Both tools start from ingredients you already have. SuperCook matches your pantry against a large database of published recipes; PanSnap generates a whole dinner menu — coordinated dishes, full instructions, and an illustrated recipe book. Here is the honest difference, including when SuperCook is the better pick.
Snap a photo or type what you have — your first menu is free, no account needed.
↑ Example ingredients: click the box to cook from text instead, or edit them to match your fridge.
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SuperCook details reflect its public site as of September 2026. Both tools are good at what they do — they answer different questions.
SuperCook asks you to tick what you have from category lists. PanSnap can start from a photo of the open fridge, which also captures state: a raw chicken breast and a rotisserie chicken are different dinners, and a boiled egg rules out half the recipes a raw one allows. Typing a list still works, and is faster when you already know what is in there.
SuperCook returns individual recipes, and choosing between them is still your job. PanSnap plans the meal as a set: 2-4 dishes picked so they share ingredients and cook in one session, which means one shopping trip covers all of them and nothing gets bought twice.
SuperCook shows whatever photos the original recipe came with. PanSnap illustrates every dish and every cooking step, then lays the whole menu out as a paginated recipe book you can export and keep.
You can generate a menu on PanSnap without an account and without paying: that returns the text menu with dishes, steps and a shopping list. Creating a free account adds 2,000 credits, which covers the illustrated version and exports. SuperCook is free to use too — the two simply produce different things.
Only if what you actually want is a menu rather than a recipe library. If you like browsing existing recipes and choosing for yourself, SuperCook is the better fit. If you want tonight's dinner decided and cooked as a set, PanSnap is.
PanSnap is built around it. Photographing the fridge captures half-used items you would not think to tick in a list, and the menu is planned to use them together. SuperCook works from a checklist, so it depends on you remembering what you have.
No. Typing or pasting an ingredient list works just as well. The photo route mainly saves typing, and picks up ingredient state that a typed list might leave out.
No. The generator works without signing up and returns a text menu. A free account adds 2,000 credits for illustrated menus and exports.
Type what you have, or use the sample fridge photo, and get a complete menu in a couple of minutes. No account needed.