Yummly shut down. Here's what to use instead
Whirlpool closed Yummly in December 2024, after laying off the team earlier that year. The app and website are gone, yummly.com now redirects to KitchenAid's recipe pages, and there is no replacement app. If you relied on Yummly for saved recipes, meal planning or grocery lists, this page is a plain guide to where to go next, including where Pluck fits and where it doesn't.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Pluck | Yummly |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Available on iOS and Android | Shut down (December 2024) |
| Browse a recipe database | No (saves recipes you find) | Had one (now redirects to KitchenAid recipes) |
| Save recipes from any website | Yes (AI extraction from any URL) | Gone |
| Save from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook | Yes (reads the video) | Never offered |
| Photo / cookbook / handwriting | Yes (AI vision) | Never offered |
| Meal planning | Yes (weekly; free: current week) | Gone |
| Grocery list | Yes (merged, sorted by aisle, shared with up to 5 people) | Gone |
| Cook mode | Yes (step timers, ingredients per step) | Gone |
| Cook from what you have | "What can I cook?" search (free) and pantry scan from a photo | Gone |
| Grocery delivery | No (share the list as text) | Gone |
| Price | Free; paid plans from $2.99/mo | n/a |
Where Yummly falls short
The app and website are gone
Yummly's app stopped working around 20 December 2024, and yummly.com now redirects to kitchenaid.com/recipes. There's nothing to log back into.
Saved recipes didn't move with it
Yummly saves were bookmarks to recipes in its database and on partner sites, not copies you owned. If you didn't note them down before the shutdown, the best route back is to search for the dishes you remember on the original food blogs.
No official successor
Whirlpool didn't launch a replacement app. KitchenAid's recipe pages carry some of the content, but there's no saved-recipe box, meal planner or grocery list to move into.
What Pluck does differently
A recipe box you keep
Pluck saves a full, editable copy of every recipe, ingredients, steps and notes, in your own recipe box. If the original page disappears, your copy doesn't.
Planning and shopping, rebuilt
Put saved recipes on a weekly meal plan, or on Plus and Pro let Fill my week plan it from your recipe box. Build one grocery list for the week with duplicates merged and items sorted by aisle, and share it with up to 5 people. Start cooking in cook mode with step timers.
Frequently asked questions
Did Yummly shut down?
Yes. Whirlpool, which owned Yummly, laid off the Yummly team in April 2024 and closed the app and website around 20 December 2024. yummly.com now redirects to kitchenaid.com/recipes.
Can I get my Yummly saved recipes back?
Not from Yummly itself, as the service is closed. If you remember the dishes, search for them on the original sites, then save them into an app that keeps a full copy so this doesn't happen again. In Pluck, you share or paste the link and the recipe is extracted into your recipe box.
What's the best Yummly alternative?
It depends on what you used Yummly for. If you mostly browsed a big database for ideas, a publisher site or app (NYT Cooking, the MyRecipes app from Allrecipes' owner) is closer to Yummly. If you used it to keep recipes, plan the week and shop, an app like Pluck, Paprika or ReciMe is closer. Our best recipe apps guide compares them.
Does Pluck have a recipe database like Yummly?
No. Pluck is a personal recipe box: it saves the recipes you find on blogs, social media, videos and photos. If you want to discover new recipes from a catalog, pair it with a recipe site you like and save your finds into Pluck.
Does Pluck have meal planning and grocery lists like Yummly did?
Yes. Pluck has a weekly meal plan and a grocery list built from the plan or any single recipe, merged and sorted by aisle, that you can share with up to 5 other people. On Plus and Pro, Fill my week plans the week from your own saved recipes. The free plan covers the current week; paid plans start at $2.99/month. Pluck doesn't connect to grocery delivery or smart appliances, which Yummly did.
Read our comparison of the best recipe apps in 2026.
Related reading: Best Recipe Apps 2026, How to switch recipe apps, Pluck vs ReciMe, and Pluck vs Paprika.
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