Paprika holds the recipes you clipped. Well Stockd comes with the recipes.
Paprika is a one-time purchase, sold separately per platform: $4.99 on iPhone and iPad, $29.99 on Mac, $29.99 on Windows, with cloud sync included and no web app. It has a pantry with expiry dates and it has a cook mode. What it does not have is recipes. You clip or type every one of them yourself.
What you keep
- A pantry with quantities and expiry dates. Free here, on every account.
- Cooking step by step on a screen that stays awake, hands free on Pro.
- Your own recipes, typed or pasted in. Free holds five, Pro makes them unlimited.
- A grocery list sorted for the aisle, with a one-tap Walmart cart.
What it costs
| Paprika | Well Stockd | |
|---|---|---|
| Price, September 2026 | One-time: $4.99 on iPhone and iPad, $4.99 on Android, $29.99 on Mac and $29.99 on Windows. Each version is sold separately, so a phone-and-laptop household pays twice. | Free forever for the cooking loop. Pro is $4.99 a month or $39 a year, which is two months free. |
| Where it runs | iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and Windows. There is no web app. | The web app runs anywhere, and installs to the home screen. One account covers every device you sign in on. |
| What is coming | Paprika 4 is in beta and its new features will require a premium subscription once the beta ends. No price has been announced. | 7 days of full Pro, no card. |
| What matters | Paprika | Well Stockd |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Alive and actively developed. Paprika 4 entered beta in July 2026. | Live. The kitchen loop is the whole product rather than a side feature. |
| Recipe catalog | None. Paprika ships empty, by design: you clip from the web or type recipes in, and the collection is yours to build. | About 3,950 meal-kit-style recipes, matched live against what you actually have in. |
| Pantry and expiry dates | Yes. Paprika’s pantry holds quantities, purchase dates and expiry dates. | Full fridge, freezer and pantry inventory with expiry dates and freshness-aware sorting. |
| Cook mode | Yes. | Yes, with the screen kept awake, and hands free on Pro. |
| Getting your data out | Good. Recipes export as HTML, or as a .paprikarecipes file any copy of Paprika can read. Grocery lists and meal plans are not listed as exportable. | Your own recipes and lists sit in your account for as long as the account exists. |
| Cloud sync | Included with the purchase, with no extra fee. | Included. Your kitchen syncs across your devices, and across the household on Pro. |
What you gain
- An inventory. Your fridge, freezer and pantry, with quantities, in one place.
- Expiry dates. The app warns you before something goes off and sorts the oldest to the top. Free on every account.
- Can-make matching. Every recipe says whether you can cook it tonight with what you already have.
- A shopping list that is a gap list. It holds what you do not already own, and one tap sends it to a Walmart cart. Any store works.
- Household sync. One shared kitchen, so nobody comes home with the second bag of rice.
The honest trade-off
What you may miss: Paprika is a one-time purchase with an excellent web clipper, a real pantry and a proper export. If you already have a collection and you live on one platform, $4.99 once is hard to argue with. Well Stockd is a subscription, and it cannot import a .paprikarecipes file.
When you should stay with Paprika
A comparison page that cannot name a reason to pick the other product is an advert. These are the cases where Paprika is the better call:
- You want to pay once, on one platform, and own it. That is a fair deal and this page will not pretend otherwise.
- You clip recipes from the web constantly, and capturing them cleanly is the whole job. Paprika does that better than we do.
How to move off Paprika
- Export from Paprika first. Export gives you HTML, or a .paprikarecipes file that any copy of Paprika can read, so your collection is safe before you change anything.
- Keep the file. Well Stockd does not import it yet, so it is your backup and your checklist.
- Start from the catalog instead of retyping. About 3,950 meal-kit-style recipes are already here, so only the genuinely personal ones need adding as your own recipes.
- Stock the fridge, freezer and pantry, and every recipe in the catalog starts saying whether you can cook it tonight.
- Create a free account. Confirm your email and 7 days of full Pro start, with no card.
- In Settings, open “Refer friends & earn Pro,” choose Paprika, and claim your one-time switch offer of 3 free months.
The offer
Paprika switchers get 3 free months of Well Stockd Pro: the planner, household sync, the hands-free cook assistant, custom substitutions and unlimited lists and recipes. It is one claim per account, in Settings, through the founding window. After that, Pro is $4.99 a month or $39 a year. The cooking loop stays free either way.
Common questions
How much does Paprika cost?
As of September 2026 it is a one-time purchase, sold separately per platform: $4.99 on iPhone and iPad, $4.99 on Android, $29.99 on Mac and $29.99 on Windows. Cloud sync is included with no extra fee, and there is no web app.
Does Paprika have a pantry?
Yes. Paprika’s pantry holds quantities, purchase dates and expiry dates, and it has a cook mode. The difference is what the pantry is attached to: Paprika ships with no recipes, so nothing is matched against it until you have clipped a collection yourself.
Is Paprika going to become a subscription?
Partly. Paprika 4 entered beta in July 2026 and the vendor says its new features will require a premium subscription after the beta. No price has been announced, so this page does not quote one.
Can I export my recipes from Paprika?
Yes. Paprika exports recipes as HTML or as a .paprikarecipes file. Well Stockd cannot import that file, so treat the export as a backup and rebuild from the catalog.