Meal planner comparison · 2026
What if your meal planner actually planned your meals?
A personalized week of dinners. The grocery list to go with it. And an answer whenever you don’t know what to cook.
Meal Whisperer is an AI meal planning app for iPhone and iPad. Here is how it compares with Mealime, ReciMe and Samsung Food.
Free to download. 7 days free, then $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year (US pricing).
Your whole week, planned around you.
Get a personalized week of dinners based on how you actually eat.
Keep what you like. Swap what you don’t. Move things around. Add something new.
Your grocery list, already made.
Plan the week and Meal Whisperer turns it into your shopping list.
One less thing to think about.
Have food at home? Start there.
Tell Meal Whisperer what’s in your fridge or pantry and make dinner from what you already have.
Don’t know what to cook? Don’t decide.
Surprise Me gives you something personalized without searching recipes or even writing a prompt.
Know exactly what you want? Just ask.
“Something cozy and easy.”
“Use the salmon I have.”
“High protein, but not another chicken breast.”
Meal Whisperer Plus creates a recipe around what you’re craving, what you have and how much time you’ve got.
Want to get ahead? Prep the week.
Choose a curated meal-prep plan designed for batch cooking and make the rest of the week easier.
Don’t like the recipe? Change it.
Make it dairy-free. Swap an ingredient. Make it lighter. Add more protein.
With Meal Whisperer Plus, just ask.
The standard
This is what we’d expect from a meal planner in 2026.
Mealime helped make plan → shop → cook feel simple. Its standalone app is now transitioning to Meals Hub, while newer meal planners are pushing the category further.
| Capability | Meal Whisperer | Mealime / Meals Hub | ReciMe | Samsung Food |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plans your week | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Personalizes it around you | Yes | Yes | Not available | Yes, with Food+ |
| Uses what you already have | Yes | Yes, with Pro | Partial | Yes, with Food+ |
| Builds your grocery list | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Decides dinner when you can’t | Yes | Yes | Not available | Yes, with Food+ |
| Creates what you’re craving | Yes | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Helps you meal prep | Yes | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Changes a recipe when you ask | Yes | Not available | Not available | Yes, with Food+ |
Meal Whisperer Plus is the Meal Whisperer subscription: 7 days free, then $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year in the US. Prices vary by country, and the App Store shows yours before you subscribe. It includes everything in the table.
Pro is Mealime’s paid tier, free for everyone since September 2026. Food+ is Samsung Food’s subscription. Partial means the feature exists in a limited form: ReciMe searches the recipes you have saved by ingredient.
Mealime is transitioning to Meals Hub following the announced October 21, 2026 shutdown of the standalone Mealime app. Features and availability may vary by product and plan. Competitor features last checked October 2026.
Mealime is shutting down? See our guide for Mealime users
Mealime, Meals Hub, ReciMe and Samsung Food are trademarks of their owners. Meal Whisperer is not affiliated with any of them.
How the others compare
Mealime / Meals Hub. Mealime built the plan, shop, cook routine around a fixed library of chef-written recipes and an auto-generated grocery list. The standalone app shuts down on October 21, 2026; its recipes continue inside Meals Hub in Albertsons Companies store apps, which plan a week and add it to a grocery cart but do not create or change recipes.
ReciMe. ReciMe is a recipe keeper first: it imports recipes from social video, the web and photos, organizes them into cookbooks and lets you plan a week and build a grocery list from what you saved. It has no taste profile and does not generate recipes; its paid tier adds unlimited imports and a cooking assistant.
Samsung Food. Samsung Food (formerly Whisk) is a large free recipe community with a weekly planner and a shopping list. Its Food+ subscription adds tailored weekly plans, pantry-aware search and AI edits to saved recipes. It suits people who already collect recipes online and want a planner on top.
How much do you want to think about dinner?
Not at all.
Surprise Me.
Just plan the week for me.
Plan My Dinners.
I know what I want.
Just Ask.
I want to get ahead.
Meal Prep.
Not on iPhone yet?
Meal Whisperer is on iPhone and iPad today. Android and the web are next. Leave your email and we’ll send one message when it’s ready.
Frequently asked questions
What should a meal planning app do in 2026?
A meal planning app can do more than organize recipes. Meal Whisperer combines personalized weekly meal planning, grocery lists, ingredients you already have, curated meal-prep plans and optional AI-powered recipe creation and modification.
Can a meal planner create my weekly dinner plan?
Yes. Meal Whisperer can create a personalized week of dinners based on how you eat. You can keep meals you like, swap others, rearrange the week and add new meals.
Is there a meal planner that also makes a grocery list?
Meal Whisperer turns your weekly meal plan into a grocery list, keeping dinner planning and shopping connected.
Can a meal planner use ingredients I already have?
Meal Whisperer can use ingredients from your fridge or pantry when helping you decide what to cook.
What is an AI meal planner?
An AI meal planner can use information such as your preferences, ingredients and requests to create or adapt meal ideas. Meal Whisperer Plus can create personalized recipes from what you’re craving and modify recipes through natural-language requests.
Can a meal planner decide what I should cook?
Meal Whisperer’s Surprise Me feature is designed for times when you don’t know what you want. It can create a personalized suggestion without requiring you to search recipes or write a prompt.
Is there a meal planner for meal prep and batch cooking?
Yes. Meal Whisperer offers curated meal-prep plans designed for batch cooking and preparing food ahead.
Less planning. More just cooking.
Food you love, tailored to you.