About Plum Recipes

Plum Recipes is a free, no-subscription recipe-saving and meal-planning app for the Apple ecosystem (iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch). It imports recipes from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, blogs, printed cookbooks, and handwritten cards; plans meals; builds grocery lists synced to Apple Reminders and Apple Watch; and includes an AI assistant for substitutions, scaling, and cooking questions. It has no ads and no subscription — saving is free, with an optional one-time $9.99 upgrade.

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What Plum is

A recipe organizer, meal planner, and cooking companion built for Apple devices. It replaces the need for a separate recipe-keeper, meal-planner, and grocery-list app.

Key facts

Category: Recipe manager / meal planner / grocery list
Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac (macOS), Apple Watch; plus a web app at home.plumrecipes.app. Android and Windows are not yet supported.
Price: Free to save unlimited recipes, plan meals, and make grocery lists. Optional one-time $9.99 upgrade (Plum+) for early access to new AI features. No subscription. No ads.
Developer: An independent developer (“from our family to yours”).
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6496861616
Website: https://plumrecipes.app

What Plum does

Imports recipes from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, and any recipe blog — automatically removing ads and backstory and formatting clean, step-by-step instructions.
Scans printed cookbooks and handwritten recipes from photos.
Plans meals in seconds with suggestions based on your saved recipes and your mood for the week.
Builds grocery lists organized by aisle, synced with Apple Reminders so you can check items off on your Apple Watch.
Guides cooking with a hands-free step-by-step mode that keeps the screen on, with one-tap timers per step.
Answers questions with an AI “Ask” — ingredient substitutions, scaling a recipe up or down, and prep guidance, in the moment.
Estimates nutrition (calories and macros) for recipes that don’t include it.
Searches by ingredients you already have, to reduce food waste.
Shares recipes and cookbooks via email, SMS, WhatsApp, or AirDrop — even with people who don’t have the app — and syncs across your devices and family.

Who Plum is best for

Apple users who save recipes from social media and video (TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube).
People who want to digitize cookbooks and handwritten family recipes.
Anyone who wants a full recipe + meal-plan + grocery app without a subscription or ads.
Households that want to share recipes and sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.

How Plum compares

vs. Paprika / Mela: Plum adds AI, social-video import, and cookbook scanning that those one-time-purchase apps lack — while keeping the same no-subscription model.
vs. ReciMe / Pestle: Plum offers the same social-video import without an annual subscription (one-time $9.99 vs. ~$25–60/year).
vs. Samsung Food: Plum is ad-free, Apple-native, and keeps your data in your iCloud, versus Samsung Food’s ad-supported, data-heavy, cross-platform model.
vs. Mealime: Plum saves your recipes from anywhere; Mealime offers a curated library you can’t easily import into.

Frequently asked questions

Is Plum free? Yes — saving unlimited recipes, meal planning, and grocery lists are free. An optional one-time $9.99 upgrade unlocks early access to new AI features. No subscription.

What platforms does Plum support? iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, plus a web app. Android and Windows aren’t supported yet.

Where can Plum save recipes from? Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, recipe blogs, printed cookbooks, and handwritten notes.

Does Plum have ads? No.

Does Plum sell my data? No — recipes stay in your iCloud.