# Saapadu – Meal Planner — Smart South Indian meal plans > Smart South Indian meal plans (iPhone/iPad app by Sastha K L.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/saapadu-meal-planner/id6798576846 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Sastha K L](https://appshunter.io/developer/6795796162) - Category: Food & Drink, Health & Fitness - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 46 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-09-09 - Data updated: 2026-10-09 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/saapadu-meal-planner/id6798576846/reviews.md ## What is Saapadu? Saapadu means "food" in Tamil - a smart meal planner for South Indian home cooks who want better variety, less repetition, and zero decision fatigue. ------------------------------------- SMART DAILY SUGGESTIONS ------------------------------------- Get three personalized meal cards for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Saapadu auto-detects the current meal by time of day. Every suggestion is scored for freshness: - Health score - healthier dishes rank higher - Recency - recent meals are deprioritized for two weeks - Frequency - often-logged dishes appear less in 30 days - Meal-time fit - breakfast idlis, lunch rice, dinner chapathi - Smart variety - keeps plans from feeling repetitive Don't like a card? Shuffle just that one - others stay. Tap Change to search your full list with veg/non-veg filters. Tap Done - Log it, or use Log a meal to record anything in seconds. Veg Day badge shows when non-veg is off the menu. ------------------------------------- MONTHLY MEAL PLANNING ------------------------------------- See your full calendar month from the 1st across every active meal slot. Auto-generate a balanced plan that avoids repeats and spreads cuisines across the week. Lunch and dinner support mix-and-match - two dishes per slot, like a real thali. Tap + to add, swipe to remove. Navigate months, regenerate with one tap, and browse completed months tracked for the year. Plans save locally. ------------------------------------- MEAL HISTORY ------------------------------------- Every logged meal makes tomorrow smarter. Browse by day or week, search by food, meal type, or date, swipe to delete entries. Logs feed the engine so suggestions stay varied. ------------------------------------- RECIPES - BUILT IN AND YOUR OWN ------------------------------------- 52+ South Indian favourites offline: Idli, Dosa, Sambar Rice, Chicken Biriyani, Chapathi, Curd Rice, and more. Add unlimited family recipes with cuisine, diet type, meal time, and health score (1-10). Search, filter, edit, swipe to delete. Optional recipe library (up to 1,000 dishes) mixes in at an adjustable inclusion percentage. Library recipes with source links open in Safari. ------------------------------------- DIETARY FLEXIBILITY ------------------------------------- Built for real South Indian households: - Vegetarian-only mode - Per-ingredient non-veg schedule - set allowed days for eggs, fish, chicken, mutton, beef, pork, and more independently - Example: chicken weekdays, fish Fridays, mutton Sundays - day-circle toggles with All/Off shortcuts - Optional Brunch and Snack slots - enable only if you use them; plans update instantly - Recipe library inclusion slider - from your recipes only to mostly library picks ------------------------------------- PRIVATE AND OFFLINE ------------------------------------- Works entirely on your iPhone or iPad. No account. No cloud. No ads. No tracking. Recipes, logs, and plans stay on your device. System light/dark mode. Five tabs: Suggest, Month, History, Recipes, Settings. Perfect for families, mixed-diet households, and privacy-conscious home cooks. Saapadu - deciding what to cook should take ten seconds, not ten minutes. ## Version history (last 1 release) ### 1.3 — 2026-09-09 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Saapadu | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [CurryMate: Indian Recipes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/currymate-indian-recipes/id6781329224) | — | Free | Food & Drink | | [KukooHub](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kukoohub/id6773216499) | — | Free | Food & Drink | | [Kids Meal Planner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kids-meal-planner/id6760732499) | — | Free | Food & Drink | | [Nuven](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nuven/id6743462400) | 5.0 (3) | Free | Food & Drink | | [Suvai Recipes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/suvai-recipes/id6746082579) | 5.0 (3) | Free | Food & Drink | | [Mealio AI: Meal planner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mealio-ai-meal-planner/id6736661236) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Food & Drink | ## More apps by Sastha K L - [NilamFlow – Farm Management](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nilamflow-farm-management/id6795796160) All apps by Sastha K L: https://appshunter.io/developer/6795796162 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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