Samsung Food is free, and your pantry is behind the paywall.
Samsung Food, formerly Whisk, is free and large, and it was bought by Samsung in 2019. Its pantry management sits inside Samsung Food+, at $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year, which is more than Well Stockd charges for a plan that includes the planner and the household.
What you keep
- A big recipe library. About 3,950 meal-kit-style recipes, already in the app.
- A pantry, without paying for it. Inventory and expiry tracking are free here.
- Meal plans, on Pro, built from what is in the fridge.
- A shopping list with a one-tap Walmart cart, and any other store by list.
What it costs
| Samsung Food | Well Stockd | |
|---|---|---|
| Price, September 2026 | The app is free. Samsung Food+ is $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year in the App Store in-app purchase list. | Free forever for the cooking loop. Pro is $4.99 a month or $39 a year, which is two months free. |
| Free tier | Large. Recipe saving, search and sharing, meal plans, and calorie tracking, which moved from paid to free. | Inventory with expiry tracking, the full catalog, can-make matching, the shopping list, the Walmart cart and cook mode. Two lists and five of your own recipes. |
| Trial | A Food+ trial is widely reported but is not readable on a vendor page, so no length is quoted here. | 7 days of full Pro, no card. |
| What matters | Samsung Food | Well Stockd |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Alive and actively updated through 2026. Owned by Samsung since the Whisk acquisition in 2019. | Live. The kitchen loop is the whole product rather than a side feature. |
| What the paid tier holds | Samsung Food+ carries automated pantry management, AI weekly plans, smart cooking mode, nutrition tracking and an ad-free app. | Inventory, expiry tracking, can-make matching and the catalog are free. Pro adds the planner, household sync and the hands-free cook assistant. |
| Getting your data out | No first-party bulk export is documented. The help centre covers sharing a single recipe by link, email or text. Third-party exporters exist because of this. | Your own recipes and lists sit in your account for as long as the account exists. |
| Price of the paid tier | $59.99 a year. | $39 a year, two months free. |
| Who owns it | An appliance company, and the pantry is one feature inside a much larger app. | Live. The kitchen loop is the whole product rather than a side feature. |
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: Samsung Food’s free tier is genuinely big, its recipe import from the web is strong, and it costs nothing to keep installed. If you never touch the pantry features, there is no reason to pay anyone. Well Stockd is the better deal specifically when the pantry is the part you want.
When you should stay with Samsung Food
A comparison page that cannot name a reason to pick the other product is an advert. These are the cases where Samsung Food is the better call:
- You use it as a free recipe saver and never needed a pantry, dates or a can-make filter.
- You are inside the Samsung ecosystem and the appliance integrations matter to you.
How to move off Samsung Food
- There is no documented bulk export, so start by sharing or copying out the handful of recipes you would genuinely miss.
- Search your regulars in the catalog. About 3,950 recipes are already here, so most of them do not need moving at all.
- Save the rest as your own recipes. Free holds five, Pro makes them unlimited.
- Stock the fridge, freezer and pantry. Here that is free, and it is what makes the catalog filter to 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 Samsung Food, and claim your one-time switch offer of 3 free months.
The offer
Samsung Food 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 is Samsung Food+?
As of September 2026 the App Store lists Samsung Food+ at $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year. The core Samsung Food app is free.
Is Samsung Food’s pantry free?
Automated pantry management is listed as a Samsung Food+ feature, so it sits behind the subscription. In Well Stockd, inventory and expiry tracking are free on every account.
Can I export my Samsung Food recipes?
No first-party bulk export is documented. The help centre covers sharing one recipe at a time by link, email or text, which is why third-party exporters exist.