# Simple Meal Planner — Plan your weekly meals.

> Simple weekly meal planning and shopping list generator. (iPhone/iPad app by Alastair Beadle.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/simple-meal-planner/id1470760031 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Alastair Beadle](https://appshunter.io/developer/701714975)
- Category: Food & Drink
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.46/5 from 41 App Store ratings · 91 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 8 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2019-10-07
- Data updated: 2026-06-11
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/simple-meal-planner/id1470760031/reviews.md

## What is Simple Meal Planner?

If you are looking for a basic meal plan or to help with your food budget then this app might help. A simple page view of the weekly meals which can be shared or printed along with a weekly shopping list of all the ingredients for all your selected meals. Add your favourite recipes so you always have all the ingredients for each meal you select. The shopping list also allows you to add non meal items so whether it is your favourite tea or coffee or non edibles you can have a shopping list for all your needs.
There is also the option to personalise the colours and fonts of your plan and shopping lists.
This is a free app, let us know if you have any comments or feedback to the email linked in the app.

## Key features

- Weekly meal planning
- Generate shopping lists
- Add favorite recipes
- Include non-meal items on list
- Share or print plans
- Personalize colors and fonts

## What do users think of Simple Meal Planner?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
- 🎨 Customizable color schemes
- 📝 Easy to add own meals and ingredients
- 🛒 Automatic shopping list generation
- 💰 Free with no paywalls or ads
- 🧠 Great for neurodivergent users
- ⚡ Quick meal planning workflow
- 🎯 Flexible customization options
- 📱 Lightweight and responsive
- 🍽️ Perfect for batch cooking organization

**Cons**

- 🗑️ Pre-loaded meals require manual deletion
- 📅 Limited to one-week planning only
- 🔤 Difficult font contrast and readability
- 🍴 Only three meal slots (no snacks)
- 📊 Shopping list alphabetizes automatically
- 🌍 UK-focused ingredients not US-friendly
- 💾 No cross-device synchronization
- 🔧 Tedious multi-step process for adding items
- 🎨 Garish opening colors
- ⌨️ Keyboard overlap issues on mobile

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Keyboard covers input fields on mobile
- Red font color cannot be changed
- Shopping list doesn't reflect ingredient quantities
- Difficulty deleting pre-loaded content
- Inconsistent ingredient counting for repeated meals
- No instructions or onboarding guidance
- Screen doesn't scroll properly during input
- Font size not adjustable

**Most requested features**

- Add snack meal slots (1-3 options)
- Allow multiple meals per meal slot
- Multi-week planning capability (2+ weeks)
- Customizable week start day
- Save and repeat weekly meal plans
- Cross-device synchronization
- Categorized shopping list by store section
- Ingredient quantity tracking
- Recipe upload/link functionality
- Checkbox system for shopping list items
- Ability to edit meal categories
- Print recipe list feature
- Share meal plans with family members
- Editable shopping list order
- Current meal highlight feature

## Recent user reviews (10 of 91)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/simple-meal-planner/id1470760031/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Perfect and easy and no purchase needed

*2024-11-10, version 1.1.0*

Perfect great colors and easy to use.  I don’t write reviews often.  This was exactly what I wanted!!!

### 5/5 — R bc bench

*2024-04-18, version 1.1.0*

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### 5/5 — Amazing

*2024-04-06, version 1.1.0*

Really easy way to plan and save meals for easy planning in the future

### 5/5 — Menu planner

*2024-02-21, version 1.1.0*

great little app just need a food type category list list all the veg together etc

### 5/5 — Great basic meal planner

*2024-01-16, version 1.1.0*

Great basic meal planner, allows to enter own meals and create shopping lisis. It allows to enter three meals per day. 
Be aware that is is very basic and you have to create lots of ingredients and meals to start with, as it only contains a few.
For future releases it would be great if it was possible to add more than one meal per meal time as it would allow for example for a main and salad or a sandwich and fruit without having to enter it as one meal.
It would also be nice to have the option to add two snacka for the day.
All in all it works as it is, thanks a lot for creating this.

### 1/5 — Very limited

*2024-01-09, version 1.1.0*

You can’t edit the meal category (breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner)to add or delete as needed and there is no date to help you plan ahead only 1 week at a time.

### 4/5 — Good, simple, planner!

*2023-11-30, version 1.1.0*

I don’t see the need for huge font range since you don’t see it much, but (unless I just haven’t figured out how to do it) it’d be nice to be able to scrap all the ‘available ingredients’ and just add your own. Otherwise, this is just what I needed and I love it turns it into a shopping list for you (how many of each ingredient you listed would be handy too 😅)

### 4/5 — Nice, basic app

*2023-10-24, version 1.1.0*

Would love if it had the option to add morning/afternoon tea for meal planning for kids

### 4/5 — Great app

*2023-10-21, version 1.1.0*

Very easy to use, would be great if  could reorganize the days as I go shopping on a Wednesday. So would like my week to start on a Thursday

### 4/5 — Great app

*2023-09-20, version 1.1.0*

My only wish is that I could plan more than one week at a time.

## Frequently asked questions about Simple Meal Planner

### What does the Simple Meal Planner app do?

This app helps you plan your weekly meals and create a comprehensive shopping list. It allows you to add your favorite recipes and includes all ingredients for your selected meals. You can also add non-meal items to your shopping list for all your needs.

### Can I share or print my meal plan?

Yes, the app provides the option to share or print your weekly meal plan. This makes it easy to keep a physical copy or share your plans with others.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, this is a completely free application. The developers encourage users to provide comments and feedback via the email linked within the app.

### What kind of items can I add to the shopping list?

The shopping list includes all ingredients for your planned meals. Additionally, you can add any other items you need, whether they are food items like tea or coffee, or non-edible products.

### Can I customize the appearance of my plans?

Yes, the app offers personalization options for your meal plans and shopping lists. You can adjust the colors and fonts to suit your preferences.

## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2020-06-01

We have added a new function to allow you to add recipe detail or notes to each of your meals. As requested by users.

### 1.0.1 — 2019-10-28

Fixed colours for Dark Mode.

### 1.0.0 — 2019-10-07

No release notes.

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