Yummly Alternative: Free Meal Planning App
Yummly permanently shut down its app and website on December 20, 2024, and users lost their saved recipes with no bulk export. If you're looking for a replacement, Pare is a free meal planner and pantry tracker that keeps your data in your own browser — no account, no paywall.
What Happened to Yummly?
Yummly was a popular recipe recommendation and meal-planning app owned by Whirlpool (which acquired it in 2017). In April 2024 Whirlpool laid off the entire Yummly team, and on December 20, 2024 the website and mobile apps were taken offline for good. Because Yummly never offered a bulk export, many people lost years of saved recipes and their personalized taste profiles overnight.
How Pare Compares
Pare isn't a clone of Yummly's giant editorial recipe database — and we won't pretend it is. What Pare does is close the loop Yummly never fully did: it tracks what's actually in your pantry, then its "What Can I Cook?" feature shows you the meals you can make right now. Missing items go straight to a shopping list you can send to Instacart, DoorDash, or Amazon Fresh.
And unlike Yummly, Pare needs no account. Your recipes and pantry live in your own browser, so there's no company that can switch off and take your data with it.
The Bottom Line
If you're a Yummly refugee looking for a free, no-account meal planner with real pantry tracking, Pare is a natural next home. No signup, no paywall, no trial period.
Try Pare — It's Free
No account needed. Start adding recipes and tracking your pantry right now.