mangia and Chefkoch — what's different?
On Chefkoch you find other people's recipes with ads. In mangia you collect your own — ad-free — and get weekly plan, list and balance on top.
Feature by feature.
Chefkoch is a large recipe platform with a huge offering — ad-funded. mangia is built differently: your own ad-free collection with a guided weekly plan, shopping and a small balance of how you eat.
| mangia | Chefkoch | |
|---|---|---|
Guided weekly plan Enter your time per day — mangia automatically composes a varied week from your recipes. Swap and lock included. | Ja | Nein |
Weekly plan Chefkoch has no built-in weekly plan — you plan the week elsewhere. In mangia it comes from your recipes. | Ja | Nein |
Shopping list from plan Chefkoch has ingredient lists per recipe, but none from a whole weekly plan. In mangia it comes from all your planned meals. | Ja | Nein |
Massive recipe database Chefkoch has hundreds of thousands of recipes. With mangia you build your own collection — from web, photo, PDF. | Nein | Ja |
Upload your own recipes Both possible. With mangia your recipes stay private — on Chefkoch they are public. | Ja | Ja |
Imported recipes auto-categorised mangia detects dish type, cooking time and dietary style on import — no field to fill in | Ja | Nein |
Recommended sorting (seasonal + variety) What fits the season and adds variety floats to the top | Ja | Nein |
Data export (GDPR) With mangia you get everything as ZIP — recipes, plans, lists. | Ja | Nein |
Ad-free reading mangia never shows ads. Chefkoch lives on ad revenue. | Ja | Nein |
Ad-free cooking Step-by-step mode without banners and pop-ups. | Ja | Nein |
Pricing Chefkoch has a premium plan (Chefkoch+) for ad-free and more features. mangia is ad-free in the free plan. | Free + Pro | Free + Premium |
Last reviewed: June 2026
When Chefkoch fits
When you need fresh recipe ideas every day and don't mind ads. The database is huge, the community active — if you're after inspiration, you'll always find something.
When mangia fits
When you don't want your Chefkoch finds lost in 40 open tabs. mangia turns any link into a clean recipe, files it itself (dish type, time, dietary style) and sorts what fits right now to the top — ad-free, with weekly plan and list.
Bringing Chefkoch recipes into mangia
Copy the Chefkoch link, paste it under "Import recipe" → URL in mangia. mangia pulls the recipe out cleanly — without ads, without the long backstory. Works the same way for practically any recipe site.
Comparison FAQ
Am I allowed to save Chefkoch recipes in mangia?
For your private use, yes. You only save what you actually want to cook. Republishing them publicly would need permission — but for private use that's not an issue.
Does mangia have a database as big as Chefkoch?
No, that's not the goal. You build your own collection — the recipes you actually cook. Inspiration elsewhere, cooking in mangia.
Does Chefkoch have a shopping list?
Per recipe, yes. But none that pulls your whole weekly plan together. That's exactly what mangia does — from all your planned meals, duplicates merged.
Ads while cooking annoy me — does Chefkoch offer something?
Chefkoch has a Premium plan (Chefkoch+) without ads. mangia is ad-free in the standard free plan — even while cooking.
What about user reviews and comments?
mangia doesn't have those — for that you go to the source page. mangia is your private collection, not a social network.