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Apps like Mealime after October 21, 2026

Mealime's closing notice says the app will be discontinued as of October 21, 2026, and directs users to Meals Hub. The notice says the Mealime recipes continue there, along with support for dietary preferences and food restrictions. Tomato Potato fits recipes you save yourself, which you put on days in Plan and turn into one grocery list with Shop these days. Paprika's site describes a recipe manager that saves web recipes, with meal plans and grocery lists, and AnyList's site describes a grocery list shared with other people, plus recipes and a meal calendar.

Meals Hub

Mealime's closing notice says Meals Hub includes all Mealime recipes plus thousands more and continues support for dietary preferences and food restrictions. The notice says that in an Albertsons Companies store app you tap More at the bottom right, then Meals Hub, and that Meals Hub is also on Albertsons Cos. store websites. According to the notice, you can browse recipes, create meal plans and generate shopping lists even if you cannot shop at an Albertsons Cos. store.

The notice says dietary preferences can be selected and managed within your Meals Hub profile after signing in to an Albertsons Cos. store app, and that certain preferences and settings will need to be established directly within Meals Hub. It does not describe a transfer of Mealime account data or an export of favorites, plans or lists. See what happens at shutdown for Pro fees and personal data, and using Meals Hub without a nearby store.

Tomato Potato

You save a recipe into Book from a link, a recipe website, photos, pasted text or a Paprika file, and put recipes on days in Plan. Tap Shop these days for one grocery list. In By type, matching ingredients are combined according to the app's merge rules, and some forms or units stay separate. Fill these days fills empty meals for today and upcoming days in the displayed plan from recipes already in Book. A new Book includes the starter recipes. Deleting a starter removes it from Book and clears its placements in Plan. It is not added back on later launches.

If you want your own copy of one Mealime recipe in Book before October 21, 2026, paste the ingredients and steps into Paste a link on Book and tap Convert. If you cannot copy the text, take screenshots of that one recipe, tap Photo, tap Allow if the app asks before the photos are sent, then tap Choose photos and select up to 4 screenshots. When the paste or the photos can be read, Check the recipe opens. Tap Save to book to put that recipe in Book. More on copying one recipe is on Mealime closes October 21, 2026: how to keep your recipes. How to meal plan for the week walks through Plan and Shop, and the import guide covers saving recipes.

Paprika

Paprika's site describes recipe organization, meal plans and grocery lists, with a built-in browser for saving web recipes. See opening a Paprika export in Tomato Potato.

AnyList

AnyList's site describes personal recipe organization, imports from email and websites, a meal-planning calendar for a week or a month, and shared grocery lists whose changes appear for everyone sharing them.

Which fits

If you wantLook at
Dietary-preference support, per Mealime's closing noticeMeals Hub
Your own recipes on the days you cook, then one grocery listTomato Potato
A recipe manager that saves web recipes, with meal plans and grocery listsPaprika
A grocery list shared with other people, plus recipes and a meal calendarAnyList

Questions

What did Mealime's homepage say the app did?

Mealime's homepage describes the app as Plan, Shop, Cook. Plan is meals for the entire week, with over 200 personalization options. Shop is grocery shopping once per week, with an organized list and ingredients auto-sorted into categories. The homepage also says simple 30 minute recipes, and that cooking takes about 30 minutes.

Were Mealime's recipes already in Albertsons grocery apps?

The closing notice says Mealime was acquired by Albertsons Companies in 2021, and that its recipes and meal-planning tools have been in Albertsons Companies grocery apps since then.

Does Tomato Potato track calories or dietary preferences?

No. Recipe screens show no calorie counts and there is no dietary-preference filter. Mealime's closing notice says Meals Hub continues support for dietary preferences and food restrictions.

Tomato Potato is free to download. Free includes three saved imports and one Kroger or King Soopers cart. The plan, the list and store searches stay free. A subscription removes both limits for $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year in the US, and the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Recipes stay on your phone.

Last checked 2026-10-08. Mealime, Meals Hub, Paprika, AnyList, Albertsons are names of their owners; Tomato Potato is not affiliated with them.

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