DinnerTable App vs Allergy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DinnerTable App
This app generates personalized weekly meal plans for families, considering allergies, dietary needs, picky eaters, and schedules. It creates grocery lists and offers step-by-step cooking instructions.
- Personalized weekly meal plans
- Allergy and dietary need filtering
- Picky eater recipe adaptation
- Automatic grocery list generation
- Step-by-step cook mode
- Family member profiles
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Every night, the same question: what's for dinner? For most families, it's not really about the food. It's about the logistics. Who can eat what. Who won't eat what. What's already in the fridge. Whether you have 20 minutes or an hour. Whether your kid will actually touch it. DinnerTable builds your family's weekly meal plan around the things that actually matter: allergies, dietary needs, picky eaters, your schedule, and what your family genuinely likes to eat. BUILT IN SAFETY, NOT AROUND IT Most meal apps treat allergies as a filter you check once. DinnerTable treats them as architecture. Anaphylactic and autoimmune conditions are hard-filtered. Recipes that could hurt your family never appear. Intolerances get flagged with clear warnings. YOUR FAMILY, NOT A GENERIC HOUSEHOLD Set up each family member with their own dietary profile. Allergies, intolerances, conditions, dislikes. The plan generator weighs all of it together, so the meals it suggests actually work for everyone at the table. PICKY EATERS WELCOME We don't pretend your seven-year-old is going to eat shakshuka. DinnerTable adapts recipes for kids: milder flavors, familiar textures, smaller portions. The feedback system learns what they'll actually eat, so plans get smarter over time. PLANS THAT THINK AHEAD Weekly meal plans generated for your family. Themed nights if you want them (Taco Tuesday, Pizza Friday). Weeknight meals stay quick. Weekend meals get more room. Swap anything you don't like with one tap. GROCERY LIST, DONE Your plan turns into a grocery list automatically. Ingredients are merged across recipes. Check items off as you shop. COOK MODE Step-by-step instructions with built-in timers. Hands-free, big text, easy to follow while you're actually cooking. FEEDBACK THAT MATTERS After dinner, quick thumbs up or down from each family member. Over time, DinnerTable learns what works and stops suggesting what doesn't. 450+ recipes and growing. Works offline. Free to use.
Allergy
Easily plan meals for families with multiple dietary restrictions. Create profiles for each person, and the app will cross-check recipes for safety, offering substitutions. Generate shopping lists and discover specialty foods.
- Create individual dietary profiles
- Cross-check recipes for safety
- Suggest safe ingredient swaps
- Generate weekly meal plans
- Create aisle-sorted shopping lists
- Save or generate AI recipes
- Library of specialty foods
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Allergy-Safe Meal Planner & Recipe Builder is the calm, all-in-one way to feed a family with many different dietary needs — safely, and without cooking three separate dinners. Create a profile for each person (up to 8) with their allergies, intolerances, medical conditions like celiac or diabetes, food preferences and dislikes. Then choose who's at the table and let the app do the hard part. ONE PLATE, CHECKED FOR EVERYONE The Safe-Plate cross-check reads every recipe against the combined restrictions of everyone eating and shows a clear Safe / Caution / Conflict verdict for each person — in plain words, with the exact reason and a safe swap. It even catches the tricky conflicts, like a gluten-free flour that spikes blood sugar for someone with diabetes. PLAN THE WEEK, BUILD THE LIST - Plan breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for the days and people you choose - Generate an aisle-sorted shopping list, scaled to who's eating - Save your own recipes or get AI-drafted ones — every ingredient is re-checked for safety before it's shown - Keep a library of hard-to-find specialty foods and where to buy them FAMILY TABLE PRO (optional subscription) Free stays generous — up to 3 profiles, unlimited safety checks, daily planning and full shopping lists. Pro removes the limits: - Up to 8 family profiles - Unlimited AI recipe & meal-plan generation - Auto-plan a full safe week - Weekly safety & nutrition insights Pro is $5.99/month or $39.99/year with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Your subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. This app supports safe meal planning and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Privacy Policy: https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/allergy-safe-meal-planner-recipe-builder/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/allergy-safe-meal-planner-recipe-builder/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DinnerTable App at none against Allergy's 2. DinnerTable App also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Allergy's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Allergy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. DinnerTable App asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DinnerTable App against 5.0 for Allergy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Allergy has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
DinnerTable App ships an update every 3 days, Allergy weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | DinnerTable App | Allergy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Toland | Kathleen Prince |
Customer experience
DinnerTable App
Allergy
In-app purchases
DinnerTable App
No in-app purchases
Allergy
- Family Table Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Family Table Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year









