Comparison

Letsbento vs Mealpreper Guide

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

Head to head
About

Letsbento

Features
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A Easy Meal for Busy People, we understand your hectic lifestyle. That's why we offer convenient and delicious meal solutions that are thoughtfully crafted. Say goodbye to meal planning and lengthy cooking sessions. Whether you're a working professional, a busy parent, or a student with a packed schedule, we've got you covered. Choose let's bento and make your life easier without compromising on quality or taste."

About

Mealpreper Guide

Eliminate daily meal decisions with a system that lets you cook once for 3 hours to get 9 different meals. This app provides versatile ingredients that combine into varied dishes, offering a self-serve buffet experience from your fridge. Reclaim your week by investing time smarter in meal preparation.

Highlights
  • Cook once for 3 hours, get 9 meals
  • Versatile ingredient building blocks
  • Step-by-step cooking mode with timers
  • Smart, shareable shopping lists
  • 15+ meal prep menus added monthly
  • Nutritional information (macros, calories)
  • One free meal prep menu monthly
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Tired of the daily "what to cook?" torture? Stop thinking about food. Mealpreper Guide gives you one system that eliminates 100+ meal decisions per week. Cook once for 3 hours → get 9 different meals → forget about dinner for 4 days. Not boring meal prep boxes. Not the same chicken-and-rice five times. Building blocks that combine into variety — like having a self-serve buffet in your fridge. Open your fridge. Take ready food. Live your life. Every evening at 6pm, you stand at the fridge with one exhausting question: "What do I cook?" Your brain is fried from work. Your family is hungry. And that question hurts. Mealpreper Guide kills that question. Forever. Here's how it works: Instead of cooking complete meals that get boring, you prep versatile ingredients — proteins, veggies, grains, sauces. Then mix and match them into 9 different plates over 3-4 days. Think LEGO blocks, not meal boxes. One Sunday session creates endless combinations. "But 3 hours is too long..." We get it. Here's the math: - Daily cooking: 1 hour × 5 days = 5 hours + daily stress - Meal prep: 3 hours once + zero stress for 4 days You're not spending more time. You're investing it smarter. And you can split it: shop Saturday (1hr), prep Sunday (2hrs). "Won't it get boring?" That's traditional meal prep. We're different. One meal prep menu = 10-15 prepared components = 9 suggested meals + infinite almost infinite combinations you create yourself. (Okay, technically finite. But you'd need a PhD in combinatorics to count them all.) Monday: Asian-style bowl. Tuesday: Mediterranean plate. Wednesday: comfort food. Thursday: something you invented. All from the same Sunday session. "My family won't eat this..." Every recipe is kitchen-tested multiple times by our CEO Tanya (@dribka.soli) — a mom with a 4-year-old taste-tester who's been perfecting this system for 3+ years with 5,000+ families. Real cooking times (not optimistic fantasies). Real ingredients (available at any supermarket). Real results from real kitchens. What you get: +Cooking Mode — Step-by-step guidance with photos, videos, and smart timers for parallel cooking + Smart Shopping Lists — Share a web link with your partner, they check off items from any browser + 15+ Meal Prep Menus — New ones added monthly (subscribers) + Nutritional Info — Macros, calories, balanced and tested + One Free Meal Prep Every Month — We rotate a different menu each month so everyone can try the system before any financial commitment. No forced trials. No credit card tricks. Just honest access to see if our approach fits your life. This isn't just recipes. It's a skill. After 2-3 meal preps, you'll start creating your own combinations. It stays with you "like a puzzle piece" — you'll understand what seasonings go where, what proteins pair with which sauces. We're not teaching you to follow recipes. We're teaching you to think systematically about food. Your grandma didn't work 8 hours in an office. You don't have to cook fresh every day to be a good parent. Time with your kids matters more than time for them in the kitchen. Good enough IS good enough. And honestly? This system is better than "good enough." Stop the mental torture. Start living. Download Mealpreper Guide. Open your fridge. Take ready food. Finally breathe.

Screenshots

Letsbento4 screens
Mealpreper Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Letsbento at none against Mealpreper Guide's 4. Letsbento also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads 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. Mealpreper Guide sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Letsbento asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Letsbento ships an update every 4 days, Mealpreper Guide every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Letsbento versus Mealpreper Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLetsbentoMealpreper Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB164 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPUBMealpreper Guide OÜ

In-app purchases

None

Letsbento

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Mealpreper Guide

Subscriptions4
  • Pro for 1 Month$19.991 Month
  • Pro for 3 Month$55.003 Months
  • Pro for 6 Month$99.996 Months
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  • Pro for 1 Year$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Letsbento free?
Letsbento is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mealpreper Guide free?
Mealpreper Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Letsbento or Mealpreper Guide have ads?
Neither Letsbento nor Mealpreper Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Letsbento or Mealpreper Guide?
Letsbento ships an update every 4 days, and Mealpreper Guide every 2 weeks. Most recently, Letsbento was updated on October 10, 2026 and Mealpreper Guide on October 28, 2026.

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