Comparison

Sofra vs Plum

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

Head to head
About

Sofra

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STOP SCROLLING. START COOKING. Most recipe sites are 90% ads and 10% instructions. Sofra flips the script. Using advanced AI extraction with 99.999% accuracy, we strip away the noise and give you a beautiful, standardized recipe card from any URL or video. YOUR KITCHEN, REIMAGINED The "Magic" Importer: Paste a link from Pinterest, Instagram, or your favorite blog. Watch as Sofra instantly identifies ingredients, steps, and cook times. Aesthetic Masonry UI: Forget boring lists. View your culinary library in a stunning, visual grid designed for high-speed browsing. Smart Categorization: Our AI automatically tags your recipes by cuisine, diet, and prep time. Your "forever library" builds itself. Video-to-Text: The first app that truly understands cooking videos. Turn a 60-second reel into a step-by-step guide. WHY SOFRA? Because your digital cookbook shouldn't feel like a junk drawer. We prioritize clutter-free utility and blazing-fast search, so you spend less time on your phone and more time at the table.

About

Plum

Effortlessly transform cooking videos from social media into structured recipes. Save ingredients, steps, and times in one place, and easily create smart grocery lists. Organize your favorite meals into custom collections.

Highlights
  • Extract recipes from video links
  • Create smart grocery lists
  • Adjust serving sizes
  • Organize recipes into collections
  • Cloud sync across devices
  • Share extension for easy import
Features
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Turn cooking videos into recipes, instantly. Saw something delicious on TikTok? Found the perfect recipe on YouTube? Plum turns any cooking video into a clean, structured recipe you can actually follow — ingredients, steps, and times, all in one place. No more rewinding. No more pausing. Just paste a link. HOW IT WORKS Paste a video link from TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube. Plum's AI watches the video and pulls out a complete recipe in seconds — ingredients, quantities, and step-by-step instructions, ready to cook. FEATURES Extract Recipes from Video — Paste a link and get a beautifully formatted recipe with ingredients and steps. Works with TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Share Extension — Share a video directly to Plum from any app, without losing your place. Smart Grocery Lists — Add ingredients from any recipe to your shopping list. Items are automatically sorted by category — Produce, Dairy, Meat & Seafood, Pantry — so you can shop aisle by aisle. Adjust Servings — Cooking for two or twelve? Scale any recipe up or down in seconds. Collections — Organize your recipes your way. Weeknight dinners, meal prep, date night — you decide. Search & Browse — Find any saved recipe instantly by name. Cloud Sync — Your recipes are always with you, on any device. FREE & PREMIUM Plum is free to get started. Upgrade to Plum Premium for unlimited recipe imports and full access to your library. Plum Premium is available at $8.99/month or $59.99/year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Deleting the app does not cancel your subscription. Terms of Use: https://ldhayeck.github.io/plum-legal/plum-terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://ldhayeck.github.io/plum-legal/plum-privacy-policy Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you at hello@dhlucien.com

Screenshots

Sofra4 screens
Plum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sofra at none against Plum's 3. Plum's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Sofra asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sofra ships an update every 6 weeks, Plum every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Sofra versus Plum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSofraPlum
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMark DebbaneLUCIEN DAGHER HAYECK

In-app purchases

None

Sofra

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Plum

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly Discount1 Month trial$32.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Sofra free?
Sofra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plum free?
Plum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sofra or Plum have ads?
Neither Sofra nor Plum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sofra or Plum?
Sofra ships an update every 6 weeks, and Plum every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sofra was updated on October 30, 2026 and Plum on October 30, 2026.

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