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Samsung Food alternative: Samsung Food vs Fooma

Samsung Food, formerly Whisk, saves recipes from websites, plans meals and keeps shared grocery lists, with a large public recipe community. Samsung Food+ adds AI-personalised meal plans, a step-by-step cooking mode and pantry features.

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Samsung Food vs Fooma at a glance

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

Save recipes from TikTok & Instagram videos

Fooma

Yes

TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook

Samsung Food

Yes

Via the share sheet, per reviews

Save recipes from websites

Fooma

Yes

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

Samsung Food

Yes

Save from any website

Scan recipes from photos or cookbooks

Fooma

No

Not yet. Save by link or type the recipe in

Samsung Food

Partly

Samsung Food+ feature

Meal planner

Fooma

Yes

Plan my week autofill and planned leftovers

Samsung Food

Yes

AI plans with Food+

Grocery list sorted by aisle

Fooma

Yes

Merged items, iPhone widget, Reminders sync

Samsung Food

Yes

Shared lists

Nutrition per serving

Fooma

Yes

Calories, macros, fiber, sugar, sodium

Samsung Food

Partly

Health-goal plans with Food+

AI recipe assistant

Fooma

Yes

AI Chef chat and Recipe Maker (Pro)

Samsung Food

Partly

Samsung Food+

Share with your household

Fooma

Yes

Shared recipes, list and meal plan, live

Samsung Food

Yes

Shared grocery lists

Saved recipes work offline

Fooma

Yes

Your cookbook is stored on your phone

Samsung Food

Not advertised

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; Samsung Food+ subscription adds AI meal plans and more

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

Key differences between Samsung Food 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.

Samsung Food covers this in part (samsung Food+ feature).

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 →

Samsung Food covers this in part (health-goal plans with Food+).

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 →

Samsung Food covers this in part (samsung Food+).

Cooking offline

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

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

Where Samsung Food is strong

  • Free on Android and the web as well as iPhone.
  • A public library of 240,000+ recipes and a community to browse.
  • Works with Samsung smart kitchen appliances.

Where Fooma is different

  • Built around your own cookbook: Plan my week fills your week from recipes you saved.
  • Planned leftovers (cook once, eat twice) that stay off your grocery list.
  • An iPhone Home Screen widget to tick off groceries, plus Apple Reminders sync.
  • Cooking mode keeps your screen awake and nutrition per serving is part of the 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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A 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.

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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 Samsung Food to Fooma

  1. 1

    Share each recipe's original link to Fooma; it rebuilds ingredients, steps and nutrition.

  2. 2

    Set your household size in the meal planner so servings match your family.

  3. 3

    Invite your household with a code to share the list and plan.

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Samsung Food vs Fooma: questions

Is Fooma a good Samsung Food alternative?

Fooma is a good fit if you're on iPhone and want a focused cookbook of recipes you saved, planned and shopped for in one flow. Samsung Food may suit you better if you use Android or Samsung appliances, or want a big public recipe library.

Can I move my recipes from Samsung Food to Fooma?

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

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

Try Fooma next to Samsung Food

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