Best apps like Substitutions

10+ similar apps compared and reviewed

4.6 avg rating
7 free apps
Updated July 2026

Substitutions is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 10+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Top Alternatives to Substitutions

SideChef: Recipes+Meal Planner#1

SideChef: Recipes+Meal Planner by SideChef Group Limited

15K+ Recipes & Grocery List
Editor's Choice
🍔 Food & Drink
4.7(1.7K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Discover and cook delicious meals with step-by-step instructions, personalized recommendations, and integrated grocery shopping. This app simplifies meal planning and helps you explore new cuisines, even if you're a beginner cook.

Recipe Keeper - Cook'n#2

Recipe Keeper - Cook'n by DVO Enterprises

#1 Best Recipe Keeper
Strong Contender
🍔 Food & Drink
4.7😊(3.6K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
#59in Food & Drink
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Effortlessly save, organize, and access your favorite recipes from various online sources. This app cleans up cluttered recipe pages and offers hands-free cooking assistance. It also helps with meal planning and grocery lists, ensuring you never lose a recipe again.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Easy to use and organize recipes
  • 📚 Great way to store and access recipes
  • 🔍 Convenient recipe search and discovery
  • 💻 Seamless sync across devices

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Occasional app crashes or freezes
  • 💰 Subscription model can be expensive
  • 🔍 Inconsistent recipe capture from websites
Just the Recipe: Cook smarter#3

Just the Recipe: Cook smarter by Streamline Software LLC

Declutter recipe blogs
Worth Considering
🍔 Food & Drink
4.9😊(3.2K ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
#63in Food & Drink
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This app extracts only the essential ingredients and instructions from recipe websites, decluttering your cooking experience. Organize your favorite recipes into digital collections, customize them, and generate smart grocery lists. Syncs across devices for easy access.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Efficient recipe extraction
  • 👍 Clean, simple interface
  • 💡 Helpful recipe organization
  • 👍 Convenient recipe editing

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Occasional app crashes
  • 🔑 Frustrating login process
  • 💰 Subscription model may be too expensive

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This app helps you organize your recipes, create smart grocery lists, and plan your meals. Download recipes from the web, manage your pantry, and sync data across all your devices. It also offers cooking assistance features and import/export options.

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Organize all your favorite recipes from any website or app into one place. Plan meals for the week and automatically generate smart grocery lists for seamless shopping. This app acts as your personal kitchen assistant, simplifying meal planning and inspiring home cooking.

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Organize your recipes, plan your weekly meals, and automatically generate a shopping list. This app helps you discover new recipes and share your favorites with friends and family, making meal preparation more enjoyable and efficient.

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Substitutions | Diet & Allergy
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Healthy recipe ingredient swap
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Easily swap ingredients in recipes to accommodate various dietary needs, allergies, or ingredient shortages. This app provides automatic quantity calculations and offers alternatives for vegan, gluten-free, keto, and more.

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Recipe Costing Calculator
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Recipe Costing Calculator
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Easily calculate the cost of your recipes, including ingredients, portion costs, and desired profit margins. Store instructions, photos, and print recipes or sales receipts. The app handles unit conversions and helps manage stock with shopping list generation.

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My Kitchen Calculator
My Kitchen Calculator
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Recipe Converter & Calculator
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Easily scale recipes, convert ingredient units by weight or volume, and access cooking references. This tool supports fractional inputs and offers conversions for over 250 ingredients, plus basic calculators for volume, weight, length, time, energy, and temperature.

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