Comparison

Plan to Eat vs TableTogether

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

TableTogether

Features
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TableTogether brings your household together with effortless meal planning while respecting personal privacy. PLAN TOGETHER, COOK WITH CONFIDENCE Share recipes and weekly meal plans with family or housemates in real-time. Drag recipes onto a visual week planner, copy last week's plan, or start fresh. Smart suggestions learn your household's favourites and surface new ideas. RECIPES — THREE WAYS IN • Build recipes by hand with full ingredient and macro tracking • Import from any recipe website with automatic parsing • Generate custom recipes with AI based on ingredients you have, cooking style, time available, and dietary needs GROCERY LISTS THAT THINK Mark what's already in your pantry. TableTogether intelligently aggregates ingredients across all planned meals and creates shopping lists organised by aisle. See which meals need each ingredient. COOKING MODE Full-screen step-by-step guidance with large text, ingredient checklist, and built-in timer. Designed for messy hands and busy kitchens. PERSONAL NUTRITION TRACKING (OPTIONAL) Log meals privately — never shared with your household. Three ways to log: • Select from planned meals • "Describe what you ate" with on-device AI estimation • Manual macro entry Track daily and weekly macro trends with calm, judgment-free insights. Set personal nutrition goals or skip tracking entirely. Connect Apple Health to write nutrition data automatically. YOUR KITCHEN ON YOUR TV Display today's meals on Apple TV like a kitchen whiteboard. See what's cooking, who's eating, and when to start preparing. No personal data — just shared meal plans. REAL-TIME HOUSEHOLD SYNC Collaborate seamlessly via iCloud. Multiple people can plan, edit recipes, and check off grocery items simultaneously. No hierarchy — everyone has equal access. PRIVACY FIRST TableTogether respects one principle: food is shared, bodies are not. Recipes and meal plans sync across your household. Personal nutrition logs, goals, and insights stay private to you — encrypted in your personal iCloud storage. WORKS EVERYWHERE iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Plan on iPad, cook on iPhone, shop with your watch, display on TV. — Nutrition estimates sourced from USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts. Not a substitute for professional dietary advice. Consult a healthcare provider before making dietary changes.

Screenshots

Plan to Eat4 screens
TableTogether4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TableTogether at none against Plan to Eat's 1. Plan to Eat's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and chart position (#40 vs unranked). On price, ads and device support 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. TableTogether asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plan to Eat ships an update fortnightly, TableTogether every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Plan to Eat versus TableTogether: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlan to EatTableTogether
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.1K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#40 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlan To Eat, LLCDARRYL JAMES CAULDWELL

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

TableTogether

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

TableTogether

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plan to Eat free?
Plan to Eat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TableTogether free?
TableTogether is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Plan to Eat or TableTogether have ads?
Neither Plan to Eat nor TableTogether shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plan to Eat or TableTogether?
Plan to Eat ships an update fortnightly, and TableTogether every 6 weeks. Most recently, Plan to Eat was updated on October 22, 2026 and TableTogether on October 6, 2026.

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