Mealime versus Paprika after October 21, 2026

Mealime, then Meals Hub

Mealime and Paprika do different jobs. Mealime's homepage describes personalized weekly planning. Paprika's site says the app helps you organize your recipes, make meal plans, and create grocery lists. Mealime's closing notice says Mealime will be discontinued as of October 21, 2026. The notice does not mention Paprika. In that notice, Meals Hub is in Albertsons Companies grocery apps, and you find it by tapping More in the bottom right of an Albertsons Companies store app, then tapping Meals Hub. The notice also says Meals Hub is on Albertsons Cos. store websites, that it is 100% free, including recipes previously available through Mealime Pro, that support for dietary preferences and food restrictions continues, and that you can browse recipes, create meal plans, and generate shopping lists from Meals Hub even if you cannot shop at an Albertsons Cos. store. Meals Hub without an Albertsons store follows that part of the notice, and what happens at shutdown covers Pro fees, preferences and personal data.

If you also want your own copy of a recipe you cook, you can save it in Tomato Potato before October 21, 2026 by pasting the ingredients and steps, or from a photo of them. The steps are on Mealime closes October 21, 2026. The closing notice says the Mealime recipes continue on Meals Hub either way.

What Paprika's site says

Paprika's site says its cloud sync service syncs recipes, grocery lists, and meal plans across your devices, and that each version of Paprika is sold separately.

Compared

	Mealime and Meals Hub	Paprika	Tomato Potato
Where recipes come from	Mealime's closing notice says Meals Hub includes all Mealime recipes plus thousands more.	Paprika's site says a built-in browser saves recipes from anywhere on the web.	A YouTube, TikTok, or recipe-site link, pasted recipe text, a photo of a recipe, or a .paprikarecipes file.
Who picks the week	Mealime's homepage says you plan meals for the entire week, with over 200 personalization options. Its sample plans show plan type, allergies, dislikes, and servings.	Paprika's site says you can create meal plans for the week, or for the month.	On Plan, tap Add under an empty Dinner, or tap Fill these days. The span shows Next 7 days with minus and plus buttons until you change it, and it stops at 14. Fill these days fills empty meal slots on those days, starting today. It uses recipes already in your book.
Grocery list	The Mealime homepage describes a weekly shopping list with ingredients auto-sorted into categories.	Paprika's site says ingredients in a grocery list are sorted by aisle and similar ingredients are combined.	Shop these days builds one list. In By type view, matching ingredient lines are combined and sorted in a fixed aisle order, produce first.

If you already use Paprika

On Book, tap More, then Import from another recipe app, and choose a .paprikarecipes file. The same button is in Settings, under On this phone. The steps are on Move your recipes from Paprika. With a free import left, the first new recipe Tomato Potato can read from the file is saved and uses one of three free imports. Saving the other new recipes from that file requires a subscription. A recipe is skipped when your book already has the same Paprika id, or the same title and source link. A recipe Tomato Potato cannot read from the file is not saved.

Put those recipes on days in Plan, then tap Shop these days. How that list is built is on Turn a week of recipes into one grocery list.

Questions

How is Mealime different from Paprika?

Mealime's homepage describes weekly planning with over 200 personalization options. Paprika's site describes saving recipes from the web, organizing them, making meal plans, and creating grocery lists.

Will my Mealime favorites move to Meals Hub?

The closing notice says all Mealime recipes continue on Meals Hub. It does not describe an export of saved favorites, plans, or lists, or a transfer of Mealime account data.

Can Tomato Potato open a Paprika export?

Yes. On Book, tap More, then Import from another recipe app, and choose a .paprikarecipes file. The same button is in Settings, under On this phone. With a free import left, the first new recipe Tomato Potato can read from the file is saved and uses one of three free imports. Saving the other new recipes from that file requires a subscription. A recipe Tomato Potato cannot read from the file is not saved.

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, Albertsons are names of their owners; Tomato Potato is not affiliated with them.