# Mealie - Recipe & Meal Planner — user reviews

> 6 indexed App Store user reviews of Mealie by RanduSoft SRL, rated 4.70/5 from 12 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mealie-recipe-and-meal-planner/id6762080217/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mealie-recipe-and-meal-planner/id6762080217.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 11 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1

## Most critical reviews (6 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Can’t connect to local instance

*2026-07-25*

Trying to connect to my local mealie instance in docker and I get DecodingError.KeyNotFound

There is no option in app to add an API key. App is unusable.

### 4/5 — Sehr gut!

*2026-05-28*

Sehr gut strukturiert. Gute UI. Schnelle Verbindung. Guter Support!

### 4/5 — Eine der Besten mit Bug

*2026-05-20*

Einer der besten apps seiner art. Leider aktualisiert sich das Widget nicht von alleine. Was ich mir noch als Feature wünschen würde wäre offline caching.

### 5/5 — Excellent App and Support

*2026-08-29*

For 99 cents this is an excellent companion app for the self hosted Mealie platform. It is user friendly and has several nice QoL features. Additionally, I have found the customer support to be top notch. After finding a limitation with the app, I emailed the developer, and they responded within 24 hours and had the issue resolved within one week. Easy 5 stars.

### 5/5 — Honestly obsessed with this app

*2026-08-27*

I’m genuinely obsessed with Mealie at this point 🥰😭 It’s one of those apps that just quietly becomes part of your routine and then you realize you’d be really annoyed without it.

Super easy to use, looks clean, and makes keeping all my recipes organized feel way less chaotic. I also really appreciate how responsive and kind the developer is. Whenever I’ve had a question or suggestion, they’ve actually listened and taken it seriously, ❤️

Honestly, I’m just very very happy with it. My only tiny wish would be for the app to play a sound when a timer finishes, because that would make it basically perfect for me.

Apart from that: genuinely such a great app. 10/10, would absolutely recommend.

### 5/5 — Best Mealie companion app I’ve tried so far

*2026-07-20*

Great companion app with some nice QOL features

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