Menu Planner 2 vs NutraMum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Menu Planner 2
Plan meals, organize recipes, and create smart shopping lists. This app helps manage pantry items, track nutrition, and sync data across devices. Features like recipe import and barcode scanning streamline meal preparation and grocery shopping.
- Create daily, weekly, or monthly meal plans
- Save and import recipes with photos and nutrition info
- Build smart shopping lists with pantry tracking
- Sync data across all devices
- Import recipes from websites and photos
- Barcode scanner for quick item lookups
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Menu Planner 2 is a complete redesign of one of the App Store’s original meal planning apps—rebuilt from the ground up with modern features, cloud sync, Apple Intelligence, and powerful organization tools. Plan meals, save recipes, manage pantry items, and build shopping lists that all work together seamlessly. Whether you’re cooking for yourself, your family, or managing meals across multiple households, Menu Planner 2 keeps everything organized in one place. Meal Planning, Elevated • Create daily, weekly, or monthly meal plans with ease. • Share meal plans with other Menu Planner 2 users. • Automatic notifications to remind you when it’s time to prep or time to eat. • Build reusable meal plan templates for busy weeks. • Create multiple profiles to plan meals for different people. • Each profile can have custom nutrition goals and preferred nutrition values displayed while planning. Your Recipes, Perfectly Organized • Save recipes with photos, notes, tags, nutrition info, and more. • Import recipes automatically from most major (and many smaller) recipe websites. • Import your data from the original Menu Planner app. • Add recipe images using the built-in image search. • Easily scale serving sizes and instantly update ingredient amounts. • Store full nutrition details for recipes—auto-calculate values when ingredients contain nutrition info. Smarter Shopping Lists • Create multiple shopping lists—great for vacations, special events, or organizing by purpose. • Share lists with other Menu Planner 2 users. • Add as many stores as you want, each with its own aisle layout. • Use Pantry Locations to track exactly where items are stored at home. • Built-in barcode scanner for quick item lookups (US products only). Pantry & Nutrition Tools • Track ingredients, pantry items, and on-hand quantities with full pantry inventory tracking. • Automatically add low-inventory items to your shopping list so you never run out. • After shopping, clearing a shopping list automatically replenishes your pantry inventory. • Store nutrition values for both recipes and pantry items. • Use your camera to scan nutrition labels—values import directly into the app. Powered by Apple Intelligence (iOS 26+) • Automatically generate recipe descriptions using ingredients, directions, and notes. • Import recipes from photos using the camera or your photo library. • Clean up ingredient lists and directions with one tap. • Customize your description style—concise, detailed, playful, or even pirate-themed. Advanced Organization Tools • Add tags to recipes and pantry items for fast filtering. • Use advanced filters to narrow down recipes and pantry items. • Create Smart Lists—saved filter sets you can reuse anywhere in the app. Cloud Sync & Family Sharing • Sync your data securely across all your devices. • Premium and Premium + Sync support Family Sharing—buy once for the entire family. • Automatic cloud backups keep your recipes, meal plans, and pantry items safe. Personalize Your Experience • Choose from multiple app icons and color themes. • Add images to recipes and pantry items with easy built-in image search. Use of this app is governed by Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mp2web.menu-planner.com/privacy
NutraMum
This app helps women track their daily nutrient intake during conception, pregnancy, and breastfeeding. It logs food and supplements, displays progress, and offers personalized recommendations and recipes. Users can also customize daily needs based on medical advice.
- Nutrient tracking for conception, pregnancy, and breastfeeding
- Log food and supplements with automatic nutrient totals
- Daily nutrition progress bars
- Recommendations to fill nutrient gaps
- Pregnancy-friendly recipes
- Customizable daily dietary needs
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NutraMum is a nutrition tracker for women trying to conceive, pregnant or breastfeeding. Each of these stages of motherhood has different nutritional needs, so use this beautifully designed, easy to use tracker to log your food and supplements. Log each thing you consume, and it will automatically update how much nutrition is in it and shows your nutrition progress bar for each day. Most prenatals don’t have 100% of every vitamin you need daily, so it’s important to track what you’re lacking. NutraMum also recommends what you can quickly and easily consume to help bring your nutrient level up toward your daily goals. This app is great for women who want to ensure they are meeting all nutritional goals for the day, whether they want to consume those nutrients strictly from a Whole Foods diet, prenatal vitamins or a combination of both. Also in the app, enjoy nutrient rich, low fuss, pregnancy friendly recipes that are tasty even when that nausea hits. We know that some people may have unique needs. Inside the app, you can easily edit your daily dietary needs based on your medical provider’s recommendations. This app uses standard recommendations based on pregnancy guidelines but it is not meant to replace your doctor and is meant to be used alongside with your doctor’s advice. Bring it to your doctor appointment and make sure the daily recommendations are in line with what your doctor thinks you need. Features Track nutrition for trying to conceive, pregnancy, and breastfeeding Log food and supplements with automatic nutrient totals Daily nutrition progress bars for key nutrients Simple recommendations to help fill common nutrient gaps Pregnancy-friendly, low-fuss recipes Free to download NutraMum is free to download and explore for 1 day, including the ability to log for 1 day. Continued use requires a subscription. Subscription Options NutraMum Monthly Duration: 1 Month (auto-renewing) Price: $6.99 USD/month (prices may vary by region) Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled 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. Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in Account Settings after purchase. Medical Disclaimer NutraMum is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding diet, supplements, pregnancy, and breastfeeding needs. Privacy Policy: https://nutramum.lovable.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NutraMum at 5.0 against Menu Planner 2's 3.0. NutraMum also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Menu Planner 2's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Menu Planner 2 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and NutraMum sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NutraMum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively.
Menu Planner 2 ships an update every 4 days, NutraMum fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Menu Planner 2 | NutraMum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alan Bowman | Kaimira Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Menu Planner 2
NutraMum
In-app purchases
Menu Planner 2
- Premium + Sync Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium + Sync Yearly$39.991 Year
- Premium$14.99
NutraMum
- NutraMum Monthly$6.991 Month
- NutraMum Annual$49.991 Year









