Matbotten vs Aptit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Matbotten
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Stop asking "what's for dinner?" — Matbotten creates your personal weekly meal plan in under a minute. Tell us about your household — number of people, allergies, favourite cuisines, budget, and cooking time — and get a complete weekly menu with recipes, nutrition data, and a ready-made shopping list. How it works: Fill in your household profile (takes under a minute) Get a tailored weekly menu with recipes made for your family Export the shopping list to Mathem, Bring!, or download as CSV Features: Weekly menus tailored to your household's taste, allergies, and budget Pantry — mark what you have at home and we plan smarter Nutrition data from Sweden's national food database with 2,575 verified foods Cooking mode with step-by-step instructions and built-in timers Rate recipes — your menus get better every week Personal recipe book with import via text or URL (paid plans) Three plans: Husmanskost (free) — 3-day menu, pantry, and shopping list Köksmästare (19 kr/month) — 5-day menu, recipe book, unlimited swaps Gourmet (49 kr/month) — 7-day menu, unlimited menus and personalisations Terms of Use: https://matbotten.se/legal/terms | Privacy Policy: https://matbotten.se/legal/privacy
Aptit
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Aptit helps you plan the week's meals in minutes. Import recipes from a link or snap them straight out of a cookbook — Aptit structures them for you. Then share the household's recipes, weekly plan and shopping list in real time. COLLECT ALL YOUR RECIPES Paste a link, type out a recipe or take a photo from a cookbook or magazine. Aptit turns it into a clean recipe with ingredients, steps and servings — ready to cook. PLAN THE WHOLE WEEK Lay out breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, Monday through Sunday. Fill the week in one go with suggestions for favorites and things you haven't had in a while, or repeat last week. Choose how many you're cooking for and move meals when plans change. YOU CHOOSE WHAT GETS BOUGHT Check off the planned meals you're actually going to cook, and Aptit puts the ingredients on the shopping list — sorted by aisle. Nothing lands on the list unless you chose it, and the staples you always have stay off it. At the store, store mode gives you big rows, and the list works even offline. The whole household sees the same list at the same time. COOK AT THE STOVE Cook Mode shows one step at a time in large text, with the amounts right in the steps. Start the timer and it rings like an alarm, even when your phone is locked. COOK TOGETHER Invite up to five people to a household. You share recipes, the weekly plan and the shopping list in real time. One person plans dinner, another shops — without a single text back and forth. WHAT'S IN THE FRIDGE? Type in what you've got at home and get recipe ideas for what to cook. No more "there's nothing to eat" fifteen minutes before dinner. RECIPE BOOKS Start with Everyday Recipes from Aptit — simple dinners for the whole week. Then collect your favorites in your own recipe books — weeknight dinners, Friday favorites, baking — and share them with the household. REMINDERS WHEN YOU NEED THEM Aptit nudges you to plan the week, reminds you on shopping day and lets you know when it's time to cook. Never too many, never spammy. Aptit is built in Sweden — and right at home in American kitchens. Cups, ounces and °F included. Whet your appetite. SUBSCRIPTION Aptit Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. By subscribing you agree to Apple's Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ and Aptit's Privacy Policy: https://olleakerman.github.io/aptit-web/en/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Aptit at every 4 days against Matbotten's every 7 months. 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. Matbotten sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Aptit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Matbotten ships an update every 7 months, Aptit every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Matbotten | Aptit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anjobe AB | OLLE NILS ERIK AKERMAN |
In-app purchases
Matbotten
- Köksmästare$0.991 Month
- Gourmet$3.991 Month
Aptit
- Aptit Pro14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Aptit Pro$39.991 Year









