Comparison

Listacart vs MealWise

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

Head to head
About

Listacart

Effortlessly create shopping lists from your personal recipes or by searching for new ones. Discover ingredient locations within your grocery store to streamline your shopping trips.

Highlights
  • Create shopping lists from recipes
  • Search for new recipes
  • Ingredient location in grocery stores
  • Personal recipe input
  • Streamlined shopping trips
Features
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Welcome to Listacart, the ultimate AI-powered meal planning and grocery shopping companion! Powered by Google’s advanced Gemini AI, Listacart revolutionizes the way you discover recipes, plan your meals, and shop for groceries. Say goodbye to the hassle of manually building grocery lists and figuring out what to cook. Simply tell our built-in AI Assistant what you're craving, what ingredients you have in your fridge, or your specific dietary goals, and watch as it generates delicious, customized recipes instantly. Key Features: AI-Powered Recipe Generation Running out of dinner ideas? Chat with our Gemini-powered AI Assistant to generate unique, mouth-watering recipes on the fly. Ask for "a quick high-protein vegan dinner under 30 minutes" or "a dessert using only eggs, flour, and apples," and get precise, step-by-step cooking instructions in seconds. Smart Grocery Cart Integration Listacart makes shopping effortless. With a single tap, extract all the necessary ingredients from your AI-generated or saved recipes and add them directly to your smart grocery cart. The app intelligently groups and organizes items so you never forget a crucial ingredient at the store again! Recipe Management & Organization Save your favorite AI creations, upload your own family recipes, and keep them organized in one place. Listacart automatically parses ingredients, tracks your cooking steps, and lets you add custom tags (like #keto, #glutenfree, or #mealprep) to easily search your cookbook later. Custom AI Prompts Found the perfect prompt that generates exactly the kind of meals your family loves? Listacart allows you to securely save and reuse your favorite AI prompts, making your weekly meal planning faster and completely tailored to your lifestyle. Seamless, Fast, & Intuitive Designed with a beautiful, modern interface, Listacart offers a frictionless experience from the moment you ask the AI for an idea, to the moment you check out at the grocery store. Elevate your culinary journey and simplify your shopping routine. Let our cutting-edge AI do the heavy lifting so you can focus on enjoying great food. Download Listacart today and taste the future of 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

Listacart4 screens
MealWise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MealWise at every 4 weeks against Listacart's every 2 months. Listacart's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Listacart against 5.0 for MealWise. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Listacart ships an update every 2 months, MealWise every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Listacart versus MealWise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterListacartMealWise
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvan CarlsonByung Chul An

Customer experience

Listacart

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MealWise

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

In-app purchases

None

Listacart

No in-app purchases

None

MealWise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Listacart free?
Listacart 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, Listacart or MealWise?
Listacart and MealWise are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Listacart or MealWise have ads?
Neither Listacart nor MealWise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Listacart or MealWise?
Listacart ships an update every 2 months, and MealWise every 4 weeks. Most recently, Listacart was updated on November 3, 2026 and MealWise on November 3, 2026.

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