BhookBhook vs Samsung Food
Short version: Samsung Food is a large recipe platform (formerly Whisk) with smart-appliance tie-ins. Bhook is a vault for the recipes only your family has, in whatever form they exist: handwriting, a voice, a video.
Fair is fair. Samsung Food has a huge public recipe catalogue, a meal planner, AI recipe edits and links to Samsung appliances, and it can turn a photo of a recipe into a saved recipe, with more of that and tailored meal plans on its paid Food+ subscription. As a place to discover new food it is substantial. Their site has current pricing and features; this page was checked on 21 October 2026.
| Feature | Samsung Food | Bhook |
|---|---|---|
| Where recipes come from | A public catalogue, the web, and photos (on Food+) | Your family’s own kitchen: handwriting, voice notes and videos |
| Spoken and filmed recipes | Not its focus | Record a voice note or upload a video; Bhook writes the recipe up in any language |
| Your recipes’ home | Part of a large platform and its community | A private vault; sharing is per recipe, opt-in and reversible |
| Grocery list | Lists from recipes and meal plans | Quantities added up across the week, with Hindi and English ingredient names merged |
| Cost | Free app; Food+ is a paid subscription | First 3 recipes free; then monthly, yearly or once for life (see Pricing) |
| Best for | Discovery, AI meal plans and Samsung appliances | Keeping the recipes only your family has |
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