Comparison

Meal Planner vs Coached By Syd

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

Head to head
About

Meal Planner

Effortlessly create weekly meal plans with this app. It helps schedule your diet, track meals, and build balanced eating habits by categorizing recipes and generating smart shopping lists. Sync nutritional data with health apps and enjoy voice assistant integration.

Highlights
  • Weekly meal planning calendar
  • Recipe import from web
  • Automatic grocery list generation
  • Ingredient grouping by supermarket aisle
  • Macronutrient tracking
  • Health app data sync
  • Voice assistant integration (Alexa, Siri)
Features
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Download Menu Plan and make a weekly meal plan with a few simple taps. Menu Plan will help you schedule your diet and serves as a meal tracker. Whatever your dietary choices, eating a varied diet is good for you. It's easy to forget what you cooked last week! Menu Plan stores each recipe you cook, with a color associated with its food group. Add the missing food types, and build a balanced diet. Your weekly calendar displays how balanced your plan is. Plan what you know how to cook best, or insert new recipes easily from the includes search engine. With web recipes, you will get also the ingredients; ingredients will be used to generate automatic shopping lists, sorted like your supermarket layout. Menu Plan comes with a widget, displaying your menu every day. You can ask Alexa or Siri about today or tomorrow's meals. WHY SHOULD I PLAN MY MENUS? 1) Save Time With 5-7 minutes of planning once a week, you will save up to 10 minutes every day. A whole hour of your time reclaimed, each week. 2) Save Money When you enter the grocery store you will have a list of the food you need: it's easier to buy your ingredients and skip the rest. 3) Save Food Say goodbye to a fridge stuffed with expired items: you will buy just what you need, cook it, and be done with that. 4) Eat better On top of that, you can invest what you have saved by buying and cooking better food. 5) Be aware Menu Plan also works as a meal tracker: you will always know what you have been eating. You can also track your nutritional macros, and sync them to the Healh app automatically TOP FEATURES • Easily insert recipes by selecting or adding new ones into the calendar • Recipes are categorized by course and customizable food group • 7 days view of your menu; manage one week of meals, starting from the day you go shopping • Browse the calendar, to select the starting of your list • Pick a single recipe for a simple menu, add more for a balanced meal; all menus are stored, Menu Plan is also an easy meal tracker. • Import recipes from the web (Allrecipes, etc), with their ingredients • Tweak ingredients, specifying quantity and unit • Generate a grocery list • While shopping for groceries, simply check items as you put them into your cart • Grocery lists group ingredients by aisle • Configure the aisles to match your supermarket layout in the Settings panel • Set your dietary choices • Track your macronutrients; automatic sync with Health Kit and the Health app • Manage up to 6 meals per day • Print your meal plan or empty printables • Menu Plan comes with its printable generator • Full support for Calendar and Reminders export • Data are saved and shared across devices with the same iCloud account • Integration with Alexa and Siri • Dynamic type and accessibility • Dark mode support • Today's menu Widget • Share Extension to import recipes from your browser FAQ Why should I plan my meals? Because it saves you time and money. The best meals are the ones that you plan. Can I use Menu Plan as a food tracker? Every menu is stored on Menu Plan, so yes. You'll no longer wonder what you ate yesterday Can I share the menu with my wife/husband/friends/family etc? Menu Plan lets you export your meals to the iOS Calendar app; you can share a calendar with your friends and family. Similarly, if you're not the one getting the family groceries, you can export your list to Reminders, and share it. Is Menu Plan free? You can test the app for free, and add up to seven recipes. Then you can purchase a subscription. What can I do once I subscribe? Subscribe to unlock the whole app and enjoy Menu Plan at its best! Can I print my menus? Yes, you can print them, and also generate an empty printable plan. Can I use vocal assistants? Yes, Menu Plan integrates with Alexa and Siri. Info at https://menuplan.app Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Coached By Syd

Features
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Online Coaching - Training and Nutrition by Sydney Irving What the app offers: - Check-in form - Nutrition plan - Workout log - Messaging *The app is free to download. To access coaching features, a paid subscription is required. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your account settings on the App Store. No refunds will be provided for unused portions of the subscription. Terms Of Use: https://kahunas.io/terms-conditions Privacy Policy: https://kahunas.io/privacy Medical Disclaimer: This app does not provide medical advice, diagnoses, or treatment. The information and guidance provided within the app are for general fitness and wellbeing purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider before starting any exercise program, changing your nutrition, or making decisions regarding your health.

Screenshots

Meal Planner4 screens
Coached By Syd3 screens

Verdict

The call

Meal Planner and Coached By Syd are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Meal Planner sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Coached By Syd sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $99.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Meal Planner versus Coached By Syd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeal PlannerCoached By Syd
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB56 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDavide BeniniSydney Irving

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Meal Planner

Subscriptions7
  • 1 Month Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$1.991 Month
  • 3 Months Subscription$3.493 Months
  • 3 Months Subscription$4.493 Months
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  • 3 Months Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$4.993 Months
  • 1 Year Subscription7 Days trial$11.991 Year
  • One Year Subscription7 Days trial$11.991 Year
  • 1 Year Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • 3 Months Subscription$1.99
  • 1 Year subscriptions$4.99
1 purchases

Coached By Syd

Subscriptions1
  • Online Coaching$99.991 Month

Questions

Is Meal Planner free?
Meal Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coached By Syd free?
Coached By Syd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Meal Planner or Coached By Syd have ads?
Neither Meal Planner nor Coached By Syd shows ads.

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