MealWise vs Fork'd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MealWise
Simplify your weekly meal planning with this app. Browse recipes, create custom plans, and automatically generate shopping lists. Track nutrition for healthier eating.
- 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
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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.
Fork'd
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Fork’d is a social cooking app for home cooks. Share your personal cookbook. Discover real, home-cooked recipes from a growing community. Post your creations, save your favourites, follow creators you love, and cook with confidence using clean, step-by-step instructions. With Fork’d, you can: • Browse and save recipes shared by real people • Follow friends and creators • Post your own recipes with photos and clear instructions • Keep all your favourite recipes in one place • Cook step-by-step with an easy-to-follow layout • Use the “Feeling Lucky” feature to let Fork’d randomly pick your next meal when you can’t decide what to cook Fork’d Premium (Auto-Renewable Subscription) Fork’d offers an optional auto-renewing subscription called Fork’d Premium (Monthly). Subscription length: 1 month Price: $4.99 per month (price may vary by region) Fork’d Premium includes: • Unlimited recipe search results • Unlimited trending recipe discovery • Advanced multi-filter search and smart tag exclusions • Unlimited Cook Mode for distraction-free cooking, automatic unit conversion, timers, and always-on display • Voice dictation with AI formatting to quickly create recipes • Additional cooking tools designed for home cooks If a free trial is available, access to Premium features begins immediately. At the end of the trial period, the subscription will automatically renew at $4.99 per month unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the trial. 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. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.forkd.io/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Whether you’re cooking for yourself or sharing your best dishes with friends, Fork’d helps you find recipes worth stealing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MealWise at none against Fork'd's 1. Fork'd's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, device support 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. Fork'd sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. MealWise asks for nothing beyond the download.
MealWise ships an update every 4 weeks, Fork'd weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MealWise | Fork'd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Byung Chul An | NYKAN MIRCHI |
In-app purchases
MealWise
No in-app purchases
Fork'd
- Fork'd Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month









