Free recipe saver and weekly planner, with AI-built meal plans on Food+
Free plan · paid from $6.99/month
The Best AI meal planner apps in 2026
- 7 apps ranked
- Updated Oct 2026
- Researched from official sources
AI meal planners turn your tastes, diet and budget into a week of meals and a shopping list, so you spend less time deciding what's for dinner. Some build full plans around calorie and macro targets, others start from the recipes you save or the food already in your fridge. We checked the leading apps and ranked them with the same published rubric. Nutrition figures are estimates, not medical or dietary advice.
Our top picks
Automatic meal planner built around your calories, budget and schedule
Free plan · paid from $5/month (billed annually)
Calorie tracker with AI meal plans and automatic weekly grocery lists
Free plan · paid from $59.99/year
The full ranking
7 apps, best first- 1
Samsung Food
Best forHouseholds who save recipes from the web and want planning, lists and grocery ordering in one free app
Free recipe saver and weekly planner, with AI-built meal plans on Food+
Mobile appFree plan · paid from $6.99/month
Pros & cons
- Generous free tier covers saving, planning and shopping lists
- Shared family lists and ordering from 23 grocery retailers
- Strong App Store and Google Play ratings
- AI-built weekly plans need the paid Food+ tier
- Grocery ordering is limited to 4 regions
- Some features are tied to Samsung devices
8.1/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 2
Eat This Much
Best forPeople who want a hands-off weekly plan that hits calorie or macro targets on a budget
Automatic meal planner built around your calories, budget and schedule
Mobile appFree plan · paid from $5/month (billed annually)
Pros & cons
- Plans hit calorie and macro targets automatically
- Grocery delivery through Instacart and AmazonFresh
- Web, iOS and Android with strong ratings
- Low annual price
- Free tier only plans one day at a time
- No household sharing confirmed
- Interface is more numbers-led than recipe-led
8.0/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 3
Fitia
Best forPeople who want meal plans tied closely to calorie and macro tracking
Calorie tracker with AI meal plans and automatic weekly grocery lists
Mobile appFree plan · paid from $59.99/year
Pros & cons
- Meal plans and tracking in one app
- Very high App Store rating
- Annual plan is good value
- Meal plans and grocery lists need Premium
- Monthly price is steep at $19.99
- No recipe import or grocery delivery
7.8/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 4
Prospre
Best forMacro-focused cooks who want a useful free meal plan
Macro-based meal planner with a free plan and grocery ordering
Mobile appFree plan · paid from $8.33/month (billed $99.99/year)
Pros & cons
- Meal plans and grocery lists on the free plan
- Instacart and Amazon Fresh ordering
- Web, iOS and Android
- AI coach only on paid plans
- Website and App Store prices don't match
- Smaller diet choice than Eat This Much
7.5/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 5
Mr. Cook
Best forHome cooks who save recipes from social media and want them planned and shopped
Recipe saver and meal planner with AI recipe ideas from your fridge
Mobile appBrowser extensionFree plan · paid from $3.99/month
Pros & cons
- Excellent recipe import from social media and photos
- Available on phone, web and Chrome
- Shared shopping lists and plans
- AI doesn't build the weekly plan for you
- Tight free limits
- Very few ratings; made by a single developer
7.0/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 6
ChefGPT
Best forCooks who want AI recipes from what's already in the fridge
AI recipe and meal plan generator that cooks from what's in your pantry
Mobile appFrom $4.99/week
Pros & cons
- Pantry-based recipe generation
- Meal plans, recipes and calorie tracking in one app
- Several focused recipe modes
- Needs a subscription to use
- Confusing spread of subscription prices
- Few App Store ratings
6.8/10★★★★★Visit ↗ - 7
DishGen
Best forQuick, free AI recipe and meal ideas in a browser
Web-based AI recipe and weekly meal plan generator with a free tier
Web onlyFree plan · paid from $6/month (billed $72/year)
Pros & cons
- Useful free weekly allowance
- Simple, fast recipe generation
- Fair annual price
- Web only, with no mobile apps
- No grocery list confirmed on its pages
- Nutrition labels are AI estimates
6.7/10★★★★★Visit ↗
Compare at a glance
Scroll sideways on mobile| # | App | Free plan | Paid from | iOS | Android | Web | Plan quality | Ease of use | Features | Value for money | Platforms | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Samsung Food | Yes | $6.99/month | ✓ | ✓ | — | 7.5 | 8 | 9.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 8.1 |
| 2 |  Eat This Much | Yes | $5/month (billed annually) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 3 |  Fitia | Yes | $59.99/year | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7.8 |
| 4 |  Prospre | Yes | $8.33/month (billed $99.99/year) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 5 |  Mr. Cook | Yes | $3.99/month | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 7.0 |
| 6 |  ChefGPT | No | $4.99/week | ✓ | ✓ | — | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 7 |  DishGen | Yes | $6/month (billed $72/year) | — | — | ✓ | 6.5 | 8 | 6.5 | 8 | 3 | 6.7 |
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How we rank AI meal planners
Every app was checked on 24 October 2026 against its own website, pricing page and app-store listings, plus independent coverage where available. Each gets five scores out of 10, weighted into an overall score.
Ties are broken by the plan quality score. To be listed, an app's core job has to be planning meals or recipes and the grocery list that goes with them, using AI or automatic plan generation. Pure calorie counters and recipe sites without AI planning aren't included. The list is open: developers can submit an app, and we review it with the same rubric.
Features are scored half by our editors and half by this published checklist, ticked only where the app's own pages or app-store listing confirm it:
- Builds a full weekly meal plan for you automatically
- Plans follow your diet, allergies or calorie and macro goals
- Grocery list built automatically from your plan
- Suggests meals from ingredients you already have
- Save or import recipes from websites or social media
- Shows or tracks calories and macros
- Household sharing or adjustable servings
- Order groceries from your list through delivery partners
Rankings are editorial. Companies can't pay to change a score or a position, and any paid placement is labelled Featured.
Reviewed by Tech Arcade editors · Updated Oct 24, 2026
- Plan quality30%
- Ease of use20%
- Features20%
- Value for money20%
- Platforms10%
Quick answers
What is the best AI meal planner app?
In our October 2026 comparison, Samsung Food scored highest (8.1/10) for its free recipe saving, weekly planner and grocery ordering, with AI-built weekly plans on Food+. Eat This Much (8.0) is the strongest for automatic plans built around calories, budget and schedule, and Fitia (7.8) leads for meal plans tied to calorie and macro tracking.
Is there a free AI meal planner?
Samsung Food's free app covers recipe saving, weekly meal planning, shared shopping lists and grocery ordering. Prospre's free plan builds meal plans from your macro goals with a grocery list, Eat This Much plans single days for free, and DishGen gives 15 free AI recipes or plans a week. Full weekly AI plans usually need a subscription.
Which AI meal planners can order groceries for me?
Samsung Food sends your list to integrated grocery retailers in several regions, Eat This Much Premium connects to Instacart and AmazonFresh, and Prospre can fill an Amazon Fresh or Instacart cart from your plan. The others give you a list to shop with yourself.
Are Mealime, PlateJoy and Yummly still available?
No. Mealime's website says the app shut down on 21 October 2026, PlateJoy's website no longer loads, and Yummly.com now redirects to KitchenAid's recipe pages, so none of them are ranked. Plan to Eat is still running but doesn't use AI to plan, and Ollie has become a general family assistant, so they aren't ranked either.
Can an AI meal planner give medical or dietary advice?
No. These apps estimate calories and nutrients and can follow diet preferences such as vegetarian or keto, but they aren't a substitute for a doctor or registered dietitian. If you have a health condition, allergy or specific nutritional needs, check with a qualified professional.
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