Comparison

Plan to Eat vs MenuPath

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 find joy in meal preparation and makes cooking easier with step-by-step instructions.

Highlights
  • Recipe storage and import
  • Automated grocery list generation
  • Personalized meal planning
  • Step-by-step cooking instructions
  • Recipe sharing with friends and family
  • 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

MenuPath

Effortlessly plan your weekly meals and generate smart grocery lists with AI. Discover over 500,000 recipes tailored to your dietary preferences and budget. Seamlessly integrate with Instacart for convenient grocery delivery or pickup.

Highlights
  • AI-generated weekly meal plans
  • 500,000+ recipe library
  • Customizable dietary filters
  • Automatic grocery list generation
  • Instacart integration for ordering
  • Budget tracking
Features
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Stop staring at the fridge wondering what to cook. MenuPath builds your entire week of meals in seconds, then hands you a ready-to-shop grocery list — all powered by AI and a library of 500,000+ recipes. PLAN YOUR WEEK IN SECONDS - AI generates a personalized weekly meal plan instantly — just tell it your preferences - Browse 500,000+ recipes from the Spoonacular library, filtered to match your tastes - Set "nights out" so MenuPath plans around the evenings you eat away from home - Regenerate any single meal or the whole week with a tap YOUR SMART GROCERY LIST - Your grocery list builds automatically from every recipe in your plan - Toggle off ingredients you already have — no more buying duplicates - Items are organized by category for faster shopping - Update your plan, and the list updates with it WORKS WITH YOUR LIFESTYLE MenuPath supports vegetarian, vegan, keto, gluten-free, and paleo diets. Set your filters once and every plan — and every recipe — respects them. Add a budget cap to keep spending in check. ORDER ON INSTACART Skip the store entirely. With one tap, MenuPath sends your grocery list straight to Instacart so you can order everything you need for delivery or pickup. MenuPath is free to download. Set your preferences, generate your plan, and spend less time deciding what to eat.

Screenshots

Plan to Eat4 screens
MenuPath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MenuPath at none against Plan to Eat's 1. Plan to Eat's advantage is ratings volume (6.1K vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ads 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. MenuPath asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MenuPath 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plan to Eat ships an update fortnightly, MenuPath every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Plan to Eat versus MenuPath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlan to EatMenuPath
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.1K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#30 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlan To Eat, LLCJOSHUA WILCOX

Customer experience

Plan to Eat

All ratings6,114 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews947 reviews
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.2%

MenuPath

All ratings1 ratings
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

MenuPath

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

MenuPath

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plan to Eat free?
Plan to Eat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MenuPath free?
MenuPath is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Plan to Eat or MenuPath?
MenuPath is rated higher. Plan to Eat averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6.1K ratings, while MenuPath averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Plan to Eat or MenuPath have ads?
Neither Plan to Eat nor MenuPath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plan to Eat or MenuPath?
Plan to Eat ships an update fortnightly, and MenuPath every 3 months. Most recently, Plan to Eat was updated on November 9, 2026 and MenuPath on October 31, 2026.

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