Absolutely shocked how bad this app is after reading a multiple lists that named it #1 - they must just have the biggest influencer budget, probably based on their excessive subscription cost for the limited features.
I subscribed and asked for a meal plan for a week, which included a grocery list that seemed to call for about 3x as much quantity of ingredients as I could eat in a week. Thankfully now that I am home and planning to cook I cut down on those portions, because once I’ve made these meals I am definitely unsubscribing.
There is incredibly little flexibility around the features. You cannot shift days easily from what they set in stone for you. There are no nutritional tracking options for meals you plan off-app. Half of the things on the app that you naturally want to click for more details or options are just pictures.
The recipes themselves… aside from the huge portions for what was requested, they also seemingly dont have options for quick meals, which I found only AFTER shopping and seeing that the average dinner time was over an hour despite selecting under 20 minutes in my onboarding.
Save your money and go elsewhere unless you just need an expensive recipe book.
I thought I was being smart when I paid for the annual subscription, but I found out a few months in, the recipes within are extremely limited and many are even taken from elsewhere. How many times can you suggest I put a different protein on a store-bought salad kit?
Other services that are similar let you filter and show many more and better options, this one seemingly recycles the same options over and over again and doesn’t let you expand any further unless you put in specific keywords. I found it extremely limiting and not worth it. There are other sites where I could simply collect recipes that are similar or even the same in some cases. Totally not worth the price.
I was interested in this app to help me choose different recipes each week and add variety to my family’s meals. The variety is extremely low, I cannot browse through lots of different recipes and it seems like I only have about 15 options to choose for dinner week after week with no ability to “load more” if none are good enough.
I searched for “spaghetti squash” and only a single recipe came up. I find it hard to believe there is only one spaghetti squash recipe in the entire database, but honestly it might be the case because I can’t seem to get to more recipes ever. Very disappointed, especially after paying for a very expensive subscription.
I didn’t like how rigid it was. Not everyone’s life or diet is constant. Maybe you want a new diet. Maybe today you want more calories after playing sports. Maybe you went out to eat and want to cut back on carbs for a few days. Or maybe this week you don’t have time to meal prep because you have a life or something.
This app doesn’t really support any of that. Every option you choose is locked in for the rest of your life. It’s not easy to quickly change settings on the fly. I should be able to find a low carb dinner without committing to a low carb marriage.
I also would have liked an easier ability to import and customize recipes from other sources.
This app does have a lot of positives. I do like the visual interface and ease of picking and seeing meals.
If you’re new to meal planning and don’t really know what you want, then this app is probably great for you. It chooses meals for you and basically skips you right to the grocery step, but it does it without much input from you.
I first used this app two years ago and back then somehow you had more options for recipes and dietary restrictions. I dont even understand how the app lost features since Ive came back to it. So thats my first concern. Secondly I think this app is really misunderstanding their best market. Instead of focusing entirely on martha stewart moms who already know how to cook and what to buy at the grocery store they should start catering to college kids and bachelors that dont know what they’re doing. Because this app is GREAT for us. I just moved and one of the recipes calls for black pepper. I dont have it bc i just moved and it wasnt in the shopping list. You can say that I probably should and youre right, but this is what I use the app for. You also should probably alwyas have cooking oil in your home but they remind you to buy that.
maybe its just bc im a young bachelor with an allergy but I wish the app focused more on that (especially when it comes to cheaper meals) bc we have way more to gain from this app then a suburban mom thats been cooking every day for 10-15 years already.
With all that being said the idea behind this is amazing and makes me life A LOT easier.
Could you please fix the calendar layout where you drag and drop recipes? The iPad format is messed up after the latest updates.
Could you please provide the ability to add a recipe AFTER a menu is created? Things change you know... if the functionality is there, it's not intuitive.
Latest review after recent updates: The app needs some serious user acceptance testing to get it back to its former performance level. Old review: Love the app but would be great if developers could fix: - You cannot add your own recipe when editing a menu. You can only add your own recipe before create menu. It really stinks to have to recreate a menu to include your own recipe vs. editing the menu to add it. - The print function does not appear after you create printer friendly version. It used to work but not after app update. You can see and scroll but not print from iPad.
I’ve used PlateJoy for years, but after the revamp I’ve decided I have to find something else. None of the meal plans fit with the way I would like to eat. The “balanced path” adds fruit to every meal and I have no way to remove it. I can’t remove meals from “upcoming” like I could before if I didn’t like them. If you pick short cook times you get nothing but salads for lunch and dinner. I don’t know why changes were made to the way the app was run for years, but I’ve given it a chance and just don’t want to use this anymore.
The features described in this app do not work. You can check items you already have on hand, however, they still get added to your shopping list. You can remove items from your shopping list and some still get added to your instant cart shopping cart. The quantities to not translate to instant cart. For example, if you need 15 oz of spinach, your instant cart list will have 15 bags of spinach! I also tried to plan a menu starting on a Sunday. The app wiped out the meals I had planned for the two days before that. So planning ahead to the next week does not seem to be an option. I was really excited to try this app, however, the features that lured me in do not seem to work.
I used PlateJoy for about 9 months then took a few months off. Since coming back the app is difficult to navigate compared to the past version. I tried changing the day of the week I shop by one day and lost everything from my current week so I can’t see the recipes for today’s meals anymore. The only reason I gave this 3 stars is because the concept is the best out there with the personalization for the entire family. Please fix the app it has gotten hard to use!
I loved this app, because it was easy to customize my meal plan around the different dietary needs of my friends and family. That is much more difficult since the update, without processing a new list every time. The old app was very intuitive and inviting, and every update diminishes features.
Edit 12/22: Newest update made the app even worse. It now takes four clicks to get to the meal customization menu instead of two. I cook for someone with nut allergies and I keep getting recommendations for recipes with almonds. I’m still funneled through three menus even when I notice I need to eliminate additional ingredients and want to re-roll my entire menu.
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