Looking for a CopyMeThat Alternative? Here's How Flour Power Compares
CopyMeThat is one of the most affordable recipe managers out there, and its browser extension makes clipping recipes dead simple. But if you need more than a bookmark folder for recipes — real family collaboration, AI-powered features, and structured data — Flour Power delivers where CopyMeThat stops short.
Last verified: May 2026
Where CopyMeThat Shines
Dead simple browser extension, very affordable ($12/year or $65 lifetime), no-fuss recipe clipping. If all you need is a personal bookmark tool for recipes you find online, CopyMeThat does that job well and cheaply.
Where it falls short: CopyMeThat treats recipes as bookmarks, not structured data. There's no real family sharing (just shared logins), no open export format, and no intelligence built on top of your collection. Here's how the two apps compare.
Feature Comparison
How the two apps stack up across the features that matter most.
| Feature | Flour Power | CopyMeThat |
|---|---|---|
| Family sharing with roles & permissions | ||
| Individual family member accounts | ||
| Collaborative recipe editing | ||
| Import from URLs | ||
| Browser extension for clipping | ||
| AI nutrition estimation | Premium | |
| AI cooking timers & difficulty scoring | Premium | |
| Ingredient substitutions | Premium | |
| Shopping lists | Premium | |
| Meal planning | ||
| Ingredient scaling | ||
| Recipe photo/PDF import | ||
| Cooking sessions with step tracking | ||
| Nutritional information | ||
| Data export in standard formats | HTML only | |
| Unit conversion | ||
| Dark mode | ||
| Community recipe sharing |
Pricing Comparison
Flour Power
Family-first recipe management
- Free tier: 25 recipes, no ads
- Premium: unlimited recipes, nutrition & substitutions, shopping lists
- Up to 5 family members included
- 14-day free trial of Premium
CopyMeThat
Simple web recipe clipper
- Free tier: 40 recipes
- $0.99/month or $12/year for unlimited
- $65 lifetime option
- No family plan — shared login only
Why Flour Power Over CopyMeThat?
Family Accounts, Not Shared Logins
CopyMeThat's version of "family sharing" is everyone logging into the same account. That means one person's recipe edits affect everyone, there's no way to have personal recipes alongside shared ones, and there's zero sense of who added what. Flour Power gives every family member their own account with their own role. You share what you want through family cookbooks while keeping your personal collection personal.
Smarter Than a Clipboard
CopyMeThat is essentially a really good clipboard for recipes. It saves what's on the page. Flour Power actually understands your recipes — parsing ingredients into structured data, estimating nutrition, identifying cooking timers, scoring difficulty, and suggesting substitutions. When you're mid-cook and need to know if you can swap yogurt for buttermilk, Flour Power has the answer.
Import From Anywhere, Not Just Websites
CopyMeThat only imports via its browser extension or manual entry. Flour Power imports from URLs, JSON files, JSON-LD, CopyMeThat exports, Paprika, Pepperplate, and even photos of handwritten recipe cards or cookbook pages using AI-powered OCR. Your grandmother's recipe box? Flour Power can handle it.
Real Data Portability
CopyMeThat exports your recipes as an HTML file in a ZIP. It works, but it's not a format that other recipe apps can easily import. Flour Power exports in Schema.org-compliant JSON, PDF, and other standard formats that any modern recipe app can read. Your recipes are never locked in.
Who Should Stick With CopyMeThat
CopyMeThat might still be right for you if you cook solo, only need to clip recipes from websites (not photos or PDFs), and don't care about exporting your data in open formats. It's simple and affordable for that narrow use case. Flour Power is for families who want structured recipes, AI enrichment, and true data portability.
How to Switch with MoveMyRecipes
Free tool, no account needed, your data stays private.
Export from CopyMeThat
Log in to CopyMeThat on the web, go to More > Download (export) recipes. You'll get a ZIP file containing your recipes as HTML plus an images folder. Upload this ZIP directly to MoveMyRecipes.com for conversion. Alternatively, Flour Power can import CopyMeThat exports directly — just use our built-in CopyMeThat importer.
Convert with MoveMyRecipes
Head to MoveMyRecipes.com, upload your export file, and choose JSON as the output format. The conversion happens instantly, and your files are automatically deleted after 7 days.
Import into Flour Power
In Flour Power, go to your recipe collection and use the import tool. Upload the JSON file from MoveMyRecipes. Your recipes, ingredients, and instructions will be imported with full structure intact. Flour Power's AI will then automatically enrich them with nutrition data, cooking timers, and more.
More Than Just Recipe Clipping
Flour Power turns your recipe collection into a smart, shared family resource. Try it free.
Last verified: May 2026.
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