Comparison

Weekly Chefs vs MealWise

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

Head to head
About

Weekly Chefs

Effortlessly plan your weekly meals, save recipes from any source, and generate smart grocery lists. This app helps busy families answer "What's for dinner?" by simplifying meal preparation and reducing food waste.

Highlights
  • Weekly meal planning
  • Recipe saving from URLs
  • Automatic grocery list generation
  • Step-by-step cooking mode
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Recipe parsing with AI
Features
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Simple, FREE, No ads! Plan your weekly meals, save recipes, and create grocery lists effortlessly. Weekly Chefs is the simple meal planner that helps busy families answer the daily question: "What's for dinner?" PLAN YOUR WEEK IN MINUTES • Drag and drop recipes to any day of the week • See your entire meal plan at a glance • Easily swap meals between days • Support for breakfast, lunch, and dinner SAVE RECIPES FROM ANYWHERE • Paste any recipe URL to save it instantly • AI extracts title, ingredients, and cooking steps automatically • Take photos of handwritten recipes • Add your own notes and modifications SMART GROCERY LIST • Automatically generate shopping lists from your meal plan • Check off items as you shop • Sync with Apple Reminders for Siri and Apple Watch access • Share lists with family members COOKING MADE EASY • Step-by-step cooking mode • Built-in timers for each recipe step • Keep screen awake while cooking • Quick access to recipe source PRO FEATURES (Optional Subscription) • AI-powered recipe parsing from any URL • Interactive cooking timers • Smart ingredient extraction • Priority support SYNC ACROSS DEVICES • iCloud sync keeps your meal plans everywhere • Works on iPhone, iPad, and with Siri • Share your account with family members Weekly Chefs helps you: • Reduce food waste by planning ahead • Save money with organized shopping • Eat healthier with intentional meal choices • Spend less time wondering what to cook Download Weekly Chefs today and transform your meal planning!

About

MealWise

Simplify your weekly meal planning with this app. Browse recipes, create custom plans, and automatically generate shopping lists. Track nutrition for healthier eating.

Highlights
  • Fast recipe search with custom filters
  • Smart meal planning (ready-made or custom)
  • Automatic shopping list generation
  • Nutrition insights per recipe and daily totals
  • Seamless meal-slot assignment
Features
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Save Time Every Day Stop juggling recipes, spreadsheets, and shopping notes. MealWise simplifies your weekly routine so you spend less time planning and more time enjoying real food. Fast Recipe Search Browse hundreds of recipes in seconds. Use filters for cuisine, prep time, difficulty, and dietary style to quickly find meals that fit your goals. Smart Meal Planning Choose from ready-made plans (keto, vegan, low-carb, vegetarian) or build your own schedule. Assign meals to breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snacks with a simple tap. Automatic Shopping List Turn your weekly plan into a ready-to-shop grocery list. Instantly combine all ingredients from selected meals. See totals and nutrition aggregates for your planned dates. Nutrition Insights Each recipe displays calories, carbs, fat, protein, fiber, and sugar in clear charts. Review your totals per day or across all planned meals. Feature Highlights Quick menu creation for any meal of the day. Custom filters for recipe discovery. Seamless meal-slot assignment (breakfast → snack). Shopping List auto-generation with edit and check-off. Goal tracking to match your nutrition targets. Experience the ease of MealWise—your daily partner for meal planning, grocery shopping, and healthy eating.

Screenshots

Weekly Chefs4 screens
MealWise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MealWise at 5.0 against Weekly Chefs's 4.5. MealWise also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and monetization model (free vs freemium). Weekly Chefs's advantage is ratings volume (145 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MealWise holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weekly Chefs has 145 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Weekly Chefs's written reviews are positive against 100% of MealWise's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weekly Chefs ships an update monthly, MealWise every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Weekly Chefs versus MealWise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeekly ChefsMealWise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (145 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings145 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.614.0.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeraphin HochartByung Chul An

Customer experience

Weekly Chefs

All ratings146 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral8.9%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive67.6%
Neutral20.6%
Negative11.8%

MealWise

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Weekly Chefs

No in-app purchases

None

MealWise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weekly Chefs free?
Weekly Chefs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MealWise free?
MealWise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Weekly Chefs or MealWise?
MealWise is rated higher. Weekly Chefs averages 4.5 out of 5 from 145 ratings, while MealWise averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Weekly Chefs or MealWise have ads?
Neither Weekly Chefs nor MealWise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weekly Chefs or MealWise?
Weekly Chefs ships an update monthly, and MealWise every 4 weeks. Most recently, Weekly Chefs was updated on October 24, 2026 and MealWise on September 15, 2026.

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