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Recipe search and meal planning app (now discontinued) - yummly.com

Skip. Yummly was a well-liked recipe and meal-planning app, but Whirlpool shut it down in December 2024 and its smart thermometers stopped working with it. Nobody should buy or subscribe today; use Paprika or Plan to Eat instead.

Confidence

High. Based on 40+ public sources; shutdown confirmed by multiple Reddit threads, vendor blogs, and Whirlpool news.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security postureNo service findings; only unrelated plugin CVE.

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
PremiumNot listed in sources

Best for

  • Home cooks building a recipe box
  • Budget weekly meal planners
  • Cooks with allergy or diet filters

Not for

  • Anyone, after Dec 2024 — the service no longer exists
  • Smart thermometer owners; hardware is dead
  • Anyone avoiding subscriptions and lock-in
  • People who can't migrate recipes quickly

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Hardware lock-in: smart thermometers became e-waste after shutdown.

high

Saved recipes required migration to another app before closure.

medium

Closure window in late December 2024 gave users only days to act.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Deep recipe search with dietary filters
  • Free tier available with optional premium
  • Reviewers praised its streamlined meal planning
  • Smart thermometer integrated with guided cooking

Cons

  • Shut down in December 2024
  • Smart thermometer stopped working after shutdown
  • Whirlpool laid off the entire Yummly team
  • Premium features sat behind a subscription

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/02/2026 - 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities for the Yummly service itself; a CSRF CVE exists for an unrelated WordPress plugin bearing its name.

official x1review x4security x1news x6
  • CVE-2025-30549: Yummly Rich Recipes WordPress plugin CSRF, Cross-Site Request Forgery in the third-party WordPress plugin 'Yummly Rich Recipes' versions <= 4.2. Affects sites using that plugin, not Yummly's own service.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 1/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 1/5. Service dead; subscriptions and hardware worthless.
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Reviewers called it streamlined and useful.
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Search filters, meal plans, grocery lists, thermometer pairing.
  • Support quality: 1/5. Entire team laid off; support ended.
  • Security posture. No service findings; only unrelated plugin CVE.
  • Shut down Dec 2024 Status App closure announced for Dec 18-24
  • Yes Free tier Freemium with paid premium plan
  • 2012 Founded Raised $6M early, incl. Unilever
  • Whirlpool, 2017 Acquired by Entire team later laid off

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Recipe search and filters
  • Saved recipe box

Premium

Not listed in sources

  • Meal planning features
  • Guided cooking tools

Security

No known vulnerabilities for the Yummly service itself; a CSRF CVE exists for an unrelated WordPress plugin bearing its name.

  • CVE-2025-30549: Yummly Rich Recipes WordPress plugin CSRFCross-Site Request Forgery in the third-party WordPress plugin 'Yummly Rich Recipes' versions <= 4.2. Affects sites using that plugin, not Yummly's own service.11

What users say

Home cooks loved the recipe filters and budget meal plans, and many were upset by the December 2024 shutdown.

“Budget meal app! Yummly is amazing!!”
Reddit, r/Frugal
“I love Yummly—so sad it'”
Reddit, r/Cooking
“Yummly is being discontinued as of 12/20.”
Reddit, r/Cooking
Full analysis

Based on 40+ public sources; shutdown confirmed by multiple Reddit threads, vendor blogs, and Whirlpool news.

Yummly was a solid recipe app, but it shut down Dec 2024 — thermometers bricked. Use Paprika or Plan to Eat.

Methodology

Based on 40+ public sources; shutdown confirmed by multiple Reddit threads, vendor blogs, and Whirlpool news.

Sources

  1. Yummly's Pending Shutdown : r/Cookingreddit.com
    news
  2. Yummly is being discontinued as of 12/20reddit.com
    news
  3. Yummly is closing - Plan to Eat blogplantoeat.com
    news
  4. Whirlpool Lays Off Entire Team for Yummlythespoon.tech
    news
  5. Whirlpool acquisition of Yummlyinvestors.whirlpoolcorp.com
    news
  6. Yummly raises $6M — TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
    news
  7. Yummly Review — PCMagpcmag.com
    review
  8. Yummly meal planning app review — Reviewedreviewed.com
    review
  9. Yummly Smart Thermometer Reviewsmokedmeatsunday.com
    review
  10. Yummly subscription cost — Yummly Help Centerhelp.yummly.com
    official
  11. CVE-2025-30549 — NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  12. Yummly Trustpilot reviewstrustpilot.com
    review

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