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Switching recipe apps is harder than it should be. Incompatible formats, lost metadata, and hours of manual re-entry make migration genuinely painful. Here's an honest look at what's involved and how to make it easier.

A factual, side-by-side comparison of how four popular recipe apps store and export your data. What format do you get? What's preserved? What's lost? We break it all down.

Ziplist shut down in 2014. MasterCook.com cloud sunsets December 31, 2026. In both cases, users risked losing recipe collections they'd spent years building. Here's what happened and how to protect yourself.

There's a meaningful difference between having access to your recipes and actually owning them. We examine what happens to your data when you stop paying, switch devices, or an app changes its terms.

Recipe apps charge real money, but the bigger cost is what happens when you want to leave. We break down the actual pricing and export limitations of Paprika, Cook'n, CopyMeThat, and BigOven.