Simple Meal Plan vs Pattern Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Meal Plan
Plan your weekly meals collaboratively with your household. Share your plan, track what you're eating, and manage a shared shopping list for effortless organization.
- Household creation and sharing
- Shared weekly meal planning
- Track meals and eating times
- Shared shopping list management
- Simple and intuitive interface
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After trying to use a variety of different apps to keep track of my weekly meal plan with my wife, I decided to build my own solution with the idea of simplicity at the heart of the app. Create a household, share it with others in your house and keep track of what you're eating and when, and keep a shared shopping list.
Pattern Manager
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Pattern Manager is our reference app for reading and managing OPAF patterns. With Pattern Manager you can: - Manage your library of OPAF pattern files - Manage your active projects - Configure new projects or import existing project files - Utilise a variety of interactive features such as progress tracking, responsive charts and interactive instructions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pattern Manager at every 2 weeks against Simple Meal Plan's every 6 months. Pattern Manager also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simple Meal Plan ships an update every 6 months, Pattern Manager every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Meal Plan | Pattern Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Myles Cowper-Coles | Scott Ware |
In-app purchases
Simple Meal Plan
No in-app purchases
Pattern Manager
No in-app purchases
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