Mealime transition guide · Updated October 1, 2026

Mealime announced it will close on October 21, 2026. Here are your options.

Mealime is moving its recipes and planning tools into Meals Hub. If you want a different home for the recipes you find and cook, this guide shows what KitchenPilot can help you do—and what it cannot transfer for you.

Read Mealime's official closing notice

What changes on October 21

Mealime says its app will be discontinued on October 21, 2026. Its recipes will remain available in Meals Hub, and Pro features are free to Mealime users during the wind-down. Mealime also says it will delete personal data when the app closes. Some preferences and settings will need to be set up again in Meals Hub.

The official path

Meals Hub

Meals Hub is free inside Albertsons Companies store apps and websites. It includes Mealime recipes, meal planning, and shopping lists. Mealime says you can use those planning features even if you do not shop at an Albertsons Companies store.

See Mealime's Meals Hub instructions

An alternative workflow

KitchenPilot

KitchenPilot is built around your own collection: recipes from supported public links, social posts, photos, and personal entries. You can review and organize them, plan meals, and send selected ingredients to the grocery list for the store where you shop.

See the KitchenPilot workflow

A practical way to move your dinner routine

Check what you want to keep

Write down the dinners you repeat, your household preferences, and any personal notes you rely on. Mealime says personal data will be deleted when its app closes.

Choose where to plan next

Meals Hub is Mealime’s free successor inside Albertsons Companies store apps and websites. KitchenPilot is an option if you want to plan from recipes you collect across the web and your own kitchen.

Start with one real dinner

In KitchenPilot, save a recipe from a supported public link or social post, a recipe photo, or your own entry. Review it, put it on your meal plan, and send the ingredients you need to a store list.

When KitchenPilot fits

KitchenPilot makes the most sense when the recipes you want to cook are scattered across websites, saved social posts, photos, and your own notes. It connects that collection to a flexible plan and a shopping list you can actually use.

Save and review a recipe instead of retyping it from scratch.
Place your saved recipes into a Day, Week, or Month meal plan.
Choose the ingredients you need and send them to a specific store list.

Try it with one recipe

Pick a recipe you already want to make. Save it, plan it, and see the ingredients on your store list before deciding whether KitchenPilot fits your week.

Start planning free on the web Get KitchenPilot for iPhone or iPad Get KitchenPilot for Android

Sources and product details

Shutdown date, Meals Hub features, and data handling: Mealime's official notice. KitchenPilot capabilities: KitchenPilot product guide and the App Store listing.