Comparison

dishplan vs Kalest

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

Head to head
About

dishplan

Features
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Make more of the groceries you already have. DishPlan helps you answer "What should I cook?" with AI-generated meal ideas based on your ingredients, food preferences and budget. FROM GROCERIES TO A MEAL Photograph groceries, upload a food photo or enter ingredients yourself. Review the recognized items before generating a recipe. IDEAS THAT FIT YOUR DAY Add your dietary preferences, dislikes and calorie goal. Explore recipe suggestions with ingredient lists, preparation steps and estimated nutrition. Swap an idea when you feel like something different. SEE WHAT IS MISSING Compare the recipe with your ingredients and keep missing items together in a shopping list. Set a budget for additional ingredients or choose to use what you have. PLAN AHEAD Save meals to your calendar and organize breakfast, lunch and dinner. Keep your meal ideas and plans together in one place. ABOUT AI Using AI features sends the relevant ingredients, photos and food preferences to our backend and AI service providers as described in our privacy policy. Generated recipes, food images and nutrition estimates may be inaccurate. Always check ingredients, allergens and food safety yourself. DishPlan does not provide medical advice or guarantee weight-loss results. DISHPLAN PRO Paid access includes 30 generated dish photos per calendar month. The optional no-payment 3-day trial includes 30 dish photos in total. Your remaining photo allowance and trial time are displayed in the app. Reaching the photo allowance does not delete your saved recipes or plans; a recipe can still be shown without a photo. Image generation requires an available allowance and service availability. There are no automatic photo overage charges. Monthly and yearly auto-renewable subscriptions are available. Eligible subscribers can receive a 3-day free trial; the price and offer applicable to you are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase confirmation or after the free trial, where applicable. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Privacy: https://dishplan.site/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Kalest

Features
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Snap. Scan. Know what you're eating. Kalest turns your camera into a nutrition tracker. Photograph a meal and get each item identified with portions, calories, protein, carbs and fat. Photograph an ingredient label to see the ingredients and allergens. Scan a barcode for instant product nutrition โ€” barcode scanning is free, always. Numbers with receipts. AI chatbots guess calories โ€” ask two, get two answers. Kalest doesn't guess: AI identifies what's on your plate, but every nutrient value comes from a licensed nutrition database, and every result shows its source. Same dish, same number, every time. Honest about uncertainty. When Kalest isn't sure about an item, it says so and asks you to confirm โ€” tap the item, search the database, fix the match and portion in seconds. No confidently wrong numbers in your diary. Knows your food. Kalest recognizes dishes from cuisines around the world โ€” nihari, keema aloo, shakshuka, not just burgers and salads. When a dish isn't in any database, Kalest breaks it into its ingredients and prices each one from the database, showing you the full breakdown. Made for Arabic speakers. Full Arabic interface with proper right-to-left layout, and Arabic label reading. Built in from the first screen, not bolted on. What you get free: barcode scanning and manual search, plus free AI scans to start. Kalest Pro unlocks unlimited AI scans, full analysis and history โ€” with a free trial on the annual plan. Your photos and history are private, stored encrypted, and yours to delete at any time โ€” account deletion is built into the app. Nutrition information is an estimate for general guidance, not medical or allergy advice. Always verify allergens on the physical packaging. Terms of Use: https://kalest.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://kalest.ai/privacy

Screenshots

dishplan3 screens
Kalest4 screens

Verdict

The call

dishplan and Kalest are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. dishplan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Kalest sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

dishplan ships an update every 10 days, Kalest fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
dishplan versus Kalest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdishplanKalest
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size26 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlaise ShimweHomeshopper AI Inc.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

dishplan

Subscriptions2
  • monthly$9.991 Month
  • yearly$34.991 Year
2 purchases

Kalest

Subscriptions2
  • Kalest Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Kalest Pro Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is dishplan free?
dishplan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kalest free?
Kalest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do dishplan or Kalest have ads?
Neither dishplan nor Kalest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, dishplan or Kalest?
dishplan ships an update every 10 days, and Kalest fortnightly. Most recently, dishplan was updated on October 24, 2026 and Kalest on October 24, 2026.

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