Whisk/Samsung Food App Review UK (2026)
Now Samsung Food - a powerful recipe manager and meal planner with 240,000+ recipes and smart shopping lists
What is Whisk (Samsung Food)?
Whisk launched as an independent recipe management app before Samsung acquired it in 2019. It's now rebranded as Samsung Food - an AI-powered food and recipe platform available in 104 countries and eight languages.
The core strength remains the same: saving recipes from anywhere, organising meal plans, and generating shopping lists. The Samsung integration adds health tracking connections.
Samsung Food Features
- Recipe Database: 240,000+ recipes (124,000 fully guided)
- Save Any Recipe: Extract recipes from any website automatically
- Meal Planner: Weekly planning with calendar view
- Smart Shopping Lists: Auto-generated from meal plans
- Diet Filters: 14 diets including keto, vegan, low carb
- Search Options: By ingredients, cook time, cuisine
- Samsung Health Sync: Connect nutrition to health data
- SmartThings Cooking: Integration with Samsung kitchen appliances
Pricing UK
- Free Version: Full functionality with ads
- Samsung Food Plus: ~£50/year (~£5/month) - removes ads
- Premium Features: SmartThings Cooking integration (Plus subscribers)
The free version is surprisingly complete. You get all features - the premium is primarily about removing advertisements.
The App Experience
The recipe-saving feature is genuinely excellent. Point it at almost any recipe website and it automatically extracts ingredients, method, cooking time, and nutritional info into a clean format. No more bookmarking messy web pages.
Meal planning flows naturally - drag recipes to calendar days, then tap to generate a shopping list organised by aisle. The weekly meal-to-list workflow saves significant time.
Samsung Health integration lets you track how your meal planning affects your nutrition and fitness data, though this requires a Samsung account.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- 240,000+ recipes
- Save recipes from any site
- Full functionality free
- Excellent meal planning
- Smart shopping lists
- 14 diet filters
- Samsung Health sync
- 4.8 star rating
Cons
- Intrusive ads (free version)
- Premium feels pricey for ad removal
- Samsung account beneficial
- Some ads promote diet services
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What Real Users Say
Samsung Food has 4.8/5 on the App Store and was featured as "App of The Week" and "Best Everyday Essential."
"I shopped around recipe apps and paid for a few, but Whisk is absolutely by far the best app out there." - App Store review
"This is the best recipe and meal planning app - period. I can say this from experience, as I recently tried 8 of the top meal planning apps." - App Store review
"It makes cooking, meal planning, and grocery shopping much more streamlined and enjoyable." - App Store review
What positive reviewers say: Best-in-class recipe saving, excellent meal planning, streamlined shopping
What negative reviewers say: Ads can be annoying, premium seems expensive just for ad removal
Who Samsung Food Is For
Recipe Collectors
Save and organise recipes from anywhere.
Meal Planners
Weekly planning with auto shopping lists.
Samsung Users
Integrates with Health and SmartThings.
Diet-Specific Eaters
14 diet filters including keto, vegan.
Who Should Look Elsewhere
- Ad-sensitive users: Free version has noticeable advertising
- Calorie-focused trackers: Not a nutrition tracking app
- Simple needs: May be overkill for basic recipe saving
The Bottom Line
Samsung Food (formerly Whisk) is one of the most capable free recipe and meal planning apps available. The ability to save recipes from any website into a clean, organised format is genuinely time-saving, and the meal-plan-to-shopping-list workflow is smooth.
The 4.8 star rating reflects real user satisfaction. The core app delivers on its promises without requiring payment.
The main frustration is the ads - they're present and sometimes promote competing diet services. Whether that's worth £50/year to remove depends on your tolerance and usage frequency.
Our verdict: Excellent free recipe manager. Try it first - decide on premium later.
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