SpicesChoose Spices if
- You want a free plan, not a subscription from day one.
- You want everyone in the household signed in on their own phone through iCloud, not sharing one login.
- You cook from recipes in other measures and want them converted.
Recipe app comparison
Spices vs Plan to Eat
Plan to Eat is a subscription meal planner you use on the web and your phone. Spices is a recipe keeper for iPhone and iPad with a simpler week plan and a free plan.
At a glance
- Plan
- a week of dinners
- Groceries
- one shared list
- Account
- none, iCloud
Spices and Plan to Eat, feature by feature
| Spices | Plan to Eat | |
|---|---|---|
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | Web, iPhone, Android |
| Pricing | Free up to 25 recipes; Pro monthly, yearly or once | Subscription only, 14-day free trial |
| Save from websites | Yes | Yes, with a browser clipper |
| Instagram, TikTok, YouTube | Yes, from the caption or description | Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest |
| 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 | Metric toggle |
| 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 | Yes |
| Meal planning | A week of dinners; shared with Pro | Drag-and-drop calendar, iCal feed |
| Shopping list | Built from the week; shared with Pro | Built from the plan, by aisle |
| Household sharing | Shared library, notes and week through iCloud (Pro) | One shared login |
| Account | None, uses iCloud | Plan to Eat account |
| Cook mode | One step at a time, named timers, screen stays on | Cooking View |
| Pantry | No | Not listed |
| Nutrition | No | Calculated automatically |
| Sync | iCloud | Plan to Eat account |
Plan to Eat 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?
Plan to Eat is the fuller planner, especially on a computer. Spices is free to start and converts recipes written in other measures.
Choose Plan to Eat if
- You plan meals on a computer.
- You track nutrition and macros.
- Someone in the house uses Android.
Switching from Plan to Eat
Spices can’t read a Plan to Eat 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
Plan to Eat 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
Does Spices have a free plan?
Yes. Spices is free for up to 25 recipes. Plan to Eat is subscription-only after a 14-day trial, according to its FAQ.
Can I import my Plan to Eat recipes into Spices?
Not from a Plan to Eat export yet. Share each recipe’s original link to Spices, or import a screenshot of it.
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.