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Head-to-head · Recipe Apps

NYT Cooking vs Tasty

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
Higher score NYT Cooking #1 in Recipe Apps 9.2/10 Paid ✓ 3 of 4 features Visit NYT Cooking
Tasty #8 in Recipe Apps 8.2/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Tasty

NYT Cooking leads on 3 checks, Tasty on 1, and 2 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreNYT Cooking · 9.2/10
  • Free planonly Tasty
  • Most featuresNYT Cooking · 3 of 4

NYT Cooking scores higher on our rubric for recipe apps: 9.2 against 8.2 out of 10; our editors rank them #1 and #8.

Tasty offers free plan; NYT Cooking doesn't. NYT Cooking offers meal planning; Tasty doesn't publish it. NYT Cooking leads on recipe library size: 20000 recipes versus 10000 recipes. NYT Cooking offers grocery lists; Tasty doesn't publish it.

NYT Cooking is the better fit for NYT recipes and polished guided cooking. Tasty is the better fit for video-led recipes and guided mobile cooking.

  • NYT Cooking fits best

    NYT recipes and polished guided cooking

  • Tasty fits best

    Video-led recipes and guided mobile cooking

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Side by side

Feature NYT Cooking 9.2/10 Visit ↗ Tasty 8.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.2 8.2
Ranking #1 in Recipe Apps #8 in Recipe Apps
Best for NYT recipes and polished guided cooking Video-led recipes and guided mobile cooking
Pricing model Paid Free plan + paid
Starting price Not published Not published
Free plan — ✓ (best)
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Mobile Mobile
Platforms Web, iOS, Android iOS, Android
Support Email Email
Integrations 1 integrations 1 integrations
Built for Solo, Small business Solo
Features NYT Cooking 3/4 · Tasty 1/4
Recipe import — Not published
Meal planning ✓ (best) Not published
Guided cooking ✓ ✓
Grocery lists ✓ (best) Not published
Specs
Recipe library size 20000 recipes (best) 10000 recipes
Platforms web, iOS, Android iOS, Android
Our review
Pros
  • Search more than 20,000 recipes by diet, cuisine and meal type
  • Cook Mode and step-by-step videos guide recipe preparation
  • Build grocery lists from recipe ingredients and share them
  • Filter recipes by ingredients, cuisine, dietary needs and more
  • Follow recipe videos in step-by-step cooking mode
  • Save recipes to custom cookbooks and shop through Walmart
Cons
  • Recipe Box features are limited without a Cooking or All Access subscription
  • Grocery Lists are subscriber-only
  • Recipe importing is not supported
  • Available only on iOS and Android
  • Recipe library is smaller than some category alternatives
  • Tasty+ requires an optional in-app subscription
Our verdict

NYT Cooking is a recipe service for home cooks who want to find, save and follow recipes from The New York Times. Its searchable collection contains more than 20,000 recipes, with filters for diet, cuisine and meal type. People can save…

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Tasty is BuzzFeed’s recipe-discovery and cooking app for home cooks who want video-led instructions on a phone or tablet. Its library includes more than 10,000 recipes, with search filters for ingredients, cuisine, dietary needs,…

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  1. NYT CookingRecipe Apps 9.2Paid
  2. TastyRecipe Apps 8.2Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • NYT Cooking — where it wins

    • Search more than 20,000 recipes by diet, cuisine and meal type
    • Cook Mode and step-by-step videos guide recipe preparation
    • Build grocery lists from recipe ingredients and share them

    Where it doesn't

    • Recipe Box features are limited without a Cooking or All Access subscription
    • Grocery Lists are subscriber-only
    • Recipe importing is not supported

  • Tasty — where it wins

    • Filter recipes by ingredients, cuisine, dietary needs and more
    • Follow recipe videos in step-by-step cooking mode
    • Save recipes to custom cookbooks and shop through Walmart

    Where it doesn't

    • Available only on iOS and Android
    • Recipe library is smaller than some category alternatives
    • Tasty+ requires an optional in-app subscription

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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