Comparison

Au vs PrepWell Pro

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

Head to head
About

Au

Features
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auMenu is the weekly meal planner built for real family life. Whether you're feeding two people or a full household, auMenu helps you plan every breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack for the week — on budget, on time, and without the daily "what's for dinner?" panic. — PLAN THE WHOLE WEEK — The weekly calendar gives you a bird's-eye view of every meal slot. Tap any cell to assign a recipe, or let Claude AI generate a personalised week of meals in one tap. Swipe to today's view in Menu du Jour to see exactly what's on the table — and share the day's plan with your family in seconds. — POWERED BY CLAUDE AI — auMenu is built on Claude, Anthropic's state-of-the-art AI. Claude generates: • Full recipes with ingredients, steps, and cooking tips • Nutrition estimates per serving — calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber, and sodium — cached so you never wait twice • Real grocery pricing tailored to your city and country • Seasonal produce insights so you always buy what's fresh and affordable • Drink pairings for every dinner, including specific wine recommendations — YOUR RECIPE COLLECTION — Save any Claude-generated recipe to your personal library, or add your own. Filter by meal type, mark favourites, view preparation steps, and share recipes as plain text, PDF, or CSV. Every recipe remembers its nutritional profile once generated. — BUDGET & BILLS — Set a weekly food budget and watch the gauge fill as meals are planned. Log grocery bills with store name, amount, currency, and payment method (credit card, cash, or cheque). Select multiple bills to calculate totals by date period — perfect for monthly expense reviews. — SMART SHOPPING LISTS — Your weekly menu automatically builds a categorised grocery list grouped by produce, dairy, meat, bakery, pantry, and frozen. Check items off as you shop and share the full list as text, PDF, or CSV. — BUILT FOR YOUR FAMILY — Tell auMenu how many people are at the table and set dietary preferences (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal, kosher, and more). Claude uses your household profile for every suggestion, so every meal is the right size and meets your family's needs. — BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED — Inspired by the Bauhaus design tradition — bold colours, clean geometry, and nothing that doesn't need to be there. Switch between light and dark mode, scale the font to your preference, and navigate with fluid swipe gestures. auMenu. Dinner sorted. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy; https://treillint.com/privacy-policy

About

PrepWell Pro

Effortlessly import recipes from any source, plan your meals with a drag-and-drop calendar, and generate smart grocery lists. Manage your pantry with expiration tracking and discover recipes based on ingredients you already own.

Highlights
  • Recipe import from websites and photos
  • Hands-free cooking mode
  • Drag-and-drop meal planning calendar
  • Auto-generated, shareable grocery lists
  • Pantry inventory with expiration tracking
  • Cloud sync across devices
Features
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Import Recipes from Anywhere Save recipes from any website with a single tap. Our smart importer automatically extracts ingredients, step-by-step directions, cook times, and serving sizes — no copy-pasting required. You can even snap a photo of a recipe card or social media post and let AI extract the details for you. Cook Mode Turn your screen into a hands-free cooking assistant. Screen-stay-awake, inline step timers, and on-the-fly ingredient scaling mean you'll never lose your place mid-recipe again. Concise, scannable steps designed for reading at the stove. Smart Meal Planning Drag-and-drop your favorite recipes into a weekly or monthly calendar. Batch-add meals, swap dishes with one tap, and automatically generate a consolidated grocery list from your entire plan. Your upcoming week's meals and shopping list can even be emailed to you automatically every Sunday. Grocery Lists That Work Auto-generated from your meal plan, organized by store aisle, and shareable with a partner or roommate via a simple link. Check items off together in real time — no more duplicate purchases or forgotten ingredients. Pantry Management Track what's in your kitchen with expiration tracking and barcode scanning. Get alerts before items go bad, and discover what you can cook tonight with what you already have on hand using our "Cook from Pantry" feature. Reliable Cloud Sync Every recipe, meal plan, and pantry item syncs instantly and reliably across your phone, tablet, and web. Pick up where you left off, anywhere. More Features: Collections to organize recipes into themed cookbooks Community recipes to discover and share Nutrition scanning and daily tracking AI meal plan assistant and recipe recommender Personal notes and ratings on every recipe Pin favorites for instant access PrepWell is free to start. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited recipes, batch imports, AI-powered meal planning, and more. Your kitchen, organized. Your meals, planned. Your recipes, always with you.

Screenshots

Au4 screens
PrepWell Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

Au and PrepWell Pro are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Au versus PrepWell Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuPrepWell Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB187 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJean Claude ZabaloffSamurai Digital

In-app purchases

None

Au

No in-app purchases

None

PrepWell Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Au free?
Au is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrepWell Pro free?
PrepWell Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Au or PrepWell Pro have ads?
Neither Au nor PrepWell Pro shows ads.

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