# Mealpin — Meal plan & shopping list

> Meal plan & shopping list (iPhone/iPad app by Nico Betz.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mealpin/id6809128468 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Nico Betz](https://appshunter.io/developer/6806029266)
- Category: Food & Drink, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 9 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany)
- Released: 2026-09-11
- Data updated: 2026-10-22

## What is Mealpin?

Mealpin keeps recipes, the weekly plan, and shopping in one place. No account, and no cloud servers of ours.

What you can do
• Add recipes, sort them into folders, and import from a URL (for example Chefkoch)
• Cook step by step, with a timer
• Send a single recipe with Share or AirDrop
• Plan the week: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and more
• Share the plan over iCloud. Others see this week plus the next three, read-only, and can copy recipes into their library
• Build a shopping list and send it to Apple Reminders
• Optional: NFC tags for weekdays on the fridge

Local first
Your data stays on the device. iCloud syncs recipes and plans through your Apple Account, and sharing uses that too.

Mealpin Pro (one-time purchase)
Planning and recipes stay free. Pro unlocks unlimited Reminders export, URL import, and writing NFC tags. One free export and one free import are included.

No tracking, no ads.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mealpin Pro | $5.99 | one-time |


## Is Mealpin safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Mealpin.

## Is Mealpin legit?

Mealpin has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Mealpin is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.2 — 2026-10-18

Import, cook mode, and the Today widget are more reliable.

• Recipes from HelloFresh and other sites import as plain text, without HTML tags.
• Amounts like 1.000 g or 1,000 g count as 1000, not 1.
• The Today widget stays filled after midnight, even if the app is closed.
• “Cook today’s meal” opens a cook session that’s already running, instead of ignoring it.

Sharing is still optional via iCloud: read-only, this week plus the next three. Stop anytime. No Mealpin account.

### 1.5.1 — 2026-09-30

Today and cook from the Lock Screen, even if Mealpin is already open.

• Medium widget: tap opens the meal; Cook is its own button.
• Control Center (iOS 18): Today and Cook.
• Live Activity: next step and stop timer on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.
• A pinned shared plan is also what the widget, Siri, NFC, and meal reminders use, the same week as Plan.

Sharing is still optional via iCloud: read-only, this week plus the next three. Stop anytime. No Mealpin account.

### 1.5.0 — 2026-09-27

Cooking stays in view even when the phone is in your pocket.

• Live Activity: current step and timer on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Tap to return to cook mode. Done asks before everything stops.
• Today widget (Home Screen and Lock Screen): the next planned meal. Tap opens the recipe, or starts cooking if it has steps.
• Siri: “What’s for today in Mealpin”, “Cook today’s meal in Mealpin”.
• Cook from the plan (cooktop icon). Check off ingredients, run up to three timers, with sound and haptics when time’s up. Landscape: one timer goes large.
• A cook session survives quitting the app and can follow via iCloud to another of your devices.

Sharing is still optional via iCloud: read-only, this week plus the next three. Stop anytime. No Mealpin account.

### 1.4.3 — 2026-09-24

Convert and time while you cook.

• Cook mode has a converter: cups, ounces, teaspoons and tablespoons to ml and grams, and back.
• Scale: e.g. ½ tsp for 300 ml, you have 500 ml — Mealpin works out how much to use.
• Timer: chips from times in the step, or hour and minute wheels. Done starts it right away.

Sharing is still optional via iCloud: read-only, this week plus the next three. Stop anytime. No Mealpin account.

### 1.4.2 — 2026-09-20

Share several recipes, file them in folders, and get timer suggestions.

• Several recipes leave and return as one file, for example via AirDrop or Files. Recipes already in the library are skipped.
• Drag a recipe onto a folder in the list to file it there.
• Share several: long-press a recipe, Select, then share.
• In cook mode the timer suggests times from the step, including ranges like 20–30 min.

Sharing is still optional via iCloud: read-only, this week plus the next three. Stop anytime. No Mealpin account.

## More apps by Nico Betz

- [Schadenakte](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/schadenakte/id6806029264)
- [Pasch Dice](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pasch-dice/id6821607952)
- [Höher](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hoher/id6822855855)

All apps by Nico Betz: https://appshunter.io/developer/6806029266

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