Best AI Meal Planner Apps in 2026, Compared

Nutrinity (our app) plans 14 days on iPhone and turns it into one grocery list for a store near you. Eat This Much is built around strict calorie and macro targets. Samsung Food is built around saving recipes. Below we compare nine apps on the same features, with sources and dates.

How do the AI meal planners compare?

We list our own app first because we make it. The order is not a ranking.

Features and prices checked on September 26, 2026 from each company’s own site; linked names go to the page we checked. “Not confirmed” means we could not find it stated there. Prices and features can change after that date.

“Builds a weekly plan for you” means the app picks the meals, not that it gives you a calendar to fill in. Plan to Eat and Paprika are good planners, but you choose every recipe yourself. “Orders groceries” is about checkout inside the app or through a delivery partner. Nutrinity does not do that.

What does each AI meal planner do well?

1. Nutrinity (our app): 7 or 14 days of home cooking, one list for your store

Does well. Plans breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for 7 or 14 days from your goal, diet, dislikes, equipment, cooking time and budget per meal. Turns the plan into one shopping list for a store you pick near your ZIP code, with an estimated total. Leaves off what is in your pantry. Cooking mode shows each recipe one step at a time, with timers.

Falls short. iPhone only. It does not order or deliver groceries; you shop the list yourself. Store prices are estimates. It is a planning tool, not medical nutrition therapy.

iPhone (iOS 17+) · Free download; Premium $39.99/yr or $5.99/mo · New in 2026

2. Eat This Much: hitting exact calorie and macro targets

Does well. Plans meals to hit daily calorie and macro targets you can adjust per day. Premium plans a week at a time, keeps a pantry of what you have, and lists integrations with grocery delivery services.

Falls short. The free plan plans one day at a time; weekly planning is Premium.

iOS, Android, web · Free plan; Premium $5/mo billed yearly (about $60) or $14.99/mo · Active · Source, checked September 26, 2026

3. Samsung Food: saving recipes from anywhere, with an AI plan on top

Does well. A large recipe saver with shareable lists. Food+ adds AI-personalized weekly meal plans, pantry suggestions and a hands-free, step-by-step cooking mode. Samsung says lists can be ordered from partner retailers.

Falls short. The weekly AI plans sit behind Food+. We could not confirm per-day calorie and macro targets on Samsung’s own pages; diet filters are there.

iOS, Android, web · Free app; Food+ $59.99/yr or $6.99/mo · Active · Source, checked September 26, 2026

4. Ollie: dinners planned automatically, with the list sent to a delivery service

Does well. Ollie for Meals plans your meals automatically going forward. Each menu comes with a grocery list you can take to the store or send to a grocery delivery service. Recipes have a cook mode that keeps the screen on.

Falls short. No free tier, only a 7-day trial, and the site says prices are shown in the app. We could not confirm pantry tracking or calorie and macro targets on Ollie’s own pages.

iPhone, iPad, Android · 7-day free trial, then a subscription (prices shown in the app) · Active · Source, checked September 26, 2026

5. MealPrepPro: batch cooking to a calorie goal

Does well. Builds prep-ahead plans from recipes sized to your calorie and macro needs, and combines them into one shopping list. Its help center says it syncs calories and macros with Apple Health.

Falls short. The site does not list full prices. We could not confirm pantry tracking, store integrations or a step-by-step cook mode on the official site.

iOS, Android · Subscription after a 7-day trial (about $5/mo on the yearly plan, per the site) · Active · Source, checked September 26, 2026

6. Plan to Eat: planning with your own recipe collection

Does well. Import recipes from any site, drag them onto a calendar, and get a grocery list compiled from the week.

Falls short. You build the plan yourself; it does not generate one for you. No free tier.

iOS, Android, web · $49/yr or $5.95/mo; free trial: Not confirmed · Active · Source, checked September 26, 2026

7. Paprika: owning your recipes with no subscription

Does well. A recipe manager with a meal calendar, aisle-sorted grocery lists, a pantry list and a cooking view that keeps the screen on.

Falls short. Plans are manual; nothing is generated for you. Each platform is a separate purchase.

iOS, Android, Mac, Windows · One-time purchase per platform (iOS $4.99) · Active · Source, checked September 26, 2026

8. ChatGPT: a one-off plan, food questions, or a grocery cart in the chat

Does well. Writes a meal plan and a shopping list from a detailed prompt and adjusts them in conversation. With Memory on it can remember your diet between chats, and a grocery app inside ChatGPT can build a cart from a local retailer and check out.

Falls short. It is a general chat assistant, not a meal-planning app. The plan is text in a conversation: swapping a meal means asking again, there is no pantry list, no intake tracking and no cook mode.

iOS, Android, web · Free tier; paid plans available · Active · Source, checked September 26, 2026

9. Mealime: was: quick weekly recipes with a list

Does well. You pick the recipes and Mealime merges them into one grocery list sorted by aisle. Diets, 10 allergens and 124 disliked ingredients, servings of 2, 4 or 6, favorites, importing recipes from the web, a cooking mode with a hands-free wave to move to the next step, and apps for iPhone, Android and the web.

Falls short. Mealime says it will be discontinued on October 21, 2026, that accounts and saved data are deleted, and that its users are moving to Meals Hub in Albertsons Companies grocery apps. Its support pages say it gives no cost estimate and has no pantry feature; nutrition details are Pro.

iOS, Android, web · Paid plans wound down; Pro available to all users until shutdown · Shutting down Oct 21, 2026 · Source, checked October 4, 2026

PlateJoy is not on the list because it closed. Subscriptions ended on July 1, 2025. If you are coming from PlateJoy, read what to use instead of PlateJoy.

What is the best meal planning app for iPhone?

Every app in the table has an iPhone app. Nutrinity is the only one here that runs only on iPhone (iOS 17 or later). It plans 14 days, makes one list with an estimated total for the store you pick and walks you through cooking. If you also want the app on Android or the web, Eat This Much and Samsung Food cover both. If the grocery list matters most, see the best meal planning apps with a grocery list.

Which one should you pick?

• You want exact calorie and macro targets. Start with Eat This Much. It lets you adjust targets for each day. See also high-protein meal planners.
• You already save recipes from blogs and videos. Samsung Food or Plan to Eat. Samsung adds AI plans with Food+; in Plan to Eat you choose every recipe yourself. For more on Samsung Food, read Samsung Food alternatives.
• You want dinner decided for 14 days, with one list for your store. Try Nutrinity if you have an iPhone.
• You want dinners planned and the groceries delivered. Ollie plans meals automatically and can send the list to grocery delivery services.
• You want a one-off plan from a chat. ChatGPT can write one. Read Nutrinity vs ChatGPT for how the two differ.
• You are leaving Mealime. See the best Mealime alternatives, and save your recipes before October 21.

How we compared

We checked each app’s own website, pricing page and help center on the date shown under the table. We did not use other review sites as a source for features or prices. When an official page did not say whether a feature exists, the table says “Not confirmed” rather than guessing.

We make Nutrinity, so we list it first. The order is not a ranking. Its limits are in the table: iPhone only, no grocery ordering. If you work at one of these companies and something here is wrong, email support@nutrinity.app and we will fix it and update the date.

Questions people ask

What is the best AI meal planner app?

Eat This Much is strongest on calorie and macro targets. Samsung Food suits recipe collectors. Nutrinity suits iPhone users who want 14 days planned, one shopping list for their store and step-by-step cooking.

Is there a free AI meal planner?

Eat This Much and Samsung Food have free tiers, Ollie has a 7-day free trial, and ChatGPT can write a plan for free if you give it a detailed prompt. Nutrinity is free to download. Nutrinity Premium is $39.99 a year or $5.99 a month. New subscribers, if eligible, can try the yearly plan free for 7 days, then $39.99 a year. It renews automatically until canceled.

Which meal planner apps order groceries for you?

Eat This Much, Samsung Food and Ollie each say they connect to grocery services, and ChatGPT can check out through a grocery app inside the chat. Nutrinity does not order groceries. It builds the shopping list for the store you pick, and you do the shopping.

What happened to Mealime and PlateJoy?

Mealime says it will shut down on October 21, 2026. PlateJoy stopped subscriptions on July 1, 2025. If you used either, save your favorite recipes by hand and pick a replacement before your data is gone.

Can an AI meal planner handle allergies?

Most, including Nutrinity, let you list allergies and foods to avoid and filter recipes and products by them. The plan is still generated, so always check product labels for your allergens.

How often is this page updated?

The date at the top changes whenever the page changes.