mangia and Umami — what's different?
Both collect and plan recipes. With mangia the core stays free for good — and the weekly plan, list, seasonal balance and per-kid preferences come built in.
Feature by feature.
Umami is a clean recipe manager with a weekly plan and shopping list. mangia goes one further: plan, list and recipes are linked, the core stays free for good, and you also get a seasonal calendar, a nutrition balance and per-kid preferences.
Collect and import your own recipes
Photo, PDF or link in — clean recipe out, all in one place.
Built-in weekly plan
Shopping list from plan
mangia merges duplicates and sorts by category.
Recommended sorting
What fits this week is on top — seasonal and balanced, automatically.
Per-kid taste profile
What do your kids like? mangia learns it from your ratings.
Seasonal calendar
For CH/DE/AT/FR/IT/ES/EN, automatically.
Balance (plants / meat / seasonal)
Weekly stats from your plan, no diary.
Pricing
Umami is free for 30 days; after that, adding new recipes, plans and lists needs a subscription. With mangia, plan, list and recipes stay free for good.
Free + ProTrial, then subscription
When Umami fits
When you mainly want a recipe collection with a cook mode and timers, and you're happy to take a subscription (or a one-time lifetime purchase) after 30 days. Umami does that cleanly.
When mangia fits
When you want recipes AND a weekly plan AND a shopping list in one app — linked, ad-free, with a seasonal balance and per-kid preferences. And when the core (plan, list, recipes) should stay free for good.
Switching from Umami to mangia
In Umami you export your recipes as a file — upload it to mangia and all your recipes land in your collection at once. mangia has a dedicated Umami import (and the same for Paprika). Single recipes work too: via link, photo or PDF.
Comparison FAQ
Isn't Umami free?
Umami is free for 30 days. After that you need a subscription to add new recipes, plans or lists. With mangia, the weekly plan, shopping list and recipes stay free for good.
Can I bring my Umami recipes over?
Yes, all at once. Umami exports your recipes as a file that you upload straight into mangia — there's a dedicated Umami import. No retyping one by one.
Is there a mangia app for my phone?
mangia runs in the browser on any device and as an app on Android — iOS follows. The weekly plan and list also work offline.
What can mangia do that a pure recipe app can't?
The plan and the list, built right in. You plan the week and the list writes itself — with quantities, no duplicates. Plus a seasonal balance and per-kid preferences.
Is mangia ad-free?
Yes, always. No ads while reading and none while cooking.