SmartPrep vs Meal Prep Momma
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartPrep
Simplify your week with AI-powered meal plans and smart grocery lists. This app helps you batch cook efficiently, saving time and money with personalized recipes tailored to your household and dietary needs.
- AI-powered personalized meal plans
- Smart grocery lists with price estimates
- Budget tracking for grocery spending
- Batch cooking scheduling
- Dietary and time-based recipe filtering
- Skill-level and equipment adaptation
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More than a meal planning app. SmartPrep helps you batch cook with confidence every single week, with AI-powered meal plans, smart grocery lists, and a system that finally saves you real time and money. Staring at the fridge with no idea what to cook. Throwing away food you forgot you bought. Spending too much on takeout because you didn't plan ahead. The cycle is the same. SmartPrep helps you break it with just two cooking sessions per week. Most recipe apps want you to cook more. SmartPrep makes you cook smarter. What SmartPrep offers: Personalized Weekly Meal Plans: Answer a few questions about your household, your diet, and your schedule. SmartPrep builds a full week of meals, adapted to your family size, your budget, and your skill level. Just follow the plan. Smart Grocery List: Every meal plan generates a single, organized shopping list. Sorted by category — fruits, dairy, meat, grains — with price estimates for every item. No more wandering the aisles wondering what you forgot. Budget Tracking: Set your weekly grocery budget and see exactly where your money goes. SmartPrep shows you the cost of every recipe and every shopping trip so you stay in control. Batch Cooking Made Simple: Two prep sessions per week. That's it. Sunday and Wednesday, or whenever works for you. SmartPrep schedules everything so your meals are ready when you need them. Recipes That Fit Your Life: Filter by diet — vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, halal, kosher. Filter by time — under 15 minutes for busy nights. Every recipe is scaled to your household: adults, kids, even babies. Skill-Level Adaptation: Whether you're a beginner or a confident cook, recipes match your comfort zone. No overwhelming techniques, no boring basics. Just the right level of challenge. Kitchen Equipment Aware: Tell SmartPrep what you have — oven, stovetop, pressure cooker, Thermomix — and it only suggests recipes you can actually make. Save Time, Save Money, Eat Better: Families using SmartPrep save an average of $120/month on groceries and 5 hours per week on cooking and planning. Less food waste, fewer impulse buys, more meals you actually enjoy. Built for Real Families. SmartPrep was designed for the parent who gets home at 7pm and needs dinner in 20 minutes. For the couple trying to eat better without spending more. For anyone tired of the daily "what are we eating tonight?" stress. 12,000+ families already trust SmartPrep to simplify their week. Your data stays yours. Built with privacy at its core. We never sell your data. Ever. SmartPrep is a meal planning and batch cooking tool. It does not provide professional dietary or nutritional consulting services. Start with a free trial and transform the way you eat. Terms of Use: https://lesnants.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://lesnants.com/privacy
Meal Prep Momma
Simplify your weekly meal-prep routine. Save recipes from any source, plan your meals for the week, and automatically generate a sorted grocery list. Track your prepped meals as you eat them.
- Save recipes from web and social media
- Automated weekly meal planning
- Auto-generated, aisle-sorted grocery lists
- Personal recipe library with calorie estimates
- Track prepped meals throughout the week
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Meal Prep Momma is your friendly companion for the weekly meal-prep ritual. Save recipes from anywhere, plan the meals you need, and let us build your grocery list automatically so you can spend less time planning and more time cooking. SAVE RECIPES FROM ANYWHERE See a recipe on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or a food blog? Share it straight to Meal Prep Momma and we'll pull out the ingredients, steps, and cook time for you. Or add your own favorites by hand. PLAN YOUR WEEK IN MINUTES Tell us how many days you're prepping for and how many meals you eat each day. Pick a few recipes to rotate, set your portions, and you're done. Most prep-ers repeat 2–4 recipes a week — we make that easy. AUTO-BUILD YOUR GROCERY LIST Once your plan is set, we combine every ingredient across your recipes, scale the amounts to your portions, and sort everything by aisle. Check items off as you shop, or mark the ones you already have at home. COOK ONCE, EAT ALL WEEK After shopping, follow your recipe steps, prep your meals, and track them as you go. Watch your "meals left this week" count down as you eat — a little celebration with every check-off. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE - Your personal recipe library with photos, ingredients, and steps - Calorie estimates on every recipe - A grocery list that builds itself - Simple progress tracking through the week Whether you're feeding just yourself or the whole family, Meal Prep Momma takes the stress out of meal prep and helps you stick with it. Let's prep! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Meal Prep Momma at 4.9 against SmartPrep's 4.1. Meal Prep Momma also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). SmartPrep's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. SmartPrep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Meal Prep Momma sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Meal Prep Momma holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 16 respectively.
SmartPrep ships an update every 2 months, Meal Prep Momma every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartPrep | Meal Prep Momma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (14 ratings) | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | — | #191 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Les Nants | GOAT STEW LLC |
Customer experience
SmartPrep
Meal Prep Momma
In-app purchases
SmartPrep
- Monthly Plan$12.991 Month
- Yearly Plan7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Meal Prep Momma
- Meal Prep Momma Plus (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- Meal Prep Momma Plus Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year







