Comparison

Batch Cooking Meal Planner vs Batch Cooking & Meal Planner

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

Head to head
About

Batch Cooking Meal Planner

Features
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Plan the dinners you need. Include leftovers. Shop from one grocery list. Every week brings the same small pile-up of decisions: what to cook, which nights actually need dinner, how to use leftovers, and what to buy without making three extra trips to the store. PrepWeek helps you turn that weekly dinner chaos into a realistic plan you can actually follow. Instead of starting with a blank recipe search, PrepWeek starts with your real week. Pick the nights you need dinners for, leave flexible nights off-plan, and get a practical dinner plan built around the way your week actually works. PrepWeek is made for busy home cooks and households who want: - Fewer last-minute dinner decisions - A simple plan for the nights they actually cook - Recipes that make sense across the week - Leftovers and batch-cooked meals planned on purpose - One consolidated grocery list before shopping - A calmer way to get through weeknight dinners Use PrepWeek to plan your Current Plan, review your meals, swap anything that does not fit, cook from clear recipe steps, and shop from one organized grocery list. PrepWeek is dinner-only by design. It is not a calorie tracker, diet program, pantry system, or meal-kit service. It is a practical way to decide what is for dinner this week and get the shopping done. Plan the week once. Cook with less friction. Shop from one list. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Batch Cooking & Meal Planner

Features
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Stop deciding what's for dinner every night. Pick one weekly menu, shop with one list and cook 5 dinners in a single guided session. On weeknights, you just reheat. The app merges the recipes into one timeline: what to chop first, when to heat the oven, which dish to stir while another simmers. A Family classics week takes about 2h 40m in one session instead of about 5h 30m cooked dish by dish (the app's own estimate). HOW IT WORKS • Choose a weekly menu for your diet: omnivore, vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free. Or tap Pick for me. • Set how many people you cook for; quantities and times adjust. • Shop with one list, merged across every dish and sorted by aisle. Share it or add it to Reminders. • Cook everything in one session, step by step, with timers that alert you even when the app is closed. • This Week shows tonight's dinner, how to reheat it, its use-by day and which dishes to freeze. MADE FOR REAL KITCHENS • 16 weekly menus and 52 dishes, with a side such as rice or bread where a dish needs one • Storage and reheating guidance for every dish: 2 days in the fridge, the freezer for later in the week, and a reminder to thaw • Core temperatures to check for chicken, turkey and fish • Allergens for every dish, and a note when an ingredient depends on the brand • Metric or imperial units, Celsius or Fahrenheit • Optional reminders to plan, shop, cook and eat before the use-by day • Favorites and past weeks, ready to cook again • In English, German, Spanish, French and Arabic PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything stays on your iPhone. FREE AND PREMIUM One starter menu for your diet is free with every feature, including the full prep session. Premium unlocks every menu, and new menus as they're added. Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly; the yearly plan starts with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Storage times are general guidance, not a food-safety guarantee. Gluten-free menus use gluten-free ingredients but are not certified for celiac disease; always check labels.

Screenshots

Batch Cooking Meal Planner3 screens
Batch Cooking & Meal Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Batch Cooking Meal Planner at 15.1 against Batch Cooking & Meal Planner's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Batch Cooking Meal Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Batch Cooking & Meal Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Batch Cooking Meal Planner versus Batch Cooking & Meal Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBatch Cooking Meal PlannerBatch Cooking & Meal Planner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB281 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLemar Systems LtdNajma Zekri

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Batch Cooking Meal Planner

Subscriptions3
  • PrepWeek Pro Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • PrepWeek Pro Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • PrepWeek Pro Annual$19.991 Year
2 purchases

Batch Cooking & Meal Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Batch Cooking Meal Planner free?
Batch Cooking Meal Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Batch Cooking & Meal Planner free?
Batch Cooking & Meal Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Batch Cooking Meal Planner or Batch Cooking & Meal Planner have ads?
Neither Batch Cooking Meal Planner nor Batch Cooking & Meal Planner shows ads.

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