BatchMeal vs Lecta
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BatchMeal
This app helps you organize and cook recipes from videos. It extracts ingredients and steps from social media posts, creates weekly meal plans, and generates a consolidated grocery list. Personalize your meal prep based on dietary needs and goals.
- Import recipes from social media
- Convert videos to structured recipes
- Personalized weekly meal planning
- Generate consolidated grocery lists
- Customize by dietary preferences
- Track calories and macros
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You save recipe videos. BatchMeal helps you actually cook them. Import recipes from Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube by sharing a post with BatchMeal or pasting its link. BatchMeal turns the content into a clear, structured recipe with ingredients, cooking steps, and nutritional information. Terms of Use (EULA): https://batchmeal.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://batchmeal.vercel.app/privacy Then add your saved recipes to a personalized weekly meal plan and generate one organized grocery list for everything you need. SAVE RECIPES FROM SOCIAL MEDIA Stop losing recipes inside endless collections of saved posts. Keep the recipes you want to cook in one dedicated place. TURN VIDEOS INTO CLEAR RECIPES BatchMeal organizes recipe content into: • Ingredients and quantities • Step-by-step instructions • Estimated calories and macros • Cooking and preparation details • A link to the original creator and post PLAN YOUR WEEK Build a seven-day meal plan using the recipes you save. Easily swap meals, remove dishes, and adjust your plan as your week changes. CREATE YOUR GROCERY LIST Generate a combined shopping list based on your meal plan. Ingredients are brought together in one place, making meal prep and grocery shopping easier. BUILT FOR YOUR GOALS Personalize BatchMeal around: • Your preferred proteins • Your dietary preferences • The number of meals you want to prepare • The number of people you cook for • Your healthy eating or high-protein goals Whether you are batch cooking for the week, preparing high-protein meals, or simply trying to cook more of the recipes you save, BatchMeal keeps everything organized from inspiration to grocery shopping. Save it. Plan it. Cook it.
Lecta
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Where locals actually eat in Istanbul — not the tourist traps. The city's best tables, cafés, and meyhanes, chosen by people who know it. Lecta cuts the noise. Every place is chosen one by one — only the spots worth your time make it in. A real read for every place: — What to order, when to go, why it matters — a full note, not a blurb. — What to put on the table, and in what order — so you never get lost in a menu. — The must-tries you shouldn't skip. — Search cuisine, meal, and mood at once: "a quiet meyhane in Karaköy, for dinner" in one tap. With people who know: — Follow palates you trust, and see where they go. — Share the places and lists you love with a branded card. — Save, collect, and build your own Istanbul guide. Lecta is curated. It doesn't list — it chooses. Membership unlocks every full note and advanced filter. Istanbul now. New cities soon. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Lecta at 15.1 against BatchMeal's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. BatchMeal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Lecta sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | BatchMeal | Lecta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Berk Capar | YEKTAY PEKTAS |
In-app purchases
BatchMeal
- Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
- Premium Annual$39.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$99.99
Lecta
- Lecta Monthly$4.991 Month
- Lecta Founding$27.991 Year
- Lecta Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year









