SpicesChoose Spices if
- You mostly want to save recipes from anywhere, convert them and note what you changed.
- You want scaling and a week plan in the free plan.
- You’d rather share through iCloud than create accounts.
Recipe app comparison
Spices vs AnyList
AnyList started as a shared grocery list and added recipes. Spices started with recipes and builds the list from your week. Which one suits you depends on whether your household mostly needs the list or the recipes.
At a glance
- Week
- 5 dinners planned
- Missing
- on the shared list
- 2 cups flour
- 240 g
Spices and AnyList, feature by feature
| Spices | AnyList | |
|---|---|---|
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Android; web, Mac and Apple Watch with Complete |
| Pricing | Free up to 25 recipes; Pro monthly, yearly or once | Free; Complete subscription for one person or a household |
| Save from websites | Yes | Yes, limited on the free plan |
| Instagram, TikTok, YouTube | Yes, from the caption or description | Not listed |
| Photos and cookbook pages | Screenshots and cookbook pages, read on the device | Not listed |
| Unit conversion | US, UK, Australian and metric, based on where the recipe is from | Not listed |
| Oven: °F, °C, fan, gas mark | Yes, for your fan or conventional oven | Not listed |
| Ingredient names by country | US, UK or Dutch names | Not listed |
| Scaling | Servings, pan size, or an ingredient you have | With Complete |
| Meal planning | A week of dinners; shared with Pro | Calendar, with Complete |
| Shopping list | Built from the week; shared with Pro | Its core feature, shared free |
| Household sharing | Shared library, notes and week through iCloud (Pro) | Shared lists free; shared meal plans with Complete |
| Account | None, uses iCloud | AnyList account |
| Cook mode | One step at a time, named timers, screen stays on | Yes |
| Pantry | No | Not listed |
| Nutrition | No | Not listed |
| Sync | iCloud | AnyList account |
AnyList features checked on 10 November 2026 by Thien Nguyen, who makes Spices, against its official website, help pages and App Store listing. “Not listed” means we couldn’t find it there, not that the app lacks it. Prices change, so check the developer’s site.
Which one fits you?
AnyList shares its grocery list free and runs on Android. Spices gives you scaling and a week plan without paying.
Choose AnyList if
- Your household mainly needs one fast, shared grocery list.
- Someone in the house uses Android.
- You shop from the web or an Apple Watch.
Switching from AnyList
Spices can’t read an AnyList export file yet. For the recipes you cook most, share the original web page or post to Spices from Safari, Instagram or TikTok, or import a screenshot. Spices reads it, converts the amounts and marks anything it had to guess.
Spices imports full libraries from Paprika, Mela and Crouton.
Sources
AnyList is a product of its developer. Spices is not affiliated with it.
Other comparisons
- All recipe app comparisonsFeature tables for nine recipe apps.
- Spices vs PaprikaPaprika 4 added a Premium subscription. Import your whole library from one file.
- Spices vs CroutonBoth are Apple-only and sync with iCloud. Crouton adds Mac and Apple Watch.
- Spices vs MelaMela keeps plans in Calendar and lists in Reminders. Import your .melarecipes file.
- Spices vs Recipe KeeperRecipe Keeper runs on Android and Windows, with its own account.
- Spices vs PestleBoth save from TikTok. Pestle’s free plan holds 15 recipes.
Questions
Can I import my AnyList recipes into Spices?
Not from an AnyList file yet. Share each recipe’s original link to Spices, or import a screenshot of it.
Does Spices have a shopping list?
Yes. Plan the week and Spices puts what you’re missing on one shared list, grouped by aisle or by recipe.
Let your recipes convert themselves
Spices shows every saved recipe in the units, oven setting and ingredient names you use, and you can switch back to the original at any time. In testing for iPhone and iPad.