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Mela is an elegant recipe manager for Apple devices by Silvio Rizzi. It saves recipes through an in-app browser and share extension, follows recipe blogs by feed, scans printed recipes, and uses Apple Calendar and Reminders for meal plans and groceries.
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Based on each app's own website and App Store listing, checked October 14, 2026. “Not advertised” means Mela's own pages don't mention it.
FoomaSave recipes from TikTok & Instagram videos
Fooma
Yes
TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook
Mela
Not advertised
Save recipes from websites
Fooma
Yes
Share sheet, paste a link, or copy it and Fooma offers to import
Mela
Yes
In-app browser and share extension
Scan recipes from photos or cookbooks
Fooma
No
Not yet. Save by link or type the recipe in
Mela
Yes
Text recognition for printed recipes
Meal planner
Fooma
Yes
Plan my week autofill and planned leftovers
Mela
Partly
Stored in Apple Calendar
Grocery list sorted by aisle
Fooma
Yes
Merged items, iPhone widget, Reminders sync
Mela
Partly
Stored in Apple Reminders
Nutrition per serving
Fooma
Yes
Calories, macros, fiber, sugar, sodium
Mela
Not advertised
AI recipe assistant
Fooma
Yes
AI Chef chat and Recipe Maker (Pro)
Mela
Not advertised
Share with your household
Fooma
Yes
Shared recipes, list and meal plan, live
Mela
Yes
Shared iCloud library
Saved recipes work offline
Fooma
Yes
Your cookbook is stored on your phone
Mela
Not advertised
Platforms
iPhone & iPad
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Pricing
Free download with free import tries. Meal planner, grocery list and household sharing are free; Fooma Pro adds unlimited imports and AI Chef.
One-time purchase, no subscription
Prices and features change. Check Mela'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 →
Mela's website and App Store listing don't mention this.
Fooma doesn't scan photos yet. Family recipes can be typed in as new recipes with their own photo.
Mela offers this too (text recognition for printed recipes).
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 →
Mela covers this in part (stored in Apple Calendar).
Fooma's grocery list is free. It merges matching ingredients, sorts them by aisle, and can be ticked off from an iPhone Home Screen widget or synced to Apple Reminders. Grocery list in Fooma →
Mela covers this in part (stored in Apple Reminders).
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 →
Mela's website and App Store listing don't mention this.
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 →
Mela's website and App Store listing don't mention this.
Fooma stores your cookbook on your phone, so saved recipes open instantly in the kitchen without signal. Recipe organizer in Fooma →
Mela's website and App Store listing don't mention this.
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 moreA grocery list that writes itself
Add one recipe or a whole week of meals and Fooma builds one list, merging matching ingredients and sorting everything by store aisle.
See moreRe-save recipes by sharing their original links to Fooma.
Type in family recipes from books as new recipes, with a photo.
Plan your week inside Fooma instead of Calendar, then send it to the grocery list.
Fooma is a good fit if your recipes come from social video and you want planning, shopping and AI in one iPhone app. Mela may suit you better if you want a Mac app, a one-time purchase, and your recipes mostly come from blogs and books.
Fooma doesn't import Mela 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 Mela using its own public pages, checked on October 14, 2026. We don't list a feature as missing unless Mela 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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