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Osta alternative: Osta vs Fooma

Osta saves recipes from Instagram, TikTok and websites into folders you can share, with shared grocery lists. Premium adds photo scanning and nutrition where available; the free version shows ads.

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Osta vs Fooma at a glance

Based on each app's own website and App Store listing, checked October 14, 2026. “Not advertised” means Osta's own pages don't mention it.

Save recipes from TikTok & Instagram videos

Fooma

Yes

TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook

Osta

Yes

Instagram and TikTok

Save recipes from websites

Fooma

Yes

Share sheet, paste a link, or copy it and Fooma offers to import

Osta

Yes

Scan recipes from photos or cookbooks

Fooma

No

Not yet. Save by link or type the recipe in

Osta

Partly

Premium

Meal planner

Fooma

Yes

Plan my week autofill and planned leftovers

Osta

Not advertised

Grocery list sorted by aisle

Fooma

Yes

Merged items, iPhone widget, Reminders sync

Osta

Yes

Shared lists

Nutrition per serving

Fooma

Yes

Calories, macros, fiber, sugar, sodium

Osta

Partly

Premium, where available

AI recipe assistant

Fooma

Yes

AI Chef chat and Recipe Maker (Pro)

Osta

Not advertised

Share with your household

Fooma

Yes

Shared recipes, list and meal plan, live

Osta

Yes

Shared folders and lists

Saved recipes work offline

Fooma

Yes

Your cookbook is stored on your phone

Osta

Not advertised

Platforms

iPhone & iPad

iPhone, Android

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 with ads; Osta Premium subscription

Prices and features change. Check Osta's current details before you decide.

Key differences between Osta and Fooma

Scanning recipes from photos and cookbooks

Fooma doesn't scan photos yet. Family recipes can be typed in as new recipes with their own photo.

Osta covers this in part (premium).

Meal planning

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 →

Osta's website and App Store listing don't mention this.

Nutrition information

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 →

Osta covers this in part (premium, where available).

AI cooking help

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 →

Osta's website and App Store listing don't mention this.

Cooking offline

Fooma stores your cookbook on your phone, so saved recipes open instantly in the kitchen without signal. Recipe organizer in Fooma →

Osta's website and App Store listing don't mention this.

Where Osta is strong

  • Available on Android as well as iPhone.
  • Shared folders make it easy to swap recipes with friends.
  • Photo scanning with Premium.

Where Fooma is different

  • A full meal planner with Plan my week and planned leftovers.
  • AI Chef for recipe ideas and cooking questions.
  • A grocery list merged and sorted by aisle, with a Home Screen widget.
  • Cooking mode and a servings scaler on every recipe.

What you get with Fooma

Plan 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.

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An 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.

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Cook step by step, with the screen on

Cooking mode shows one step at a time in big, clear text and keeps your screen awake. Scale servings, check swaps and keep the original video one tap away.

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Switching from Osta to Fooma

  1. 1

    Share each recipe's original link to Fooma.

  2. 2

    Organise them into collections with their own icon and colour.

  3. 3

    Plan your week and send it to the grocery list.

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Osta vs Fooma: questions

Is Fooma a good Osta alternative?

Fooma is a good fit if you want to go from saved recipe to weekly plan, grocery list and cooking in one iPhone app. Osta may suit you better if you need Android or mainly want shared recipe folders with friends.

Can I move my recipes from Osta to Fooma?

Fooma doesn't import Osta 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.

Is Fooma free?

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.

Is Fooma on Android?

Not yet. Fooma is available on iPhone and iPad today.

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Sources and method

We compared Osta using its own public pages, checked on October 14, 2026. We don't list a feature as missing unless Osta says so; anything its pages don't mention is marked “Not advertised”. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@fooma.app.

Osta is a trademark of its owner. Fooma is not affiliated with or endorsed by Osta.

Try Fooma next to Osta

Free to download on iPhone and iPad. Save your next recipe and see the difference.

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  • Free to download
  • No account needed to start
  • Saved recipes work offline