Plan Buy Cook meal planner

Plan Buy Cook meal planner

meal planning made simple

7 ratings
57 reviews

Archived App (Last seen on 29 Dec 2025)

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Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • September 18, 2014
  • September 12, 2021

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Simplify meal planning, grocery shopping, and cooking with this intuitive app. Easily schedule meals, add your own recipes, and generate smart shopping lists. It's designed for households of any size to make meal preparation effortless.

Meal planning and scheduling
Recipe scaling for household size
Automatic shopping list generation
Add custom recipes
Metric/Imperial measurement conversion
Share recipes via AirDrop
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What's New in Plan Buy Cook meal planner

2.4.10

September 12, 2021

NEW: Ability to switch meals between days once planned by simply dragging and dropping in the Planner on iPhone version. Minor bug fixes

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User reviews

Useless App

Could not see more than one recipe. Could not add the one recipe to my planner or ingredients from that recipe onto the shopping list. What’s the point of this app if nothing it claims to do does anything?

Disappointed

I desperately wanted to like this app, but it’s got too many bugs. It doesn’t confirm my email address, I can’t transfer my grocery list to any other apps, I can’t share my list with my partner (it won’t let me cause it doesn’t recognize my email), and it misses some of the recipe items on the grocery list (I had bean quesadillas on my meal plan but the red kidney beans were not added to the grocery list). I also have to double check the names of many of the items on the menu because we say it differently in Canada vs Australia. I really wanted this to work. If they spend more time updating the app I will happily return to it.
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It was great, but zero support once it failed

I used it regularly as my sole meal planning tool for five years. Then all of the recipes that came with the app disappeared (the recipes I entered are still there). My attempts at contact for tech support went unanswered.
Really disappointing for a paid app that is still active.

Disconnect with book & Like the calendar function.

I was expecting to find all the recipes in the companion book I bought ‘The Ultimate Meal Prep Cookbook’ in the app. Sadly I need to carry the book around the supermarket as there is seemingly no cross over. This could be easily fixed without changing a line of code. If one day recipes from book are also in the app I’d really like to be able to load whole ‘week plans’ from the book into the app.

I do like the calendar function in the app - adding chosen recipes automatically. Now off to share my calendar with family.
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Disappointing

Literally have never been able to use the app. It crashes out of the app every time you touch an option. I’ve updated and even changed phones but still no joy. Nice little money spinner for the app owner but big waste of mine!

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FAQ

What does the Plan Buy Cook app do?

This app simplifies meal planning, grocery shopping, and cooking. It allows users to plan meals, add their own recipes or use provided ones, and automatically generates a smart shopping list based on selected meals. It's designed to make meal preparation easy for households of any size.

What are the key features of the meal planner?

Key features include the ability to scale recipes for 1 to 10 servings, access to over 160 everyday recipes, the option to add your own recipes, metric/imperial measurement conversion, a real-life planner integrated with your calendar, and an automatically aggregated shopping list. Recipes can also be shared between users via AirDrop.

Is the Plan Buy Cook app free to use?

Yes, the Plan Buy Cook app is completely free to use. It does not have any in-app purchases or advertisements, offering a straightforward and cost-free experience for all its features.

What devices is the Plan Buy Cook app compatible with?

The Plan Buy Cook app is available for both iPhone and iPad. This allows users to plan meals and manage their shopping lists across different Apple devices.

How does the app help with grocery shopping?

The app generates a smart shopping list that includes all ingredients from your planned meals. You can also add everyday items, and the list is automatically sorted into grocery sections. Users can mark off items they already have or edit quantities, making grocery trips more efficient.