Pluck vs Deglaze - Feature Comparison

When we first compared Pluck vs Deglaze, Deglaze was a minimal recipe clipper for iPhone. That’s no longer true. Deglaze now runs on iOS, Android and the web, imports from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Pinterest, and says it reads videos the way Pluck does: caption, audio and on-screen text together. It also has a meal planner, an aisle-sorted grocery list with delivery, and household sharing.

That makes Deglaze one of the closest competitors to Pluck, and for some cooks the better choice. This rewrite is an honest look at where the two apps overlap and where they differ.

What Deglaze does well

Video extraction that goes past the caption. Deglaze’s own description (April 2026) is that it combines the caption, an audio transcription, on-screen text read frame by frame, and scene understanding, for videos up to 10 minutes. We haven’t independently tested it, but that’s the same family of approach Pluck uses.
Every major source. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube including Shorts, Facebook posts and Reels, Pinterest, websites, cookbook photos and screenshots.
A web app. Since May 4, 2026, there’s a browser version at web.deglaze.app, alongside the iOS and Android apps. If you plan meals on a laptop, that’s a real advantage.
Household sharing. The people you cook with keep their own accounts and share recipes, the grocery list and the meal plan. List updates are instant and show who added what.
Planning and shopping. A meal planner with calendar sync (filled by hand, on Pro), an aisle-sorted grocery list with grocery delivery, and multi-recipe cooking sessions for cooking several dishes at once.
A cooking history. Since July 2026, every finished cooking session is logged with its date, and each recipe shows how many times you’ve cooked it.
Actively maintained and well rated. iOS 9.5.0 shipped in early October 2026, with a 4.9 rating from about 4,000 App Store ratings.
Pricing. The free plan includes 5 imports a week (Deglaze’s figure), and Pro is $49.99/year as of October 2026.

Where Pluck is different

With extraction this close, the differences are in the details and in what happens after you save the recipe.

An AI cooking assistant that knows the step you’re on

Deglaze has no chat assistant. Pluck’s AI cooking assistant (on the Light, Plus and Pro plans) knows the recipe you’re cooking. In cook mode, tap “Ask about this step” and ask “I don’t have fish sauce, what works here?”, “How do I make this for 12?” or “What does ‘bloom the spices’ mean?” It can also convert units, scale the recipe and translate it, and you can apply the changes to the saved recipe. Our guide to recipe apps with a cook mode explains why that matters mid-recipe.

Planning shows the same split. Deglaze’s in-app planner is filled by hand; its in-app AI planning is announced, not released, though since August 2026 a Claude or ChatGPT connector can build a plan from your saved recipes. On Plus and Pro, Pluck’s Fill my week does it inside the app: it fills the empty days from your own saved recipes, and you review the week before anything is added.

Photo carousels and handwriting

Pluck reads Instagram and TikTok photo carousels as one recipe, slide by slide. It also reads handwritten recipe cards, cookbook pages and screenshots, and a photo of a finished dish gives you a best-guess recipe. Deglaze imports cookbook photos and screenshots; we couldn’t confirm carousel or handwriting support.

Searching your own recipes by ingredient

Deglaze searches your library by ingredient too. Pluck’s “What can I cook?” lets you type what’s in your fridge and ranks your own saved recipes: “Can make now”, “Missing 2: …”, with an option to ignore staples like salt and oil. It’s free and unlimited on every Pluck plan, and with pantry scan a photo of the fridge replaces the typing (1 scan a month on the free plan, more on paid plans). Neither app keeps a pantry inventory. See what can I cook with what I have.

Cheaper paid entry and more languages

Pluck’s paid plans start at $2.99/month or $23.99/year (Light), and the free plan has no time limit. The app is available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Swedish.

Importing an existing collection

Pluck imports Paprika, Mela, Crouton and CopyMeThat files and any schema.org JSON-LD file, so you can bring years of recipes across in one go. We didn’t find a comparable importer documented for Deglaze.

Where Deglaze is ahead

Be clear-eyed about Pluck’s gaps here:

No web or desktop app. Pluck runs on iPhone and Android phones only. Deglaze has a browser version.
Sharing stops at the grocery list. Up to 5 other people can join a Pluck grocery list and tick items off live, and a recipe goes out as a link. The recipe box and meal plan are personal, where a Deglaze household shares recipes and the meal plan too.
No grocery delivery. Pluck’s grocery list is sorted by aisle and works offline, but it doesn’t send an order to a store.
Smaller and newer. Deglaze has a longer track record and more ratings.

Feature comparison

Feature	Pluck	Deglaze
Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook	Yes	Yes (also Pinterest)
Video method	Frames, audio, on-screen text, caption	Caption, audio, on-screen text, scene understanding (vendor claim)
Photo carousels	Yes, as one recipe	Not verified
Photo / cookbook / screenshot	Yes, handwriting too	Yes (cookbook photos, screenshots)
AI cooking assistant	Yes (paid plans)	No
Cook mode	Yes, with step timers	Multi-recipe cooking sessions
Meal planning	Yes (weekly)	Yes, with calendar sync
Plans the week for you	Fill my week, from your own recipes (Plus and Pro)	Manual planner (Pro); AI planning only through a Claude or ChatGPT connector (in-app: announced, not released)
Grocery list	Yes, merged, sorted by aisle, shared with up to 5 people	Yes, sorted by aisle, with delivery
Ingredient search	”What can I cook?” (free), pantry scan (photo)	Search by ingredient (no pantry tracking)
Household sharing	Grocery list only (up to 5 others)	Yes (recipes, grocery list, meal plan)
Cooking log	Yes (times cooked, last cooked)	Yes (dated history, cooks count)
Import from other apps	Paprika, Mela, Crouton, CopyMeThat, JSON-LD	Not verified
Nutrition	No	No
App languages	6	Not verified
Platforms	iOS, Android (phone)	iOS, Android, web
Price	Free (3 extractions/mo, 10 recipes); paid from $2.99/mo	Free (5 imports/week); Pro $49.99/yr

For a shorter summary, see the Deglaze alternative page or the recipe app comparison hub.

Who should choose what

Choose Deglaze if:

You want a web app to plan meals or browse recipes on a laptop
You cook for a household and want shared recipes and planning
You’d use grocery delivery from your list
You often cook several recipes at once and want multi-recipe sessions
The free plan’s 5 imports a week covers you

Choose Pluck if:

You’d use an AI cooking assistant that knows the recipe and step you’re on
You save photo carousels, handwritten cards or cookbook pages
You’d rather photograph the fridge than type what’s in it, and get your own recipes ranked by what you can make
You want the week planned inside the app from your own recipes
You want the cheapest paid entry ($2.99/month) or an app in one of Pluck’s six languages
You’re moving from Paprika, Mela, Crouton or CopyMeThat and want to import the whole collection

Honestly, if household sharing or a web app is your top priority, Deglaze is the better fit today. If help while you cook and getting the recipe out of every kind of post matter more, Pluck is. Both read the video, which is more than most recipe apps do.

For other comparisons, see Pluck vs Honeydew and Pluck vs ReciMe, two more apps that read video audio.

Pluck is available on iOS and Android. Get it on Google Play. Also on iOS. Check our roadmap to see what we’re building next.