MealPrepDirectory / Compare / Meal planning apps
Meal planning apps compared
15 apps for people who cook their own meal prep. Prices come from each app’s own pricing page and are dated; “Price not listed” means we couldn’t find one there.
Disclosure: MealConductor is our own app, so it’s listed first and badged. Its site currently describes its personalized tools as a private beta, so we show no price for it.
| App | What it does | Price (sourced) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MealConductor Our app | AI meal planner: a week of meals, batch-prep recipes, a cooking schedule and one aisle-sorted shopping list, with rule-based allergy screening. | Private beta | Join the MealConductor waitlist → |
| AnyList | Shared grocery lists with recipe saving and meal planning. | Free; Complete $9.99/year (household $14.99/year) source Oct 25, 2026 | Visit ↗ |
| Copy Me That | Recipe clipper, meal planner and shopping list. | Free up to 40 recipes; paid $1.00/month source Oct 25, 2026 | Visit ↗ |
| Eat This Much | Automatic meal planner that builds daily plans to hit calorie and macro targets. | Free; Premium $5.00/month (annual) source Oct 25, 2026 | Visit ↗ |
| eMeals | Weekly meal plans by diet with shopping lists that send to grocery services. | From $4.99/month (12-month plan) source Oct 25, 2026 | Visit ↗ |
| Fit Men Cook | Healthy recipe and meal prep app from the Fit Men Cook recipe site. | Price not listed | Visit ↗ |
| MealBoard | All-in-one recipe, meal plan and shopping list app for iOS. | Price not listed | Visit ↗ |
| Mealie | Open-source, self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner. | Open source | Visit ↗ |
| Ollie | AI family assistant over text that now covers meals and groceries alongside calendars and to-dos. | Free; Everyday $25/month; Always-On $100/month source Oct 25, 2026 | Visit ↗ |
| Paprika Recipe Manager | Recipe manager with meal planning, pantry and grocery lists; free cloud sync. | Price not listed | Visit ↗ |
| Plan to Eat | Recipe saver, drag-and-drop meal planner and shopping list built around your own recipes. | $5.95/month or $49/year source Oct 25, 2026 | Visit ↗ |
| Potto | iOS meal planning app. | Price not listed | Visit ↗ |
| Prepear | Recipe organizer, meal planner and grocery list; Prepear Gold unlocks all plans. | Price not listed | Visit ↗ |
| Samsung Food | Recipe saving, meal planning and shopping lists (formerly Whisk). | Price not listed | Visit ↗ |
| Mealime Shut down | Popular free meal planning app (4.5M+ users per its site). Shut down on October 21, 2026. | Shut down | — |
Try ours
MealConductor plans a week, writes a batch-prep schedule and an aisle-sorted shopping list, with rule-based allergy screening.
Join the MealConductor waitlist →