PlateJoy

I've tried other meal planning apps and this is the clear winner! The GOOD: - The food the best if you're a foodie who likes to try new things! - Great dietary filters and portions - healthy recipes - It really has saved me a lot of time and money! - Great ingredient / recipe search The BAD: - Tech could be better (namely with adding my own recipes). It improved recently and now you can add items mid-week. - The algorithm for swapping seems to always give me a lot of the same suggestions.

I used Platejoy a few years ago and it was absolutely fabulous. Good variety, tasty recipes and the app was great. I rejoined about a month ago and am really disappointed. I don't know what happened, but it really went downhill - the variety of recipes appears to be gone and the app itself is super glitchy. Items are left off my shopping list and when I have a menu ready and am working through it, the app randomly goes back to meal planning. It's a shame because it was excellent before.

I used to love it. After the recent update the menu has completely changed. No more low carb diet. Disgusting recipes. Filters don't work. I excluded ginger from the menu as my son has allergy but I still keep receiving recipes with ginger. Very limited menu choices, and lots of carbs. Unfortunately I have to cancel my subscription because the app doesn't work for me anymore.

I'm extremely disappointed since Platejoy was bought out. It used to be simple and straightforward, but has gone downhill. I was a loyal customer and suggested this app to others, but I won't any longer. My custom foods to avoid were removed, and I'm not able to add them back. I can no longer use my (admittedly older) iPad while cooking because the recipe screen is empty. The shopping experience is worse because they removed the ability to quickly look at the recipes while shopping.

Pros: Variety of dishes & can add your own recipes. Shows ingredients needed per step. Fair number of customize options but could have even more. It's SO helpful to have a menu planned for me & a shopping list. Less food waste, I buy fewer extras, and the calorie goal is great for my weight loss journey. Shopping list shows which recipe it's for. Cons: Serving calories are lower than reality, so must adjust settings. PLEASE increase menu plan option to 7 days so shop day can be the same weekly.

-can't delete recipes I added -no way to import recipes from other sources -meal planning doesn't seem to care that I check <20 min meals -swapping/choosing recipes is very clunky. Would prefer a grid view or something. Also can't swap a "dinner" meal for a "batch" meal (or any other types)- you have to start the process from scratch -I used to be able to add a meal to a weekly menu but now I can't? Tailoring your menu is obnoxious and other meal planning apps just run circles around this

I love it. If you want home cooked meals from scratch, this is great. I'd love to see a low cholesterol diet plan! A suggestion would be the ability to send the list to Shipt or other shipping services, not just Instacart. Another issue is trying to keep ingredients fresh. Since you buy in bulk, the greens often don't last long enough when feeding the whole family. Also I'd prefer to be able to mix and match the menu items & to designate favorites easier.

This app is very useful. I love the way we can customize record, diets, calories, seasonal foods, how many meals, etc. But the recipes are a little vague and can be confusing. In each step, it lists the ingredients, but it's not just for that step. It's for the whole thing. So, instead of just using one of 1 tbsp of oil in the step, it says 3, and someone could get confused. Sometimes the list gets me too much stuff and I more than I need. Instacart doesn't work well. I used whole foods.

Edit: Reinstalled a few days later. Not sure what changed on their end or mine, but it works now. Super smooth and intuitive, and the grocery list feature is fantastic. [Opened the app, got a 404 error for either/both the "Start free trial" and "I have an account" buttons. No other options available. This is not actually an app, apparently. I just signed up for the service though, and I'm excited for it. Just wish I could use an app version instead of the browser....]

I've had a great experience with this app! The food is delicious and easy to cook. I absolutely love the shopping list feature. One thing I would really like is for an actual breakdown of how many grams of food each person should eat. For example, it tells me that I should eat 44% of the food, but we usually use a bit more ingredients than the recipe calls for (ie., Using 2lbs of meat instead of 1.75 lbs). Having an actual weight for the nutrition breakdown would be immensely helpful.

So far I really like this app and service. I like the way it combines recipes so I use one ingredient several times in a week. And the recipes have been easy and very tasty! What I don't like: the portion sizes seem a little off (too large) and the calendar can be a bit buggy. There's also no way to schedule a "freezer meal" or leftovers from something else in your calendar. Overall I like it, though. And the customer service has been responsive and felt personal, not like a bot.

Fabulous food recipes with easy to use directions (and no need to keep scrolling to the top of the recipe to see what the measurements were again! ). It is completely tailored to my preferences and available time for each meal. Plus, you can always add more meals to your lineup just by searching for what you're in the mood for. It will find that item for you and make sure it is in alignment with the particular eating plan you're on. Genius!

I never rate apps, but I HAD to rate this one. I bought a year as soon as my trial expired. Everything I've been needing is in this app. Recipes that cover multiple days to reduce waste, use up ingredients, and ultimately save money at the grocery store, delicious recipes, the ability to omit recipes that include ingredients you can't/won't eat. My favorite part is the app will send the shopping list to Instacart, automatically filling the cart so I don't have to. Such a time saver and so easy.

I like to cook but hate to make a meal plan and grocery list. I've looked at the meal boxes but don't like getting ingredients that I wouldn't use such as tomatoes. This app is heaven sent. I'm still on my ten day free trial but I'm impressed. Receipts are just the right amount for one person. I have the flexibility to change or delete ingredients for my taste. It makes my grocery list so I don't buy things I'm not going to use. money saved on shopping will pay for app.

For me and my needs, this is the best. Almost all of the recipes are relevant to what I want and delicious. I highly recommend to anyone wanting to eat clean, fresh food. The directions are easy to follow. This week my grocery bill was $150 for 7 people. 6 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 7 dinners, and 7 snacks, all unique. Mostly buying fresh produce and meat for the dinners. It is easy to customize towards less cost and clean, simple foods. I also appreciate the free trial other meal apps don't offer.

I recently started a keto diet and this app has been a life saver. I got so tired of trying to meal plan on top of a busy schedule. This has been an amazing way to not only get meals planned for me, but a grocery/pantry list as well. Highly recommend, just wish there was more customization for numbers of meals per person/per week.

Just a few days in and I have to say it's AMAZING!! I do a lot of cooking but get tired of the same meals or trying to come up with new ideas. For me, time is money and the amount of time saved with Platejoy is huge. After completing a survey, the app new how much food I needed and meal preferences. I was able to find recipe quickly for anything I wanted to cook and in no time had a menu. Quickly went through the shopping list to indicate what I had and needed and BOOM had a shopping list.

One of my biggest challenges of eating healthy is taking the time for meal planning. With this app, not only do I have a great selection of meals (customized to my dietary needs and preferences), everything I need is created in a shopping list. I can indicate which items I already have AND I can include additional items I would like to purchase while grocery shopping. This has been a great find in terms of eating healthy AND saving time and money because I am organized around meal planning and grocery shopping.

I'm back again! I used platejoy for about a year, but when the pandemic hit and shopping became...challenging... I decided to take a break. I tried some meal delivery services, but they are so expensive and repetitive when only cooking for one. So I'm back because I miss the delicious meals, great selections, and ease of not having to do the planning/list making but still having great food that I can cook myself but also takes into account my dietary restrictions.

This is the most personalized way it can get! I love how it allows me to check my pantry first and use up ingredients. As a farmers wife, I love all of the whole fruit and vegetables that get used in recipes. This is not an app to save you the most money, but it is great for healthy eating, boredom while cooking, and reduced meal planning stress. Most of the recipes look like they came from a restaurant without the restaurant price tag.

I've looked for over 3 years for an app that puts control of my diet in an easy and full environment, that's exactly what platejoy has done. i no longer have to search for recipes, make a grocery list, fill in extra meals most meal scheduling apps leave out, only to fail because it's just too much. platejoy's menu plan is so easy, just enter your diet and creat menu. the recipes have been delish. then being able to just send to instacart, game changer. o no longer go to the store to be tempted

I have been struggling with meal planning since I moved out on my own 6 years ago. This app has changed our lives. It takes me maybe 10 minutes to get a weeks worth of meals planned and sets up in and super awesome grocery list. The grocery list shows you what meals you are using the ingredients for and how much of that ingredient the recipies call for. We make delicious meals that are made with ingredients we wouldn't normally cook with. It has made us more adventurous cooks.

Just started using this service, so far I love it. Customized my meal needs for me + my SO and indicated that I'm currently pregnant. Some of the meals were a little too 'fancy' but i just used the swap feature to change it up. We both promised to start eating healthier with a baby on the way, and this makes it easier. I like that I'm able to send my list to Instacart and have everything delivered. It'd be cheaper to do it ourselves, yes, but we find the convenience worth the extra money.

I initially got this app because it said it had low fodmap options. I did about 3 menus (3 weeks) before everything started repeating. I ultimately switched to other dietary settings and have just been skipping or substituting ingredients so as to stay low-fodmap without having to use the same recipes over and over. The point of this app for me was to make menu creation easier so I didn't have to spend a ton of time looking at recipes.

I was skeptical b/c of the price, but after trying it out, I'm in love. It's more user friendly than many and the way it displays recipes is great. When you're reading the steps it highlights the current step and at the bottom of that step it reveals the amounts of each ingredient used in that step! NO SCROLLING BACK UP TO REMEMBER THE QUANTITY! My only issue is it wont send my list to my Instacart app or link to my account with them. it opens a guest acct each time in a new internet page.

The new update makes previous week's menus totally invisible. You can't add recipes that you like, and you can't view recipes from the shopping list. Batch menu items don't show up if you have other dinners planned. I have a blended family and some nights I make dinner for two and some for 6. The way the app was before I could have batch meals and smaller dinners. Now that meals are scheduled automatically for me during the week, this app is not usable to me. Please have that turned off.