Plan to Eat
Meal planner with recipe organizing and automatic grocery lists
- #2 of 10 in best recipe and meal planning apps
- Subscription
- WebiOSAndroid
Ranked 2 of 10 in best recipe and meal planning apps
Builds a meal plan and a grocery list sorted by aisle, with a free trial that needs no card. The paid plan is $5.95 a month or $49 a year, and it is a subscription after the trial.
Best for Weekly meal plans with automatic grocery lists
About Plan to Eat
Plan to Eat stores recipes from websites and other sources in one place, lets users plan meals on a calendar around their schedule and budget, and creates a grocery list sorted aisle by aisle. The site also lists nutrition and macro tracking, and meals can be moved around at any time.
The paid plan is a subscription, offered monthly at $5.95 or yearly at $49. The site's free offer is a trial that requires no card. Plan to Eat suits people who plan a week of meals and want the grocery list built for them, though it charges an ongoing fee after the trial.
Key features
- Calendar meal planner
- Aisle-sorted grocery list
- Recipe organizer
- Nutrition tracking
- Web and mobile apps
Strengths
- Grocery lists sorted by aisle
- Recipes saved from the web
- Free trial with no card required
Limits
- Paid subscription after the free trial
- No free plan is listed on the site
Where Plan to Eat ranks
How Plan to Eat compares
| Product | Score | Price | Platforms | Recipe import | Meal planning | Self-hosting | AI features |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1Paprika | 92.0 | Paid | macOSWindowsiOSAndroid | Web pages, built-in browser, bookmarklet | Weekly or monthly calendar | No | Not listed |
| #2Plan to Eat | 90.5 | Subscription | WebiOSAndroid | Recipes saved from the web | Calendar meal planner | No | Not listed |
#3 Mealie | 89.0 | Free and open source | Self-hostedWeb | URL, pasted HTML or JSON | Calendar with random pick | Yes | Not listed |
#4 My Royal Chef AI* | 84.5 | Free plan, paid upgrades | WebAndroid | Pantry-based recipe search | Not described on its site | No | AI chef chat |
#5 Copy Me That | 88.0 | Free plan, paid upgrades | WebiOSAndroid | Any website with a browser clipper | Meal planner tied to shopping list | No | Not listed |
The full comparison table for best recipe and meal planning apps has all 10 products.
Questions about Plan to Eat
- Is Plan to Eat free?
- Plan to Eat is a paid product (subscription). Free trial with no card; $5.95 a month or $49 a year.
- Is Plan to Eat open source?
- No. Plan to Eat is proprietary software; its source code is not public.
- Which platforms does Plan to Eat support?
- Plan to Eat is available on: Web, iOS, Android.
- What is Plan to Eat best for?
- Weekly meal plans with automatic grocery lists. In our ranking of recipe and meal planning apps it is number 2 of 10 with a score of 90.5.
- What are the best alternatives to Plan to Eat?
- The highest-ranked alternatives on listme.name are Paprika, Mealie, My Royal Chef AI*, Copy Me That.
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