DON’T THINK, JUST COOK.
THE MEALIME SWITCHING GUIDE
Leaving Mealime?
Keep your favourites.
Bring a recipe into MealPot, keep a free backup or choose your next meal planner.
MealPot recipe import requires Pro. Available for supported iPhone and iPad devices.
Choose what you
want to keep.
A recipe in an app, a file you can read and the official recipe collection are three different routes.
I want my recipes in MealPot.
Copy a Mealime recipe link, import it, review the details and save it to My Recipes. Start with one favourite on iPhone or iPad.
FREE BROWSER TOOL · NO ACCOUNTI just want a copy to keep.
Preview a public recipe link, pasted text or supported file and download a readable backup. This does not transfer your Mealime account.
1,676 RECIPES · FREE ARCHIVEI want to find a specific recipe.
We rebuilt every Mealime recipe before the shutdown. Search by name, or paste a saved mealime.com link and jump straight to it.
THE OFFICIAL FREE CONTINUATIONI want Mealime’s collection.
Find Meals Hub in Albertsons Companies store apps and websites. The official route keeps Mealime’s recipes available.
FROM A LINK TO MY RECIPES
Review it.
Then make it yours.
In MealPot, open Recipes → + → Import Recipe and paste your Mealime link. The review screen lets you inspect servings, time and ingredients before saving.
Watch the chicken tenders recipe go from a Mealime link to My Recipes. Pause at the review screen to check the details. Nutrition is labelled Estimated; ingredient amounts may also be estimated. Compare them with the original recipe and correct anything that is missing or wrong.
You bring recipes over individually. This does not move your Mealime login, favourites collection, past plans or account settings. A downloaded website backup is a separate file; use the original recipe link for MealPot import.
Follow the import walkthrough →Try the chicken skewers or gnocchi example →
Requires MealPot Pro on supported iPhone or iPad. The walkthrough includes the source link, review steps and saving the recipe.
ONE LESS QUESTION AT DINNER TIME
A week with dinner
already decided.
See the week’s meals together, check tonight’s recipe and take an organised shopping list to the store.
This short tour shows MealPot’s weekly plan, shopping list and a chicken dinner. Start with meals you want to cook, then make the week your own.
Prefer the official
Meals Hub route?
Meals Hub is free, including recipes previously behind Mealime Pro, according to Mealime’s transition notice.
Open a store app or website.
In an Albertsons Companies app, such as Safeway, tap More → Meals Hub. The web route begins with a store selector.
Set up your preferences.
Create or sign in to your store account. Some preferences and settings need to be established again in Meals Hub.
Plan where you shop.
Mealime says recipes, plans and shopping lists are usable even without a nearby Albertsons store. Grocery ordering is a separate service; see our grocery delivery guide.
Help for the next
decision.
Start with the guide family that matches your task.
Understand the shutdown.
The announced timeline, recipes, Pro subscriptions and account data.
Choose another meal planner.
Compare options around recipe collecting, weekly planning and grocery lists.
Organise your move.
A checklist for recipes, preferences and the first week in your next app.
Build your next week.
Turn the recipes you want to cook into a workable plan and shopping list.
Need account help first?
Go directly to sign-in help, subscription cancellation or account deletion, what Pro cost, Pro refunds, why it is closing, help outside the US and what to do after the shutdown.
Using Android? Start with the Android options. Looking for a dish? Search the recipe-link directory. For the complete article list, use the site guide index.
Every Mealime
guide in one place.
Compare Mealime with another planner, or jump to the shutdown, account and feature answer you need.
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Common questions.
Short answers for the most-searched Mealime questions right now.
Is Mealime still in business?
Mealime still works until its announced closing date, 21 October 2026, and Pro features are free for everyone until then. Its owner, Albertsons Companies, is moving the recipes and team into Meals Hub. The shutdown timeline.
What happened to the Mealime app?
Albertsons Companies, which bought Mealime in 2021, is folding it into Meals Hub, a meal planner inside its own grocery apps and websites. Mealime says personal data will be deleted when the app closes. Why it is closing.
What is the best free app for meal planning?
It depends on the job. Meals Hub keeps the Mealime catalogue free inside Albertsons Companies apps. Samsung Food offers free recipe saving and planning across web and mobile. MealPot is a free download on iPhone and iPad, with the plan generator and recipe import in Pro. Compare the options.
What is the best digital recipe keeper?
For a personal library you own, Paprika is the long-standing recipe keeper; AnyList pairs recipes with a strong shared grocery list. MealPot saves imported recipe links for iPhone planning with Pro. Whichever you choose, keep a readable backup outside the app.
Start with one favourite.
See how MealPot handles a recipe you already know. Recipe import requires Pro on supported iPhone and iPad devices.