Swoodie vs Tasty
Tasty is where you find recipes. Swoodie is where you plan, track, and cook them.
Tasty built one of the most recognizable food brands on the internet on the back of short, satisfying cooking videos. The Tasty app brings that content to your kitchen: a massive recipe library, video-first instructions, ingredient search, and a basic AI sous chef called Botatouille for recipe discovery.
But Tasty is a content and entertainment app — it doesn’t track your calories, macros, or nutritional intake. There’s no couples decision mode, no AI recipe generation, and no personalized meal planner. Swoodie covers the full cycle: finding meals, planning the week, tracking what you eat, and helping two people decide together.
Why people choose Tasty
- Video-first recipes: Short-form cooking videos built Tasty’s audience. Step-by-step visual instruction is its strongest feature.
- Massive recipe library: Millions of community and editorial recipes across virtually every cuisine and dietary need.
- Botatouille AI: Describes itself as an AI sous chef — helps you search by ingredient, plan simple meals, and discover recipes from fridge contents.
- Instacart integration: Order groceries for a recipe directly in-app.
- Free to use: The recipe library is accessible without a subscription.
Where Swoodie fills the gap
Calorie and macro tracking
Tasty has no nutrition tracking at all. Swoodie logs your meals — from recipes, barcodes, or photos — and tracks calories and macros against your daily goal.
AI photo calorie scan
Snap a photo of any meal and Swoodie estimates the nutrition. Tasty's AI helps find recipes; Swoodie's AI tracks what you actually ate.
AI meal planner personalized to your goals
Tasty has a basic meal planner that surfaces curated content. Swoodie's AI planner builds a week based on your calorie target and dietary preferences, with a merged shopping list.
Couples Swipe Together mode
Tasty has no couples feature. Swipe Together lets two people independently rate meal options and surfaces what both agreed on — ending the daily 'what do you want?' loop.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Tasty | Swoodie |
|---|---|---|
| Video recipes | Yes (core feature) | No |
| Recipe library | Millions (community + editorial) | Curated library + AI generation |
| AI ingredient / fridge search | Yes (Botatouille) | Via Chef AI |
| Calorie tracking | No | Yes (free) |
| AI photo calorie scan | No | Yes (free, daily limit) |
| AI recipe generation | Discovery only | Full generation (Premium) |
| Personalized AI meal planner | No (curated only) | Yes (Premium) |
| Grocery ordering | Yes (Instacart) | Shopping list only |
| Couples / Swipe Together | No | Yes (free) |
Pricing
Tasty is free to use with an optional subscription for ad-free access — check the App Store for current pricing. Swoodie’s free tier includes barcode scanning, 5 daily AI photo scans, the recipe library, and Swipe Together with no account required. Swoodie Premium is $9.99/month or $49.99/year (3-day free trial on yearly).
Which one is right for you?
Choose Tasty if: you primarily want cooking video inspiration, a massive community recipe library, and Instacart grocery ordering — without nutrition tracking.
Try Swoodie if: you want to combine recipe discovery with calorie tracking, AI meal planning personalized to your goal, or couples meal coordination. Tasty is entertainment; Swoodie is a nutrition system.
Try Swoodie free — no account needed