Comparison

SmartPrep vs MealPot

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

MealPot

This app generates personalized weekly meal plans based on your dietary needs, budget, and preferred supermarket. It provides aisle-organized shopping lists, estimated grocery costs, and features to identify recipes from ingredients you already have or estimate meal calories.

Highlights
  • Personalized weekly meal plans
  • Aisle-organized grocery lists
  • Estimated grocery costs
  • Recipe suggestions from fridge contents
  • Calorie and macro estimation
  • Dietary needs and allergy filtering
Features
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MealPot turns a handful of quick questions into a complete week of meals — matched to where you shop, what you want to spend, and how your household eats. No account needed. Pick your supermarket, set a weekly budget, and tell MealPot about your dietary needs and allergies. MealPot builds a personalized plan with recipes, cook times, estimated grocery costs, and an aisle-organized shopping list. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Get a weekly plan sized to your household, budget and calorie goal • Choose from thousands of recipes, each with its own photo and clear, step-by-step method • Shop faster with a grocery list organized by aisle • See clearly labeled estimated grocery costs • Fridge Chef — photograph what is in your fridge and discover matching recipes • Calorie Snap — photograph a meal to estimate calories and macros • Recipe Import — paste a TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or web link, or choose a photo of a dish or cookbook page, and turn it into a recipe you can cook and plan • Swap meals your way — let MealPot pick, or choose from every recipe that fits you, including your own • New meals, familiar groceries — refresh your weekly plan with different dishes that make more of the ingredients you already have • Find it. Save it. Cook it. — search the way you think, like "quick chicken dinner" or "Italian", browse by cuisine, protein and time, and save your favorites into your own collections • Shop your way — get a list for one day, one recipe or the whole week, and send it to Instacart, DoorDash and more where available • Regenerate your week with feedback — say what didn't work, and the next plan is built on your answer • Keep meals familiar, or add Exotic Dishes to explore more cuisines • Work Lunches — lunches you can pack and take to work • Batch cooking — cook twice, eat all week: turn it on in Profile • Not cooking tonight? Eat Out finds nearby restaurant dishes that fit your diet, allergies and budget, or snap a menu to see what to order • Get mealtime reminders at the breakfast, lunch and dinner times you choose • Filter recipes using your selected dietary needs and allergies MealPot helps remove the work from deciding what to cook, planning the week, and preparing your grocery list. MEALPOT PRO MealPot is free to download. MealPot Pro unlocks full meal-plan access, plan regenerations, Fridge Chef, Calorie Snap and Recipe Import. Choose the plan that suits you. Your localized price and billing period are displayed before purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Restore Purchases is available in the app. Calorie, nutrition and grocery-cost figures are estimates for general guidance only. MealPot does not provide medical advice or guarantee retailer prices or product availability. Privacy Policy: https://getmealpot.com/app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://getmealpot.com/app/terms/

Screenshots

SmartPrep4 screens
MealPot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MealPot at 100% against SmartPrep's 0%. MealPot also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). SmartPrep's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. SmartPrep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and MealPot sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MealPot holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of SmartPrep's written reviews are positive against 100% of MealPot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartPrep ships an update every 2 months, MealPot every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SmartPrep versus MealPot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartPrepMealPot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (14 ratings)4.8 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB252 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLes NantsVanette's Place Global LLC

Customer experience

SmartPrep

All ratings14 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

MealPot

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SmartPrep

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$12.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$39.991 Year
10 purchases

MealPot

Subscriptions10
  • MealPot Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • MealPot Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • MealPot Pro Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
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  • MealPot Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • MealPot Pro3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • MealPot Pro$12.991 Month
  • MealPot Pro1 Month trial$12.991 Month
  • MealPot Pro Annual$19.991 Year
  • MealPot Pro Annual$39.991 Year
  • Mealpot Pro$49.991 Year

Questions

Is SmartPrep free?
SmartPrep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MealPot free?
MealPot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SmartPrep or MealPot?
MealPot is rated higher. SmartPrep averages 4.1 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while MealPot averages 4.8 from 12 ratings.
Do SmartPrep or MealPot have ads?
Both SmartPrep and MealPot show ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartPrep or MealPot?
SmartPrep ships an update every 2 months, and MealPot every 5 days. Most recently, SmartPrep was updated on October 24, 2026 and MealPot on October 29, 2026.

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