Mealime Shut Down on 21 October 2026: How to Use the Recipes You Saved

We make RecipeScan. On the App Store the name is RecipeScan: Save Any Recipe. We have tried to be straight about when it is and is not the right place for recipes you used to keep in Mealime.

Mealime shut down on 21 October 2026. Its closing page said the app would be discontinued as of that day, and that “all personal data will be deleted when the Mealime application is shut down.” The recipes Mealime published were supposed to continue on Meals Hub. Anything that existed only in your Mealime account — notes, swapped ingredients, saved plans — was not part of that catalogue.

What changed on 21 October 2026

• The Mealime app stopped. Mealime is owned by Albertsons Companies. Its closing page pointed people to Meals Hub in the Albertsons grocery apps — Safeway, Albertsons, Vons, Jewel-Osco and others — and on the web.
• Mealime’s published recipes were meant to continue there. The closing page said “all Mealime recipes will continue to be available on Meals Hub, along with thousands of additional recipes.”
• Personal data was deleted. Notes, plans, and edits that you did not copy out are gone. This page cannot restore them.
• There was no export. The closing page never added one. Links, screenshots, PDFs, or text you copied yourself are the copies you have.

If you wanted Mealime’s plans, use Meals Hub

This is still the honest first answer for someone who wanted Mealime’s own recipes and weekly plans. Meals Hub is run by the same team, inside the Albertsons apps and on the web. Mealime’s FAQ said it works even if there is no Albertsons store near you. You sign in with an account in one of the Albertsons apps. Your old Mealime login does not move across.

RecipeScan is the right next step when you already saved links, screenshots, or text, or when you want Mealime recipes in the same place as recipes from cookbooks, websites, and social posts. It will not hand you Mealime’s done-for-you weekly menu.

Step 1: Start from what you already copied

Mealime shut down on 21 October 2026 and did not offer an export. If the app no longer opens, you cannot pull notes out of it now.

1. Look in Notes, Photos, and Files for recipe links, screenshots, or a PDF you saved before 21 October 2026.
2. A link should open one recipe, usually a page under mealime.com/recipes/. A meal-plan link or a grocery-list link is not a recipe.
3. If you have only a title, search that title on mealime.com or in Meals Hub. That gives you Mealime’s published version, not the note you added in the app.
4. If you never copied a recipe and the public page is gone, that recipe is not recoverable from Mealime. Pick it up from Meals Hub if it is still there, or from another source you trust.

Step 2: Copy a link for each recipe

Mealime’s recipes have public pages on mealime.com, usually under mealime.com/recipes/. Those pages carry the full recipe in a format other apps can read. Copy that address. Do not copy a link to the meal plan or the grocery list.

Mealime’s own iOS help says to open the recipe from the meal plan, Favorites, or a builder preview, tap the More button, then tap the share icon in the action sheet. That article was last updated on 29 July 2019, and we could not capture the live Mealime screen for this update. If the control has moved, use whatever share control is on the open recipe.

1. Open one recipe from the list you just made.
2. Tap More, then the share icon.
3. On the iPhone share sheet, tap Copy.
4. Paste the address into Notes and open it in Safari. You want the recipe itself. If Copy gave you something else, search the recipe title on mealime.com and copy the address of the matching recipe page from Safari (Share, then Copy).
5. Repeat for the rest of the list. Keep one address per line.

A paper copy is the backup when a link will not open. Mealime’s print help says printing is not available in the iOS or Android app. Log in to Mealime on the web, open the recipe, and use the printer icon under the instructions. Save it as a PDF. You can photograph that PDF later. The help article was last updated on 20 February 2018.

Step 3: Bring the copies into an app you control

A. Paste the recipes’ web addresses

This is the cleanest route, and it gives you Mealime’s original version, not your notes.

1. Open RecipeScan and go to My Recipes.
2. Tap Add recipe.
3. Choose Paste a link and paste one address. RecipeScan saves the recipe with its title, ingredients with quantities, steps and times.
4. Repeat for each recipe on your list.

Importing from recipe links is free. The free plan keeps 3 recipes of your own; past that, the import needs Premium.

B. Scan a screenshot of your own version

Use this when you changed the recipe. The public page will not have your notes.

1. In Mealime, open the recipe so the ingredients and your note are on screen. If the method runs past one screen, scroll and take a second screenshot.
2. In RecipeScan, go to My Recipes, tap Add recipe, choose Scan a recipe, then Photos, and pick the screenshot.
3. Read the draft before you trust it. One screenshot is scanned at a time. Add any steps that were on the next screen by editing the recipe.

C. Copy the text across

Use this for a long recipe that will not fit in one screenshot, or when you already have the words in Notes.

1. On the recipe web page, select the ingredients and the method and copy them. From a screenshot, long-press the text in Photos (Live Text) and copy that.
2. In RecipeScan, go to My Recipes, tap Add recipe, and choose Paste text.
3. You can paste ingredients and method together. RecipeScan separates them. Check quantities after.

Step 4: Check them, then rebuild the week

Check each one after it lands: quantities, units and oven temperatures are where any import goes wrong. The free plan keeps 3 recipes of your own and scans are Premium, so if you are moving thirty recipes, a free trial of Premium, if you are eligible, is the practical way to do the move.

Mealime's appeal was that it turned recipes into a plan and a shopping list. Once your recipes are in RecipeScan you can put them on the weekly planner and build a grocery list from them, which checks your pantry first. It is a different app, so expect it to feel different: RecipeScan starts from your own recipes, not from a curated weekly menu.

Other places your recipes could go

Choosing an app is a separate question from moving recipes tonight. RecipeScan vs Mealime vs SideChef is the decision guide: dinner from a fridge photo, a large library with classes, or Mealime’s plans on Meals Hub.

The short page is Moving from Mealime. The taps, one screen at a time, are in how to move Mealime recipes into RecipeScan.

• Meals Hub — Mealime's own continuation. Keeps its recipes and plans; lives in the Albertsons apps.
• Plan to Eat — a paid meal planner built around importing your own recipes and planning with them. A good fit if the calendar is what you will miss most.
• Paprika — a long-running recipe manager for people who want a tidy personal cookbook across devices.
• RecipeScan — ours. Strongest when your recipes come from everywhere: cookbooks and handwritten cards you photograph, websites, and TikTok, Instagram and YouTube posts, alongside a planner, grocery list and pantry.

Who RecipeScan is not for

If you want someone else to choose your meals — a ready-made, balanced weekly menu with the shopping already worked out, the way Mealime's plans did — RecipeScan is not that. It will help you plan with recipes you choose, and it can suggest dishes, but it is a recipe keeper first. For the done-for-you plan, Meals Hub is the closer match.

Frequently asked questions

When did Mealime shut down?

Mealime shut down on 21 October 2026. Its closing page said all personal data would be deleted when the app shut down.

Can I still export my Mealime recipes?

No. Mealime’s closing page did not offer an export, and the app has shut down. Use links, screenshots, or text you copied before 21 October 2026. Mealime’s published recipes were meant to continue on Meals Hub, in the Albertsons grocery apps and on the web. Notes that stayed only in Mealime are gone.

Are Mealime recipes still online after 21 October 2026?

Mealime said its recipes would continue on Meals Hub. Whether each public page on mealime.com is still up has to be checked on the day you need it. A page that does not open is not something this guide can restore.

Do I need a Safeway or Albertsons store nearby to use Meals Hub?

Mealime's FAQ says Meals Hub works even without a nearby Albertsons store. You do need to create or sign in to an account in one of the Albertsons apps.

Sources: Mealime’s closing announcement (discontinued as of 21 October 2026; published recipes continue on Meals Hub; all personal data deleted; preferences and settings set up again in Meals Hub; no export), the Mealime homepage banner and the US App Store version history, all checked 9 October 2026, before the shutdown. Mealime’s share instructions (More, then the share icon; article last updated 29 July 2019) and print instructions (web only; article last updated 20 February 2018) describe how people copied recipes while the app was still up. This page was switched to post-shutdown wording on 21 October 2026.