I paid for this app for the last 2 years, and I don’t hate it. It stores recipes and compiles grocery lists based on the exact ingredients of the recipe you assign to the days of the week. It will import recipes from websites too, but that is more than a little buggy. The recipe import often takes multiple tries to work and it doesn’t like fractions (1/4 cup) or apostrophes and will replace these with random symbols. Not the end of the world, except you want $55 PER YEAR for this? It doesn’t even make sense that this is a subscription, let alone such a pricey one. A one time fee of $55 sounds expensive but more in the realm of what it’s actually worth, but every year? The app does not offer new content or features, which would justify a subscription-based fee system. They are charging the same as a digital subscription to the Washington Post… to compile grocery lists. Another thing I don’t love is this style of meal planning. It keeps you in the headspace of needing to plan meals that REQUIRE recipes for each night of the week, which makes it easy to create a lot of food waste and will also jack up your grocery bill. It does not lend itself well to brainstorming meals with ingredients that overlap and use things you already have on hand. If you’re trying to save on groceries and limit food waste, this is not the app for you.

I find it easiest to import recipes from a website using the downloaded recipe clipper, but have also copied the web address, both work great. I think the most helpful thing is the shopping list. I am cooking more and have pulled in a bunch of my recipes from Pinterest ( I open the recipe in web browser and then use the clipper), then I have been planning my week on the calendar. Then all you do is print shopping list, I review and clear any items I already have, and print. The list tells you which recipes each ingredient is for, which can be helpful. It really saves a lot of time and effort. It is only my husband and I, but when I had kids at home this would have been so awesome, but I still think it’s helpful even for the two of us! The calendar is great as well. Recipes can be moved easily, you can also change the number of servings and it adjusts the ingredients for you. I usually work off my desktop computer, but I use my iPad when I’m cooking and the app is on my phone, but I use that the least ( probably because I’m older and I like a larger view). I give it 5 stars for being easy to use, helpful, and good tutorials.

I really don’t know how long I have had this app, but I know it’s been several years. Being able to add recipes I find on different sites is great. And I appreciate being able to plan a week or month’s worth of meal plans at a time. In the last year, I started freezer cooking, and Plan to Eat has been invaluable! My recipes are right there, and I can add or modify things as needed. I usually plan to make about 3-4 freezer meals for each week of the month. Planning and cooking ahead saves me effort and energy so I can be with my family in the evenings instead of being exhausted. I like the “add to freezer” feature with Plan to Eat. This has helped me plan further ahead, so I am only concentrating on meal planning about once every 8 or 9 weeks. I also appreciate the grocery list functions. I don’t use them as much right now, but in the past depended on them to get my lists ready for our weekly grocery adventure. Plan to Eat is literally my favorite app! I use it daily and my family knows how to log in and access the app to find their favorite recipes. My daughter is using the app right now for a class project. She is collecting “tried and true” recipes and almost all of ours are on Plan to Eat. There are probably other things I could say, but I will end by saying that I love this app and heartily recommend it!