ReciMe alternative — save recipes and track calories in one app
ReciMe grabs recipes from TikTok and Instagram. Swoodie imports from video and social posts too, then adds calorie tracking, recipe generation and shared planning.
The bottom line
ReciMe saves recipes from social well, but it doesn't generate them, track daily calories or plan together. Swoodie imports recipes too (5 free trial saves, then Premium) and adds the calorie counter, recipe generation and a couples mode. Prefer paying once? Swoodie Lite is a $9.99 one-time purchase that unlocks the whole app except the AI features. It also exports your log, weights and saves as CSV, so your data can leave with you.
Is ReciMe free?
ReciMe has a free version, but unlimited recipe imports from social media and from photos need its premium subscription. That subscription starts with a 7-day free trial and renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Swoodie starts with no account and no card, and puts recipes next to calorie tracking and meal planning.
- No account
- No card
- No ads
ReciMe nails the "save a recipe from TikTok" flow. The limits show up fast: a handful of imports per week on free, a recent price hike, and no daily calorie tracking, photo logging or recipe generation.
Swoodie consolidates: import and adapt recipes (5 free trial saves, then Premium), generate new ones, track calories from a photo, and plan with a partner — one subscription.
Features evolve fast
Swoodie ships new features regularly, so this page may not reflect the very latest. The homepage is always up to date — check there for everything Swoodie does today.
See the latest on the homepage →Feature by feature
| Feature |  Swoodie | ReciMe |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent free plan (not a trial) | Free — $0 forever | Free — 5 imports/week |
| Annual price | $59.99 / year | $39.99/yr |
| AI features without paying | 10 free one-time uses, no card | 5 AI imports/week free; nutrition calc needs Plus |
| AI photo calorie / meal scan | Trial — 10 free uses, then Premium | |
| Barcode scanner | Trial — 10 free uses, then Premium | |
| Log a meal you ate ("ate it") | Free — basic calorie logging | No calorie logging |
| Meal journal / food diary | Free — full history | |
| Packaged-product quality score (0–100) | Free — scan, score & breakdown · Lite or Premium: better alternatives · Premium: Ask AI | |
| Blood-sugar impact read on a scanned meal | Blood Sugar Score — on scans (free AI tries; unlimited with Premium): steady / moderate / spiky, estimated from carbs & fibre | Calories & macros only — no glycemic read |
| One-tap steadier swap for a spiky meal | Smart Swaps — Premium | |
| Recipe discovery / browse | Free — thousands of recipes (Premium opens the full 8,000+) | Organizes saved recipes |
| Swipe-to-choose recipe UX | Free | |
| Filter recipes by ingredients you have | Trial — 10 free uses, then Premium · Lite: without AI | |
| AI recipe generation (Chef AI) | Trial — 10 free uses, then Premium | Saves recipes, doesn't generate |
| Import a recipe from a URL | Trial — 10 free uses, then Premium | Import from a URL |
| Import a recipe from a video / social post | Save videos: 5 free · unlimited with Lite or Premium · AI recipe extraction: 10 free uses, then Premium | Core feature — TikTok / Instagram / YouTube |
| AI recipe variations | Premium | |
| Hands-free voice cooking mode | Free | |
| Saved AI-recipe cookbook | Premium | Recipe organizer |
| Built-in kitchen tools (converters, scaler, cook times) | Kitchen Tools — Free: 6 offline tools (unit, oven & air-fryer converters, scaler, cook times, safe temperatures) | Recipe scaler + metric/imperial converter |
| Multi-day meal planner (1/3/7-day) | Free — manual 1/3/7-day planner · AI-built plan: 10 free uses, then Premium | Free built-in planner (breakfast, lunch, dinner) |
| Auto-generated shopping list | Free — from any plan, manual or AI | Free smart grocery list |
| Shopping list merges duplicate ingredients | Free — from any plan, manual or AI | |
| Real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together) | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Shared meal plan | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Separate macro targets per person | Free | |
| Multi-person session (family / friends) | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Intermittent fasting tracker | Free: first 5 fasts · Lite or Premium: unlimited · Coach quips: Premium | |
| Paired wellness accountability (2-person daily score) | Host: Lite or Premium · Join: Free | |
| Shareable meal report card | Meal Report Card — on photo scans (free AI tries; unlimited with Premium) | Shares recipes + collaborative cookbooks; no shared tracking |
| Calorie & macro goal setting | Free | Not a calorie counter |
| Diet-style macro targets (keto / low-carb / high-protein) | Free | Diet tags filter recipes; no macro targets |
| Custom macro targets (set your own grams) | Lite or Premium | |
| Daily insight drawn from what you logged | Coach Ollie — daily insight: Free · Pattern insights: Premium | No daily food log |
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| Web app | Web app in beta (desktop; no meal plans or lists yet) |
Cost over time
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Over 2 years: Swoodie $119.98 vs ReciMe $79.98.
Prefer paying once? Swoodie Lite is a $9.99 one-time purchase that unlocks the whole app except the AI features. It also exports your log, weights and saves as CSV, so your data can leave with you.
Swoodie is $59.99/year — about $5.00/month billed yearly.
ReciMe pricing verified September 2026 · source
Where ReciMe wins
ReciMe is genuinely the cleanest way to save recipes from TikTok and Instagram and keep them organized. If a focused recipe organizer is all you want, it does that one job neatly.
Honest scorecard
Where Swoodie wins
- Swipe-to-choose recipe UX
- Real-time couples meal matching (Swipe Together)
- Multi-person session (family / friends)
- Paired wellness accountability (2-person daily score)
The verdict
Switch to Swoodie if…
you want to save recipes and generate new ones and track calories and plan meals — without juggling three apps.
Stay with ReciMe if…
you only need a clean recipe organizer and don't want tracking or planning.
Made up your mind? Start free.
Swoodie plans the week, tracks what you eat and lets two people pick dinner together. The recipe library and tracking are free, no account needed — every scan carries a Blood Sugar Score, six Kitchen Tools work offline, and Premium is free for 7 days on the yearly plan.
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Rather not subscribe? Swoodie Lite is $9.99 once — the whole app except the AI features.
We put these comparisons together from publicly available information and each app's own website. Prices and features change — if you spot anything inaccurate or out of date, email support@swoodie.app and we'll correct it. We want this comparison to stay fair.
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