# Meal Planner & Grocery List — Menu Plan & Recipe Keeper

> Meal planner, recipe keeper, and automated grocery list generator. (iPhone/iPad app by JOJO APPS.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/meal-planner-and-grocery-list/id1619509620 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [JOJO APPS](https://appshunter.io/developer/1619509622)
- Category: Food & Drink, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 611 App Store ratings · 205 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 117 MB
- Languages: Canadian English, Afrikaans, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Filipino and 32 more
- Released: 2022-04-25
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/meal-planner-and-grocery-list/id1619509620/reviews.md

## What is Meal Planner & Grocery List?

Meal Planner & Grocery List by Jojo Apps is the ultimate all-in-one menu organizer, smart meal generator, and recipe keeper. Designed for busy couples and families, this app helps you save time, cut grocery bills, and eat healthier by creating custom meal plans based on your specific diet, allergies, and the ingredients already in your kitchen.

WHAT IT DOES & WHO IT IS FOR
Designed for ultimate flexibility, our app adapts to your exact lifestyle. Whether you need an app to generate a personalized weekly plan for your family's specific dietary needs, digitize your grandma's old handwritten recipes, or simply share a real-time grocery list with your partner, this app completely eliminates the daily stress of figuring out what to cook.

THE PROBLEMS WE SOLVE
•	Save Time: Never stand in front of the fridge wondering what to cook again. By letting the smart generator build your menu based on what is already in your kitchen, you bypass the meal planning phase entirely and stop wandering aimlessly in grocery store aisles.
•	Save Money: By having the app generate a strict shopping list based on your required recipes and current pantry inventory, you avoid expensive impulse buys, confidently buy in bulk, and significantly cut down your grocery bills.
•	Avoid Food Waste: Because the app tracks your pantry and builds meals around the ingredients you already have, you will use up perishables before they go bad and only buy exactly what you need.
•	Improve Your Health: By using the app to visually track your weekly menus and generate meals tailored to specific diets like Keto, Mediterranean, or Vegan, you are naturally guided toward better diet variety and healthier choices.
•	Reduce Stress: With automated shopping lists that sync to your partner's phone in real-time, you no longer have to stress about forgetting ingredients or miscommunicating about who is doing the grocery run.

SMART MEAL PLAN GENERATOR
•	Tailored to You: Automatically generate meal plans based on your specific dietary needs, allergies, dislikes, and the exact number of people you are cooking for.
•	Fridge & Pantry Integration: Tell the app what ingredients you already have at home, and it will generate recipes to use them up.
•	Supported Diets: Fully supports Vegetarian, Vegan, Pesco-pollo, Pescetarian, Keto, Mediterranean, 5:2, Intermittent Fasting, Paleo, Atkins, Whole30, FODMAP, and Low-Carb lifestyles.

ADVANCED RECIPE MODULE
•	Digitize Anything: Seamlessly import recipes by pasting a website URL, snapping a photo of your food, or taking a picture of an old handwritten grandma recipe card. The app extracts the details for you.
•	Digital Cookbook: Maintain and organize all your favorite recipes in one centralized place.
•	Direct Planning: Add meals and generate shopping lists straight from your saved recipes.

FLEXIBLE CALENDARS & REAL-TIME SYNCING
•	Customizable Layouts: Plan days, weeks, or months in advance. Configure the exact number of meals and snacks you need per day.
•	Partner Sync: Share your meal plan and shopping list instantly with your partner or family so everyone is always on the same page.
•	Drag-and-Drop: Easily swap meals around when your schedule changes.
•	Printable Menus: Generate beautiful, print-ready overviews of your meal plan.
•	Practical Widgets: No need to open the app to view your meal plan or grocery list.

AUTOMATED SHOPPING LISTS
•	Auto-Generated Lists: The app builds your grocery list automatically based on the ingredients required for your planned meals.
•	Barcode Scanner: Quickly scan and add packaged foods and household items to your lists or pantry.
•	Instant Delivery: Go from zero planning to groceries at your door in seconds. Because the meal plan and grocery lists are fully auto-generated, you can instantly push your exact ingredient list directly to Instacart or Amazon Fresh for fast delivery.

Privacy Policy: https://www.jojo-apps.com/privacy-policy
Terms of Use: https://www.jojo-apps.com/terms-and-conditions

## Key features

- Weekly/monthly meal planning
- Automatic grocery list generation
- Recipe import and management
- Real-time partner sync
- Barcode scanner for shopping
- Ingredient availability tracking

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Monthly Trial | $4.99 | per month |
| Premium Yearly - 1 Month Free Trial | $24.99 | per year |
| Premium Monthly | $4.99 | per month |
| Premium Yearly | $24.99 | per year |
| Premium Monthly - Discount | $1.99 | per month |
| Premium Yearly - Discount | $12.99 | per year |
| Premium Yearly - Free Trial | $24.99 | per year |
| Premium Weekly | $3.99 | per 7 days |
| Premium Yearly | $24.99 | per year |
| Premium Monthly | $4.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remove Ads Lifetime Promo | $6.99 | one-time |
| Premium Lifetime | $34.99 | one-time |
| Premium Lifetime - Discount | $17.99 | one-time |
| Remove Ads Lifetime | $24.99 | one-time |


## Chart rankings

- #98 in Top Grossing · Food & Drink (US App Store)

## What do users think of Meal Planner & Grocery List?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Helpful for meal planning and organization
- 💡 Ability to add own recipes and photos
- 👍 Generates shopping lists
- 👍 Useful for special diets (e.g., FODMAP)

**Cons**

- 🐛 Bugs and glitches (freezing, syncing issues)
- 🔍 Lacking in advanced features (e.g., pantry search, recipe categorization)
- 💰 Unexpected charges/subscription issues
- 🤔 Unintuitive user interface and navigation

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Recipes and categories disappearing
- Incorrect ingredient quantities
- Calendar and scheduling issues
- Syncing problems between devices

**Most requested features**

- Improved shopping list functionality (e.g., check marks, categorization)
- Ability to sync across devices
- More customization options (e.g., meal rules, tags)
- Enhanced recipe management (e.g., search, categorization)

## Recent user reviews (10 of 205)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/meal-planner-and-grocery-list/id1619509620/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Allows you to use without payment

*2026-08-09*

I downloaded most of the ones available to help with Meal planning and grocery list prep. This app by far shows you the premium benefits without forcing you to need to trial before using the free version. First week using but I am looking forward to incorporating it into my weekly meal planning!

Use case: I use a different app for list making but felt I needed to keep track of meals each week. I really like that you can add meals you make on your own and link recipes from online to help catalog recipes overtime. You can adjust the view to month view and week view which adds a layer of calendar planning, I appreciate. The premium lets you do features that would make this a one stop shop for me with groceries however I can access lists for free and prefer to spend my money on the groceries rather than the tools to organize electronically.

### 5/5 — Super- aber seit März geht nichts mehr

*2026-07-11*

Eine wirklich tolle, intuitive App, aber seit März speichert die App weder Rezepte, noch Pläne. Sehr ärgerlich und ich nutze sie seit 2 Jahren täglich!

**Developer response:** Vielen Dank für Ihre Bewertung. Könnten Sie uns bitte einige Details mit Screenshots per E-Mail zukommen lassen? Sie erreichen uns unter support@jojoapps-company.com.

### 5/5 — Удобно

*2026-07-06*

Замечательное приложение для составления меню на неделю. Все формируется в файл потом, распечатываю и вешаю на холодильник. Спасибо!

### 1/5 — Why??

*2026-06-25*

Why demand a review before the app loads completely? How can I tell how the app is BEFORE I even open it for the first time.

### 1/5 — Нет возможности оплатить

*2026-06-17*

Так как айфоны теперь в России не работают с оплатой то и приложение стало не нужное. Там не чего нет, если не оплатить

### 5/5 — Lovely!

*2026-06-04*

Simple and great for mums and family

### 5/5 — 👍

*2026-06-02*

Удобное приложение для планирования приемов пищи

### 4/5 — Abonnement payant HS Reparé

*2026-05-26*

Intervention à distance après un bug, bon service client 🙏

**Developer response:** Je suis désolé d'apprendre cela. Pourriez-vous nous indiquer ce qui ne fonctionne pas ? Vous pouvez nous contacter par e-mail à l'adresse support@jojoapps-company.com.

### 3/5 — Doesn’t add much value

*2026-05-26*

Has the option for sharing across devices, which is great. You can also see which ingredients you have, what you need, and what you can make. This can be useful when multiple people are responsible for cooking/purchasing food/ingredients and it’s difficult to track what you have. Also introduces the issue that you manually have to capture that it’s run out and needs to be purchased. To use the app, you need to pay or start a free trial. I was disappointed when I got in to see that the recipes suggested weren’t recipes which solely contained the ingredients I had. I would like to be able to sort, for recipes using what I have in my pantry(since you can input) and then maybe new recipes where I would have to purchase some ingredients. I find some of the biggest challenges, is knowing what I can make with what I have. Unless I specifically shop for certain meals. But then often you have some leftover.

### 1/5 — Ignoram carne vermelha

*2026-05-21*

Queria sabe qual é o problema q o app tem com carne vermelha?! Tentei varias planejamentos para a janta e vcs só fazem com carne branca ou sem carne.

**Developer response:** Obrigado pela sua avaliação. Ao criar um plano alimentar, existe uma seção chamada "informações adicionais" onde você pode adicionar suas preferências. Você poderia tentar usá-la? Se precisar de mais ajuda, entre em contato conosco pelo e-mail support@jojoapps-company.com.

## Frequently asked questions about Meal Planner & Grocery List

### What does this meal planning app do?

This app helps you plan your meals on a weekly or monthly basis, automatically generates a grocery list based on the ingredients needed for your planned meals, and allows you to store and manage all your recipes in one central location. It also offers features like real-time syncing with a partner and a barcode scanner for your shopping list.

### How does the grocery list feature work?

The grocery list can be automatically generated from your meal plan's ingredients, or you can manually add items. It syncs in real-time with your partner, includes a barcode scanner for easy entry, and can track ingredients you already have at home. You can also add detailed information for each product.

### Is this app free to use?

The application is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases. This means that while the core functionality is available for free, certain additional features or content might require a purchase.

### Can I import recipes from other sources?

Yes, the recipe module allows you to import recipes from various sources. This includes importing from recipe websites, images, photos, or even recipe books, making it easy to consolidate all your favorite recipes into one place.

### How does this app help reduce food waste and save money?

By creating a detailed meal plan and an accurate grocery list, you'll only buy the ingredients you actually need, significantly reducing food waste. Meal planning also enables you to buy items in bulk for potential savings and avoid impulse purchases of unnecessary items.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.32.10 — 2026-08-25

New feature: discover recipes from other diets.

### 2.32.9 — 2026-08-25

New feature: discover recipes from other diets.

### 2.32.8 — 2026-08-21

New feature: discover recipes from other diets.

### 2.32.7 — 2026-08-18

New feature: discover recipes from other diets.

### 2.32.6 — 2026-08-14

New feature: discover recipes from other diets.

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