Your recipes shouldn't belong to a fridge company.
Samsung Food (formerly Whisk) was a great recipe app. Then Samsung bought it, plastered it with appliance ads, and made you a data point.
unique to FOODIE
Samsung Food has solid features — meal planning, grocery lists, recipe saving. But it's now a marketing channel for Samsung's smart appliances, the interface is cluttered with promotions, and your kitchen data feeds an ad ecosystem. FOODIE is independent, calm, and built around your cooking — not someone's hardware funnel.
Samsung Food is a recipe app inside an appliance ecosystem. FOODIE is just… a great cooking app, made for you, not for selling you a fridge.
Why FOODIE
Made for the way you cook.
No ads. No appliance funnels..
FOODIE is a place to cook, not a place to be sold a smart oven. Clean, calm, focused.
AI that creates, not just suggests.
FOODIE generates entire original recipes from a vibe, a photo, or a quick chat about what's in your kitchen. Samsung Food mostly recommends recipes already in its catalog.
Your kitchen, your data.
No appliance ecosystem to opt into and no third-party data sharing. Samsung Food is tied to a Samsung Account and the wider Samsung ecosystem.
A cooking mode that respects you.
Big, readable steps. Tap-to-advance. Smart highlights. No "compatible with your Samsung fridge" banners mid-recipe.
Side by side
FOODIE vs Samsung Food.
Every feature that matters when you actually cook.
Being fair to Samsung Food
Where Samsung Food fits.
If you already own multiple Samsung appliances and want them to talk to your meal plan, Samsung Food is genuinely useful. For everyone else, the appliance integration is noise.
The bottom line
So which should you pick?.
“Samsung Food is a recipe app inside an appliance ecosystem. FOODIE is just… a great cooking app, made for you, not for selling you a fridge.”
Free to download. Premium $3.33/mo, billed annually.
Common questions
Frequently asked.
2 answers to the things people ask us most. Tap any question to expand.
01Is Samsung Food the same as Whisk?
Yes. Samsung acquired Whisk in 2019 and rebranded it to Samsung Food in late 2023.
02Do I need a Samsung Account to use Samsung Food?
Yes. FOODIE only needs your Apple ID — no separate accounts, no ecosystem lock-in.
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