Best Meal Planning Apps With a Grocery List (2026)
Nutrinity (our app, iPhone) makes one list for a store near you and leaves your pantry items off it. Eat This Much, Samsung Food and Ollie can send a list to a delivery service. Plan to Eat and Paprika build lists from recipes you save.
How do meal planning apps with a grocery list compare?
We list our own app first because we make it. The order is not a ranking.
| App | Best for | Builds a weekly plan for you | Grocery list | Orders groceries in the app | Pantry-aware list | Calorie & macro targets | Step-by-step cook mode | Platforms | Price | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrinity (our app) | 7 or 14 days of home cooking, one list for your store | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | iPhone (iOS 17+) | Free download; Premium $39.99/yr or $5.99/mo | New in 2026 |
| Eat This Much | Hitting exact calorie and macro targets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | iOS, Android, web | Free plan; Premium $5/mo billed yearly (about $60) or $14.99/mo | Active |
| Samsung Food | Saving recipes from anywhere, with an AI plan on top | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | iOS, Android, web | Free app; Food+ $59.99/yr or $6.99/mo | Active |
| Ollie | Dinners planned automatically, with the list sent to a delivery service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Partial | iPhone, iPad, Android | 7-day free trial, then a subscription (prices shown in the app) | Active |
| Plan to Eat | Planning with your own recipe collection | No | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | iOS, Android, web | $49/yr or $5.95/mo; free trial: Not confirmed | Active |
| Paprika | Owning your recipes with no subscription | No | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes | iOS, Android, Mac, Windows | One-time purchase per platform (iOS $4.99) | Active |
| MealPrepPro | Batch cooking to a calorie goal | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed | iOS, Android | Subscription after a 7-day trial (about $5/mo on the yearly plan, per the site) | Active |
| ChatGPT | A one-off plan, food questions, or a grocery cart in the chat | Partial | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial | No | iOS, Android, web | Free tier; paid plans available | Active |
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.
What did we compare?
- From the plan. Whether the list is built from the meal plan.
- Pantry. Whether items you already have stay off the list.
- Where you shop. Whether the app makes a list for a store or a cart for a delivery service.
- Cost. Whether the list shows an estimated total.
- In the aisle. Whether items are grouped and can be checked off.
How does each app handle the grocery list?
- Nutrinity turns the plan into one list for the store you pick near your ZIP code, with an estimated total for that store. Prices in store may differ. Pantry items stay off. It does not order; you shop. See how the list works.
- Eat This Much builds the list from its plan, keeps a pantry, and lists integrations with grocery delivery services.
- Samsung Food has shareable lists, and Samsung says lists can be ordered from partner retailers. Food+ adds pantry suggestions.
- Ollie gives each menu a grocery list you can take to the store or send to a grocery delivery service.
- Plan to Eat compiles a grocery list from the recipes you put on your calendar.
- Paprika has aisle-sorted grocery lists and a pantry list, built from your own recipes.
- MealPrepPro combines its prep-ahead recipes into one shopping list.
- ChatGPT writes a text list from a prompt, and a grocery app inside the chat can build a cart and check out.
Which one should you pick?
- You shop in person at one store and watch the total. Nutrinity, if you have an iPhone. See the budget meal planner.
- You want groceries delivered. Ollie, Eat This Much or Samsung Food.
- You already have favorite recipes. Plan to Eat or Paprika.
- You mostly want to stop buying what you already own. Pick an app with a pantry. See the pantry-aware planner.
- You’re leaving Samsung Food or Mealime. See Samsung Food alternatives and what to use after Mealime.
How we compared
We checked each app’s own website, pricing page and help center on the date shown under the table. When an official page did not say whether a feature exists, the table says “Not confirmed” rather than guessing. For the full app-by-app write-up, see the best AI meal planner apps. If something here is wrong, email support@nutrinity.app and we will fix it and update the date.
Questions people ask
What is the best meal planning app with a grocery list?
For one list matched to a store near you, with an estimated total and your pantry left off, Nutrinity (our app, iPhone). To send the list to a delivery service, Eat This Much, Samsung Food or Ollie. To build lists from your own recipes, Plan to Eat or Paprika.
Which meal planning apps show the cost of the grocery list?
Nutrinity shows an estimated total for the store you pick. Prices in store may differ. We could not confirm an estimated list total on the other apps' own pages, so check each app if cost matters to you.
Which apps leave off what I already have?
Nutrinity and Eat This Much keep a pantry, and Paprika has a pantry list. Samsung Food's Food+ adds pantry suggestions.
Is there a free meal planning app with a grocery list?
Eat This Much and Samsung Food have free tiers, and ChatGPT can write a list from a prompt. Nutrinity is free to download; the plan and list need Premium, which is $39.99 a year or $5.99 a month.