How Plan to Eat compares
Trying to choose a meal planning or recipe app? We've tested the popular ones and written up honest pros and cons. Here's the short version, with a link to each full review. We make Plan to Eat, so we're not neutral, but we try to be fair about what other apps do well.
Your recipes, not ours
Most apps hand you their recipe library. Plan to Eat is built around the recipes you already love, saved from any website, Instagram, TikTok, cookbooks and family recipe cards.
Your plan builds your list
Drag recipes onto a calendar and your grocery list builds itself, sorted by store and aisle. Change the plan and the list keeps up.
One price, everything included
No locked features, no per-device fees, and one account for your whole household. Try it free for 14 days, no credit card required.
App by app
Every app here is a good fit for someone. This is who each one suits, and where Plan to Eat is different.
Paprika
A recipe manager you buy separately for each device.
A good fit if
You want to pay once per device and like tracking a pantry with expiration dates.
Plan to Eat is different
Your meal plan builds your shopping list, one subscription covers every device, and you can try it free before you pay. Bring your Paprika recipes over in one file.
Read our Paprika reviewTested July 2023
Samsung Food
A free recipe and meal planning app (formerly Whisk) with a paid Food+ upgrade.
A good fit if
You want a big recipe library to browse, community recipes, or help with health and macro goals.
Plan to Eat is different
Plan leftovers and track freezer meals, shop more than one store from one list, and organize your recipes your way.
Read our Samsung Food reviewTested January 2026
ReciMe
An app for saving recipes from social media, with meal planning and a grocery list added on.
A good fit if
You mostly want to pull recipes off Instagram and TikTok, and don't need much planning.
Plan to Eat is different
Import from social media with no cap, and your planner and list stay in sync. Save whole menus, keep a staples list, and track your freezer.
Is ReciMe worth it?Tested August 2026 · Full review
eMeals
Weekly menus and recipes picked for you, based on a diet plan.
A good fit if
You'd rather someone else choose dinner each week, and a big recipe collection feels overwhelming.
Plan to Eat is different
Cook your own recipes, edit and scale any of them, and plan every meal on a calendar by day.
Read our eMeals reviewUpdated June 2026
Meals Hub
A free recipe and shopping app from Albertsons, inside the Safeway, Vons and Jewel-Osco apps.
A good fit if
You shop at an Albertsons-owned store and want recipes built around weekly deals and coupons.
Plan to Eat is different
Save your own recipes, plan on a calendar, and shop anywhere, with delivery through Instacart, Kroger, Walmart and Amazon Fresh.
Read our Meals Hub reviewTested September 2026
Mealime
A simple dinner planner with recipes made by dietitians. Mealime closes on October 21, 2026, and its users are moving to Meals Hub.
A good fit if
You liked a short weekly list of dinners and a quick shopping list.
Plan to Eat is different
Keep your Mealime recipes, plan every meal by day, and scale servings to any number, not just 2, 4 or 6.
Read our Mealime reviewUpdated September 2026
Bring your whole recipe collection
Moving from another recipe app? Export your recipes from it, then import the file into Plan to Eat on our website from a computer.
- Paprika
- Recipe Keeper
- Copy Me That
- RecipeSage
- WP Recipe Maker
- Living Cookbook
- Meal-Master
- MasterCook
Switching from an app that closed?
Bring your recipes with you. Here's how to move them into Plan to Eat.
Still planning with pen and paper? Plan to Eat is the digital planner made for people who love their paper planner.
Why switch to digital →See for yourself
Try every Plan to Eat feature free for 14 days. No credit card required.
Details about other apps come from our own testing on the dates shown, and they may have changed since. All trademarks belong to their owners.
