Comparison

Save Thyme vs WeeknightBite

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

Head to head
About

Save Thyme

This app helps you plan weekly meals by finding recipes that share common ingredients. It automatically merges your shopping list, reducing the number of items and your grocery bill. Track your pantry and use up existing ingredients with smart recipe suggestions.

Highlights
  • Weekly meal planning
  • Ingredient overlap identification
  • Smart, merged shopping lists
  • Pantry tracking
  • Recipe sharing from blogs
  • Step-by-step recipe directions
Features
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The meal planner that shrinks your grocery list. Save Thyme builds weekly meal plans around recipes that share ingredients. Four dinners might normally mean 40+ items in your cart. Save Thyme finds recipes that overlap — so the same onion, the same carton of cream, the same rotisserie chicken stretch across multiple meals. Fewer unique items, a lower grocery bill, and less food dying in the crisper drawer. HOW IT WORKS - Share recipes you love from popular food blogs with the app - Save Thyme finds recipes that share ingredients with them - Your shopping list merges duplicates automatically, grouped by store section - Watch the item count shrink as the overlap adds up WHAT YOU GET - Smart shopping lists — shared ingredients combined and tagged, organized by category - Ingredient overlap at a glance — see exactly which recipes share what - Pantry tracking — log what you have, get recipes that use it up - Curated recipes — hand-picked from trusted food blogs, always credited and linked to the original creators - Step-by-step directions on every recipe card WHO IT'S FOR Anyone tired of buying a whole bunch of cilantro for one recipe and tossing half. Budget shoppers, meal preppers, busy families — anyone who wants dinner planned without a cart full of single-use ingredients. Save Thyme — fewer ingredients, shorter lists, less waste. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WeeknightBite

Simplify weeknight dinners with a curated recipe library and an automatically generated grocery list. Plan meals, manage dietary needs, and even cook hands-free. Share plans with your household for seamless meal coordination.

Highlights
  • Automated grocery list generation
  • Curated and tested recipe library
  • Dietary preference filtering
  • Hands-free cooking controls
  • Household sharing
  • Chaos Calendar scheduling
  • Smart recipe imports
Features
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WeeknightBite comes loaded with real weeknight dinners, cooked and tested by a person before they go in the app. Pick five for the week and it builds one grocery list for you. DINNER, DECIDED Stop deciding at 5 pm. Choose five dinners from the library in a couple of minutes, or let WeeknightBite fill the week. Swap any night with one tap. ONE GROCERY LIST, BUILT FOR YOU Quantities merged across every recipe, sorted by aisle, tick off what you already have. A pound of chicken for Monday and Wednesday shows up once, with the amount you actually need. REAL RECIPES, INCLUDED No empty cookbook to fill. Every dinner in the library is cooked and tested by a person before it goes in the app, with clean step-by-step timelines, built-in timers and honest cook times. SAY WHAT YOU CAN'T EAT, ONCE Set your dealbreakers and dietary preferences during setup. Gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, low-carb, kid-friendly, and the ingredients you never want to see. Every plan respects them. COOK HANDS-FREE Hands covered in raw chicken? Wink right to advance a step, wink left to go back. The front camera does it on-device; nothing is recorded or uploaded. ONE PLAN FOR THE WHOLE HOUSE — FREE Invite your partner or roommates. Everyone sees the week, everyone can add to the list, and it updates in real time. When one person upgrades, every device in the household unlocks. No second purchase. WHEN TUESDAY GETS BUSY Chaos Calendar reads how packed your evenings are (busy and free blocks only, never the details) and puts fast dinners on the hard nights. Plans changed? Move a meal; the list follows. TWO WAYS TO COOK EVERY RECIPE Quickest mode for 30 minutes flat, or Dish Saver mode for one pan to wash. Same recipe, your choice tonight. BRING YOUR OWN RECIPES Share a link from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or a blog. WeeknightBite extracts clean steps with timers and adds the ingredients to the same list. WHAT'S FREE • The recipe library, timelines and timers • The automatic grocery list • Hands-free cooking • Quickest and Dish Saver modes • Household sharing • Dietary filters and dealbreakers WEEKNIGHTBITE SAVVY Smart recipe imports, Chaos Calendar scheduling and the Signature chef dinners. 14-day free trial, then $7.99 a month or $59.99 a year (save 37%). Monthly or yearly, your choice. Cancel anytime in Settings › Apple ID › Subscriptions; you keep everything that's free. No ads. No cross-app tracking. Camera gestures and calendar reading run on-device. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use: https://weeknightbiteapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://weeknightbiteapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

Save Thyme4 screens
WeeknightBite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WeeknightBite at every 3 days against Save Thyme's every 10 days. WeeknightBite also leads on chart position (#90 vs unranked) and ratings volume (13 vs 3). Save Thyme's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Save Thyme sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and WeeknightBite sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Save Thyme holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 13 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Save Thyme ships an update every 10 days, WeeknightBite every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Save Thyme versus WeeknightBite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSave ThymeWeeknightBite
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.8 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings313 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
Best chart rank—#90 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid Aames Enterprises LLCAnton Anton

Customer experience

Save Thyme

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WeeknightBite

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Save Thyme

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Unlimited7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Annual Unlimited7 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

WeeknightBite

Subscriptions2
  • All Access14 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • All Access14 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Save Thyme free?
Save Thyme is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WeeknightBite free?
WeeknightBite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Save Thyme or WeeknightBite?
Save Thyme is rated higher. Save Thyme averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while WeeknightBite averages 4.8 from 13 ratings.
Do Save Thyme or WeeknightBite have ads?
Neither Save Thyme nor WeeknightBite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Save Thyme or WeeknightBite?
Save Thyme ships an update every 10 days, and WeeknightBite every 3 days. Most recently, Save Thyme was updated on November 6, 2026 and WeeknightBite on November 8, 2026.

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