# Forks Meal Planner — user reviews > 131 indexed App Store user reviews of Forks Meal Planner by Forks Over Knives, LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 664 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forks-meal-planner/id1484372198/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forks-meal-planner/id1484372198.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 527 · 4★ 56 · 3★ 27 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 41 ## What do users think of Forks Meal Planner? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Easy meal planning and grocery list - 👍 Delicious and healthy recipes - 🚀 Convenient app experience - 👍 Helps transition to plant-based diet - 🚀 Efficient meal prep and organization **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes and freezes frequently - 🐛 Recipes and features not always working as expected - 🐛 Inconsistent serving sizes and nutrition info - 🐛 Poor customer support responsiveness - 🐛 Subscription issues and lack of access despite payment **Commonly reported bugs** - Recipes not loading properly - Grocery list not updating correctly - Favorite recipes feature not working - Printing recipes not functioning - App freezing when changing serving sizes **Most requested features** - Ability to search recipes by ingredient - Option to customize recipes and portions - Landscape mode support for tablets - Improved recipe filtering and organization - Integration with fitness/nutrition tracking apps ## Newest reviews (11 of 131) ### 3/5 — Great planner app; feature doesn't work *2025-07-14, version 1.5.2* It's been a couple months. I'm back to take a star off because the "favorite" recipe feature doesn't work in the app. The app itself is great, but there are so many recipes that if you can't build a reliable list of "crowd favorites", it's hard to keep the family engaged. Update: the "favorite" receipt feature now works in the app. Next buttons that exists, but does not work in the app: print! The button, it does nothing. ### 3/5 — Lacks user friendliness *2025-05-15, version 1.4.4* I’m not able to zoom in on the ingredients list. There’s no reviews or pictures made by previous people who’ve made the dish. Even allrecipe has these features and their basic. ### 2/5 — Once upon a time ago *2025-04-29, version 1.4.4* This app once was amazing, until it wasn’t! I regrettably purchased the year in advance. Zero of the tools work anymore. I cannot save recipes as favorites. I cannot print recipes, I cannot export recipe to MyFitnessPal. I have been a longtime customer who prepaid for a service that can’t seem to fulfill. Hope FOK fixes this ### 3/5 — Great planner app; feature doesn't work *2025-04-29, version 1.4.4* It's been a couple months. I'm back to take a star off because the "favorite" recipe feature doesn't work in the app. The app itself is great, but there are so many recipes that if you can't build a reliable list of "crowd favorites", it's hard to keep the family engaged. ### 4/5 — Great planner app; feature doesn't work *2025-03-04, version 1.4.4* I love this app, but the "favorites" button on recipes doesn't work in the app. Favorites aren't saved ### 3/5 — Lots of opportunities for improvement *2025-01-26* I am unable to favorite recipes from any point in the app. The heart doesn’t keep its active state. I cannot print (url not found) recipes. Search is awful. I can put in the exact name of a recipe from a previous week and it will not appear in the search results. I wish I could change the portions… even if I change the number of servings in my settings, the servings are still 4-6 per recipe. Which is still waaaay too much for a single person eating all week. Additionally, an excellent feature would be to search using ingredients, but the basics of search need to be fixed first. **Developer response:** Thank you for writing in, Tatjana - we appreciate hearing from you and receiving your feedback. Over the years and ahead, Forks Meal Planner aims to continue to expand in recipe offerings, features, and beyond. We do hope you'll keep exploring the abundant meal options amongst the 1450+ recipes in your Recipe Box. You'll find pastas, curries, pizzas, salads, sandwiches, soups, stews, noodle dishes, pancakes, veggie & grain bowls, potatoes prepared every way, fruit dishes, cookies, oatmeals, brownies, cookies, smoothies, casseroles, scrambles, wraps, tacos, burritos, pot pies, chilis, nice creams, nachos, stuffed peppers, burgers, and so much more. Search by a specific cuisine keyword to enjoy WFPB dishes from around the world: Caribbean, Cuban, Greek, Spanish, Thai, Korean, Middle Eastern, Moroccan - and others! As you peruse through the Recipe Box, keep an eye out for that variety :-) And please reach out to the FMP Support Team (support@forksmealplanner.com) with any questions on how to make sure you're getting the most out of your Meal Planner, including finding those recipes you're seeking or making any serving size adjustments. Thanks again for the comment! ### 4/5 — Good app, but has bugs *2025-01-11, version 1.4.3* I’m new to using this app but so far it looks to be pretty good. I’ve been using it on my iPhone but there is a bug. When I am in a recipe and try to change the servings, the app freezes every time. Please fix this. ### 2/5 — Issues when buying one month at a time? *2024-12-31, version 1.4.2* I feel crappy about giving such a low rating because I expected to love the app but I used my free trial a year ago so I went into this blind but I wanted to get the new year off on the right track. I purchased one month through the App Store intending on trying it out and buying a year if I loved it or cancelling the app of if I didn’t. Less than 12 hours and I’m finding it unusable. Here are the issues I’ve found so far: 1. the app suggested recipes that are locked to me. When I tap on the recipe it asks me to “upgrade to access” via a quarterly or annual membership. If a monthly membership isn’t a “full” membership with access to the full app please let us know. I feel like I spent $25 on a limited access app. 2. There are a number of recipes in the recipe box that are locked and request “upgrade to access” despite having purchased a subscription. 3. When I go to my settings the app shows I’m on the “free plan”. This leads me to believe this is the issue is why I have limited access. I’ve cancelled my subscription and asked Apple for a refund. Sadly I don’t think it’ll come through and I feel like I overpaid for a lesson. I’m sure there are better alternatives out there, just do your research and try your best to get access to a free trial before you jump in. Also, buy your subscription through the actual FOK website rather than the App Store in order to maybe have better luck with a refund should you need it. ### 5/5 — The best way to eat *2024-03-23, version 1.4.2* I really don’t know what I would do without the FOK meal planner. I’ve been using it for 2 years now and I’ve yet to be disappointed. For anyone trying to switch to a Whole food plant based diet, this is they way! ### 5/5 — Excellent recipes! *2024-02-18, version 1.4.2* We are newbies in our transition to a vegetarian lifestyle and are learning to get past dependency on meat in our diet. It’s been very eye opening to discover recipes that inspires us to see a better direction in health. I’m 76 years old & my husband is 77… and we’re learning new behavior with the help of these great menu choices. Thank you ### 4/5 — Good recipes; App a bit wonky *2024-01-28* Got a subscription and been using the app for about 3-4 weeks now. Recipes are pretty delicious and having one place to plan, shop, prep is pretty fantastic. Having a starting point every week to plan from and then being able to swap out is really awesome. Portions are a bit inconsistent, but manageable. The app itself needs a bit of QA help. The whole app freezes up frequently when scrolling through comments in a recipe. The close button when viewing a recipe either doesn’t work at all sometimes or has a substantial lag other times. Favoriting recipes is very error prone. When I favorite something, it often doesn’t show up in the search with the favorites filter enabled. It’s a paid service, so I would expect bugs like this to addressed and not to see the most recent update was over a year ago. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App is buggy *2025-12-03, version 1.7.5* All I get is a loading line . No photos. Can believe I paid for a year. ### 1/5 — No customer support *2025-09-20, version 1.7.1* Customer support for me has been non existent! The APP never registered my payment and I’ve spent all week trying to get customer support. I’ve sent 3 different messages and none have been responded to. Please respond so I can start using the APP…. This is so frustrating! ### 1/5 — Integration *2024-12-04* I purchased the forks over knives app thinking buying the recipes would give me access to the meal planner but you basically have to purchase them again to use this app. Waste of time ### 1/5 — DONT PAY FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION *2024-08-02, version 1.4.2* I was excited for this app. I’ve eaten a plant based diet before and these recipes looked great. I even spent the $80 for a subscription because the free version only gives you a few options. BUT… the app doesn’t recognize that I have a subscription, even though it billled my Apple account. There is little to no customer service and I’m left scrambling to try to find a way to access the content that I paid for. Needless to say, I’m disappointed (and out $80). ### 1/5 — If I could give 0 stars I would *2024-07-31, version 1.4.2* Like all the other low ratings: I paid for a subscription that unlocked nothing, and now I’m out $20 because the best I can do is not buy the following month. I’ve contacted the app developers through multiple access points with no response; I have filed a fraud complaint and requested a refund from Apple. ### 1/5 — Customer Service Dead Silence *2024-07-31* Downloaded the app last night and purchased the VERY (to me) expensive upgrade at $25/month. Nothing happened -- except that I lost $25. Despite the subscription showing up as active on my subscription list and the $25 charge showing up on my credit card, no recipes or functions are unlocked in the app. I attempted three different ways to contact customer service to address this problem, and have had no responses. Cancelling the subscription at this point will simply mean I won't be charged next month -- not that I will be refunded for this month, despite receiving nothing in exchange for my "subscription". $25 a month is a high cost subscription in my experience; the whole reason I was willing to pay it was for the convenience of ready meal plans, recipes, etc. Very disappointed, and a little embarassed as I am more than able to search out recipes and write paper lists before going to the grocery store -- which is what I now have to do, despite having spent way too much money NOT to have to do it. ### 1/5 — Can’t access *2024-07-16, version 1.4.2* Paid for a subscription which shows up in my iTunes account but the app doesn’t recognize this. I am not able to quit the upgrade screen and I can’t get to any other part of the site including the free recipes. ### 1/5 — Won’t give me access after subscribing *2024-04-21, version 1.4.2* I paid for both the monthly subscription and the annual subscription, $24 and $99 respectfully both today and it’s still will not give me access. iTunes says the payment was successful and I’m all set and your app is giving me an error code. I’ve sent a message to you via the appso that you have my contact information, including phone number and email address. Please refund or give me access. I would prefer access as that’s why I paid the money. ### 1/5 — Quarterly subscription *2024-01-24, version 1.4.2* I purchased a quarterly subscription through the app on my phone and was charged for it but I haven’t been able to access any weekly menus. I have tried twice to contact support for this problem and haven’t received any help. The notice keeps popping up failed to activate subscription with a status code 401. It wouldn’t be a problem except it’s already been paid for and I didn’t get what I paid for. ### 1/5 — Double pay for recipes *2023-12-26, version 1.4.2* I pay an annual subscription for this app. Why does it not have all of your recipes? The forks plant based recipes contains recipes not available here, but to use it you want us to pay an additional $9.99. If I’m paying an annual subscription fee why do I not have access to all of the recipes? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — This will help you move to HEALTHY! *2025-10-10, version 1.7.1* I’ve been vegan before and the only thing that made me give it up was just trying to find recipes and options to help with variety. With this app—-I have it all now! I love the recipes in the planner but even better I canNOT live without the grocery shopping list now! You thought of everything and your chefs are the BEST! Thanks for saving my life one meal at a time. ### 5/5 — Note for developers *2025-08-06, version 1.6.8* Just a note - when someone clicks to sign up for a subscription, the calculated weekly cost and estimated savings of an annual subscription are not accurate. Great app! ### 5/5 — Terrific App, but… *2025-06-25, version 1.5.2* I love this app. So easy to use. However, it keeps telling me to update the app but no matter how many times I press the ‘update now’ button it does absolutely nada. I tried closing it and reopening it. I tried closing it and opening it from the App Store. Still nothing. So my last effort will be offloading the app altogether and re-downloading it. What a pain… if it works. Did not work! Now what ### 5/5 — A Fantastic App *2025-02-20, version 1.4.4* As a former bodybuilder and meal prepper, I was anxious about transitioning to plant-based diets. This app made it surprisingly easy. The grocery list is helpful. The fact that you can sync it to Amazon fresh and have it delivered is very convenient. The recipes are spot on and more often than not delicious. If I could give one idea for improvement, as someone who counts macro nutrients, it would be to add the macro nutrient details to the Plan section above each day list of meals (protein, carb, fat). It is a bit tedious to calculate the macros by hand but it would be helpful for people like me who struggle to get their total daily requirement with 3 meals. ### 5/5 — Everything I Needed *2025-01-21, version 1.4.4* This has all the plant-based recipes in the library, plus I can add my own, plus it makes a grocery list. Noice. ### 5/5 — Is there a glitch? *2025-01-14, version 1.4.4* I am giving 5 stars now because as soon as I wrote my review, there was an update that fixed the serving size issue on my iPhone 16. Now I can change it with no problem ! I like the recipes. The only thing is driving me crazy is that it seems you are able to change the serving portions . Every time I click on the serving amount. The app freezes. I would really love if I could change to 1 or 3 portions depending on the amount of food I want to make for that day ### 5/5 — Issues resolved *2024-10-31, version 1.4.2* Had a billing issue. They went above and beyond to fix it. Great customer service. So far love the recipes! ### 5/5 — Fantastic meal prep *2024-09-12, version 1.4.2* I love this app to have healthy meals ready for the week. Most recipes are a big hit, some have been misses. ### 5/5 — Grateful for this app- it’s amazing *2024-07-21* I am thrilled with this app as it arrived at the perfect time. I detested cooking and relied on food delivery services. However, I desired to save money and maintain a healthy lifestyle. This service seemed like the ideal solution, and I must say, it has exceeded my expectations. The ingredients are delivered on Thursdays, allowing me to mentally prepare and plan accordingly. The app conveniently adjusts the grocery list based on the ingredients I already have, ensuring that I only purchase what's necessary. I no longer need to worry about calculating quantities or waste any food. The recipes are delicious, and I haven't missed meat, dairy, or sugar. Most importantly, I've eliminated food waste entirely. I am extremely satisfied with this service. ### 5/5 — So helpful!!! *2024-04-13, version 1.4.2* The app works so well and makes meal planning significantly less stressful! You use the app to do everything from planning to shopping to prepping. I love every aspect of the app and recommend it for anyone who gets overwhelmed with meal planning and prepping! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*