3 alternativesMela: Free to start
The best Mela alternatives
For most people the best alternative to Mela is Paprika, and the best free one is Crouton.
PaprikaPick it if you plan meals for the week and want the grocery list built for you.$4.99 onceCompare at a glance
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| App | Price | How you pay | Mac | iPhone | iPad | Watch | App Store | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mela | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | 4.6 | |||||
| Paprika | $4.99 once | Pay once | 4.9 | |||||
 Crouton | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | 4.8 | |||||
 PlateDiary | Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | Too few ratings |
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The alternatives, in order
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Pick it if you plan meals for the week and want the grocery list built for you.
Pulls recipes off cluttered food blogs into a clean cookbook and turns your meal plan into an aisle-sorted grocery list.
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Pick this if you want a free recipe box with a step-by-step cooking mode and timers.
Recipes from websites and cookbooks in 1 clean, ad-free place, with a free step-by-step cooking mode and timers.
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Pick it if you eat out a lot and want to remember what you ordered, where, and who was at the table.
An iPhone food diary that cuts each dish out of a table photo and files it by place and company.
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When Mela is still the right pick
You cook from recipe blogs and are tired of scrolling past ads to reach the ingredients.
Mela prices and verdictFree to start