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title: mangia vs. Cookpad — what's different? — mangia
description: Cookpad is a social recipe network with premium search. mangia is your own ad-free collection — private, with weekly plan, list and export. The comparison.
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# mangia vs. Cookpad — what's different? — mangia

> Cookpad is a social recipe network with premium search. mangia is your own ad-free collection — private, with weekly plan, list and export. The comparison.

## mangia and Cookpad — what's different?

Cookpad is a social cooking community where users share recipes. mangia is your own ad-free, private collection — with weekly plan, list and export.

## Feature by feature.

Cookpad is a social network around cooking — users share their recipes, others cook them. mangia is thought of differently: no community, but your own private collection from any source, ad-free, with plan, list and export.

## Vergleich

| Funktion | mangia | Cookpad | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Large community with shared recipes | ✕ | ✓ | Cookpad thrives on users sharing their 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 and creates a clean recipe card. |
| Ad-free — no premium for the basics | ✓ | ✕ | mangia is ad-free already for free. On Cookpad, some features like advanced search are reserved for the premium plan. |
| Private collection instead of a social network | ✓ | ✕ | In mangia your collection stays private. Cookpad is built for sharing and discovering in a community. |
| Export recipes (Markdown / CSV) | ✓ | ✕ | With mangia you download your whole collection as a ZIP and take it with you. Your data is yours. |
| 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 | Free + Premium | Cookpad has a premium plan for advanced features. mangia is ad-free on the free plan; Pro costs 6.90/mo or 49/year. |

## When Cookpad fits

When you want to be part of a cooking community — share your own recipes, discover others' everyday recipes, give feedback. As a social network around cooking, Cookpad is popular in many countries.

## When mangia fits

When you want to collect your favourite recipes (also from Cookpad!) privately in one place — ad-free, with weekly plan, list and export. mangia is your private collection with plan and shopping right alongside, not a social network.

## Bringing Cookpad recipes into mangia

Copy the recipe link from cookpad.com, paste it under "Import recipe" → URL in mangia. mangia pulls the recipe out cleanly. Once it's in mangia, it belongs to your private collection and can be exported any time.

## Comparison FAQ

**Cookpad is free — why mangia?**

Cookpad has a free tier, but some features like advanced search are in the premium plan. mangia is ad-free on the free plan and gives you a private collection plus weekly plan, list and export.

**Are my recipes public in mangia like on Cookpad?**

No. mangia is your private collection. What you save stays with you — only when you explicitly share a recipe does it get a public address.

**Can I take my favourite Cookpad recipes with me?**

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

**Does mangia have a community to discover?**

mangia has a curated catalogue to get you started, but no social community in the Cookpad sense. The focus is on your own collection, planning and shopping.

**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. And your collection stays private.

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