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Platefolio vs Emailyst

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Platefolio compared with Emailyst
DetailPlatefolio logo PlatefolioEmailyst logo Emailyst
What it doesAd-free recipe manager for organizing, viewing, and sharing your recipes Clean up Apple Mail on your Mac using built-in AI, nothing uploaded
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Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingLine Cook: Free. Head Chef: $12 per year for up to 5 household members. Free: up to 1,000 emails per mail account with full message grouping and review. Full version: $29 once, covering up to three Macs and all version 1 updates, with no email limit and automatic sorting on a schedule.
Key features
  • Import recipes from URLs, text, photos, and AI assistants
  • View recipes in five formats: traditional, cook mode, notecard, flowchart, and rails
  • Custom categories and filtering
  • Create and organize cookbooks with covers and chapters
  • Rate and favorite recipes
  • Share recipes publicly via shareable links
  • Pin recipes to Pinterest in multiple formats
  • Household sharing with up to 5 people
  • No ads and no tracking of recipes
  • Print recipes or notecards
  • Groups emails by type: newsletters, promotions, notifications and other categories
  • Local processing with no uploads using macOS built-in AI
  • Reversible email moves with full history
  • Works with Gmail, Outlook, iCloud and Fastmail
  • Automatic scheduled sorting in full version
  • Custom rules available
  • Can process multiple mailboxes
  • Learns from user preferences
  • Supports up to three Macs with one licence
What makes it different
  • Five display formats for the same recipe, switchable anytime
  • Import recipes from AI assistants, not just websites
  • Completely free, forever, with no ads
  • Household sharing at $12 per year for up to 5 people
  • Your recipes are never sold or used for AI training
  • Runs entirely on your Mac with no email uploads to servers
  • Never deletes emails, only moves them with reversible operations
  • Uses macOS native language model, signed and notarized by Apple
  • Free version with no account required
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Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)17 −1 (down) since last check3 +2 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)1714
Citation Flow (Majestic)1814
Referring domains (Majestic)123

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