Comparison

PrepWise vs Batch Cooking

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

Head to head
About

PrepWise

Effortlessly plan meals based on your pantry's contents. This app helps reduce food waste and takeout by suggesting recipes you can make right now. It organizes your kitchen, generates smart shopping lists, and provides nutritional information for every meal.

Highlights
  • Pantry management with automatic ingredient tracking
  • Recipe suggestions based on available ingredients
  • AI-powered custom recipe generation
  • Automatic shopping list creation
  • Nutritional information for recipes
  • Meal calendar with drag-and-drop planning
  • Receipt scanning for pantry updates
Features
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Stop staring at the fridge wondering what to cook. PrepWise sees exactly what's in your pantry and tells you every meal you can make right now. No more waste. No more takeout panic. Just smart, effortless meal planning. YOUR KITCHEN, PERFECTLY ORGANIZED Scan your pantry once and PrepWise tracks every ingredient automatically. When you plan meals, the app reserves ingredients so you never accidentally double-book your last chicken breast. When it's time to shop, your list is already written - only what you actually need. RECIPES THAT MATCH YOUR REALITY Every recipe in your collection shows a real-time availability indicator. Green means you have everything. Yellow means you're one ingredient away. You'll always know what you can cook tonight, not just what you wish you could. AI THAT ACTUALLY HELPS Ask PrepWise to "make a high-protein dinner with the chicken and sweet potatoes in my pantry" and it delivers. Our AI assistant generates custom recipes from your available ingredients, plans your full week in seconds, and learns your preferences over time. It's like having a personal chef who knows exactly what's in your fridge. MACROS WITHOUT THE MATH Every recipe automatically calculates calories, protein, carbs, and fat. Plan your meals, hit your goals. Nutrition tracking is built into the meal planning process - not bolted on as an afterthought. THE COMPLETE MEAL PLANNING ECOSYSTEM - Pantry Manager: Track hundreds of ingredients with smart unit conversions - Meal Calendar: Plan days, weeks, or months with drag-and-drop ease - Receipt Scanner: Snap a grocery receipt and your pantry updates automatically - Shopping Lists: Auto-generated from your meal plan, minus what you already have - Recipe Library: Unlimited recipes with multiple photos and structured ingredients - AI Assistant: Voice-powered planning, recipe generation, and pantry suggestions BUILT FOR YOUR LIFESTYLE Whether you batch cook every Sunday, feed a family on a budget, chase macro goals, or just hate wasting food, PrepWise adapts to how you eat. No rigid templates. No one-size-fits-all meal plans. Just your kitchen, made smarter. UPGRADE TO PREPWISE PREMIUM Unlock the full power of AI meal planning: - Unlimited AI recipe generation - Advanced macro and nutrition targets - Smart pantry expiration tracking - Personalized meal plan recommendations - Priority new feature access Try free. Upgrade when you're ready. PrepWise - Meal planning that starts with what you have.

About

Batch Cooking

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Batch cooking, planned properly. Pick your dishes. The app works out the order to cook them in, so the oven and the hob run while your hands are busy with something else. COOK ONCE, EAT FOR DAYS One session. One shopping trip. A fridge and freezer full of real meals, portioned and labelled, for the rest of the week. A TIMELINE, NOT A LIST OF RECIPES Most apps hand you three recipes and let you work it out. This one merges them into a single timeline: chop everything once at the start, get the longest dish going first, and use the simmering and baking time for the next thing. You always know what to do next and what is cooking unattended. HONEST TIMINGS We tell you how long a session will take as a range, not a single number, and we show you what that estimate assumes: your burners, your oven, how many people are cooking. Washing up is counted, not quietly left out. Tell us what the session actually took and the next estimate gets closer. BUILT AROUND YOUR KITCHEN Tell us what you have: burners, oven, slow cooker, air fryer, pressure cooker. We will never hand you a step your kitchen cannot do. ONE PLAN FOR A HOUSEHOLD THAT EATS DIFFERENTLY One vegetarian among meat eaters. Someone who will not touch mushrooms. Set it once per person and every plan respects all of it, together, in the same session. QUANTITIES THAT MAKE SENSE Amounts are scaled for the batch you are actually cooking and split correctly between the dishes that share them, so one recipe never swallows the whole week's shopping. Nothing rounds to half an egg. Pots have a size and we respect it. LABEL EVERY BOX Every dish comes with fridge or freezer, how many days it keeps, and how to reheat it without ruining it. Eat them in the right order, most perishable first. A SHOPPING LIST THAT MATCHES One list for one trip, in your units, grouped by aisle, with anything already in your pantry marked off. ALSO IN THE APP • Up to 10 household profiles, each with its own diet, allergies and dislikes • Meal plans for 1, 3 or 7 days, in any mix of cuisines • A pantry tracker, and a mode that plans with what you already have • Your own recipes, saved and added to any plan • A leftovers list that every finished session fills for you • Streaks, challenges and badges to build the habit SUBSCRIPTION Batch Cook Premium is available monthly or yearly. Both include a 3-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > your name > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://creativeadventureslab.notion.site/Terms-of-Use-What-to-Eat-3549f4ad1ce9801b8a5ec1f1f4d3ec43?pvs=74 Privacy Policy: https://creativeadventureslab.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-What-To-Eat-3549f4ad1ce98050963dc0507c91a98c?pvs=74 Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PrepWise4 screens
Batch Cooking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PrepWise at 15.1 against Batch Cooking's 26.5. 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. PrepWise sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Batch Cooking sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PrepWise ships an update every 2 weeks, Batch Cooking fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PrepWise versus Batch Cooking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrepWiseBatch Cooking
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB230 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTrent GavronCREATIVE ADVENTURES LAB

In-app purchases

6 purchases

PrepWise

Subscriptions6
  • PrepWise Pro 1 Month$6.991 Month
  • 1 Month Pro Subscription$9.991 Month
  • PrepWise Pro 1 Month$9.991 Month
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  • PrepWise Pro 1 Year7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • 1 Year Pro Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • PrepWise Pro 1 Year7 Days trial$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Batch Cooking

Subscriptions2
  • What to Eat - Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • What to Eat - Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is PrepWise free?
PrepWise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Batch Cooking free?
Batch Cooking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PrepWise or Batch Cooking have ads?
Neither PrepWise nor Batch Cooking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PrepWise or Batch Cooking?
PrepWise ships an update every 2 weeks, and Batch Cooking fortnightly. Most recently, PrepWise was updated on September 30, 2026 and Batch Cooking on October 6, 2026.

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