Comparison

Menu Planner 2 vs Evident

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

Head to head
About

Menu Planner 2

Effortlessly plan your weekly meals and generate organized grocery lists. Import recipes from various sources, track pantry inventory, and utilize cooking mode for step-by-step guidance. Share plans with household members and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Weekly meal planning
  • Automated grocery list generation
  • Recipe import from multiple sources
  • Pantry inventory tracking
  • Step-by-step cooking mode
  • Household sharing and syncing
  • Nutritional goal tracking
Features
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Tired of standing in the kitchen at 6pm wondering what's for dinner — again? Menu Planner 2 turns a week of meals into one shopping list, sorted by your store's aisles, so you shop once and cook without thinking about it. Now on the Mac too. — SHARE WITH YOUR HOUSEHOLD — NEW • Up to five more people, each on their own device with their own sign-in • One live copy of your recipes, meal plans, shopping lists and pantry • See who added each item to the shopping list • One Premium + Sync subscription covers everyone, and joining is free COOK MODE — NEW • One step at a time, in big text, with the screen kept on • Everything you'll need up front, checked off as you use it • Each step shows its ingredients and how much of each • Several timers at once that keep running when you put your phone down BRING YOUR RECIPES WITH YOU — NEW • Import your recipes from 17 other recipe apps • Find recipes on the web without leaving the app • Scan one out of a cookbook or a photo, bring one in from a PDF, or paste it in • Tidy up a messy imported recipe • Read a recipe out loud to add it, and let Apple Intelligence write descriptions (iOS 26+) • Export all your recipes, photos included, to a file you keep PLAN THE WEEK IN MINUTES • Drag meals from one day to another • Let Menu Planner 2 suggest a day or a week of meals based on your past meal plans • Find foods that get you closer to your nutrition goals without going over — NEW • Adding suggested meals or foods requires Premium • Save a day or a meal as a template and use it again • Plan for different people, each with their own goals, and put several on one meal (extra profiles need Premium) • Put meals in the Calendar app, or keep them there automatically with Premium • A Home tab with your next meal, when to start cooking, and what's missing from your list ONE TAP FROM PLAN TO GROCERY LIST • Every ingredient your planned meals need, amounts added up • Sorted by your store's aisles, and your list switches to the store you're in • Buy something in more than one size? See which is the best value • Scan a barcode to add an item (US products) EVERY RECIPE, YOUR WAY • Show amounts in metric or US cups and spoons — NEW • A recipe in another language offers to translate itself, on your device (iOS 18+) • Scale servings and every ingredient updates • Make your own copy of a recipe without changing the original — NEW • Print a recipe, your list or your meal plan, or save it as a PDF — NEW • Filter by tags, ingredients, nutrition, or what's running low STOP BUYING THINGS YOU ALREADY HAVE • Track what's in your pantry and how much is left • Food comes out when you cook and goes back in when you shop • Items that run low can go on your shopping list by themselves WIDGETS, SIRI AND APPLE HEALTH • Eight Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets (some require Premium) • Ask Siri what's on the plan, or to add something to your list • Save the meals you eat to Apple Health, nutrients included (Premium) — NEW IPHONE, IPAD, MAC AND SYNC • No account needed to plan, shop and cook on one device • With Premium + Sync, sign in with Apple, Google, or a code sent to your email, and everything stays the same on your iPhone, iPad, Mac and other devices, with automatic cloud backups • Open a recipe on one Apple device and carry on from the same step on another In English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), and Italian. PRICING THAT ISN'T A TRAP Menu Planner 2 is free to download and keep. Premium + Sync is $1.99 a month or $19.99 a year, and covers all your devices. Or unlock Premium on iPhone and iPad with a one-time purchase (without sync) if you don't want a subscription. Buy a year, or stay eight months, and Premium stays unlocked on all your devices, even if you cancel (without sync). — Questions or problems? Email support@menu-planner.com — I read every message. Privacy Policy: https://www.menu-planner.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.menu-planner.com/terms

About

Evident

This app helps you understand the connection between your daily actions and your overall well-being. Track habits, sleep, activity, and mood to uncover personal patterns and improve your routines. Gain insights to make better decisions for self-improvement.

Highlights
  • Track sleep, activity, and wellbeing
  • Monitor productivity levels
  • Log custom habits and routines
  • Discover personal health patterns
  • Compare trends over time
  • Join consistency challenges
  • Learn from community insights
Features
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Which habits improve your sleep? What gives you energy? When are you most focused? Evident does more than track habits. It connects your routines and daily choices with sleep, mood, activity, and productivity, helping you reveal personal patterns and find what actually works for you. Every Evident feature is now completely free. Connect Apple Health or use Evident without a wearable, log what matters, and turn your own data into clear insights. Track your life across key areas: • Sleep • Activity • Wellbeing • Productivity • Custom habits and routines Evident turns your logs into simple scores, trends and insights, so you can stop guessing and start learning from your own data. Use Evident to: • Track habits and daily routines • Understand your personal health patterns • Compare sleep, activity, mood and productivity over time • Discover which habits seem to help or hurt • Join challenges and build consistency • Learn from anonymized community insights Your data stays focused on practical self-improvement. Evident is built to help you make better decisions with clearer feedback, not overwhelm you with complicated dashboards. Find what works for you. Make it Evident. Evident is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, monitor, or prevent any medical condition or illness. All information provided is for general informational and self-improvement purposes only. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional first. Privacy Policy & Terms https://evidentapp.com/privacy-policy/app https://evidentapp.com/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Menu Planner 24 screens
Evident4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Evident at 5.0 against Menu Planner 2's 4.4. Menu Planner 2's advantage is chart position (#171 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Menu Planner 2 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Evident sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Evident holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Menu Planner 2 has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Menu Planner 2 ships an update every 5 days, Evident every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Menu Planner 2 versus Evident: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMenu Planner 2Evident
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
Best chart rank#171 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB107 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperInnovaDev, LLCMaximillian Stabe

Customer experience

Menu Planner 2

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Evident

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Menu Planner 2

Subscriptions2
  • Premium + Sync Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium + Sync Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$14.99
3 purchases

Evident

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$10.991 Month
  • Pro Annually7 Days trial$84.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro One-Time Purchase$127.99

Questions

Is Menu Planner 2 free?
Menu Planner 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Evident free?
Evident is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Menu Planner 2 or Evident?
Evident is rated higher. Menu Planner 2 averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Evident averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Menu Planner 2 or Evident have ads?
Neither Menu Planner 2 nor Evident shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Menu Planner 2 or Evident?
Menu Planner 2 ships an update every 5 days, and Evident every 11 days. Most recently, Menu Planner 2 was updated on November 8, 2026 and Evident on October 31, 2026.

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