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# mangia vs. BBC Good Food — what's different? — mangia

> BBC Good Food is a big recipe platform with a subscription app. mangia is your own ad-free collection — usable for free, with weekly plan, list and export.

## mangia and BBC Good Food — what's different?

BBC Good Food is a huge recipe platform whose app moved to a subscription. mangia is your own ad-free collection — usable on the free plan, with weekly plan, list and export.

## Feature by feature.

BBC Good Food has a huge, editorially tested recipe base. The catch: the app moved to a subscription, and many users felt that as a break. mangia takes a different approach — your own collection from any source, ad-free even for free, with plan, list and export.

## Vergleich

| Funktion | mangia | BBC Good Food | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huge editorially tested database | ✕ | ✓ | BBC Good Food has thousands of tested recipes. With mangia you build your own collection — from web, photo, PDF. |
| Your own recipes from any source (URL, photo, PDF) | ✓ | ✕ | mangia automatically reads recipes from web pages, photos and PDFs. BBC Good Food is built around its own catalogue. |
| Ad-free reading & cooking | ✓ | ✕ | mangia never shows ads — not even while cooking. On ad-funded platforms, banners and pop-ups often interrupt the cooking flow. |
| Fully usable without a subscription | ✓ | ✕ | mangia is usable ad-free on the free plan. The BBC Good Food app moved to a subscription; many recipes are still free on the website. |
| Export recipes (Markdown / CSV) | ✓ | ✕ | With mangia you download your whole collection as a ZIP and take it with you. No lock-in behind a paywall. |
| Weekly plan + list from ALL your recipes | ✓ | ✕ | mangia plans with every recipe you've collected and combines the shopping list automatically. |
| Nutrition balance / plant diversity | ✓ | ✕ | mangia shows you over the week how plant-rich and seasonal you eat — as a gentle nudge. |
| Pricing | Free + Pro | Subscription (app) | mangia is ad-free on the free plan; Pro costs 6.90/mo or 49/year. The BBC Good Food app bills through a subscription. |

## When BBC Good Food fits

When you want fresh ideas daily from a huge, editorially tested base and can live with the app's subscription model. The database is first-class — if you're mainly after inspiration, you'll always find something.

## When mangia fits

When you want to collect your favourite recipes (also from BBC Good Food!) cleanly in one place — ad-free, without a forced subscription, with weekly plan, list and export. mangia is your private collection with plan and shopping right alongside.

## Bringing BBC Good Food recipes into mangia

Copy the recipe link from bbcgoodfood.com, paste it under "Import recipe" → URL in mangia. mangia pulls the recipe out cleanly — without ads, without a paywall. Once it's in mangia, it belongs to your collection and can be exported any time.

## Comparison FAQ

**Isn't BBC Good Food free?**

The website is mostly freely accessible, but the app moved to a subscription — many long-time users felt that as a break. mangia is usable ad-free on the free plan, with no forced subscription.

**Can I take my favourite BBC Good Food recipes with me?**

Yes. You import them into mangia by URL from bbcgoodfood.com. After that they belong to your collection, can be edited and exported any time.

**Does mangia have such a big database too?**

No, that's not the goal. You build your own collection — the recipes you actually cook. Get inspiration elsewhere, do your cooking in mangia.

**Ads while cooking annoy me — how is that in mangia?**

mangia never shows ads, not even in step-by-step cooking mode. No banners, no pop-ups, no autoplay videos.

**Can I get my recipes back out of mangia?**

Any time. One click exports your whole collection as a ZIP — recipes as Markdown, plans and lists as CSV. No lock-in.

## Plan, list, recipe. One app.

Ad-free. No credit card. No forced subscription.

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