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Samsung Food vs Tana

Samsung Food logo

Samsung Food

Productivity

Recipe and grocery list app, formerly Whisk, rebranded after Samsung acquisition and integrated with Samsung appliances

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Tana logo

Tana

Productivity

The everything app for your personal workspace

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Samsung Food the appliance integration, its most distinctive feature, is only useful to someone who owns compatible Samsung kitchen hardware.; Tana the free plan hosts only 5 meetings a month with AI transcripts and summaries
  • They diverge on capability: Samsung Food covers Recipe import, Tana covers Outliner interface.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Samsung Food and Tana actually diverge.

Attributes where Samsung Food and Tana differ
AttributeSamsung FoodTana
Pricing modelFree, no subscriptionsubscription
PlatformsiOS, Android, WebWeb, Desktop
FoundedUnknown2020

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Productivity).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Samsung Food

  • Recipe import
  • Automatic grocery list generation
  • AI meal suggestions
  • Samsung appliance integration
  • Nutrition information
  • Shared lists

Only in Tana

  • Outliner interface
  • Supertags
  • Live queries
  • AI integration
  • Graph views
  • Email capture
  • API
  • Zapier

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Samsung Food

  • Someone who owns Samsung kitchen appliances and wants recipes to send settings directly to the ovennot Tana
  • A household wanting a shared grocery list that builds itself from saved recipesnot Tana
  • A home cook who saves recipes from social media and wants ingredients turned into a shopping list automaticallynot Tana
  • Someone who previously used Whisk and needs to know it is the same product under a new namenot Tana

Tana

  • Structured note taking with a graph based supertag data modelnot Samsung Food
  • Automatic meeting capture with AI transcripts and summariesnot Samsung Food
  • Turning notes into queryable structured databasesnot Samsung Food

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Samsung Food

  • The appliance integration, its most distinctive feature, is only useful to someone who owns compatible Samsung kitchen hardware.
  • The rebrand from Whisk to Samsung Food in 2023 means older references, saved links or bookmarks under the Whisk name can confuse returning users.
  • As a Samsung ecosystem product, its long-term roadmap is tied to Samsung hardware strategy rather than to the grocery list feature on its own.
  • Recipe import from arbitrary websites and social media can be inconsistent depending on how a source page is structured.
  • It lacks some of the granular list customisation, such as manual sorting by store aisle, that dedicated list apps like AnyList and Bring focus on.

Tana

  • The free plan hosts only 5 meetings a month with AI transcripts and summaries
  • The free plan connects only 1 calendar and allows 50 AI queries
  • Pro is $30 per user per month at standard price, with $20 shown as an early bird rate
  • Max is $120 per user per month at standard price, with $80 shown as an early bird rate
  • Integrations and full MCP require the Pro plan
  • Dedicated support and onboarding, and unlimited agents, skills and types, require the Max plan
  • The Business plan is custom priced, billed yearly and has no published rate
  • The free trial runs 30 days

Pricing, plan by plan

Samsung Food

Free
  • Samsung FoodFree
    • Recipe import and saving
    • Automatic grocery lists
    • Samsung appliance integration

Tana

Free
  • FreeFree
    • 5 hosted meetings monthly with AI transcripts
    • 1 calendar connection
    • 50 AI queries
  • Pro$20/month
    • Early bird pricing (regular $30/month)
    • Unlimited hosted meetings
    • Botless meeting agent for Zoom, Teams, Google Meet
  • Max$80/month
    • Early bird pricing (regular $120/month)
    • 5x more AI than Pro plan
    • Dedicated support and onboarding
  • Business$null/year
    • Custom pricing (billed yearly)
    • SAML SSO and advanced security controls
    • Designated customer success manager

Which should you pick?

Choose Samsung Food if

  • You need recipe import.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on iOS, Android, Web.
  • You also want automatic grocery list generation.
Samsung Food review

Choose Tana if

  • You need outliner interface.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Desktop.
  • You also want supertags.
Tana review

Questions people ask

Is Samsung Food or Tana better?
Neither clearly leads. Samsung Food starts at Free and Tana at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Samsung Food or Tana?
Samsung Food starts at Free and Tana at Free.
Does Samsung Food or Tana run on more platforms?
Samsung Food runs on iOS, Android, Web. Tana runs on Web, Desktop.
Can I use Samsung Food for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is Samsung Food best used for?
Samsung Food is most often used for someone who owns samsung kitchen appliances and wants recipes to send settings directly to the oven, a household wanting a shared grocery list that builds itself from saved recipes, a home cook who saves recipes from social media and wants ingredients turned into a shopping list automatically, someone who previously used whisk and needs to know it is the same product under a new name. Of those, someone who owns samsung kitchen appliances and wants recipes to send settings directly to the oven and a household wanting a shared grocery list that builds itself from saved recipes are not what Tana is typically brought in for.
What can Samsung Food do that Tana cannot?
Samsung Food covers Recipe import, Automatic grocery list generation, AI meal suggestions, Samsung appliance integration. Tana covers Outliner interface, Supertags, Live queries, AI integration.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Samsung Food: Is Samsung Food the same as Whisk?

Yes, Samsung acquired Whisk in 2019 and rebranded it entirely to Samsung Food in August 2023; Whisk no longer exists as a separate app.

Tana: What is Tana's cheapest paid plan?

Tana Pro starts at $20/month with early bird pricing (regular $30/month) per user, offering unlimited hosted meetings and AI transcripts.

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Samsung Food: Is Samsung Food free?

Yes, it has no subscription or paid tier.

Tana: Does Tana offer a free trial?

Yes, Tana provides a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, plus a 60-day refund window for yearly plan subscribers.

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Samsung Food: Do I need Samsung appliances to use it?

No, the core recipe and grocery list features work without them, but appliance integration only works with compatible Samsung hardware.

Tana: What is the difference between Tana Pro and Max plans?

Max provides 5x more AI than Pro ($80/month early bird or $120 regular), dedicated support, onboarding, and unlimited agents and skills.

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