Mealime closes on October 21. What happens to your recipes?

Mealime says the app will be discontinued on October 21, 2026, and that all personal data will be deleted when it shuts down. If you keep recipes there, this week is the week to deal with it.

The short version

• Mealime stops on October 21, 2026.
• Your personal data is deleted when the app shuts down.
• Mealime's own recipes move to Meals Hub, free, inside Albertsons Companies grocery apps and websites. You sign in with an Albertsons account.
• The notice says nothing about the recipes you saved, or about downloading them. If they matter to you, copy them yourself before the 21st.

What Mealime's notice says

All of this comes from Mealime's own notice. It is short, and worth two minutes of your time.

• "Mealime will be discontinued as of October 21, 2026."
• "All personal data will be deleted when the Mealime application is shut down."
• "Meals Hub includes all the Mealime recipes you enjoy today plus thousands more."
• Meals Hub is "100% free, including recipes previously available through Mealime Pro".
• "Certain preferences and settings will need to be established directly within Meals Hub."

Mealime was bought by Albertsons Companies in 2021, which is why Meals Hub sits inside Albertsons store apps and websites.

What it doesn't say

Two things are missing from the notice: what happens to the recipes you saved, and whether there is any way to download them.

We are not going to guess at either. We don't know of an export, and that is not the same as saying there isn't one. Check inside the app first. If you find nothing, assume the recipes go when the data goes.

What to do this week

1. Open Mealime and see what you'd actually miss

   For most people it is five or ten regulars, not the whole list. That is a ten minute job, not an afternoon.

2. Copy those somewhere that's yours

   A note on your phone is fine. Screenshots are fine. The point is that it lives somewhere Mealime doesn't switch off.

3. Decide where next week's plan comes from

   Meals Hub is the move Mealime points you to. If you would rather not plan inside a supermarket's app, pick something else before the 21st, not after.

Where Mealime's recipes go

Meals Hub. Mealime says it has every recipe you use today plus thousands more, and that it is free, including the ones that used to need Mealime Pro.

It lives inside the Albertsons Companies grocery apps and store websites, so you create or sign in to an Albertsons account to use it. If you shop at one of those stores anyway, that is a short walk. If you don't, it's a grocery account for a meal planner.

If you'd rather not plan inside a grocery app

That is the reason most people give us for looking. A planner owned by a supermarket has a reason to make your list longer. We don't sell groceries.

HomeBasket is a recipe saver and weekly meal planner. You save recipes from anywhere, it plans a week around what is already in your kitchen, and you get one shopping list of what is actually missing. There is no food diary and no calorie counting.

Recipes come from wherever you found them. A TikTok, an Instagram reel, a YouTube video, a food blog. You share it to HomeBasket and it is saved with the creator credited, then checked against what is in your kitchen.

One honest note. HomeBasket is not on the App Store yet. It is on iPhone first and in testing with a small group of households. You can join the early access list and we will write once, the day it is there. Mealime closes on the 21st, so for next week you will want something you can use now.

Questions

Can I move my Mealime recipes into HomeBasket?

No. Mealime's notice doesn't mention a way to export them, and we don't copy recipes out of another app's collection. What you can do is save any recipe from its original source and it lands in your recipes.

Is Meals Hub free?

Mealime says it is 100% free, including recipes that used to be part of Mealime Pro. You need an Albertsons Companies store account to use it.

Will I be charged for Mealime Pro again?

Mealime says Pro subscribers will not be charged any additional subscription fees before the app is discontinued on October 21, 2026.

What happens to my Mealime account data?

Mealime says all personal data will be deleted when the app is shut down. Until then you can ask them to delete it under their privacy policy.

When can I use HomeBasket?

It is coming to iPhone first and is in testing now. Join the list and we will write once, the day it is on the App Store.