# Whisk Review (2026): Great Recipe Box, Blind to Reels URL: https://reel2recipe.com/review/whisk-review Type: review Locale: en Published: 2026-11-14 Updated: 2026-11-15 --- > Whisk became Samsung Food. It saves website recipes and plans your week well, but we found no documented way to import a recipe from a TikTok or Reel. *Desk audit, 15 November 2026* ## Whisk Review (2026): Great Recipe Box, Blind to Reels Whisk is Samsung Food now. We checked pricing, store ratings and every documented import route, with one question: can it turn a cooking video into a recipe? ## Verdict **Score: 7/10** Whisk, now sold as Samsung Food, scores 7/10 for people who save recipes from blogs and plan a week of dinners. The app is free at its core, with Food+ at $59.99 a year, and holds 4.8 stars on the App Store. For video-first cooks it falls short: none of its 4 documented import routes reads a TikTok or a Reel. **Quick scores:** - Recipe saving (websites): 8/10 - Video recipe import: 3/10 - Meal planning: 8.5/10 - Free tier value: 8/10 - Pricing clarity: 6.5/10 **Pros:** - Free core app covers saving, planning and shopping lists - 180,000+ recipes and communities to browse for ideas - Strong store ratings: 4.8 App Store, 4.4 Google Play **Cons:** - No documented way to extract a recipe from a TikTok or Reel - Instructions often link out to the creator's site, so link rot can strand you - Seven Food+ features are mobile-only, and you can only subscribe on a phone *Call to action: Try Samsung Food (Whisk) free* (Free core app, Food+ 7-day trial) > **Disclosure** — Disclosure: Reel2Recipe publishes this page and builds its own video-to-recipe tool, so we have a commercial interest in how Samsung Food looks on video imports. We have no paid relationship with Samsung or Whisk, and the CTA points to the official site without an affiliate code. Our findings come from public pages, store listings and help-center documents, listed in the methodology. ## How we checked it - **Version tested:** App Store version 5.56.0, Samsung Food web pages, Food+ help center - **Test period:** 2026-11-14 → 2026-11-15 **Test categories:** Pricing, Store ratings, Import routes, Free vs paid features, Reddit and third-party reviews This is a desk audit, not a month of daily cooking. On 14 and 15 November 2026 we read the Samsung Food homepage, the Food+ plan page, the recipe box and meal planner pages, and the help-center articles on saving recipes and subscriptions. We read the App Store and Google Play listings for ratings and counts, and cross-read a Plan to Eat review, a CookBook comparison, several Reddit threads and store reviews. We did not subscribe to Food+ and we did not run our own videos through the mobile app, so anything about daily feel comes from other people's reports and is labelled that way. The four screenshots are first-party captures of Samsung's own pages, taken on 15 November 2026. ## Should you use Whisk (Samsung Food)? **YES if you...** - You save recipes from food blogs and recipe sites - You plan a week of dinners and want one shared shopping list - You want a free app and may try Food+ for the AI features - You use a Samsung phone, where Food+ can come bundled **NO if you...** - Your recipes live in TikToks, Reels and Shorts with no written text - You want the full instructions stored in the app, not linked out - You want to pay once instead of subscribing ## What Samsung Food costs ### Free — $0 The core app - Recipe saving from links, Chrome extension and share sheet - Meal planner and shopping lists - Browse 180,000+ recipes and join communities - 3 recipe scans from photos ### Food+ annual — $59.99/year *(Best value)* Save 28% against monthly - 7-day free trial - Tailored 7-day meal plans - AI recipe personalization - Unlimited recipe scans from photos - Nutrition goal tracking, mobile only ### Food+ monthly — $6.99/month Same features, 7-day trial - Cancel through the App Store or Google Play - Billed on the phone store only **ROI breakdown:** Annual Food+ works out to $5.00 a month against $6.99 monthly, so you save $23.89 a year. It only pays off if you use the AI plans weekly; the free tier already covers saving, planning and shopping. **Hidden costs & gotchas:** - You can only subscribe from a mobile device, not the web app - Photo scanning stops after 3 free scans - The seven headline Food+ features are labelled exclusive to the mobile app - Price changes by country because stores convert automatically *Recipe box* ## Saving from anywhere means anywhere with a page Samsung's recipe box page promises you can save recipes from anywhere. In practice the help center lists link paste, a Chrome extension, the phone share sheet and photo scanning. All four assume there is a recipe page or a printed recipe to read. - Save by link: 1 paste, then Save - Chrome extension for desktop browsing - Share sheet on iOS and Android - Photo scan: 3 free, unlimited with Food+ *Meal planner* ## The planner is the best part The planner page shows a week with calories per day, a search box, share and print buttons and an add-to-shopping-list action. For a household that eats from blogs, this is the reason to install it. - Drag saved recipes into a weekly plan - One tap to build a shopping list - Calorie totals per day on the sample plan ## What users say, by platform Real store ratings read on 15 November 2026, plus Reddit. Samsung Food has no Trustpilot, G2 or Capterra page we could find. *[Interactive widget — see the live page for the full experience]* ## What we measured - **Apple App Store rating:** 4.8 out of 5 *(6.5K ratings, US listing, version 5.56.0)* - **Google Play rating:** 4.4 out of 5 *(23.2K reviews, 1M+ downloads. The homepage claims 4.8 on both stores)* - **Food+ annual price:** $59.99 per year *($5.00 a month, 28% under the $6.99 monthly plan)* - **Documented import routes:** 4 *(Link, Chrome extension, share sheet, photo scan. Zero read a video)* - **Free photo scans:** 3 *(Unlimited with Food+)* - **Mobile-only Food+ features:** 7 *(All seven listed features carry an exclusive-to-mobile label)* > Does the Food+ plan page show the real price and trial? Yes. Annual $59.99 with 7 free days, monthly $6.99 with 7 free days, labelled 'Save 28%'. A note says plan details differ by country. > What does the homepage promise about ratings? It says '4.8 rating in the AppStore and Google Play'. The Google Play listing showed 4.4 on 15 November 2026, so the claim holds for Apple only. > Can we find a documented route to import a recipe from a TikTok or Reel? No. The help center lists link, Chrome extension, share sheet and photo scan. Samsung's creator guide tells TikTok creators to link their bio to a Samsung Food profile, which only works if the creator posted the full recipe there. ## Pros & cons ### Pros - **The free tier does the core job** — Saving, planning and shopping lists cost nothing. Food+ is optional, and a 7-day trial lets you judge the AI plans before paying. - **Planner and shopping list are polished** — App Store reviewers repeatedly praise the shared shopping list and automatic serving scaling. The planner page shows calories per day out of the box. - **Big recipe library and communities** — Samsung lists 180,000+ recipes to browse, which helps when you do not yet know what to cook. ### Cons - **No documented video import** — None of the four save routes reads a TikTok, Reel or Short. A creator has to publish the full recipe on Samsung Food for you to follow it. - **Instructions link out to the original site** — Samsung says it does not import instructions, to honor the recipe creator. Reviewers report dead links, paywalled sources and recipes left with ingredients only. - **Rebrand and paywall fatigue** — Reddit threads from the Samsung takeover and store reviews describe an app that got busier, and some features, like photo scans and cook mode, now sit behind Food+. - **Mobile-only paid features** — All seven features listed on the Food+ page carry an exclusive-to-mobile label, and you cannot subscribe from a browser. ## Final verdict **Score: 7/10** Whisk, now Samsung Food, is a good recipe box wearing a bigger, busier costume. If your recipes come from blogs and you cook from a weekly plan, it is a free, well-rated way to keep them in one place, and Food+ at $59.99 a year is optional rather than forced. We would try the free tier first and the 7-day trial only if you want AI meal plans. The catch is the one this site cares about. We found no documented route that reads a cooking video, and the app sends you back to the creator's page for instructions. If you save recipes from TikTok and Reels, you will still be pausing the video, typing quantities and hoping the caption holds the real recipe. A tool built for video input will do that job better. Score: 7 out of 10. It is 8.5 for planning and 3 for video import, and the average hides how different those two experiences are. **Dimensional scoring:** - **Recipe saving (websites):** 8/10 — Link, extension, share sheet - **Video recipe import:** 3/10 — No documented route - **Meal planning:** 8.5/10 — The standout feature - **Free tier value:** 8/10 — Core app is free - **Pricing clarity:** 6.5/10 — Mobile-only upsell *Call to action: Try Samsung Food (Whisk) free* ## Whisk questions people ask ### Is Whisk the same as Samsung Food? Yes. Samsung acquired Whisk in 2019 and rebranded the app as Samsung Food. whisk.com now describes Whisk as a Samsung subsidiary that operates Samsung Food. Google also had an image tool called Whisk, which is unrelated and now redirects to Google Flow. ### Is Samsung Food free? The core app is free: recipe saving, meal planning and shopping lists. Food+ is optional at $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year after a 7-day trial, and prices vary by country. ### Can Samsung Food import recipes from TikTok or Instagram? We found no documented route that reads a video. The help center lists link paste, a Chrome extension, the share sheet and photo scans. It works well when a creator posts the full recipe on Samsung Food and links to it. ### What does Food+ add? Tailored 7-day meal plans, AI recipe personalization, unlimited recipe scans from photos, a Use It Up search from your food list and nutrition goal tracking. Samsung labels the seven headline features as exclusive to the mobile app. ### What are the store ratings? On 15 November 2026 we read 4.8 out of 5 from 6.5K ratings on the US App Store and 4.4 out of 5 from 23.2K reviews on Google Play. The homepage claims 4.8 on both. ### Does it save the full instructions? Not by design. Samsung says it links to the original source to honor the creator, so a changed or paywalled page can leave you with ingredients and no steps. ### Can I get Food+ for free? Samsung says some Samsung devices include a Food+ offer, and Samsung Rewards can unlock it. Check the Food+ page for your country. ## Update log - **2026-11-15** — Initial publication: desk audit of pricing, store ratings and import routes. ## FAQ ### Is Whisk the same as Samsung Food? Yes. Samsung acquired Whisk in 2019 and rebranded the app as Samsung Food. whisk.com now describes Whisk as a Samsung subsidiary that operates Samsung Food. Google also had an image tool called Whisk, which is unrelated and now redirects to Google Flow. ### Is Samsung Food free? The core app is free: recipe saving, meal planning and shopping lists. Food+ is optional at $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year after a 7-day trial, and prices vary by country. ### Can Samsung Food import recipes from TikTok or Instagram? We found no documented route that reads a video. The help center lists link paste, a Chrome extension, the share sheet and photo scans. It works well when a creator posts the full recipe on Samsung Food and links to it. ### What does Food+ add? Tailored 7-day meal plans, AI recipe personalization, unlimited recipe scans from photos, a Use It Up search from your food list and nutrition goal tracking. Samsung labels the seven headline features as exclusive to the mobile app. ### What are the store ratings? On 15 November 2026 we read 4.8 out of 5 from 6.5K ratings on the US App Store and 4.4 out of 5 from 23.2K reviews on Google Play. The homepage claims 4.8 on both. ### Does it save the full instructions? Not by design. Samsung says it links to the original source to honor the creator, so a changed or paywalled page can leave you with ingredients and no steps. ### Can I get Food+ for free? Samsung says some Samsung devices include a Food+ offer, and Samsung Rewards can unlock it. Check the Food+ page for your country.