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BigOven pairs a recipe database of over a million recipes with saving, grocery lists and, with Pro, meal planning, nutrition insight, custom folders and RecipeScan credits for digitising recipes.
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Based on each app's own website and App Store listing, checked October 14, 2026. “Not advertised” means BigOven's own pages don't mention it.
FoomaSave recipes from TikTok & Instagram videos
Fooma
Yes
TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook
BigOven
Not advertised
Save recipes from websites
Fooma
Yes
Share sheet, paste a link, or copy it and Fooma offers to import
BigOven
Partly
Upload your own recipes
Scan recipes from photos or cookbooks
Fooma
No
Not yet. Save by link or type the recipe in
BigOven
Yes
RecipeScan credits
Meal planner
Fooma
Yes
Plan my week autofill and planned leftovers
BigOven
Partly
BigOven Pro
Grocery list sorted by aisle
Fooma
Yes
Merged items, iPhone widget, Reminders sync
BigOven
Yes
Nutrition per serving
Fooma
Yes
Calories, macros, fiber, sugar, sodium
BigOven
Partly
Nutrition Insight with Pro
AI recipe assistant
Fooma
Yes
AI Chef chat and Recipe Maker (Pro)
BigOven
Not advertised
Share with your household
Fooma
Yes
Shared recipes, list and meal plan, live
BigOven
Partly
Share meal plans across accounts (Pro)
Saved recipes work offline
Fooma
Yes
Your cookbook is stored on your phone
BigOven
Partly
Offline grocery lists
Platforms
iPhone & iPad
iPhone, Android, web
Pricing
Free download with free import tries. Meal planner, grocery list and household sharing are free; Fooma Pro adds unlimited imports and AI Chef.
Free plan; BigOven Pro subscription
Prices and features change. Check BigOven's current details before you decide.
In Fooma you tap Share on a TikTok, Reel, Short or pin and pick Fooma. It writes up the ingredients with quantities, the steps, times and servings, and keeps a link to the original video. Recipe import in Fooma →
BigOven's website and App Store listing don't mention this.
Fooma imports recipe blogs and websites from the share sheet or a pasted link, and offers to import a link you've just copied. Recipe import in Fooma →
BigOven covers this in part (upload your own recipes).
Fooma doesn't scan photos yet. Family recipes can be typed in as new recipes with their own photo.
BigOven offers this too (recipeScan credits).
Fooma's meal planner is free. Plan my week fills empty slots from your own saved recipes, avoids repeats and keeps weeknights quick, and you can plan leftovers so you cook once and eat twice. Meal planner in Fooma →
BigOven covers this in part (bigOven Pro).
Fooma shows calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sugar and sodium per serving, and adds up each day in the meal planner. Nutrition facts in Fooma →
BigOven covers this in part (nutrition Insight with Pro).
Fooma's AI Chef suggests full recipes from what's in your fridge and answers cooking questions by text or voice. Recipe Maker builds a recipe around ingredients you pick. AI Chef in Fooma →
BigOven's website and App Store listing don't mention this.
In Fooma you create a household, invite people with a code and choose which recipes to share. The grocery list and meal plan can be shared too, and update live. Household sharing in Fooma →
BigOven covers this in part (share meal plans across accounts (Pro)).
Fooma stores your cookbook on your phone, so saved recipes open instantly in the kitchen without signal. Recipe organizer in Fooma →
BigOven covers this in part (offline grocery lists).
Save any recipe from TikTok, Instagram and the web
Share a video or paste a link. Fooma pulls out the ingredients, steps, times and photo, and turns them into a recipe card you can actually cook from.
See morePlan the whole week in minutes
Drop your saved recipes into breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, or let Plan my week fill the gaps from your own cookbook, with no repeats and quick meals on weeknights.
See moreAn AI chef that cooks with what you have
Tell AI Chef what's in your fridge, how much time you have or what you're craving. Get recipe ideas with full steps, and save the one you like to your cookbook.
See moreShare the original links of your favourite recipes to Fooma.
Type in your own uploads as new recipes.
Plan your week and build the grocery list.
Fooma is a good fit if your recipes come from social video and you want planning free on iPhone. BigOven may suit you better if you want to browse a huge recipe database or need Android and web.
Fooma doesn't import BigOven export files. The quickest way is to share each recipe's original link (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or a website) to Fooma, which rebuilds the full recipe. Recipes you wrote yourself can be typed in as new recipes.
Fooma is free to download, with free recipe import tries. The meal planner, grocery list and household sharing are free. Fooma Pro adds unlimited imports and AI Chef; prices are shown in the app before you subscribe.
Not yet. Fooma is available on iPhone and iPad today.
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We compared BigOven using its own public pages, checked on October 14, 2026. We don't list a feature as missing unless BigOven says so; anything its pages don't mention is marked “Not advertised”. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@fooma.app.
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