Comparison

Plum Recipe Saver vs Flavur

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Plum Recipe Saver

Easily save recipes from various online platforms and cookbooks into a step-by-step format. Enjoy cooking with features like screen lock prevention, automatic timers, and smart meal planning. Generate grocery lists and find recipe inspiration based on your ingredients.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from social media and blogs
  • Scan printed recipes
  • Step-by-step cooking mode
  • Automatic timers
  • Meal planning and suggestions
  • Grocery list generation
  • Ingredient substitution help
Features
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Turn recipes from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and blogs into step-by-step instructions. Cook without the screen turning off and automatic timers. Scan recipes from printed cookbooks.  Plan meals with suggestions and create grocery lists with just a tap. FEATURES: - Import unlimited recipes from blogs, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest. Cleanly formatted, with no backstory and no ads. - Save recipes from ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude - Save handwritten family recipes and share with your friends and family - Share recipes and cookbooks with friends who doesn't have the app via email, SMS, WhatsApp, or Airdrop - Find new recipes based on your preferences with ad-free recipe search and browsing - Craft and adjust new recipes based your ingredients - Re-watch recipe videos from within the app as you cook, no screen lock. - Plan meals in seconds with suggestions based on your mood for the week.  - Cook confidently with step-by-step cooking mode. Check off ingredients as you go.  - Set timers with a single tap based on each recipe step - Search for recipes by ingredients in your fridge or pantry, reduce food waste by making creative use of what you have - Print recipes and cookbooks - Get instant answers for ingredient substitutions, preparation, or scaling as you cook - Save time at the store with grocery lists organized by aisle. Grocery lists are synced with your Reminders app so you can check them off on your Apple Watch. Save time, eat better. No subscriptions. If you're happy, consider becoming a member of the Plum+ club with one-time upgrade to fund new features. Happy cooking!

About

Flavur

Discover, share, and plan meals with a social recipe community and AI-powered tools. Generate personalized meal plans, import recipes, and explore food based on your preferences. Make everyday cooking easier and more inspiring.

Highlights
  • Explore community recipes
  • Create and publish recipes
  • Save favorites and organize meals
  • AI-powered meal planning
  • Import recipes
  • Discover food by preference
Features
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Flavur is redefining how people discover, share, and plan food Built for modern eaters, Flavur combines a social recipe community with intelligent tools that make everyday cooking easier, more personal, and more inspiring What you can do with Flavur: • Explore recipes shared by a growing community • Create and publish your own recipes with step-by-step instructions • Save favorites and organize meals your way • Use AI-powered tools to generate personalized meal plans and import recipes • Discover food based on your preferences and interests Flavur is designed to be intuitive, fast, and flexible, whether you’re planning your week, experimenting in the kitchen, or just looking for inspiration. We believe food is more than recipes. It’s culture, creativity, connection, and personal. Flavur...the Future of Food. Subscription Information: • Flavur Premium is a monthly auto-renewable subscription priced at $4.99 per month. • Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Payment is charged to the user’s Apple ID account. • Subscriptions can be managed or canceled through Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/flavur-privacy-policy/home Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Plum Recipe Saver4 screens
Flavur4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Flavur at 5.0 against Plum Recipe Saver's 4.2. Flavur also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (100% vs 78%). Plum Recipe Saver's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (69 vs 2). On price, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Plum Recipe Saver sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Flavur asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flavur holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plum Recipe Saver has 69 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Plum Recipe Saver's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flavur's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Plum Recipe Saver versus Flavur: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlum Recipe SaverFlavur
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (69 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB37 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPhu NguyenAadee Inc.

Customer experience

Plum Recipe Saver

All ratings69 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral5.8%
Negative15.9%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive78.1%
Neutral7.8%
Negative14.1%

Flavur

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Plum Recipe Saver

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Cannot import recipes from Facebook
  • Recipes not saving or loading indefinitely
  • Instagram import is buggy and often fails
  • App crashes on startup
  • Recipes lost after updates
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  • App spins when saving from Instagram
  • Unable to use between devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to alphabetically sort cookbook tabs
  • More filter options, especially for recipes not in a cookbook
  • Add to meal plan option from recipe interface
  • Long press to mass add recipes to cookbooks
  • Duplicate option for meal plan items
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  • Premium update for sharing with spouse

Flavur

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Plum Recipe Saver

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Annual Pro Sub$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Plum+$9.99
  • Lifetime Pass$34.99
None

Flavur

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plum Recipe Saver free?
Plum Recipe Saver is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flavur free?
Flavur is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Plum Recipe Saver or Flavur?
Flavur is rated higher. Plum Recipe Saver averages 4.2 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Flavur averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Plum Recipe Saver or Flavur have ads?
Flavur shows ads; Plum Recipe Saver does not.

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