Umami review
A synced recipe manager with guided cooking, meal plans, grocery lists, and exports.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Umami helps individuals, families, and friends collect, organize, cook, and share recipes. Recipes can be imported from websites through its in-app recipe browser or saved with a Chrome extension, then arranged with tags. During cooking, an interactive checklist presents ingredients alongside step-by-step instructions. Web, iOS, and Android apps support online recipe management with automatic syncing, while shared recipe books make it possible to share collections with family and friends. It suits cooks who want a personal recipe collection connected to planning and cooking tools rather than a standalone place to store links.
Planning is built into the same collection: users can create grocery lists and meal plans from their recipes. This makes Umami relevant for households that want recipe organization to connect with deciding what to cook and what to shop for. Recipe export is another practical strength, with PDF, Markdown, HTML, plain text, and recipe JSON formats available. Those options offer different ways to take recipe collections beyond the service, whether for reading, editing, or structured use. The Chrome extension complements the web and mobile apps for saving recipes while browsing.
Umami is a paid product with a 30-day free trial and no free plan. The iOS and Android apps require a subscription after that initial period to add new content; subscription prices are displayed in-app and vary by local currency. Email is the listed support channel. Choose Umami if recipe importing, guided cooking, shared books, meal planning, and multiple export formats belong in one synced tool. It is a weaker fit for cooks seeking a continuing free plan or a subscription price they can compare before opening the mobile app.
Umami pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Imports website recipes through its in-app browser or Chrome extension
- Combines an interactive cooking checklist with step-by-step instructions
- Supports meal plans, grocery lists, sharing, syncing, and five export formats
- Where it doesn't
- No free plan; adding content in the mobile apps requires a subscription after 30 days
- Mobile subscription prices vary by local currency and are shown in-app
- Email is the listed support channel
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