Comparison

Plan to Eat vs Eatsy

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

Eatsy

Features
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Eating, made Eatsy. What's for breakfast? What's for lunch? What's for dinner — again? If meal planning feels like a daily battle, Eatsy is here to help. Built by a dad and his son for their own family, Eatsy is the simplest way to plan every meal for the week — for everyone at the table. Plan your whole week in minutes Map out breakfast, lunch, and dinner for every day of the week. See your entire meal plan at a glance and never wonder "what are we eating?" again. 350+ meal ideas, ready to go Hit the ground running with over 350 built-in meal ideas — from weeknight staples like Mac & Cheese and Chicken Stir Fry to weekend favourites like Pancakes and Waffles. Or add your own family favorites and make Eatsy truly yours. Smart menu generator Let Eatsy do the planning for you. Tell us your family's dietary preferences and restrictions, and our smart generator will automatically build a full week of meals. Then tweak to your heart's content. Built for the whole family Add every member of the household — a name or nickname is all you need. Set individual dietary preferences and restrictions so the whole family is always taken care of. Simple and easy to use No complicated setup, no steep learning curve. Eatsy is designed to be picked up and used immediately — by anyone in the family. We'd love to hear from you. Drop us a note at feedback@geteatsy.com — your feedback genuinely shapes the app.

Screenshots

Plan to Eat4 screens
Eatsy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Eatsy at none against Plan to Eat's 1. Plan to Eat's advantage is chart position (#33 vs unranked). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Eatsy asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Plan to Eat versus Eatsy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlan to EatEatsy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.1K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#33 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlan To Eat, LLCSwapneel Mehta

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

Eatsy

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

Eatsy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plan to Eat free?
Plan to Eat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Eatsy free?
Eatsy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Plan to Eat or Eatsy have ads?
Neither Plan to Eat nor Eatsy shows ads.

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