Flavorish Alternative - Free & Open Source

Flavorish is an AI recipe app for iOS, Android, and the web that saves recipes from social media, websites, photos, and text, then turns them into meal plans and grocery lists. Flavorish gates features such as AI recipe generation, social-media imports, and image imports require Premium which costs $4.99/month or $49.99/year.

My wife and I made RecipeSage as a free, open source alternative with no subscription. It runs in any browser, on iOS, on Android, and as native desktop apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux. We added a dedicated Flavorish importer, so you can bring your whole library, images and all, over in a few clicks.

How they price

RecipeSage

Free forever. Unlimited recipes, no ads, no paywall. Open source under the AGPL.

Flavorish

Free with unlimited website imports and storage, but social imports, image imports, and AI generation require premium which is $4.99/month or $49.99/year.

Feature by feature

We've tried to be fair here. Where Flavorish is genuinely stronger, we say so. Numbers and feature claims are sourced from each product's own documentation as of August 2026.

Feature	RecipeSage	Flavorish
Price	Free, open source	$4.99/month or $49.99/year
Unlimited recipes and website imports on the free tier	Yes	Yes
Ad-free	Yes	Yes
Web app	Yes	Yes
iOS app	Yes	Yes
Android app	Yes	Yes
Native desktop app (Windows, macOS, Linux)RecipeSage has native desktop apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux. On the desktop Flavorish is the web app only.	Yes	No
Firefox and Chrome browser extensionRecipeSage's Clip Tool captures a recipe from any site in one click in Firefox or Chrome.	Yes	No
Auto import from a URL	Yes	Yes
Import from a photo of a recipe bookRecipeSage's photo import is free. Flavorish requires Premium.	Yes	$4.99/month or $49.99/year
Import from PDFFlavorish imports from images and text but has no PDF importer.	Yes	No
Import from Word and text documentsFlavorish only imports from pasted text. RecipeSage imports not only pasted text but also Word, RTF, ODT, Markdown, HTML, and text documents.	Yes	Partial
Import from a social-media video (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook)RecipeSage will import a social media video so long as it has a text caption with the recipe in it (most creators include this).	Partial	$4.99/month or $49.99/year
AI recipe generation from ingredients or dietFlavorish generates new recipes with AI. RecipeSage's AI turns photos and text into structured recipes but does not invent new ones.	No	$4.99/month or $49.99/year
Meal planner	Yes	Yes
Smart shopping list with aisle categorization	Yes	Yes
Recipe scaling and metric/imperial conversionRecipeSage also has the ability to convert between metric and imperial which Flavorish does not have.	Yes	Partial
Built-in nutrition tracking (macros, vitamins, minerals)Flavorish shows an AI nutritional estimate which may vary wildly in accuracy. RecipeSage tracks macros, vitamins, and minerals per serving, and can auto-fill from a pasted nutrition label.	Yes	Partial
Cook Mode (full-screen, distraction-free cooking view)	Yes	Yes
Real multi-user collaboration with separate accountsRecipeSage gives you the ability to coordinate a family with shared recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists.	Yes	No
Open source	Yes	No
Self-hostableWith RecipeSage you never have to worry about us going away, as you can always run your own copy of RecipeSage if you have someone technical in your life.	Yes	No
Data portabilityFlavorish exports a .zip of your recipes, images, and collections. RecipeSage exports well-recognized standardized formats including JSON-LD, and has a dedicated Flavorish importer.	Yes	Yes
Printable PDF cookbook generatorRecipeSage's Cookbook Generator compiles your recipes into one printable PDF with a cover page, an optional table of contents, and each recipe on its own page.	Yes	No
Built-in kitchen toolkitRecipeSage adds a measurement converter, a pan and bakeware converter that suggests bake time and temperature adjustments, and a built-in cooking-temperature reference.	Yes	No

Why people switch from Flavorish to RecipeSage

No paywallEverything in RecipeSage is free for everyone to access, including photo import, PDF import, and document import. Flavorish requires $4.99/month or $49.99/year for these types of features.
Firefox and Chrome browser extensionThe RecipeSage Clip Tool installs in Firefox or Chrome and captures a recipe from any site in one click.
Import from PDFs and Word documentsRecipeSage imports recipes from PDFs and from Word, RTF, ODT, Markdown, HTML, and text files.
Multi-user collaboration with separate accountsEach family member can have their own RecipeSage account and still share recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists.
Open source and self-hostableRecipeSage's code is on GitHub under the AGPL and you can run it on your own server. Flavorish is closed source and runs on its own cloud.
Turn your collection into a printable cookbookRecipeSage's Cookbook Generator assembles your recipes into a single PDF, with a cover page, an optional table of contents, and each recipe on its own page with its image and nutrition. Flavorish has no built-in cookbook generator.

Bringing your Flavorish recipes over

RecipeSage has a dedicated Flavorish importer. It accepts Flavorish's export, a .zip archive with a manifest, your recipe JSON files, and an images folder.

1Open Flavorish and go to the Account tab.
2Under Import & Export, choose Export recipes.
3Save the .zip archive, which includes your recipes, images, and collections.
4Create a free RecipeSage account at recipesage.com.
5In RecipeSage, open Settings then Import then Flavorish, and upload the .zip file you exported.

Start importing Read the full Flavorish import guide

About the people behind RecipeSage

My wife and I built and run RecipeSage. We're not a venture-backed startup. We cook every night, we got tired of paying subscriptions and losing access to recipes when an app changed hands, so we built the app we wanted to use. Hosting is funded by optional contributions and has been since 2018, and the source code is on GitHub under the AGPL.

If you ever want to leave RecipeSage, you can export everything in standard formats or run the whole thing on your own server. Your recipes are yours.

Common questions about switching from Flavorish

Is there a free alternative to Flavorish?

Yes. RecipeSage is a free, open source alternative to Flavorish, with no paywall and no ads. You can import your recipes, plan meals, build shopping lists, track nutrition, and use it on the web, desktop, iOS, and Android. If you ever decide to leave, you can export everything or self-host.

Will my Flavorish images come across?

Yes. The Flavorish importer reads the images folder in your export and attaches each recipe's photo, and it falls back to the recipe's original image link if a file is missing.

Does RecipeSage generate recipes with AI like Flavorish?

Yes, RecipeSage has an assistant feature that can do this and is included for free.

If you want desktop, Windows, or Linux covered, want to import from PDFs and Word files, or want to share one library across separate family accounts without a subscription, that's where RecipeSage fits better. It's free, so there's no harm in trying it alongside Flavorish for a couple of weeks :)

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