Comparison

Meal Prep vs BatchMeal

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

Head to head
About

Meal Prep

This app helps you organize your meals, manage recipes, and create smart grocery lists. Plan breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the week or longer with easy-to-follow instructions and practical recipes.

Highlights
  • Flexible meal planning
  • Recipe management
  • Automated grocery lists
  • Step-by-step cooking instructions
  • Reduce food waste
  • All-in-one food planner
Features
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Plan what to cook, find recipes you want to make, and keep your grocery list in one place. Meal Prep brings your meal plan, recipe ideas, and shopping list together for everyday cooking and weekly meal prep. PLAN MEALS AROUND YOUR SCHEDULE Choose the dates you want to plan and select breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Create a meal plan for a day, a week, or a longer stretch. Review your menu on the calendar, then add or swap recipes when plans change. You can plan ahead without having to decide what to cook each day from scratch. Set how often you want meals to repeat while building a plan. Review the suggested dishes before saving them, then use your calendar to see what is planned for each day. If a meal no longer fits, replace it with another recipe or add a different one to that date. FIND RECIPES THAT FIT Browse everyday recipes or search by recipe name or ingredient. Explore dinner ideas, breakfast recipes, and meals for your weekly menu. Filter recipes by meal type, cooking time, and other preferences. Each recipe includes ingredients, serving information, nutrition details, and step-by-step cooking instructions so you can decide what works for you before you start. Looking for a quick dinner or a breakfast idea? Use the search and filters to narrow the recipe library instead of scrolling through meals that do not fit. Open a dish to review the ingredient amounts and cooking steps, then add it to your meal plan when it is right for you. MAKE THE PLAN YOURS Choose food preferences such as vegetarian, vegan, or pescatarian. Tell the meal planner about ingredients you like or want to avoid, your preferred cuisines, and the kitchen equipment you use. These choices help guide recipe suggestions and make it easier to find meals that fit your routine. You can still adjust your plan and choose a different dish whenever you like. You can also use recipe filters to focus on the kinds of meals and cooking times you want. Meal Prep keeps planning flexible: preferences guide the suggestions, and you decide what goes on your menu. BUILD A GROCERY LIST FROM YOUR MEALS When you are ready to shop, add ingredients from an individual recipe or a meal plan to your grocery list. Adjust portions when adding ingredients so the quantities reflect what you intend to cook. View items by recipe or as one combined ingredient list, add your own shopping items, and check things off in the store. You can also share your list with someone else. The combined view brings matching recipe ingredients together, while the by-recipe view keeps each dish's items separate. Choose U.S. or metric measurements for shopping quantities, and share the list when someone else can pick up groceries. Whether you need a simple food planner for the week, practical dinner ideas, or a place to organize recipes and groceries, Meal Prep helps turn a plan into meals you can cook. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS1zfIFe8SYPsN_gpIzB2rhweep88zsG4G7joAlMo0Ev9MceOcTNRRKE65iYbOUXyyop_F2vTFfRCQ2/pub Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQYb8usQA-DIRYO2Vf1ZMWAmbg3hTdJXLyaf6EIGvlH4Wmo4zhWtPgLvSy6_xdiIC12Psxjgtute3BR/pub

About

BatchMeal

This app helps you organize and cook recipes from videos. It extracts ingredients and steps from social media posts, creates weekly meal plans, and generates a consolidated grocery list. Personalize your meal prep based on dietary needs and goals.

Highlights
  • Import recipes from social media
  • Convert videos to structured recipes
  • Personalized weekly meal planning
  • Generate consolidated grocery lists
  • Customize by dietary preferences
  • Track calories and macros
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You save recipe videos. BatchMeal helps you actually cook them. Import recipes from Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube by sharing a post with BatchMeal or pasting its link. BatchMeal turns the content into a clear, structured recipe with ingredients, cooking steps, and nutritional information. Terms of Use (EULA): https://batchmeal.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://batchmeal.vercel.app/privacy Then add your saved recipes to a personalized weekly meal plan and generate one organized grocery list for everything you need. SAVE RECIPES FROM SOCIAL MEDIA Stop losing recipes inside endless collections of saved posts. Keep the recipes you want to cook in one dedicated place. TURN VIDEOS INTO CLEAR RECIPES BatchMeal organizes recipe content into: • Ingredients and quantities • Step-by-step instructions • Estimated calories and macros • Cooking and preparation details • A link to the original creator and post PLAN YOUR WEEK Build a seven-day meal plan using the recipes you save. Easily swap meals, remove dishes, and adjust your plan as your week changes. CREATE YOUR GROCERY LIST Generate a combined shopping list based on your meal plan. Ingredients are brought together in one place, making meal prep and grocery shopping easier. BUILT FOR YOUR GOALS Personalize BatchMeal around: • Your preferred proteins • Your dietary preferences • The number of meals you want to prepare • The number of people you cook for • Your healthy eating or high-protein goals Whether you are batch cooking for the week, preparing high-protein meals, or simply trying to cook more of the recipes you save, BatchMeal keeps everything organized from inspiration to grocery shopping. Save it. Plan it. Cook it.

Screenshots

Meal Prep4 screens
BatchMeal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BatchMeal at 5.0 against Meal Prep's 4.8. Meal Prep's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Meal Prep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and BatchMeal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BatchMeal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meal Prep ships an update weekly, BatchMeal every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Meal Prep versus BatchMeal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeal PrepBatchMeal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaksym NikitenkoBerk Capar

Customer experience

Meal Prep

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BatchMeal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Meal Prep

Subscriptions2
  • Meal Prep (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Meal Prep (Annual)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
3 purchases

BatchMeal

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Meal Prep free?
Meal Prep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BatchMeal free?
BatchMeal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Meal Prep or BatchMeal?
BatchMeal is rated higher. Meal Prep averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while BatchMeal averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Meal Prep or BatchMeal have ads?
Neither Meal Prep nor BatchMeal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meal Prep or BatchMeal?
Meal Prep ships an update weekly, and BatchMeal every 5 days. Most recently, Meal Prep was updated on October 31, 2026 and BatchMeal on October 23, 2026.

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