Plan to Eat Alternative: Only Recipes vs Plan to Eat
Meal planner first, with a recipe book and shopping list. Here is how Only Recipes compares as a Plan to Eat alternative, including where Plan to Eat is the better choice.
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Premium $2.99/month or $24.99/year
The free plan saves up to 15 recipes from any website and is ad-free. Premium adds unlimited recipes, collections, grocery lists, ingredient scaling, video imports and a shared kitchen, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan.
- Web, iPhone and iPad, Android
Meal planner first, with a recipe book and shopping list
Plan to Eat offers a 14-day free trial with no payment information, then an annual subscription. The US App Store lists it at $54.99 a year.
- iPhone and iPad, Web
What is Plan to Eat?
Plan to Eat is a meal planning app built around your own recipes. It imports recipes from the web through the share icon, plans meals with scaling, leftovers and frozen meals, and auto-generates a shopping list by category and store. Recipes, plans and lists sync across devices, your family's and plantoeat.com.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Only Recipes | Plan to Eat |
|---|---|---|
| Save recipes from websites | Yes | Yes |
| Grocery list | Premium | Yes |
| Meal planning calendar | No | Yes |
| Ingredient scaling | Premium | Yes |
| Shared recipe library with another person | Premium (2 members) | Family sync |
| Web app | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone and iPad app | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes (15 recipes) | No (14-day trial) |
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Rows only appear where Plan to Eat's own website or app store listing states the feature.
Where Plan to Eat is the better choice
- Meal planning is the point: Plan to Eat plans leftovers and frozen meals and builds the shopping list from the plan.
- You want shopping lists per store, with a staples list and categories you can reorder.
- You want a step-by-step cooking view and a family that shares recipes, plans and lists.
- There is no free plan after the 14-day trial; Only Recipes' free plan keeps 15 recipes.
- At $54.99 a year it costs more than twice Only Recipes Premium at $24.99/year.
- Its listing describes web imports through the share icon, not importing from social video.
Who is Plan to Eat best for?
Planners who build the week's menu first and shop from it.
Plan to Eat is the better choice for dedicated meal planners. Only Recipes is the cheaper Plan to Eat alternative if you mainly want to save recipes, including from social video, and keep a free plan.
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Pricing and features checked on October 24, 2026. Prices are US prices and can change; check Plan to Eat's listing before you buy. Only Recipes pricing is from our pricing page.
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