Is Copy Me That free?

Up to 40 recipes. After that the Canadian App Store lists CA$1.39 a month, CA$16.49 a year or CA$89 once. Forktales has no recipe limit and no subscription for the recipe box; the AI scan, link read and nutrition estimate spend credits, five of which come with sign-up.

Can Copy Me That scan a recipe from a photo?

Its App Store listing and extension pages describe clipping from websites and do not mention reading a photo or handwriting. Forktales reads up to six photos of a card, a page or a screenshot for one credit.

Who can see my recipes in each app?

Copy Me That has a community and says you decide how much to share; its default was not verified because the site was down on the day. In Forktales every recipe is private until you share it, and sharing reaches the friends you have accepted and nobody else. There are no public profiles.

Can I move from Copy Me That to Forktales?

Recipe by recipe. A recipe Copy Me That clipped from a website keeps its source address; paste that into Forktales. For one you typed, copy its text and paste it into the scan panel. Forktales has no file import.

Compare · Updated 31 October 2026 · 5 min read

Copy Me That vs Forktales: clipping, scanning and who sees your recipes

Copy Me That clips recipes from websites into a planner and a shopping list for about a dollar a month. Forktales reads cards, books and screenshots into a recipe box your friends can see. Both run in a browser. The difference is what you start from and who you share with.

Forktales wrote this page. It makes one of the apps in it, says so where it matters and names what it does not do.

A person in a pink sweater writes in a spiral notebook at a wooden table with coffee and pens.

Copy Me That and Forktales both live in a browser, and both start by saving a recipe from a web page. Copy Me That adds a planner, a shopping list and a community of other people’s recipes. Forktales adds a scanner for the cards and books you photograph, and a feed of what your friends cook.

Side by side

	Copy Me That	Forktales
Runs on	iOS, Android and web, with a Chrome and Firefox extension.	Any phone, tablet or computer, in a browser. Installs from the browser to the home screen. No app store listing.
Price	Free to 40 recipes. CA$1.39 a month, CA$16.49 a year or CA$89 once on the Canadian App Store.	Free. AI actions spend credits: 5 on sign-up, 10 for CA$4.99, or Plus at CA$4.99 a month.
Getting recipes in	Paste a link, the browser extension or the app share sheet. Pasted text and files not verified.	Paste a link, send a page from the bookmarks bar or the Android share sheet, paste the recipe’s text or photograph it. No file import.
Photos and handwriting	No photo scan in the listing. No handwriting claim.	Photos, screenshots and handwriting, up to six photos for one recipe. The photo is read by AI and not kept. One credit a scan; a failed scan is free.
Getting recipes out	The listing says you can export at any time. The format was not verified: the vendor site was down on the day.	No file export yet. Every recipe is plain text on its page.
Sharing	Community sharing, “you decide how much”. Household sharing and the private default not verified.	Private by default. A recipe shared with friends shows in their feed and opens by a link for signed-in friends. Friendship is mutual. No public profiles.
Planner and list	Meal planner and shopping list.	None. No planner, shopping list or pantry.

Read from Copy Me That and Forktales on 31 October 2026. Prices are as the vendors state them on that date; the store price in Canada can differ.

Choose Copy Me That if

Most of your recipes come from websites and you clip several a week. The extension is built for that.
You plan meals and shop from the plan.
You want the cheapest subscription in these comparisons. The limit goes for CA$16.49 a year.
You like browsing what strangers save.

Choose Forktales if

Your best recipes are not on a website. The scanner reads cards, books and screenshots, handwriting included, and keeps only the typed recipe.
You want the people who see your recipes to be people you know. Friends only means a mutual friendship, no public profile, no algorithm.
You do not want a recipe limit or a subscription for the box itself.

Forktales has no planner and no shopping list, and does not export to a file. Copy Me That has all three, or says it does: the export format could not be checked on the day.

Move your recipes from Copy Me That

Start with the clipped ones
A recipe clipped from a website keeps its address. Open it in Copy Me That, copy the source link and paste it into Forktales’s import box. The page is read and the recipe lands in the editor.
Paste the typed ones
Copy the ingredients and method as text and paste them into the scan panel. Forktales types them up as a recipe. A screenshot of the recipe page works too, for one credit.
Take the export
Copy Me That says you can export at any time. Do that first and keep the file, whatever its format. Forktales does not read it, but it is your copy.

What we checked, and did not

The Copy Me That column is from its Canadian App Store listing and its Chrome and Firefox extension pages, read on 31 October 2026. copymethat.com itself returned an error on every page that day, so export, pasted text, household sharing and the private default are marked not verified. We make Forktales and use it daily. We did not run Copy Me That side by side for this page.