Comparison

slotho vs Menu Planner 2

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

Head to head
About

slotho

Features
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slotho is a food, drink, sleep, workout and fasting diary that also tells you how those things connect. The insights are worked out on your device, and everything you log goes to Apple Health, where it stays yours. LOG IT IN SECONDS - Search a food, scan a barcode, photograph a plate, or type "two eggs and a coffee" - Hundreds of common foods built in, most with their own illustration, plus Open Food Facts and USDA FoodData Central - Drinks log what is actually in them: water, caffeine and alcohol - Meals, favorites and plans you can reuse - Log from Apple Watch, the Home Screen, Siri or a Shortcut HOW FOOD MAKES YOU FEEL - Six digestion symptoms with severity, where a symptom-free visit counts as evidence too - Ten more symptoms, from headaches to appetite changes - Mood check-ins through Apple Health's State of Mind - slotho looks for foods that show up before a symptom, using only your own logs, and says so only once the evidence is there - Correlations across sleep, digestion, energy, caffeine, alcohol and heart-rate variability - Ask your history in your own words, such as "When did I last eat salmon?", and get the answer from your own logs YOUR DAY IN ONE VIEW - A daily balance from sleep, food, activity and recovery - Energy in against energy spent, plus macros, fiber, sugar and electrolytes - Water, caffeine and alcohol - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and an Apple Watch complication - A report for your dietitian or your trainer, ready to send FASTING - An eating window for each day of the week - Your fast starts when you actually finished eating, not when the schedule said you would - The stage you are in on Today and on your wrist, stage notifications, and a morning recap for the ones you slept through SLEEP, RECOVERY AND MIND - Stages, duration, and how regular your nights are - Resting heart rate and heart-rate variability against your own baseline, never a population figure - Training load: this week against your last four - Breathe, and six guided meditations read aloud WORKOUTS - Build plans on iPhone, run them from your wrist - Timed sets, rests, and exercise notes read aloud on the watch - Sloth Pacing ends a rest when your heart rate has come back, not when a timer says so - Save workouts, nights of sleep, meals and mindful sessions to Calendar - slotho only ever adds events, and never reads your calendar PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - Correlations are worked out on your device - Photos sent for analysis are stripped of location, capture time and camera details first - No account, no advertising, no tracking FREE, AND PRO Free is a complete diary: unlimited food, drink and symptom logging, the fasting timer, unlimited meal and workout plans, breathing and guided meditations, and logging on Apple Watch. PRO adds your daily balance score, the correlations, weekly recaps, your full history, and Sloth Pacing and Coach Voice on the watch. PRO also brings its own AI, with no key of your own: meal photos and typed foods read, meal and workout plans drafted, customized voice meditations and your workout notes voiced, and questions about your history answered, all from one monthly balance of credits. Monthly or yearly, with a free trial. Also on iPad and Mac, kept in step through Apple Health and iCloud. Terms & Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Menu Planner 2

Plan meals, organize recipes, and create smart shopping lists. This app helps manage pantry items, track nutrition, and sync data across devices. Features like recipe import and barcode scanning streamline meal preparation and grocery shopping.

Highlights
  • Create daily, weekly, or monthly meal plans
  • Save and import recipes with photos and nutrition info
  • Build smart shopping lists with pantry tracking
  • Sync data across all devices
  • Import recipes from websites and photos
  • Barcode scanner for quick item lookups
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Menu Planner 2 is a complete redesign of one of the App Store’s original meal planning apps—rebuilt from the ground up with modern features, cloud sync, Apple Intelligence, and powerful organization tools. Plan meals, save recipes, manage pantry items, and build shopping lists that all work together seamlessly. Whether you’re cooking for yourself, your family, or managing meals across multiple households, Menu Planner 2 keeps everything organized in one place. Meal Planning, Elevated • Create daily, weekly, or monthly meal plans with ease. • Share meal plans with other Menu Planner 2 users. • Automatic notifications to remind you when it’s time to prep or time to eat. • Build reusable meal plan templates for busy weeks. • Create multiple profiles to plan meals for different people. • Each profile can have custom nutrition goals and preferred nutrition values displayed while planning. Your Recipes, Perfectly Organized • Save recipes with photos, notes, tags, nutrition info, and more. • Import recipes automatically from most major (and many smaller) recipe websites. • Import your data from the original Menu Planner app. • Add recipe images using the built-in image search. • Easily scale serving sizes and instantly update ingredient amounts. • Store full nutrition details for recipes—auto-calculate values when ingredients contain nutrition info. Smarter Shopping Lists • Create multiple shopping lists—great for vacations, special events, or organizing by purpose. • Share lists with other Menu Planner 2 users. • Add as many stores as you want, each with its own aisle layout. • Use Pantry Locations to track exactly where items are stored at home. • Built-in barcode scanner for quick item lookups (US products only). Pantry & Nutrition Tools • Track ingredients, pantry items, and on-hand quantities with full pantry inventory tracking. • Automatically add low-inventory items to your shopping list so you never run out. • After shopping, clearing a shopping list automatically replenishes your pantry inventory. • Store nutrition values for both recipes and pantry items. • Use your camera to scan nutrition labels—values import directly into the app. Powered by Apple Intelligence (iOS 26+) • Automatically generate recipe descriptions using ingredients, directions, and notes. • Import recipes from photos using the camera or your photo library. • Clean up ingredient lists and directions with one tap. • Customize your description style—concise, detailed, playful, or even pirate-themed. Advanced Organization Tools • Add tags to recipes and pantry items for fast filtering. • Use advanced filters to narrow down recipes and pantry items. • Create Smart Lists—saved filter sets you can reuse anywhere in the app. Cloud Sync & Family Sharing • Sync your data securely across all your devices. • Premium and Premium + Sync support Family Sharing—buy once for the entire family. • Automatic cloud backups keep your recipes, meal plans, and pantry items safe. Personalize Your Experience • Choose from multiple app icons and color themes. • Add images to recipes and pantry items with easy built-in image search. Use of this app is governed by Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mp2web.menu-planner.com/privacy

Screenshots

slotho4 screens
Menu Planner 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Menu Planner 2 at every 4 days against slotho's every 11 days. 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. slotho sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Menu Planner 2 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

slotho ships an update every 11 days, Menu Planner 2 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
slotho versus Menu Planner 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterslothoMenu Planner 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB72 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLuiz Carlos Maia JuniorAlan Bowman

In-app purchases

2 purchases

slotho

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Search Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • PRO Search Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
3 purchases

Menu Planner 2

Subscriptions2
  • Premium + Sync Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium + Sync Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$14.99

Questions

Is slotho free?
slotho is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Menu Planner 2 free?
Menu Planner 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do slotho or Menu Planner 2 have ads?
Neither slotho nor Menu Planner 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, slotho or Menu Planner 2?
slotho ships an update every 11 days, and Menu Planner 2 every 4 days. Most recently, slotho was updated on October 19, 2026 and Menu Planner 2 on October 16, 2026.

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