Eats vs MealPlanIQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eats
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Every night, millions of people stare into the fridge at 5pm, paralyzed by the same question: what should we eat? Eats just answers it. Tell it about your household—who you cook for; what you like; what you avoid. Then let it predict your week. Swipe to see alternatives. Tap to tweak. Done. JUST TWO THINGS • Predicts what you're going to eat this week • Tells you what to buy to make it happen That's it. No recipes to manage. No ingredient lists to maintain. No meal prep guilt. HOW IT WORKS Eats learns based on your meal plans. It notices patterns, respects preferences, and predicts a week of dinners that feel like something you'd actually make. Don't like a suggestion? Swipe for alternatives or type your own. The grocery list updates automatically. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Plan on your phone, check the list on your iPad at the store. iCloud keeps everything in sync. --- Free to use with on-device AI (iPhone 16+ with Apple Intelligence). Eats Faster unlocks cloud-powered suggestions on any device, with faster and better predictions. Questions? hi@vgood.science Terms of Use: https://eats.vgood.science/terms
MealPlanIQ
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Five apps, 1 place. We handle recipe imports, pantry tracking, shopping math, meal plans and macros. You just decide what sounds good. WE CHECK YOUR PANTRY BEFORE YOU SHOP Most shopping lists add every ingredient a recipe calls for, including the rice and the olive oil already sitting in your cupboard. We check your pantry first, combine every recipe in your plan into one list, and round up to real package sizes. You only buy what you are missing. YOUR RECIPES, HOWEVER THEY SHOW UP Paste a video or a link. Say it out loud and we capture it. Photograph up to three pages of a family cookbook. Describe a dish that does not exist yet and we will write it. Or type it in yourself. We never cap how many recipes you keep. A PANTRY THAT STAYS HONEST Scan a barcode, talk your groceries in, upload a receipt, or point your camera at a shelf. We keep amounts, dates and shelves straight, and cooking a meal takes out what it used. Nothing expires in the back anymore. TWO WEEKS OF DINNERS Drop meals where they fit and we update your cart and macros to match. Plan one week or two, copy a week you liked, and scale any recipe to your household. MACROS WITHOUT THE WORK You told us what you cooked, so your macros are counted before you open the page. No weighing, no spreadsheet. Log weight alongside them if you want the trend. SHERPA New here? Sherpa walks you through the app, one stop at a time, so you are not hunting for where things live. WHAT IS FREE Meal planning, nutrition tracking, pantry organization and recipe saving are all free for manual entries. Storage is unlimited on every account, free and Pro alike. Barcode scanning, all 10 themes, US and metric units and cloud sync are included too. WHAT PRO ADDS Pro covers whatever saves you typing. Video and link imports. Recipes written from a description. Filling a recipe by voice. Photographing a cookbook page. Camera and receipt scanning for the pantry. Adding to your cart by voice. Cover images for recipes you create. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS MealPlanIQ Pro Monthly is 5.99 USD per month. MealPlanIQ Pro Annual is 59.99 USD per year. Both start with a 3 day free trial, which needs a payment method and rolls into the paid plan when it ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you turn off auto renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel yours in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mealplaniq.app/#/privacy NO ADS. NO DATA SELLING. EVER. We make money exactly one way, from people who choose Pro. That is the whole business model. We will never run ads, and we will never sell, rent or share your personal information with brokers, advertisers or partners. Your pantry, your recipes and your plans are encrypted in transit and at rest, and you can delete your account from inside the app. BUILT BY ONE PERSON MealPlanIQ is independent and solo built in San Antonio, Texas. No investors, no growth team, no roadmap committee. Every feature is here because someone cooking dinner needed it. Email an idea and you are emailing the person who wrote the code. GETTING STARTED Scan a few things into your pantry, save a recipe you already like, and let us build your first week. Questions or feedback: support@mealplaniq.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MealPlanIQ at 15.6 against Eats's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Eats sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and MealPlanIQ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Eats | MealPlanIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Derek Lucas | MealPlanIQ, LLC |
In-app purchases
Eats
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Annual$9.991 Year
MealPlanIQ
- Pro Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Pro Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year





