A Paprika alternative that plans dinner for you
Paprika Recipe Manager 3 is a place for the recipes you collect, and you plan them on a calendar yourself. Eatpace does the planning: it keeps the next few dinners ready, from 1246 of ours and your own, and the grocery list follows.
Free to start · Pro $39.99/year · 7-day free trial · Last checked · Sources
Eatpace and Paprika, side by side
| What matters |  Eatpace | Paprika Recipe Manager 3Paprika 4 is in beta |
|---|---|---|
| Who plans dinner | EatpaceWe do. The next 2 to 7 dinners, starting tonight, with a swap for any night in one tap. Your first plan is free; every next one we plan is Pro. | Paprika 3 You do, on a calendar. |
| Recipes included | Eatpace1246 dinners with photos, plus your own. | Paprika 3 None. You bring every recipe. |
| Saving from recipe sites | EatpaceShare from Safari or paste a link. 10 free in total, unlimited with Pro. | Paprika 3 Yes, with its built-in browser. |
| Saving from TikTok, Instagram and YouTube | EatpaceYes, from the Share sheet. 3 video and photo imports free in total, unlimited with Pro. | Paprika 3 Coming in Paprika 4, now in beta. |
| Devices | EatpaceiPhone. A partner can answer from a link in any browser. | Paprika 3 iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows and Android. Paprika’s edge |
| How you pay | EatpaceFree to start. Pro is $39.99 a year or $4.99 a month. | Paprika 3 A one-time purchase per platform. Paprika’s edge |
Where Paprika is better
Paprika is a one-time purchase per platform, not a subscription, and it runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows and Android. If you want your recipes on a laptop or an Android phone, or you enjoy planning every dinner on a calendar yourself, Paprika is a fine choice. Eatpace is iPhone only for now.
What Eatpace adds A plan that fills itself
- The next few dinners, ready, starting tonight
- 1246 dinners to start from, with your own recipes next to them
- One grocery list that follows your dinners, by aisle or by meal
- Plan with a partner who joins free: I’m in or Pass on each dinner
- Learns your taste from a short taste test and your ratings after cooking
This is what “plans dinner for you” means.
Here are the next five dinners, starting tonight. Tap Swap on any night and pick one of three: one like it, one quicker, one lighter. The grocery list follows.
Real dinners from the catalogue. In the app, Free has 5 swaps per plan; Pro has unlimited.-
Tonight Honey Garlic Salmon -
Sat Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas -
Sun Caprese Pasta Bake -
Mon Beef and Bean Nachos -
Tue Spiced Eggplant Lentil Bowls
Bring the recipes you love
There’s no file import yet. Most recipes in a recipe manager came from a website, so the link is the fastest way over.
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Step 1: Find where the recipe came from
Pick the recipes you cook most and find the website each one came from.
Start with your top ten -
Step 2: Paste the link in Eatpace
We read the page and save the recipe with its source. Free includes 10 saves from recipe sites; Pro has no limit.
Tap +, then Paste a link -
Step 3: No link? Scan the page
For a cookbook page or a printout, take a photo. Free includes 3 video and photo imports in total; Pro has no limit.
Tap +, then Scan a photo -
Step 4: Let it plan
Your own recipes can join the plan next to ours. Swap anything you’re not in the mood for.
Plan
Can I import my whole Paprika library at once?
Not as a file yet. Paste the source link of each recipe, or scan a page with your camera. Free includes 10 saves from recipe sites; Pro has no limit. Free includes 3 video and photo imports in total; Pro has no limit.
Do I have to use Eatpace’s recipes?
No. Plan from your own Cookbook, from our 1246 dinners, or both. Every saved recipe keeps its source, so you can always open the original.
Is Eatpace a one-time purchase?
No. Eatpace is free to start. Pro is $39.99 a year or $4.99 a month, with a 7-day free trial once, on the yearly plan: nothing today, a reminder on day 5, the first payment on day 7. Cancel anytime in your iPhone’s Settings. Your recipes stay.
Does Eatpace work on an iPad, Mac or Android?
Not yet. Eatpace is for iPhone. A partner without an iPhone can still say I’m in or Pass from a link in any browser.
Can I save from TikTok and Instagram?
Yes. Tap Share, then Eatpace. We read the caption, the creator’s comments and the video. If a recipe is only shown or spoken and never written, we may miss an amount; you can always edit it.
- paprikaapp.com Paprika Recipe Manager 3: one-time purchase per platform, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows and Android, built-in browser, calendar planning, Paprika 4 in beta.
- Paprika Recipe Manager 3 on the App Store The iPhone and iPad listing, checked the same day.
- Eatpace on the App Store Eatpace prices in US dollars. The App Store shows the price where you live.
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