Mealspace vs Meal Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mealspace
Discover and organize recipes from websites and cookbooks. Share your own culinary creations with a community of food lovers. Perfect for both beginners and experienced cooks looking to expand their recipe collection.
- Import recipes from websites and cookbooks
- Organize and manage personal recipes
- Share culinary creations with the community
- Discover diverse recipes from other users
- Intuitive interface for easy navigation
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Stop screenshotting recipes. Start cooking. Ever found a incredible recipe online, saved it, and then spent 20 minutes trying to find it again? Welcome to Mealspace - the smart, seamless way to import, organize, and share your favorite meals. Whether you’re a seasoned home chef or just trying not to burn the noodles (who knows how?!!), Mealspace turns recipe chaos into culinary magic. Why you'll love Mealspace: * Import in a Snap: Grab recipes from your favorite websites, blogs, or grandma's well-loved physical cookbook sitting on your counter. * Zero Clutter, No Long Stories: Skip the 10-page backstory about someone’s summer in Tuscany. Get straight to the ingredients and instructions. * Share & Discover: Connect with a community of food lovers. Swap weeknight go-tos, discover exotic new flavors, and showcase your best creations. * All Your Recipes, One Place: Beautifully organized, effortless to search, and ready whenever hunger strikes. Ditch the endless bookmarks and messy index cards. Download Mealspace today and make cooking fun again! By using the app, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, which can be found at https://mealspace.app/terms and https://mealspace.app/privacy
Meal Planner
Easily save recipes from various sources, organize them, and generate smart grocery lists. This app helps you plan meals, adjust ingredients to your needs, and streamline your cooking process.
- Save recipes from videos, websites, photos, and posts
- Organize recipes into a digital cookbook
- Generate grocery lists from saved recipes
- Edit recipes for taste, goals, or calorie swaps
- Create meal prep plans
- Convert messy captions into clean recipes
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Turn recipes from anywhere into meals you can actually make. Ounje lets you save recipes from videos, websites, photos, and posts, then turns them into organized recipes, prep plans, and grocery lists. Import a recipe, adjust it to your goals, add it to prep, and get a ready-to-shop list without rebuilding everything by hand. Use Ounje to: • Save recipes from videos, blogs, photos, and links • Turn messy captions into clean ingredients and steps • Edit recipes for your taste, goals, or lower-calorie swaps • Plan your next prep around meals you actually want • Build grocery lists from your recipes • Keep your cookbook organized in one place Less copying. Less guessing. More cooking. Terms of Use: https://ounje-idbl.onrender.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://ounje-idbl.onrender.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Meal Planner at none against Mealspace's shown. Meal Planner also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Mealspace sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Meal Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mealspace against 5.0 for Meal Planner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
Mealspace ships an update every 3 weeks, Meal Planner every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Mealspace | Meal Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kollin Murphy | Dave Jaga |
Customer experience
Mealspace
Meal Planner
In-app purchases
Mealspace
- Mealspace Plus$1.991 Month
Meal Planner
- Ounje Plus -monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Ounje Plus Annually7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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