Comparison

Menu Planner vs Meal ID

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

Head to head
About

Menu Planner

Effortlessly plan your meals, manage recipes, and track nutritional information. This app helps you organize your pantry, generate shopping lists, and even sync data across devices with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Create custom meal plans
  • Track nutritional information
  • Manage personal and imported recipes
  • Organize pantry inventory
  • Generate automatic shopping lists
  • Sync data across devices (Pro subscription)
  • Integrates with Apple Health
Features
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Easily create meal plans for yourself or others and track nutritional information per meal. Manage your own recipes and import new ones from popular recipe web sites. Keep track of what you have in your pantry (and how many), and integrate it all into your shopping list in one application! With a Pro subscription, you can store your data in the cloud and sync between multiple iOS devices! Key Features: • Multi-Profile support - Makes planning meals for multiple people and family members simple! • Integrates with the Apple Health App. • View the day's meal plan and your shopping list on your Apple Watch • Completely customizable to meet your needs • Plan out your meals exactly how you like them using items and recipes from your own pantry • Track nutritional information for your foods and recipes and see your daily total • Can save your daily nutritional values in the Apple Health App • Keep track of what you have in your pantry to make meal planning and shopping lists simple • Find items quickly with our own online database of products • With the advanced pantry, you can track quantities of items in your pantry and have it auto adjust based on meal plan usage. You can also set thresholds to have items added to your shopping list automatically when you get low! • Import recipes from popular recipe websites, and add your own favorite recipes • Create a shopping list automatically based on the meal plans you've created • Set item prices per store for comparison shopping and estimating your total bill • Universal app that runs on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch • Includes some of the most common panty items to get your started. • Web interface for easier recipe entry (with subscription) • Mark items as favorites to quickly add them to your shopping list • Add your own images to recipes • Supports custom stores for your shopping lists • Easily swap meals from one date to another. • Add your own meal types (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, etc). • Organize food and recipes by creating your own categories • Add notes to meals • Move and copy individual meals to a different date • Email meal plans, shopping lists, and recipes • Free syncing, backup, and restore of your data • Barcode scanner for quickly adding new items • Print (or email) a monthly or weekly meal plan directly to an AirPrint compatible printer. • Export meal plans to PDF You can view the Terms Of Use at this location: http://mp2.menu-planner.com/Home/TermsOfUse

About

Meal ID

This comprehensive health and fitness app helps users create personalized meal plans for weight loss or gain, track fitness progress with photos and measurements, and log workouts. It offers features like macro adjustment, calorie tracking, and automatic grocery lists to support a healthy lifestyle.

Highlights
  • Customizable meal plans
  • Macro and calorie tracking
  • Weight and body measurement tracking
  • Before/after photo comparison
  • Exercise logging and notes
  • Automatic grocery list generation
Features
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Eat with a plan. Train with purpose. MEAL ID brings personalized macro meal planning, nutrition tracking, and workout logging together—so you can spend less time figuring out what to do and more time making progress. Whether you’re working toward fat loss, building muscle, or creating healthier habits, MEAL ID helps you organize your daily routine around your goals. MEAL PLANS THAT FIT YOUR LIFE Get meal plans tailored to your goals, dietary preferences, and macro nutrition targets. Explore recipes, swap meals, and adjust portions to make your plan work for you. KNOW YOUR NUMBERS Keep track of calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat in one place. Follow daily targets that give your food choices a clear direction. MAKE GROCERY SHOPPING EASIER Turn your meal plan into a shopping list, so you know what to buy and can prepare for the week ahead. BUILD YOUR WORKOUT ROUTINE Explore strength, bodyweight, plyometric, and cardio exercises with images and step-by-step instructions. Log your sets, reps, and weights, and review your workout history as you progress. KEEP YOUR PROGRESS IN VIEW Bring your meals, workouts, and daily habits into one organized space. Build a routine you can return to, one day at a time. From your next grocery trip to your next training session, MEAL ID helps you put your goals into practice. MEET SAGE, YOUR ENHANCED AI FITNESS COACH Put your fitness on cruise control and let Sage help build your meal plan and workout routine which would help eliminate the guess work. Download MEAL ID and start building your routine. Meal ID Premium Pricing and Terms: Meal ID is free to download and use. Should you choose to upgrade to premium, we offer 4 auto-renewing subscription options – a monthly plan at $9.99, a quarterly plan at USD 24.99, a 6-month plan at USD $39.99, and a yearly plan at USD $59.99. Once subscribed, billing will continue unless canceled. Payment will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Your iTunes account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Prices are fixed, and there will be no increases when renewals. Subscriptions and auto-renewal can be managed by going to subscriptions in settings after purchase. Once purchased, refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Any unused portion of the period will be forfeited. Privacy policy: https://mealid.fit/privacy-policy Terms of Services: https://mealid.fit/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Menu Planner4 screens
Meal ID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Meal ID at every 6 days against Menu Planner's every 3 weeks. Menu Planner's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 114) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). 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. Menu Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Meal ID sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Menu Planner against 4.2 for Meal ID. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Menu Planner has 1.3K ratings behind it against 114, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 61% and 61% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Menu Planner ships an update every 3 weeks, Meal ID every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Menu Planner versus Meal ID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMenu PlannerMeal ID
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (1.3K ratings) — better4.2 (114 ratings)
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews61.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better114
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB84 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperInnovaDev, LLCMEAL ID INC

Customer experience

Menu Planner

All ratings1,282 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral4.1%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews440 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative31.1%

Meal ID

All ratings113 ratings
Positive79.6%
Neutral1.8%
Negative18.6%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Menu Planner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Meal ID

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Token failed to authenticate
  • Groceries link crashes app
  • App shuts down when clicking groceries
  • App only gives one day of meal planning
  • Blank next day meal plan
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  • App times out
  • Cannot open app
  • Doesn't give options on meals
  • Cannot press meals to change
  • Groceries button crashes app

Requested features

6 requests
  • See full app before purchase
  • Add workout videos or training regimens
  • Add a food search option
  • Start shipping ingredients
  • Allow meal prep for the week
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  • Option to customize meals

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Menu Planner

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Subscription (1 Month)$1.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription (6 Months)$9.996 Months
  • Pro Subscription (12 months)$19.991 Year
12 purchases

Meal ID

Subscriptions12
  • 1 month Pro Features$8.991 Month
  • Access Pro Features 1 month7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • 3 months Pro Features3 Months trial$19.993 Months
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  • 3 months Pro Features Active$24.993 Months
  • Access Pro Features 6 months7 Days trial$29.996 Months
  • 6 months Pro Features6 Months trial$29.996 Months
  • 6 months Pro Features Active$39.996 Months
  • 6 months pro features active$39.996 Months
  • Access Pro Features 12 months7 Days trial$47.991 Year
  • 12 months Pro Features1 Year trial$47.991 Year
  • 12 Months Plan$47.991 Year
  • 12 months Pro Features Active$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Menu Planner free?
Menu Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meal ID free?
Meal ID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Menu Planner or Meal ID?
Menu Planner is rated higher. Menu Planner averages 4.3 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Meal ID averages 4.2 from 114 ratings.
Do Menu Planner or Meal ID have ads?
Neither Menu Planner nor Meal ID shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Menu Planner or Meal ID?
Menu Planner ships an update every 3 weeks, and Meal ID every 6 days. Most recently, Menu Planner was updated on November 3, 2026 and Meal ID on November 3, 2026.

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