung Food US App Store listing
- Samsung Food publisher release
- Samsung Food social import report
- Samsung Food platform report (secondary)
- Honeydew US App Store listing
- Pestle US App Store listing
- Pestle social import report
- Flavorish free plan
- Umay on the App Store
- Umay on Google Play
- Umay web app
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