mangia and Kitchen Stories — what's different?
Kitchen Stories is a beautifully made video-recipe app with ads and a premium subscription. mangia is your own, ad-free collection from any source — with weekly plan, list and export.
Feature by feature.
Kitchen Stories is strong on curated video recipes — beautifully shot, explained step by step, funded by ads and a premium subscription. mangia is built differently: your own, ad-free collection from any source, with weekly plan, shopping and balance right alongside.
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Curated video recipes Kitchen Stories produces high-quality recipe videos. With mangia you build your own collection — from web, photo, PDF. | Nein | Ja |
Your own recipes from any source (URL, photo, PDF) mangia automatically reads recipes from websites, photos and PDFs. Kitchen Stories is built around its own editorial catalogue. | Ja | Nein |
Ad-free already in the free plan mangia never shows ads — not even while cooking. With Kitchen Stories the free use is ad-funded; ad-free comes with the premium subscription. | Ja | Nein |
Your own notes & tweaks per recipe In mangia you edit every recipe freely: change quantities, add steps, keep notes. | Ja | Nein |
Export recipes (Markdown / CSV) With mangia you download your whole collection as a ZIP and take it with you. Your data belongs to you. | Ja | Nein |
Weekly plan + list from ALL your recipes mangia plans with every recipe you've collected and combines the shopping list automatically. | Ja | Nein |
Nutrition balance / plant diversity Over the week, mangia shows you how plant-rich and seasonal you eat — as a gentle nudge. | Ja | Nein |
Pricing Kitchen Stories is free with ads; ad-free and more come with the premium subscription. mangia is ad-free in the free plan; Pro costs 6.90/mo or 49/year. | Free + Pro | Free + Premium |
Last reviewed: June 2026
When Kitchen Stories fits
When you love being inspired by beautifully produced video recipes and want to see techniques step by step. As a visual cooking school, Kitchen Stories is excellently made.
When mangia fits
When you want to collect your favourite recipes (also from Kitchen Stories!) cleanly in one place — ad-free, with weekly plan, list and export. mangia is your private collection with plan and shopping right alongside.
Bringing Kitchen Stories recipes into mangia
Copy the recipe link from kitchenstories.com, paste it under "Import recipe" → URL in mangia. mangia pulls the recipe out cleanly — ad-free. Once it's in mangia, you can edit it freely and export it anytime.
Comparison FAQ
Kitchen Stories is free — why mangia?
The free use of Kitchen Stories is ad-funded; ad-free comes with the premium subscription. mangia is ad-free already in the free plan and gives you your own collection plus weekly plan, list and export.
Can I take my favourite Kitchen Stories recipes with me?
Yes. You import them by URL from kitchenstories.com into mangia. After that they belong to your collection, can be edited and exported anytime.
Does mangia have video recipes too?
That's not the goal. mangia is your own collection with plan and shopping — the beautifully produced videos are Kitchen Stories' strength.
Ads while cooking annoy me — how is it with mangia?
mangia never shows ads, not even in step-by-step cooking mode. No banners, no pop-ups.
Can I get my recipes back out of mangia?
Anytime. One click exports your whole collection as a ZIP — recipes as Markdown, plans and lists as CSV. No lock-in.