Comparison

Plan to Eat vs FreshF

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

FreshF

Features
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FreshF shows you what to eat first, so food gets used instead of thrown away. Track what's in your fridge, freezer, and pantry, get one calm reminder a day, and see the money you save. No account and no ads. Your food list stays on your device. USE IT BEFORE IT GOES Today shows what to eat now, in the next three days, and later. Mark food Used or Tossed in one tap, or just part of a pack, with undo. Food that doesn't expire, like rice or soda, can be saved without a date. ADD FOOD FAST • Scan a barcode to fill in the product from Open Food Facts • Read the best-by date off the package with the camera • Shelf Photo (Beta): take one photo of a shelf and review the food it finds • Scan Receipt (Beta): read a grocery receipt on your device and add what you bought • Type it, or say "Add food to FreshF" to Siri RECIPES FROM YOUR KITCHEN Save your own recipes and see which ingredients you already have and which to buy. Tap I Made This and FreshF marks the ingredients used. Optional Recipe Ideas suggests recipes for a search or for the food that needs using soonest. SHOPPING LIST Add food to the list as you use it up, set how many of a staple to keep on hand, and FreshF adds it back to the list when you run low. Send the list to Reminders or share it. CALM REMINDERS One daily reminder counts what's due today, tomorrow, and this week. Pick the time and what it includes. WIDGETS, LIVE ACTIVITY, AND APPLE WATCH See what to use next on your Home Screen and Lock Screen, and mark food used from the widget. On Apple Watch, check your list, mark food used, and add food from your wrist. SAVE MONEY, WASTE LESS FreshF estimates the money you save by eating food in time and shows where waste still happens, with streaks and badges along the way. It can even suggest buying less of something you keep throwing out. PRIVACY FIRST No account, no analytics, no tracking. Your food list, photos, and recipes stay on your device. • Barcode lookups send only the barcode number to Open Food Facts. • Product pictures, which you can turn off in Settings, send Open Food Facts the barcode, or a product's brand and name. • Package Recognition, off until you turn it on, sends a smaller copy of a shelf photo, without location or camera details, to OES Software's server and on to an AI model to name the packages. The photo isn't kept. • Recipe Ideas, off until you turn it on, sends your search words or the names of your food to OES Software's server and on to an AI model. They aren't kept. SUBSCRIPTION Every feature is included in one subscription, monthly or yearly, after a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Prices are shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Your food list can always be exported as a printable PDF or a spreadsheet, subscribed or not. Terms of Use: https://oessoftware.com/apps/fridge-tracker/terms Privacy Policy: https://oessoftware.com/apps/fridge-tracker/privacy

Screenshots

Plan to Eat4 screens
FreshF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Plan to Eat at #35 against FreshF's unranked. Plan to Eat also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and FreshF sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Plan to Eat versus FreshF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlan to EatFreshF
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.1K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#35 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlan To Eat, LLCOES Software LLC

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

FreshF

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Plan to Eat

One-time1
  • One-Year Membership$54.99
2 purchases

FreshF

Subscriptions2
  • FreshF Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • FreshF Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Plan to Eat free?
Plan to Eat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FreshF free?
FreshF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Plan to Eat or FreshF have ads?
Neither Plan to Eat nor FreshF shows ads.

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