A Mealime alternative for the recipes you actually save

Mealime is discontinued on 21 October 2026. Its notice says your personal data is deleted at shutdown and that its recipes continue in Meals Hub, inside the Albertsons Companies grocery apps (mealime.com/closing).

This page is for people who used Mealime to plan the week and shop for it, and who also save recipes from creators' videos and from recipe websites. Yumzi is an app for iPhone and Android that reads the recipes you save, lets you pick the week's dinners from them and turns them into one shopping list.

What is happening to Mealime on 21 October

From Mealime's own notice:

• Mealime stops working on 21 October 2026.
• Pro subscribers are not charged again.
• Personal data is deleted at shutdown.
• Meals Hub is the official successor, from the same team, and free. It lives in the Albertsons Companies store apps, such as Safeway, Albertsons, Vons and Jewel-Osco, and on their websites.
• You do not need a store nearby to use Meals Hub, but you need an account with one of those store apps.
• Your preferences and settings have to be set up again in Meals Hub.

Source: mealime.com/closing.

Save the Mealime recipes you cook, before 21 October

There is no export

Mealime's notice describes no export and no transfer to another app. What you can keep is the recipes themselves, one at a time.

Make a short list first

Most people cook the same handful of dinners again and again. Write down the ten or so you actually repeat before you start copying anything.

Copy each recipe's link

Mealime recipes have public pages under mealime.com/recipes/. In the Mealime app, open the recipe, tap the more button, then share, and copy the link. If that control has moved, find the recipe by name on mealime.com/recipes and copy the address from your browser.

Paste the links into Yumzi

A recipe page on mealime.com is read like any other recipe website. In Yumzi, open Add and paste one link, or many at once (up to 25 in one paste). Saving from a recipe website uses one of your reads: the first ten are free, then one a week. You get the title, the servings, the ingredients and the steps.

A few limits, so nothing surprises you:

• One recipe per link.
• Your own notes and edits in Mealime are not on the public page, so they do not come across.
• Mealime's pages list some pantry items, such as salt or mayonnaise, without an amount. Check those lines after saving.
• This is not an account transfer. Meal plans, lists and preferences stay behind.

Recipes you changed: take a screenshot

If you edited a recipe in Mealime, take a screenshot of your version with your notes. In Yumzi, choose "Choose a photo or screenshot". Reading a photo uses one of your reads: the first ten are free, then one a week.

Recipes you imported into Mealime from other sites

Go back to the original site and save that link in Yumzi instead.

Mealime has not said whether its public recipe pages stay online after 21 October, so save the ones you want now.

Should you just use Meals Hub?

Maybe. If you liked Mealime's own recipes and you shop at an Albertsons Companies store, Meals Hub is the closest thing to Mealime, and it is free.

Yumzi fits better if the dinners you cook come from creators' videos, recipe websites and cookbooks, or if you are not near an Albertsons Companies store or not in the US.

How Yumzi works if you are coming from Mealime

Your recipes, from wherever you saved them

Save a TikTok, Instagram or YouTube link, a recipe website, a photo or a screenshot. Yumzi reads the recipe into ingredients and steps. With creators' videos, the recipe is often in the video, not the caption.

Pick the week's dinners

Choose the week's dinners from the recipes you saved. Change the servings per recipe.

One shopping list for the week

Every dinner you planned goes into one shopping list for the week. The same ingredient from different recipes becomes one line, scaled to the servings you chose.

Share the week with your household

Mealime's answer was to sign in to the same account on each phone. In Yumzi you send an invite, and the other person joins the same week and the same list. Invite them before they add recipes of their own. More on planning for a household.

Mealime, Meals Hub and Yumzi side by side

Sources for the Mealime and Meals Hub columns: mealime.com/closing, support.mealime.com articles 101 and 112, and Mealime's App Store listing.

What Yumzi does not do

• No large recipe collection to browse. Yumzi starts you with one recipe already read, then works from what you save. If you want new ideas picked for you, Meals Hub may suit you better.
• No Mealime account import. Links and screenshots only.
• No grocery delivery or store basket in the US or UK.
• Yumzi is on iPhone and Android.
• No nutrition targets or Apple Health sync.

What it costs

Cooking every recipe you have and your shopping list are free for good. Reading a recipe, from a video, a photo or a recipe website, is free for your first ten, then one a week. Yumzi Pro removes that limit.

Frequently asked questions

Is Mealime shutting down?

Yes. Mealime is discontinued on 21 October 2026, according to its notice at mealime.com/closing.

What is replacing Mealime? What is Meals Hub?

Meals Hub is Mealime's official successor, from the same team. It is free and lives inside the Albertsons Companies store apps and websites, such as Safeway, Albertsons, Vons and Jewel-Osco.

Do I need an Albertsons, Safeway or Vons store nearby to use Meals Hub?

No, according to Mealime. You need an account with one of those store apps.

Can I export my Mealime recipes?

Mealime's notice describes no export. You can copy each recipe's public link, or take a screenshot of recipes you changed.

What happens to my Mealime data?

Mealime says personal data is deleted at shutdown.

Will I be charged for Mealime Pro again?

No. Mealime says Pro subscribers are not charged again.

Can I bring my Mealime recipes into Yumzi?

Yes, one recipe at a time. Paste the recipe's mealime.com link into Yumzi; it counts as one of your reads. For a recipe you changed, add a screenshot. There is no account import, so meal plans, lists and preferences stay behind.

Is there a free Mealime alternative?

Meals Hub is free. In Yumzi, the shopping list is free; reading a recipe, from a video, a photo or a website, is free for your first ten, then one a week.

Does Yumzi make one shopping list for the week?

Yes. The dinners you plan go into one list, with the same ingredient from different recipes on one line.

Can my partner or family use the same list?

Yes. Send an invite and they join the same week and the same list. Invite them before they add recipes of their own.

Can I change the number of servings?

Yes, per recipe.

Does Yumzi come with recipes, like Mealime?

Not a large collection. You plan from the recipes you save, and Yumzi starts you with one recipe already read.

Is Yumzi on Android?

Yes. Yumzi is on the App Store and Google Play.

Does Yumzi send my list to a grocery store in the US or UK?

No.