Plan to Eat alternative: Meal Planner Pro compared
Plan to Eat and Meal Planner Pro solve meal planning from opposite ends. Plan to Eat organises recipes you collect and lets you schedule them; Meal Planner Pro generates the week for you. Which one fits depends on whether you already have recipes you love.
Planning your own recipes vs. having the week planned for you
With Plan to Eat you save recipes with its Recipe Clipper (from recipe sites, and on its pricing page Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest), then drag them onto a calendar that can cover a week, a month or longer. The shopping list fills in from whatever you schedule.
With Meal Planner Pro you don't need a collection first: a quiz produces seven days of meals sized to your calorie and macro targets. You can still save your own recipes to My Recipes from a recipe website link or a photo, but not from social media links.
If you enjoy choosing every meal and already have a recipe box, Plan to Eat is built for that. If deciding what to eat is the part you want taken off your plate, Meal Planner Pro is built for that.
How Plan to Eat Works
Plan to Eat is a recipe manager with a planning calendar. You collect recipes, schedule them, and it builds an aisle-by-aisle shopping list from what you planned.
- Recipe Clipper for recipe sites; its pricing page also lists Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest
- Meal planning calendar for a week, a month or longer
- Shopping list built from your plan, organised by store and aisle
- One account for you and your family on all your devices
- Lists a "Nutrition & Macro Tracking" feature on its site
- $5.95/month or $49/year; 14-day free trial, no payment details needed
How Meal Planner Pro Works
Meal Planner Pro generates the week for you from a short quiz, with recipes, daily calorie and macro targets and a grocery list, so there's nothing to collect first.
- 7-day plan generated from your goal, diet, allergies and health conditions
- Daily calorie and macro targets built into every plan
- Swap any meal, with an optional preference
- Recipe import from a recipe website link or a photo/screenshot (not social links)
- Grocery list grouped by category for today, 3 days or the week
- $8.99/week, $18.99/month or $38.99/3 months; no free trial
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Meal Planner Pro | Plan to Eat |
|---|---|---|
| Who decides the meals | The app generates them from your quiz | You choose and schedule your own recipes |
| Recipe import | Recipe website links and photos/screenshots (not social links) | Recipe Clipper: websites, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest and more |
| Planning period | 7-day plan | A week, a month or longer |
| Calorie and macro targets | Calculated for you in every plan | Lists a nutrition and macro tracking feature (details not on its homepage) |
| Shopping list | By category; today, 3 days or full week | By store and aisle, from your schedule |
| Free trial | No | 14 days, no payment details |
| Price | $8.99/week, $18.99/month or $38.99/3 months | $5.95/month or $49/year |
| Platforms | Web (mobile apps not released yet) | iOS, Android and web |
Plan to Eat facts checked on October 13, 2026 on its own site: plantoeat.com, plantoeat.com/pricing. Meal Planner Pro is our product.
Who Each App Is Best For
Choose Meal Planner Pro if…
- You want the meals chosen for you, sized to calorie and macro targets
- You have a health condition or allergies you want the plan to follow
- You don't have, or don't want to build, a recipe collection
When Plan to Eat may suit you better
- You already have recipes you love and want them in one place
- You want to plan more than a week ahead on a calendar
- You want to save recipes straight from Instagram, TikTok or Pinterest
- You want a lower price and a free trial before paying
Get a Personalized Plan Built for You
No recipe collection to build, no manual macro math. Answer a few questions and Meal Planner Pro builds your weekly plan and grocery list automatically.
Create My Meal PlanFrequently Asked Questions
Yes. Import recipes into My Recipes from a recipe website link or a photo or screenshot. Social media links aren't supported yet. Meal Planner Pro's main job is generating your weekly plan, so if a large personal recipe collection is the priority, Plan to Eat is built for that.
No. Meal Planner Pro has no free trial; plans start at $8.99/week. Plan to Eat offers 14 days free with no payment details (checked 2026-10-13).
Plan to Eat's calendar can cover a week, a month or longer. Meal Planner Pro generates a 7-day plan.