Custrd vs GrubPlanit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Custrd
Transform your fridge contents into delicious meal ideas with AI-powered recipe suggestions. Simply photograph your ingredients, and get personalized recipes with clear cooking steps. Track your kitchen inventory and manage shopping lists effortlessly.
- Scan fridge contents with AI
- Personalized recipe suggestions
- Ingredient tracking
- Shopping list creation
- Step-by-step cooking instructions
- Dietary preference filtering
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What can you make with the food you already have? Custrd turns a photo of your fridge, pantry, or counter into recipe ideas built around your ingredients. Review what the camera found, see what each recipe uses and what is missing, then follow clear cooking steps when you are ready. SCAN YOUR INGREDIENTS Take a photo, use multiple photos, scan a supported barcode, or try a sample fridge. You stay in control: review and edit the detected ingredients before searching for meals. FIND REAL RECIPES Explore complete recipes with ingredients, instructions, cooking time, and nutrition details. Results show how much of a recipe is already in your Kitchen and what you still need. PERSONALIZE YOUR RESULTS Choose cuisines and dietary preferences, set optional nutrition goals, and use exclusions to shape your results. Always verify recipe ingredients and product labels for your own dietary needs and allergies. KEEP YOUR KITCHEN CURRENT Save ingredients to your Kitchen, track food to use soon, and move missing recipe ingredients to your shopping List. Shared Lists help a household keep the same list up to date. COOK AND KEEP THE RECIPES YOU LOVE Follow step-by-step instructions, save meals, organize your collection, log what you cooked, and share finished dishes. Custrd is free to download. Optional Custrd Pro features are available through in-app purchase. Subscription availability and pricing are shown before purchase. Custrd provides general cooking and nutrition information, not medical advice. Ingredient detection and automated dietary matching can make mistakes. Always check every ingredient yourself before cooking or eating. Privacy Policy: https://custrd.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://custrd.com/terms
GrubPlanit
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Eat better. Stress less. GrubPlanit is the AI powered app that helps decide meals for you — then lets you cook or order them in. No endless scrolling, no recipe overload, no second-guessing. One personalized meal in minutes. Lunches, dinners, weekends. Free. No paywall. No card on file. America hosts the world this summer. Three ways to cook the moment. 250 American recipes for 250 years of independence. 104 fusion recipes — one for every match of the 2026 tournament. 48 qualifying cuisines, one tap away. Opening fixture: Mexico × South Africa. Today's fusion: peri-peri al pastor tacos. 2,000+ curated recipes. 12 collections. Everyday Legends · 20 Minute Dinners · 35 Minute Meals · Quick Lunches · Weekend Brunches · Lean but Not Mean · Spice Route · Herb & Salt · Cheat Day · The Main Event · Sweet Spot · Fusion Kitchen. Built for how people eat now. High-protein. Lower-calorie. Dietary-aware. Every recipe weighed for protein, calories, cook time, and what fits your lifestyle. Whether you're tracking macros, managing a condition, or just eating smarter — GrubPlanit gets it. Drink pairings built in. Every recipe ends with the wine, cocktail, or non-alcoholic match. Local and international. Two ways to handle a meal. One app. Cook it — full recipe, ingredients, timing, drink pairing. Order it — discover restaurants near you serving the same dish. Decide what you want first, then choose where to get it. Smart search that gets you. Type the way you'd talk: "something spicy with chicken, low calorie, 20 mins max." GrubPlanit reads it the first time and finds the dish. Adjust portions on the fly. Scale every recipe with one tap including kids portions. Eat better. Stress less. Decide your next meal in minutes. Description goes live with launch submission. Stays for the full campaign window. Light edit recommended for post- tournament reversion (Mon 20 July) — see Section 4. Field 7 — What's New (release notes for the launch build) 4,000 CHARACTER LIMIT · ~155 WORDS Welcome to the America Hosts the World update. Three new things ship today: 1. 250 for 250 — 250 American recipes celebrating 250 years of independence. The American cuisine pill carries the Betsy Ross 1776 flag through the campaign month. 2. Fusion Kitchen activates — one fusion recipe per match across the 2026 tournament. 104 fusions total, surfacing chronologically as the tournament unfolds. Korean carbonara, miso butter pasta, peri-peri al pastor tacos for the opening match. 3. 48 cuisines, one tap away — tap the new "48" pill in the cuisine bar to browse all 48 qualifying nations by continent. Match-day push notifications fire at 1 PM ET when the tournament is on. We've updated push timing to land before kickoff and refreshed the onboarding flow. Cook the tournament from June 5. Final on July 19. — The GrubPlanit team
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GrubPlanit at none against Custrd's 3. GrubPlanit also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Custrd sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. GrubPlanit asks for nothing beyond the download.
Custrd ships an update every 3 weeks, GrubPlanit every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Custrd | GrubPlanit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Langate Corp. | Grubplanit LLC |
In-app purchases
Custrd
- Custrd Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
- Custrd Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Custrd Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
GrubPlanit
No in-app purchases









