So much to love but not quite there
The AI meal planning and customization features are genuinely great. The ability to modify meals on the fly is the kind of thing that makes you wonder why other apps haven’t done it yet.
The grocery list is where things fall apart. A few specific issues:
• Old meals linger in your list and have to be manually deleted, which takes the app several minutes to process (took me 15 min to delete last weeks list so I could add this week’s groceries).
• while grocery shopping, it’ll show quantities in cups, oz, etc instead of item count. So 2.5 cups bell pepper instead of number of bell peppers. Also, manually added items you’ve crossed off don’t clear
• Adding a meal later repopulates everything you’ve already checked off
If you grocery shop with your partner while they’re using the same list on their phone, you have to refresh the list constantly to see their updates.
While grocery shopping, the items you mark off drop to the bottom of that category but stay in the list so scrolling through it is pretty annoying.
The AI also has a hard time remembering preferences and incorporating them all in your next week’s meal even if they’re in your preference list. Seems like persistent memory is hit or miss.
Overall, the bones are there but it’s still working on the kinks.
AnyList has the best grocery shopping experience I’ve seen. And Ollie has the best meal creation part.
The grocery list is where things fall apart. A few specific issues:
• Old meals linger in your list and have to be manually deleted, which takes the app several minutes to process (took me 15 min to delete last weeks list so I could add this week’s groceries).
• while grocery shopping, it’ll show quantities in cups, oz, etc instead of item count. So 2.5 cups bell pepper instead of number of bell peppers. Also, manually added items you’ve crossed off don’t clear
• Adding a meal later repopulates everything you’ve already checked off
If you grocery shop with your partner while they’re using the same list on their phone, you have to refresh the list constantly to see their updates.
While grocery shopping, the items you mark off drop to the bottom of that category but stay in the list so scrolling through it is pretty annoying.
The AI also has a hard time remembering preferences and incorporating them all in your next week’s meal even if they’re in your preference list. Seems like persistent memory is hit or miss.
Overall, the bones are there but it’s still working on the kinks.
AnyList has the best grocery shopping experience I’ve seen. And Ollie has the best meal creation part.
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Not open about pricing scheme
Honestly sounded like a great app. I was super excited to try it but was hesitant since the pricing is just a find out in the app situation. So I turned to google and everything I looked at said $10 a month or $80 a year which I was willing to pay the monthly to try with the option to switch to yearly. Imagine my surprise that it’s actually $20 a month or $170 a year! Double the price of reports as recent as March! Definitely not worth it for $20 a month, not in this economy. Maybe if they went back to the $10 a month but this is getting out of hand really.
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So worth it!
My husband and I used to use ChatGPT to meal plan but honestly things got stale quickly, it wouldn’t follow directions and kept giving us very similar meals which is why we wanted to try something new. While Ollie isn’t free, for a mom with 2 toddlers trying to lighten the mental load this has been SO worth it! I love that it makes a grocery list and that I can just text it and it will sync to my app. So happy we found this!
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Life saver secret bf
Just started using Ollie. I made a few recipes that have been great. He’s helped me plan Easter and the following week’s meals, and he answers all my questions! I’m in love! 😍
Love love love!
I love everything about this app! Modifying a recipe is so simple, I love that I can text questions, and the ease of importing recipes!
