Comparison

Plan to Eat vs Brownble

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Plan to Eat

Organize your recipes, plan your weekly meals, and automatically generate a shopping list. This app helps you discover new recipes and share your favorites with friends and family, making meal preparation more enjoyable and efficient.

Highlights
  • Recipe import and manual entry
  • Automated grocery list generation
  • Customizable meal planning
  • Recipe sharing with others
  • Step-by-step cooking instructions
  • Recipe search and filtering
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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Meal planning doesn’t have to feel like an inconvenience. Store all your recipes in one place, auto-generate a shopping list for your week, and let Plan to Eat help you find joy in meal planning again. Plan to Eat is the meal planning app designed with the planner in mind. Try Plan to Eat FREE for 14 days, no payment information required at sign-up. After that, annual subscriptions can be purchased in the app. Key features of the app include: - ALL YOUR RECIPES IN ONE PLACE: Tap the share icon in your web browser to import recipes from the web, or enter your family recipes manually in the app. - PERSONALIZED PLANNING: Create meal plans that work for you and your schedule. You can scale servings, reschedule recipes, plan leftovers, and track frozen meals. - UPGRADE YOUR SHOPPING LIST: The shopping list auto-generates an organized grocery list based on the ingredients in your meal plan. You can also add extra items to your list, add frequently purchased items from the staples list, customize and re-order your list categories, and create lists for specific stores. - SHARE WITH FRIENDS: Connect with friends and family to share recipes and saved menus, or send a recipe by text or email. - STEP-BY-STEP COOKING: Tap "Start Cooking" when viewing a recipe to get step-by-step recipe instructions that make cooking easy. - FIND THE PERFECT RECIPE: Search your recipe book based on title, ingredients, course, main ingredient, tags, recipe rating, and more! - STAY IN SYNC: Your Plan to Eat account automatically syncs your recipes, planner, and shopping list across all of your devices, and your family's, too! Sign in on all of your mobile devices, and at plantoeat.com, to share recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists. If you want to feel more organized, save a ton of money, and share your favorite recipes easily, sign up today! Reach out to us at help@plantoeat.com with questions or feedback. Thanks for using Plan to Eat!

About

Brownble

Enhance your plant-based cooking with on-the-go access to vegan culinary classes and courses. Watch videos, view recipes, and search ingredients easily from your phone or tablet.

Highlights
  • Access all courses on mobile
  • Watch videos and view recipes
  • Search recipes by ingredient
  • Mark favorite recipes
  • Ask questions and comment
Features
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Improve your plant-based cooking skills and get support on your vegan journey with easy on-the-go-access to all of Brownble's vegan cooking classes and courses. Inside the Brownble mobile app you'll be able to: - Access all your Brownble courses on your mobile device anywhere you are - Watch videos, get recipes, or quickly view the written version of a recipe - Search for the ingredients of a recipe while you're at the store - Quickly find the recipes you've marked as favorites - Ask questions or post a comment - Search for your favorite recipes by name or ingredient - Much more... The app will work on your phone or tablet so you can watch and cook wherever you are. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Plan to Eat4 screens
Brownble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brownble at none against Plan to Eat's 1. Plan to Eat's advantage is ratings volume (6.1K vs 1) and chart position (#35 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Plan to Eat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Brownble asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brownble holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plan to Eat has 6.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Plan to Eat's written reviews are positive against 100% of Brownble's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plan to Eat ships an update fortnightly, Brownble every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Plan to Eat versus Brownble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlan to EatBrownble
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.1K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#35 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlan To Eat, LLCCARLOS LUIS MARRERO VALERO

Customer experience

Plan to Eat

All ratings6,112 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews947 reviews
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.2%

Brownble

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Plan to Eat

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional recipe import failures
  • Inconsistent behavior when updating the shopping list
  • App crashes or becomes unresponsive at times

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to scan recipes from cookbooks
  • Integrate with grocery delivery services
  • Improve syncing and offline access
  • Add more customization options for recipe organization
  • Enhance freezer and leftover tracking features

Brownble

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Plan to Eat

One-time1
  • One-Year Membership$54.99
None

Brownble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plan to Eat free?
Plan to Eat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brownble free?
Brownble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Plan to Eat or Brownble?
Brownble is rated higher. Plan to Eat averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6.1K ratings, while Brownble averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Plan to Eat or Brownble have ads?
Neither Plan to Eat nor Brownble shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plan to Eat or Brownble?
Plan to Eat ships an update fortnightly, and Brownble every 3 weeks. Most recently, Plan to Eat was updated on October 26, 2026 and Brownble on October 7, 2026.

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