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Palato is a recipe management app that allows users to import recipes from social media, websites, photos, screenshots, and notes. It supports organizing recipes, meal planning with a weekly calendar, creating shopping lists, and sharing with household members.

THE PRODUCT, BEYOND THE PITCH

Editorially reviewed · Sources checked Sep 15, 2026

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A good fit for

  • Households wanting to share recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists collaboratively.

Know the limitations

  • The Smart Planner uses a deterministic, rules-based algorithm and does not use AI or large language models.
  • Nutrition information provided is general and not intended as medical or dietary advice.

What you can do

  • Import recipes from social media and websites to build a personal recipe collection.
  • Plan weekly meals and generate shopping lists for household cooking.

Features

  • Import recipes from supported social-media links, websites, photos, screenshots, and notes.
  • Organize saved recipes in custom lists and search the saved collection.
  • Plan meals in a weekly calendar and create shopping-list items from the plan.
  • Share a recipe library, meal plans, and shopping lists with a household.
  • Get personalized, AI-powered recipe suggestions after saving at least ten recipes.

Integrations

  • Import recipes from TikTok and Instagram by sharing videos to Palato using the device's share sheet; AI transcribes the recipe from the video.
  • Import recipes from photos or screenshots by selecting an image; AI reads the text and creates a recipe.

Platforms & data export

Not confirmed yet.

THE COST FOR YOUR TEAM

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A practical workflow

  1. Import a recipe by pasting or typing a URL; Palato extracts the recipe automatically and allows editing if needed.
  2. Start cooking mode to get step-by-step navigation, timers, and an optional always-on screen.
  3. Add a recipe to the planner by tapping the calendar icon on a recipe or selecting a day in the Planner tab and assigning it to a meal.

Based on the sources below. Editorial review does not imply hands-on product testing.

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Eten is a recipe and meal planning app that allows home cooks to import recipes from the web, plan weekly meals, and generate smart grocery lists quickly. It supports recipe import from links, photos, and videos, and syncs across iOS and Android devices.

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