Best Family Meal Planning Apps

4.8😊(6.1K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

#48in Food & Drink

Organize your recipes, plan your weekly meals, and automatically generate a shopping list. This app helps you find joy in meal preparation and makes cooking easier with step-by-step instructions.

What We Love

👍 Easy to use
🚀 Streamlines meal planning and grocery shopping
💡 Customizable recipe organization
👍 Helpful for families and busy schedules
👍 Saves time and money
👍 Reduces food waste
👍 Allows sharing recipes with friends and family
👍 Useful for special diets and allergies
👍 Comprehensive features (meal planning, shopping list, recipe storage)

Room to Improve

🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
🔍 Limited customization options for recipe categories and tags
🔍 Clunky handling of metric measurements
🔍 Freezer and leftover tracking features could be improved
💰 Subscription-based model may be expensive for some

eMeals - Healthy Meal Plans by eMeals, Inc.

Meal Planner & Grocery List

Strong Contender

Recipe Keeper & Grocery List

4.6😊(53K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

#16in Food & Drink

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This app simplifies meal planning for busy families by offering diverse weekly recipes and customizable grocery lists. It integrates with online grocery partners for delivery or pickup, or organizes lists for in-person shopping. Explore various diet-specific plans to meet health and fitness goals.

What We Love

🚀 Saves time and effort
💰 Saves money and reduces food waste
👍 Variety of meal plans and recipes
🍲 Delicious and healthy meals
📋 Convenient grocery list and shopping integration
🧠 Helps with meal planning and decision-making

Room to Improve

🐛 Bugs and glitches in the app
🇨🇦 Limited support for Canadian users
🔍 Difficulty finding and organizing favorite recipes
🤖 Automated grocery list could be improved
🕰️ Inaccurate recipe prep/cook times

Daily Meal Planner by Futasaji LLC

Make daily menu

Worth Considering

💪 Health & Fitness

4.9😊(1.9K ratings)

FreeAds

Easily plan your daily meals with this intuitive app. Create menus for each day, categorize dishes, and view your entire month at a glance. Manage recipes and synchronize data across devices.

What We Love

🚀 Easy to use
👍 Simple and straightforward
🚀 Customizable
👍 Helpful for meal planning
🚀 Organized and efficient
👍 Useful grocery list feature
🚀 Intuitive interface
👍 Great for big families
🚀 Seamless sharing with family
👍 Comprehensive meal tracking

Room to Improve

🐛 Syncing issues between devices
🐛 Inability to remove menu items
🐛 Grocery list not user-friendly
🐛 Calendar view not fully functional

More Family Meal Planning apps to explore

MealBoard - Meal Planner

Recipe import and organizationAutomated meal planningSmart grocery list generation

Organize recipes, plan meals, and generate smart grocery lists. Track pantry inventory, set reminders, and sync data across devices. Customize categories and store aisles for a personalized experience.

free with in-app purchases

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FamilyWall: Family Organizer

The game changer for families

Shared family calendar with remindersCollaborative shopping and task listsRecipe storage and web import

This app helps families organize their lives with shared calendars, collaborative lists, document sharing, and secure messaging. It aims to reduce the time spent on planning and coordination, allowing families to focus on spending quality time together. Accessible on smartphones, tablets, and web browsers.

📊 Productivity

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Gathered: Family Meal Planner

AI Meal Plans & Grocery Lists

Eatsy: Family Meal Planner

Breakfast to dinner, sorted

Weekly meal planningSmart menu generator350+ meal ideas

Simplify your family's mealtimes with this intuitive meal planning application. Generate weekly menus based on dietary needs, access a library of meal ideas, and easily add your own recipes. Designed for ease of use by the entire household.

Lilara - Family Meal Planner

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free

Weekly dinner plans, together

Shared weekly meal plansAssign cooking dutiesDietary restriction filtering

This app helps households plan meals together, track who's cooking, and manage dietary needs. It offers smart planning features, recipe integration, and optional grocery list generation. Users can plan up to 90 days ahead with Pro features.

Weekly plans for your family

AIM: Family Meal Planner

Grublist: Recipes & Meal Plan

Shared grocery list & planner

Import recipes from web, video, and PDFAutomatic ingredient parsing and categorizationIn-step ingredient amounts and timers

Organize recipes from any source, create personalized meal plans, and generate a shared grocery list for your household. Automatically import recipes, scale ingredients, and sync your list live with family or roommates.

free with in-app purchases

ChopChop: Family Meal Planner

Family Meals & Cooking Advisor

AI-generated monthly meal plansCollaborative household votingAutomated shopping list creation

This app simplifies meal planning for families by using AI to generate a month's worth of dinners. It allows household members to vote on meal options, automatically creates synchronized shopping lists, and helps manage pantry inventory by scanning items. Recipes are consistently free of pork and alcohol.

Dished: Recipes & Meal Plans

Family Dinners & Grocery List

Save recipes from any sourceGenerate weekly meal plansCreate a unified grocery list

Effortlessly organize your family's favorite recipes, generate weekly meal plans based on dietary needs and time constraints, and create a consolidated grocery list. Track freezer items and cook with interactive timers. Share plans and lists with household members.

free with in-app purchases

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Week: Meal Planner

Grocery Lists & Recipes

FamilyPlate: Dinner Planner

Weekly meal plan & groceries

Shared weekly meal planningAutomated grocery list generationRecipe import from web links

Effortlessly plan weekly dinners and generate grocery lists with your household. Easily add recipes from the web, discover meals from other families, and get smart suggestions. Integrates with Siri and widgets for quick access.

Family Meal Planning Made Easy

💪 Health & Fitness

Misu - Budget Meal Planner

Weekly Menu & Grocery List

lopu: Weekly Meal Plan & Prep

Dinner Ideas & Healthy Recipes

Weekly meal planningPersonalized meal suggestionsAutomated grocery list generation

This app helps you create weekly meal plans, discover dinner ideas, and generate organized grocery lists. It simplifies meal preparation by suggesting meals based on your preferences and available ingredients, reducing decision fatigue and food waste.

Chef Ev: Family Meal Planner

Cook up something delicious

kamado: Family Meal Planner

Meal planning & shopping help

Tellerino: Weekly Meal Planner

Meal Planner & Grocery List

Meal planning for breakfast, lunch, and dinnerShared, real-time syncing grocery listSave recipes from videos, links, or photos

Plan your weekly meals and generate a shared grocery list. Save recipes from various sources, and customize them to fit your dietary needs. Ideal for households looking to streamline meal preparation and shopping.