Comparison

Whatever Eats vs Bunlo

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

Head to head
About

Whatever Eats

Features
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Whatever Eats helps you decide where to eat when you don’t feel like choosing. When you’re tired of scrolling through options or debating what sounds good, Whatever Eats uses your location to suggest nearby restaurants and makes the decision simple. How it works • Finds restaurants near you based on your location • Randomly selects a place for you to try • Skip and generate a new suggestion anytime Why use Whatever Eats • No endless browsing • No pressure to decide • Helpful for solo meals, couples, or groups • Fast, lightweight, and easy to use Whatever Eats does not place orders or process payments. The app is designed to help you discover nearby restaurants and make food decisions faster. Download Whatever Eats and spend less time deciding and more time eating.

About

Bunlo

This app generates weekly dinner plans based on your household size, budget, dietary needs, and available kitchen tools. It provides estimated costs for meals at your preferred store and offers recipe browsing. An optional subscription unlocks full recipes, meal customization, and advanced features like AI-generated meals and fridge inventory planning.

Highlights
  • Weekly dinner plan generation
  • Customizable by household, budget, and diet
  • Estimated meal costs at your store
  • Recipe browsing and saving
  • AI-powered meal suggestions
  • Fridge inventory integration
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Bunlo plans your week of dinners. Tell it who you cook for, your weekly budget, your store, your allergies and the kitchen tools you have. Bunlo builds seven dinners that fit, sized for your table, with an estimated cost at your store. FREE • A seven-dinner plan built around your household, budget and food style • Allergy, diet and avoided-food filters on every dinner • Spare budget adds breakfasts and lunches • Plan cost at your store, checked against your weekly budget • Browse 695 recipes and save favorites; your first full recipe is free BUNLO PRO • Every recipe in full, with step-by-step instructions • Swap any dinner for another that still fits your rules • One combined grocery list, sorted by aisle, minus what is already in your fridge • AI dinners made for your preferences • Fridge Chef: scan your fridge and get dinners built around what you have Bunlo Pro is $39.99 a year with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, or $8.99 a month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. YOUR DATA Bunlo needs no account. Your plan and preferences are saved on your device. Pro AI dinners send your household, budget, dinner choices, allergies and fridge items to OpenAI through our server. Fridge scans send the photo to OpenAI; we don't keep it. Grocery costs are estimates from a US price table built into the app, not live store prices. Always check product labels for allergens. Bunlo does not give nutrition or health advice. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/meal-planner-topnotch/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Whatever Eats4 screens
Bunlo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Whatever Eats at none against Bunlo's 5. Bunlo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks) and chart position (#84 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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. Bunlo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whatever Eats asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Whatever Eats against 5.0 for Bunlo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bunlo has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Whatever Eats ships an update every 5 weeks, Bunlo every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Whatever Eats versus Bunlo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhatever EatsBunlo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
Best chart rank—#84 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarlos ZubiaVLAD GHEORGHE TULITU

In-app purchases

None

Whatever Eats

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Bunlo

Subscriptions5
  • Meal Planner Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Meal Planner Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Bunlo Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Bunlo Pro Annual1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • Meal Planner Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Whatever Eats free?
Whatever Eats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bunlo free?
Bunlo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Whatever Eats or Bunlo?
Whatever Eats and Bunlo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Whatever Eats or Bunlo have ads?
Neither Whatever Eats nor Bunlo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Whatever Eats or Bunlo?
Whatever Eats ships an update every 5 weeks, and Bunlo every 2 days. Most recently, Whatever Eats was updated on October 24, 2026 and Bunlo on October 25, 2026.

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