Comparison

What's for dinner planner vs QuickPick

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

Head to head
About

What's for dinner planner

Features
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What's on the menu tonight? Whether you want to cook more organised every week, let your kids vote on their favourite dishes, or simply avoid a bit of chaos, "What's for Dinner" gives you the perfect overview. Free. No ads. No hidden costs. Just you and your meals. PLAN TOGETHER Invite your partner or housemate and you both work in the same list. When one of you adds something, the other sees it right away. Your list stays in your own iCloud: we run no servers and never see your meals. ALWAYS WITHIN REACH • A home screen widget showing what you are eating today and tomorrow. • An Apple Watch app and complications, so it is right there on your wrist. • The list moves on by itself at midnight — even if you have not opened the app all week. SIMPLE AND SMART • Drag your meals into whatever order you like. • Days or numbers next to your meals, whichever suits you. • Emoji magic: hundreds of dishes are recognised automatically, in Dutch, English, German, French and Spanish. On devices with Apple Intelligence your iPhone works out an emoji for dishes the list does not know yet — and that happens entirely on your device. • A history of everything you have eaten, restored with a single swipe. Got brilliant ideas? Or a dish without an emoji yet? Email us at: whatsfordinnerappios@gmail.com! Download now and cook smarter, not harder.

About

QuickPick

This app simplifies meal planning by offering instant recipe suggestions with clear instructions and ingredient lists. It helps users decide what to cook, organize grocery needs, and save favorite meals for future reference.

Highlights
  • Instant recipe suggestions
  • Step-by-step cooking directions
  • Ingredient lists
  • Grocery list saving
  • Favorite recipe bookmarking
  • Alternative decision tools
Features
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QuickPick takes the thinking and decision out of dinner. With a single tap, the app presents complete recipes with clear ingredients and step-by-step cooking directions, helping you move from “What should I eat?” to cooking without hesitation or decision fatigue. QuickPick lets you save ingredients directly to a grocery list and bookmark favorite recipes to build your own personal cookbook. Everything is designed to be practical, simple, and easy to return to when planning meals. In addition to standard recipe discovery, QuickPick includes alternative decision tools that help reveal recipes in different ways when you’re unsure what you’re in the mood for. These tools support fast decision-making while keeping the focus on useful, ready-to-cook results. Whether you’re planning ahead or need a quick idea right now, QuickPick helps you choose meals, organize ingredients, and cook with confidence.

Screenshots

What's for dinner planner3 screens
QuickPick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: QuickPick at 15.1 against What's for dinner planner's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What's for dinner planner ships an update every 5 weeks, QuickPick every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
What's for dinner planner versus QuickPick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat's for dinner plannerQuickPick
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThom RietbergFrank Palermo

In-app purchases

None

What's for dinner planner

No in-app purchases

None

QuickPick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is What's for dinner planner free?
What's for dinner planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuickPick free?
QuickPick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do What's for dinner planner or QuickPick have ads?
Neither What's for dinner planner nor QuickPick shows ads.
Which is updated more often, What's for dinner planner or QuickPick?
What's for dinner planner ships an update every 5 weeks, and QuickPick every 3 weeks. Most recently, What's for dinner planner was updated on October 6, 2026 and QuickPick on October 2, 2026.

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