How to move your recipes out of another meal planning app

Recipe collections take years to build, and they shouldn't be trapped inside whichever app you happened to start with. Most decent tools can export your recipes as a file — and if that file is JSON, especially schema.org Recipe JSON, moving to a new planner takes minutes.

Step 1: export from your old app

• RecipeSage and other open tools export JSON-LD (schema.org Recipe) directly from settings.
• Paprika, Mela, and Crouton export their own backup formats; several converters can turn these into standard Recipe JSON.
• If your app only exports plain text, a paste-based recipe parser can still rescue each recipe individually.

Step 2: check the file is standard

Open the file in a text editor. If you see fields like "name", "recipeIngredient", and "recipeInstructions", it's schema.org Recipe data — the same format recipe websites embed for search engines, and the most widely accepted interchange format.

Step 3: import it into the new tool

A good planner accepts that JSON file as-is — single recipe or a whole array — and keeps titles, ingredients, steps, photos, timings, and source links intact. And before you commit to any new app, check it can export the same way: portability in both directions is the real test that your recipes stay yours.