a better meal Reviews: Is It Legit?

Name: a better meal: Menu Planner
Rating: 4.6 (60 reviews)

a better meal: Menu Planner

Better Meal LLC

🍔 Food & Drink

🛍️ Shopping

Customer Experience

Positive experience88.0% of reviews

Neutral0.0% of reviews

Negative experience12.0% of reviews

~ Based on 25 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is a better meal Safe?

a better meal: Menu Planner appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for a better meal is 87/100.

This assessment is based on 60 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

91.7% of ratings point to a safe experience

1.7% of ratings suggest some concerns

6.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 60 App Store ratings for a better meal.

Is a better meal Legit?

a better meal: Menu Planner appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for a better meal is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Almost perfect for meal planning

Since Mealime imploded I’ve been looking for an alternative and A Better Meal looks promising…for the most part. I have several gripes:
- no option to print out the recipe list/recipe instructions; this was extremely useful with Mealime.
- unable to add multiple recipes to the grocery list at the same time?
- the app seems to think everyone wants a daily recipe to be different. I prefer to minimize cooking time by cooking 2 days worth at once. It would be nice to be able to inform the app of this pattern rather than having to do it manually by skipping and checking the servings.
- The app also will randomly mix 4 and 6 serving recipes.
- UPDATE: it gets even worse for meal planning as you progress through the week. It straight up hides recipes according to the calendar, so if you miss a day then you’ll have reverse engineer what your meal plan was through the grocery list. What’s the point of the “I’ve cooked this” button if it just hides your “cooked” recipes regardless?

Conclusion: if you love having a different recipe every single day and you’re absolutely glued to your phone at all times, this app is perfect for you.

If you’re a busy person trying to save time spent on meal planning with a “set it and forget it” workflow in mind, look elsewhere, as this app was not made for you.

IInsertNicknameHere472626

a month ago

Response from developer

Thank you for taking time to write this up. You make a number of good points - some are new, some are items we've been working on and some of them are obviously not apparent that they are available. You can print the grocery list but I hadn't thought about printing out the recipes. If you organize your meals into a meal plan, you can use the grocery cart with a + sign in the top right of the meal plan page to ad groceries for today, for the next 3 days or for the next 6 days. We are also working on the whole history issue and when to role off recipes from the plan - keep the seven days or always show the next 7 days. Again, thanks for this input.

So easy!

I absolutely love this app! Makes my life easier with picky toddlers!

ADAbby Diane Diane

2 months ago

Just getting started

Looks delicious so far. Onboarding was super fast and easy.

MMarkInMidland

4 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the review! Happy New Year and we hope you continue to enjoy the app!

Just getting started

Looks delicious so far. Onboarding was super fast and easy.

MMarkInMidland

10 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the review! Happy New Year and we hope you continue to enjoy the app!

Insta important doesn’t work well

So I tried this app for a few days. It has a lot of problems trying to import from Instagram. I tried three times and it wasn’t able to import Instagram recipes that had a very detailed caption instructions. Today it was able to do it but it missed a few ingredients. This really only works if you want to store recipes that are in text format on the Internet Too bad I had high hopes for this.

NRNelson rva

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi there. I'm sorry you had this experience. We had a bug which has since been corrected. Please contact hello@abettermeal.com. I'd love the opportunity to reset your 7 day free trial so you can give us a second chance!

No Way to add Your own Meaks

The only way you can add a meal is by using their recipes. For instance, today is Sunday. With football on tv I wanted to note on my calendar hotdogs and cheeseburgers.. There’s no way to add your own. I don’t like this ap at all.

RRhonlynn

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for trying our app! If you click on the circled + icon at the top right of the Explore screen, you can add recipes by browsing the internet and importing, manually add recipes, and import from a photo of a recipe card. We are constantly working to improve our app - releasing multiple updates every month. We hope you will give us another chance.

Beautiful and useful

The recipes are interesting and well-made (tasty!), and the photography and videos make the app a pleasure to use. This is really a cut above other recipe apps and websites.

FFlengord

a year ago

All in one meal planning app

Cooking is a chore for me. It falls to me to decide what to fix for every meal, shop and get it on the table. I want quick and easy ideas.
A friend told me about this app and all that it does which sounded too good to believe. This review is already too long when I all I want to say is explore it for 5 minutes. Do it if you hate cooking or love it.
It's very cool.

MEMissy Eastham

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the review, Audra. We are always striving to improve our users experience, if you have any suggestions, please let us know!

Just getting started

Looks delicious so far. Onboarding was super fast and easy.

MMarkInMidland

a year ago

Excellent Meal App

I have been using the Paprika app for some time now and I find it very useful as a recipe box, but find this app to be far superior in that it actually helps in meal planning, grocery lists, and preparation. A Better Meal app is so convenient and easy to use, highly recommend!!!

F7Flashette 7

a year ago

Response from developer

Glad you are enjoying the app! Thanks for the review.

Definitely the best meal planning app!

This app makes meal planning so easy. Once you try it, there’s no going back.

MMarfaFoodie

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the review! We love that it is becoming part of your weekly (daily) routine!

Love it!

Truly the tool I didn’t know I needed. I use it every week now!

IIDMack70

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback!

Finally…

I found a meal planning app that REALLY supports my busy life! The customization features have been so helpful and a time saver. I’ve been able to import specific recipes that build on their rich database of meals. Each update to the app keeps getting better and more useful. Thanks a better meal listening to feedback!

Nno-emf

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the review!

Time saver!

This meal planning app that REALLY supports my busy life! The customization features have been so helpful and save lots of time.

JJubman

a year ago

All in one meal planning app

MEMissy Eastham

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the review, Audra. We are always striving to improve our users experience, if you have any suggestions, please let us know!

Crazy Easy

This app makes it crazy easy to create a shopping list from recipes they provide or ones I download from other sites.

KKovMo

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the review. And be on the lookout - we are adding dozens of new recipes monthly!

Blown away!

Love the update! The cooking and quick skills videos are so helpful. I love the beautiful images and the way I can curate my own meal plans. I could go on and on! But what really stuck out was the ability for me to pull in all the social media recipes from different platforms. Now I have them all in one place. Brilliant!!

Nno-emf

a year ago

Something I can’t find anywhere else

I am a huge fan of this app, it finally allows me to take all my recipes from across all platforms, put them in one place, customize them into my own meal plan, AND with a click of a button send my grocery list to Walmart for pickup!! One stop shop, it also suggests new recipes, has a cool explore page with cooking videos, and is just so much fun to use. Definitely recommend a download.

SSeekingEntertainment

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for your review. We love hearing that users are connecting to their favorite grocery stores.

New version of app is truly a game-changer!

A Better Meal rolled out a completely updated version! Loving it! Still the awesome recipe importing as in my original review (below) but now there is also cooking lessons, inspo videos, great recipe photos and a section called “my stuff” where I can quickly find all my saved recipes, collections and videos! Thanks for the update!

Original review from Jan 2025: Not only is this a meal planning app, but it’s a game-changer for saving and then USING recipes! I love being able to import recipes from Instagram, my favorite blogs, and even taking pictures of pages from my cookbooks - and storing them all in one place. It’s then easy to add ingredients to a grocery list, send the list to online shopping and even add these recipes to my meal plan! Highly recommend!

ILIceberg lasagna

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for your review. We are glad you like the recipe importing feature. We are excited about how users are actively importing their favorite recioes and then using those recipes in meal plans and grocery lists too!