Mealime closed on October 21, 2026

Mealime Has Closed. Where to Go Next

Mealime stopped on October 21, 2026, and its closing page said all personal data would be deleted at shutdown. If you planned your dinners there, you can start again from what you remember.

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The Simmerset screen Bring your Mealime favorites, with typed dish names and the closest recipes from the catalog

What Is Happening

Mealime's closing page says the app will be discontinued as of October 21, 2026. Albertsons Companies bought Mealime in 2021 and has moved the recipes and the planning features into Meals Hub, a section of its own grocery apps and websites. Pro subscribers are not charged anymore, and the Pro recipes and features are open to every user until the shutdown.

The same page says all personal data will be deleted when the app is shut down, and it mentions no export.

By David Urbansky. Published September 22, 2026. Facts checked on September 21, 2026. Source: mealime.com/closing

What to Bring From Memory

Mealime is gone and offered no export, so start from what you remember. Names and a few words are enough.

My Mealime notes

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Favorite meals
The dinners your household cooks again and again.
Household size
How many people you cook for on a normal night, and how many servings you usually make.
Exclusions and dislikes
Allergies and diets in one column, the foods you would rather skip in another. They are different things, and Simmerset keeps them apart.
Weeknight time
How long a weeknight dinner may take from the first cut to the table.
Recipes you added yourself
Copy them out or save their source links.

How Simmerset Uses Those Answers

The Simmerset onboarding asks for exactly those things: how many people eat, what must never be on the plate, what you would rather skip, how much time a weeknight has, and how many dinners you want. It proposes dinners before you create an account.

In MealimeFavorites
In SimmersetBring your Mealime favorites
Type the names and we look for the closest recipes in our catalog.
In MealimeAllergies and diets
In SimmersetNever suggestNo exceptions
Always filtered out, even when few recipes are left.
In MealimeDislikes
In SimmersetRather not
We avoid them when we can and tell you when one slips in.
In MealimeServings
In SimmersetHow many people?
Servings for every dinner. You can change it per dinner later.
In MealimeCooking time
In SimmersetWeeknight time
Start to table, on a normal evening.

Recipes you saved elsewhere come in from a URL or by typing them in. We never ask for your Mealime login, and we copy nothing from Mealime.

Match your favorites in the app

What Meals Hub Is and Who It Suits

Meals Hub is the meal planning part of the Albertsons Companies store apps and websites. Every Mealime recipe is in it, along with thousands more. It is free, including the recipes that used to need Mealime Pro, and the same core team that built Mealime supports it. You do not need a store nearby: Mealime says you can still browse recipes, make plans and build shopping lists even if you cannot shop at an Albertsons store. You do need to create or sign in to an Albertsons store account, and some preferences and settings have to be set up again inside Meals Hub.

If you already shop at one of those chains and mainly want the same recipes at no cost, Meals Hub is the sensible choice. It is the official successor, and the catalog is the one you know.

Read the Meals Hub comparison

Before you switch

What Simmerset Does Not Do Yet

English recipes for now. The app and this site come in six languages. The recipe catalog is in English.
No Mealime import. Mealime offers no export, so there is nothing to import. What you write down above is what carries over.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will Simmerset shut down like Mealime?

No app can promise to last forever. Simmerset is made by skycraft GmbH in Dresden, the company that also runs Spoonacular, which David Urbansky founded in 2013. You can export all your data as JSON whenever you like.

Does it work offline?

Partly. This week's plan and grocery list are saved on your device and open without a connection, with a note of when they were saved. Changing the plan or checking off items needs a connection.

Is there an app for my phone?

Yes. Simmerset is in the App Store and on Google Play. It also runs in any browser, where you can add it to your home screen.

What does it cost?

Free costs nothing. Plus is USD 4.99 a month or USD 39.99 a year, tax included. In the EU you pay the same amounts in euros, VAT included.

Where do the recipes come from?

They're openly licensed recipes from the Spoonacular database, and each one names its source. The catalog is in English for now. You can add your own by pasting a link or typing a recipe in.

Can I bring my recipes from Mealime?

No. Mealime offered no export, so there was nothing to import. Add the recipes you remember by link or by typing, or let the matcher find close dinners in the catalog.

Plan my week

No account needed to start

Plan Your First Week

The free version has no time limit, and Plus is USD 4.99 a month or USD 39.99 a year, tax included. Answer a few questions and you get three dinners and their grocery list, sorted by aisle, before you create an account. Sign up to keep them.