Meal Planner vs DinnerWhere
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meal Planner
Quickly plan your week's dinners with visual recipe cards and generate a combined grocery list. Save favorite meals to a personal recipe book for easy future planning. Designed to simplify weeknight meal decisions before you shop.
- Visual dinner idea cards
- Weekly dinner plan creation
- Combined grocery list generation
- Save recipes to a recipe book
- Quick recipes with times and difficulty
- Optional partner planning flow
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Plan your week's dinners before the grocery run. Swipe through quick dinner ideas, build a weekly Dinner Plan, and shop one combined grocery list from the recipes you picked. Swipe for Dinner is made for people who want dinner handled before they are standing in the aisle. THE WEEKLY FLOW - Swipe through visual dinner cards - Pick the recipes you want this week - Review everything in your Dinner Plan - Build one combined Shopping List - Save keepers to your Recipe Book - Open ingredients and steps when it is time to cook BUILT FOR REAL WEEKNIGHTS - 220+ dinner ideas - Quick recipes with times and difficulty - Family-friendly tags - Saved recipes you can add back to future plans - Shopping list grouped for easier grocery runs - Optional partner flow when two people plan together FREE TO TRY Create a free account to preview the app and start swiping dinner ideas. PREMIUM Premium unlocks the full recipe library, weekly Dinner Plan, combined Shopping List, Recipe Book, and new dinners added regularly. Subscription auto-renews unless canceled in App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://swipefordinner.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://swipefordinner.com/privacy INDEPENDENT Swipe for Dinner is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Trader Joe's Company. Trader Joe's is a trademark of its owner.
DinnerWhere
This app simplifies group decisions for dining out by turning restaurant selection into a fun, shared game. Users swipe through nearby options with friends, and the app instantly finds a place everyone agrees on, eliminating endless debates.
- Group decision-making via swiping
- Restaurant discovery
- Instant match notifications
- Simple friend invitations
- Fast and easy selection
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DinnerWhere Choosing a restaurant with friends shouldn’t take longer than the meal itself. DinnerWhere turns the tedious task of group decision making into a quick, shared game. Instead of endless group chats and indecision, simply swipe through nearby restaurants together and instantly find a place everyone agrees on. How it works 1. Start a session and share a link with your crew. 2. Swipe through nearby spots and see who likes what. 3. Get an instant match when you all agree on the one. DinnerWhere transforms a frustrating group chore into something quick and fun. Features - Group decision-making. Everyone votes by swiping - Restaurant discovery. Uncover hidden gems and local favorites - Instant matches. Get notified the moment the group agrees - Simple sharing. Invite friends with a link or code - Fast and easy. Find restaurant in minutes Perfect for Friends deciding where to eat Couples choosing dinner Groups planning nights out Teams picking lunch spots Stop debating and start eating. Download DinnerWhere and find your next meal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DinnerWhere at none against Meal Planner's 2. DinnerWhere also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Meal Planner's advantage is chart position (#200 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Meal Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. DinnerWhere asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Meal Planner against 5.0 for DinnerWhere. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively.
Meal Planner ships an update every 2 months, DinnerWhere every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meal Planner | DinnerWhere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #200 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeff Mangano | Amanuel Berhe |
Customer experience
Meal Planner
DinnerWhere
In-app purchases
Meal Planner
- Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
- Yearly Premium$34.991 Year
DinnerWhere
No in-app purchases
